Conservative backbenchers were preparing to rebel against the fact that parliament is no longer consulted on restrictions on freedom. If you think passing such restrictions into law without debate is fine, then you are fine with being ruled by a dictatorship. The Cummings/Johnson dictatorship went for 6 months as it solves a few problems. First, restrictions can be tightened without recourse to parliament. Second when 7,000 lorries queue at Dover and food shortages and panic buying kick off, the public can be controlled as they see fit. Johnson’s reference to the army becoming involved to help the police shows what might well lie ahead. If you support this dictatorship then there will be no end of people to blame for the chaos – EU, road hauliers, remoaners, Corbyn, refugees and of course foreigners who created all problems by existing in the first place. We’ve taken back control alright. And handed it to a narcissistic liar and a self-proclaimed revolutionary genius who welcomes chaos and destruction. Good luck everybody.
The only ray of hope is that Johnson won't last much into the New Year and when he goes Cummings goes.
And that just about sums it up. BTW did you go to Birdwell primary in the late 60s? If so I think I know you
This is what people voted for so they should be ready for it as I’m sure they considered all the facts before doing so.
Yes I know. I was clinging to the last glimmer of hope though. If the 1922 committee do for Johnson though then Gove might not get in due to being part of the same problem. Straws. Clutching at.
I've always had the opinion Johnson was a situational PM. His single goal, get "brexit done" whether in his own head or in reality and irrespective of the cost or damage. He was a dreadful and largely invisible Mayor of London. Only emerging at election time and if a notorious PR opportunity could arise. The rest of his time he spent trying to avoid chairing meetings and instead penning lucrative columns in the Telegraph. The tories know he is incompetent, cant keep his pants up and that he's a notorious liar. The issue as PM, is scrutiny. Of performance and action. He could hide as Mayor. he can't as PM. And although he wants the glory more than anything else, he won't put in the effort. He's incapable. He wants the easiest life, with the most reward for the absolute least amount of effort possible. As soon as 1st January arrives, I suspect he's done for and instead of losing face of being kicked out, will fall on his sword citing ill health on the pure basis the tories fawn over his selfless incredible task of steering the nation through brexit and covid at great personal cost. He'll then sell his memoirs for millions and do after diner speaking, reverting back to selling his soul in relative private and dipping his wick wherever once he's binned off the latest bit of fluff who stupidly got pregnant despite telling them not to. Thats all the Johnson mantra. His legacy preserved. As he leaves carnage behind, the like of which has seldom been seen in non war times. That gives the tories around 3 years or so to pretend labour were to blame, that the new incumbent had nothing to do with it and try and appear fresh when the ballot boxes get dusted off. The last decade has been one of progressive decline in political leaders. Cameron was dreadful, May was worse, Johnson created a new realm for terrible. Following that track... what price the tories decide law and order needs to take centre stage, as well as crowing about diversity. So instead of the smiley allegedly personable multi millionaire ex banker who married a billionaires daughter... maybe Priti Patel? Although frighteningly incompetent options with minimal integrity, Gove, Hunt, Sunak are lesser evils than the workshy Johnson. The only one who truly epitomises evil is "Priti". So best we prepare for an even worse incumbent than now, as that seems to be the direction some want to take us.
Whichever way you look at it the future looks bleak. Was it Orwell who said the British would easily fall for totalitarianism as they'd never experienced it?
I suspect Gove, Patel and Sunak as senior Cabinet Ministers are too close to this current shitshow for the men in grey suits. The Tory leadership election in the New Year will be between Hunt and Javid, possibly Cleverly, and Hunt will win the members vote with the UKIP/Brexit entryism. I can't think of any other senior Tories outside the cabinet.
As a friend of mine said recently the current Tory PM is there to make his/her predecessor look better than we thought. He also said - "if you vote for a clown don't be surprised if you get a circus".
