3rd 7/7 #ResignationGate Thread…
BBC: Midday News. 30 minutes to go till @BorisJohnson “resigns” officially, but Boris is often late, so who knows.
BBC: Midday News. 30 minutes to go till @BorisJohnson “resigns” officially, but Boris is often late, so who knows.
https://twitter.com/althecat/status/1544993221901705217
Just before the credits rolled we learned that Buckingham Palace hasn’t said whether the Queen has heard from the PM.
Importantly - @ChrisMason just reminded me, he’s just resigning as Tory Party Leader, not as PM.
I expect I forgot this because it’s bonkers.
I expect I forgot this because it’s bonkers.
Certainly unprecedented, and perhaps unconstitutional in terms of the Tory Party constitution. And at best “cute” wrt the actual constitutional conventions which underpin the UK constitutional order. Also who’s going to be the Tory Party Leader?
🇬🇧 politics has been weird since the Brexit referendum. But what is happening now is an order of magnitude stranger than anything we have seen before.
Meanwhile over at @SkyNews … @theresa_may is now delivering a speech to the Institute of Government about following the rules, and observing the rule of law. “Adherence to convention is important.”
“But our system only works when the conventions are observed.”
A timely remark. Meanwhile @BorisJohnson is setting up his podium.
A timely remark. Meanwhile @BorisJohnson is setting up his podium.
Conservative MP’s are gathering…
As are @BorisJohnson’s staff.
Sky’s @BethRigby is pointing out that there’s not many MP’s here out of a caucus of 358.
It’s very Trumpian….
He begins with the facts…
That he is being removed.
… then asserts some speculation… that he is going to stay as PM until a new Leader is appointed.
And now he’s delivering a political speech.
That he is being removed.
… then asserts some speculation… that he is going to stay as PM until a new Leader is appointed.
And now he’s delivering a political speech.
“Our Brilliant and Darwinian system will choose a new leader…. And to that new leader I will give as much support as I can.”
Polls are actually: Cons 35. Lab. 41. LD 11. And his personal polls are completely awful.
Polls are actually: Cons 35. Lab. 41. LD 11. And his personal polls are completely awful.
He claimed before the Conservatives are only a bit behind.
A short and at times incoherent speech by someone pretending he is still the Prime Minister.
But this is not over yet. Boris as Trump often does, is seeking here to get out ahead and assert what the reality is, but it’s not yet clear what the transition will be.
All that has really happened at this point is that there is no longer a Tory Party leader.
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