BoJo gonna gogo?
Now that both his chancellor and health secretary have resigned over the latest scandal to hit his premiership, we have to wonder how long BoJo can continue to bluff his way. When he appointed Chris Pincher as deputy chief whip earlier this year, he tacitly admitted to knowing that the old pervert had an unenviable reputation, referring to him as Pincher by name, pincher by nature
.
Of course, BoJo's a man of the world, and he has broad shoulders upon which to carry the heaviest of salacious burdens. But he's surrounded by twinks, who haven't the stomach for a damned good session. Besides, the leader of the opposition is spoiling for an early election, during which he will make a bid for the birth-givers' and persons'-with-uterus vote.*
Unless the Conservative Party ousts BoJo before then, the next general election could end up like the 2020 US presidential election: a battle between two cunts.
* Sir Keir Starmer cannot define a woman. How the hell can he be entrusted with a whole country?
The ship is sinking, and the rats are doing what rats do best.
As of the current moment, BoJo's lost six Cabinet ministers, twenty-two common-or-garden ministers, twenty-two parliamentary private secretaries, and others. I say current moment
, because he's lost another Cabinet minister and five non-Cabinet ministers since I first read today's update only 2½ hours ago.*
How fast can BoJo bail?
* In true BBC editorial style, befitting the world's most trusted international news broadcaster
™, these updates are made as stealth edits to the article. This post is therefore tagged accordingly.
As more government lackeys, recognising that the writing was on the wall, joined the MeToo movement, it got to the point that they were jumping quicker than they could be replaced. And now BoJo's thrown in the bailing bucket. I can't say I blame him, really; how can even the most jovial and indulgent of chaps be expected to lead a party of such feckless disloyalty?
They just don't realise how lucky they are to have him. They'll miss him when he's gone, but by then it'll be too late.
He's not going immediately though, after all he has his leaving do to think about. For the time being, he's only standing down as party leader. But it does mean the Conservative Party will field a new leader in the next general election. So there's a possibility that, between the two major parties, there'll be only one cunt vying for the keys to No. 10 Downing Street.
As Conservative Party members of Parliament cogitate over BoJo's replacement as party leader, the great man himself is staying out of the debate.
Asked who he would support in the race to replace him, Mr Johnson said he "wouldn't want to damage anyone's chances with my support."
Which shows an almost touching degree of self-awareness. It's a pity that it eluded him while in office, really.