Boris is on holiday.....again

If Boris is given 3 months he will find some way of staying on. It has to be now.

They are all a pathetic load of kids squabbling, I know its not been done but the queen could weild her power and force it to a head, even if it means an election. This can't go on, we need a working government to see us through these times.

There is just no way he can lead for three months. So few MPs do have confidence in him we currently have no functioning Government. How would anything get done?

Mind you, the longer he stays the worse it gets for the Tories, so not all bad.

At least the last four Conservative leaders

Looked last night, only two PM's who have won an election have been voted out in a general election in the last fifty years

Could feel your pain writing that

Great post, you may not get exactly what you want but let's hope the next government helps to get us a little closer

True, to an extent. There are deals and manoeuvres in all parties, and often people involved know there are bodies buried, and want to act before they surface.

But I don't think it's dishonest to say this particular crop are spectacularly awful. They've known about the bodies, and have been gaslighting the public about their existence for months. This goes beyond disagreeing on policy, but cuts to the heart of what it means to be a public servant. Johnson got rid of everyone who might stand up against him and surrounded himself with yes men and women. He's not the first, and probably not the last, but too many people saw what was happening and supported him anyway - largely to satisfy their Brexit nationalism.

Speaking of nationalists turning a blind eye for the cause. It's about time Ian Blackford resigned for his involvement with the Patrick Grady incident. For those unfamiliar, the story is remarkably similar to Mr Pincher's. A young member of staff (nineteen at the time) reported sexual harassment to Blackford back in 2016. Blackford thought it would be a good idea to abandon protocol and force the victim into a meeting with his assaulter - without advanced warning. His assaulter being the Chief Whip of the SNP, who stayed in post all during the investigation.

The investigation upheld the complaint and he was suspended, albeit briefly, from parliament. Blackford (amongst others) was recorded encouraging SNP MPs to welcome him back and give him support after his suspension. The victim has been bullied by the SNP group, and just this week had his email access suspended because he has complained about how he was treated during the process. Nicola Sturgeon knew about it too. I think there were some half-hearted attempts to claim a lack of knowledge of the specific details (just like Johnson), but it's not credible. Grady did finally resign the SNP Whip, but good luck finding anyone in the SNP who will condemn him, Blackford or Sturgeon. 

I am economically right wing but socially more centralist. I think the "nasty" side of both major parties are the the very right wing tories and the ultra left of the the Labour Party

I think Boris will go on one of the reality shows either next year or the year after, he'd get some decent dosh especially from IAC, probably be too expensive for Strictly.

No I've been Tory since John Major took over, voted Labour for my first couple of times, nearly voted Green in 1989 Euros before then. But where I live has always een safe Labour Parliamentary seat never even went Blue in 1983.

Sir Kier in many ways would be a perfect Tory he looks more a Tory than most of them. Like Therese Coffey if ever you had a Labour Social Worker type femminist characterture it would be her.

With politics it is the middle 20% or so of voters who decide an election those who voted for Maggie or then later demographic voted for Tony and who supported Boris last time who decides any election.

Really if Kier coud plug into the 40% that Catweazle got in 2017 he'd be in a pretty strong position but was that a remain protest vote.

The press has been Tory leaning apart from the Mirror/Guardian/Independent for as long as I can remember. But with press/media in so many forms now, its hard to judge ho listens/reads and believes what. Both Labour and Tories have accused Beeb and ITV of being in favour with the other usually when they are in power. Mr Wilson and Mrs Thatcher both had distrust and tried to clup Beeb's wings.

In last couple of years I've really noticed how a news editorial can keep a story high or low news, does this have to be in line with the Government's agenda, hopefully not and the press do point out inconsistencies and double standards.

Lets get all those Bishops on the spot when they virtue signal about deporting people hear their views on Roe vs Wade etc. Call out the likes of the green brigade who travel around the world telling us to cut down our emissions etc,