Removal Of Boris Blunder.

[Khandro]

A letter in this morning's Daily Telegraph; does Mr. Shadwell have a point?

SIR – Tory MPs have chosen electoral suicide, having once again not listened to their constituents.

Rishi Sunak is a multi-millionaire who has no understanding of voters and their worries, cares or frustrations. Liz Truss has no charisma, relying on old policies and sound bites. She is not Margaret Thatcher. Neither stands a chance of winning the next general election.

The Conservative Party knew what it was getting when Boris Johnson was elected. Where were the so-called grandees, the 1922 Committee and the Cabinet in controlling and advising him, or privately rebuking him when he was wrong? They all knew the nature of the man.

They were nowhere. All were concerned about themselves, not the country or the Conservative Party. The consequence may be consignment to the political wilderness for a generation. I fear for my country.

David Shadwell
Little Baddow, Essex

[bhg481]

Yes, I think he does have a point. Boris should have been kept in check; allowing him to behave as he did has done serious damage to the Conservative Party and I predict a serious loss of majority or even a defeat at the next GE.

[William51]

Mr Shadwell is completely right. Boris was the right man for the moment, he handled the recent crises well and was a statesman on the world stage. The Tories chucked a good leader out and is now going into a time of uncertainty.

[Bobbisox1]

A profound statement and a true one Khandro, we have either a Tony Blair clone in Sunak or someone trying to be the second coming of Thatcher, neither of them would get my vote with their policies,but then again Boris DID lie on lots of occasions and you can never trust a liar, the country needs new blood and a huge broom , if Andy Burnham stood for Labour I think I’d change my allegiance and vote again Labour after always voting Tory since Blair took office

[Gromit]

Just a few weeks into his Premiership, Johnson set out his stall when he unlawfully prorogued Parliament. That was unconstitutional but the bigwigs and grandees idly stood by while he did it.

It was plain from then on that Johnson would ignore any rule, tradition or procedure that he didn’t like and to hell with the consequences.

It all eventually got out of hand with boozy lockdown parties and lie after lie to conceal the truth.

Many in the parliamentary party were complicit because they let him loose, gave him free reign to do as he pleased.

With better management and stewardship from those who should have known better, Johnson demise could easily have been avoided.

[youngmafbog]

Nothing to do with boozy parties. Sir Kier clearly did it too and good luck to them.

Johnsons problem was that he became a green and listened too much to his unelected wife. His aggressive net zero is the reason we are in dire straits with fuel(petrol/gas/elec) at the moment.

He was good at the time but then he went downhill. Yes he can make a speech but thats where it stops.

As for bashing Rishi because he is a multi millionaire perhaps you should judge a man on what he does rather than MSM opinions, same for Truss.

No one actually knows what either is capable of, so choose one and lets see what they do.

[Gromit]

Bobbiesox1
I agree but Andy Burnham isn’t even an MP, so becoming Labour’s leader in parliament would be rather difficult. I don’t think being a City Mayor and being an MP at the same time is allowed. (?)
Labour should find a safe Manchester seat, kick its MP into the Lords and get Burnham elected in a by election.

[diddlydo]

The biggest mistake was made by Tory voters in electing this shower in the first place.

[Hopkirk]

He wasn't the sort to be controllable, and had even less chance of winning the next election. He had to go.

I am a brexit voter who used to think he was the man, but realised he was not.

[Bobbisox1]

Good idea Gromit

[lankeela]

I am sure we all watched 'Yes Prime Minister' and should realise that one person even him at the top doesn't make the decisions on his own - he has a team of advisers who should be held to account for giving him the wrong advice and letting him carry on riding roughshod over his cabinet. They are all to blame and will rue the day they gave him such bad advice or didn't stop him taking charge of his own destiny.

[Bobbisox1]

Hence my very large broom reference Lankeela

[vulcan42]

\\ All were concerned about themselves, not the country or the Conservative Party.//
I believe that's true of all politicians and not just the recent ones. For years they, from all parties, have put themselves first, the party second and the country third. I also believe it was Margaret Thatcher who accelerated this selfish attitude.

[Gromit]

Ymb,
No one was bothered about Boris’ green policies except you. It probably helped win a few seats at the GE, and it certainly was not the reason he was removed.

It wasn’t any policy that resulted in his downfall, it was the demeanour of the man - the arrogance and dishonesty.

[naomi24]

I agree with him but only in part. Yes, the Conservatives did know what they were getting into when Boris was elected - which is exactly why they elected him. He's strong and determined - a natural and charismatic leader who has not only proven himself more than capable of rallying the nation, but as a resolute leader on the world stage. As for lies, that depends upon the vindictiveness, or in many instances, the irrationality or naivety of the observer. We see it right here. People swaying from side to side in thread after thread - depending upon what others say. The herd mentality.

Strange to say but for once Keir Starmer has his head screwed on. He says, quite openly, that without Boris he has a chance. That should tell the government everything it needs to know - and everything it should have known before it launched itself into this self-inflicted disaster. This government deserves to lose the next election - and with the disloyal, duplicitous, wishy-washy, non-entities it offers in Boris's stead, it has every chance of succeeding in that. I'm ashamed of them.

[douglas9401]

Loyal to the last gasp. Sweet.

[Gromit]

lankeela
Johnson surrounded himself with ‘yes men’ and toadies. So they always agreed with him, and told him things he wanted to hear. He promoted loyalty over talent, so in the end Downing Street was full of dimwits.

[geevo41]

The Tory Turkeys really have voted for Christmas - Kemi Badenoch was their get out of jail free card and they failed to play it.

[naomi24]

Douglas, do you have an opinion on the OP - or is this just another of your cowardly exercises in punching those you dislike in the back and running away?

[ToraToraTora]

diddlydo: "The biggest mistake was made by Tory voters in electing this shower in the first place. " - the same "mistake" they have made for 68.65 years out of the 122.48 of Labour's existence you mean? So most of the country is wrong most of the time in diddlydo world! Right oh!

[douglas9401]

I see no need to repeat myself, I'm not you or Tora.

In conclusion, stop pretending to be Head Girl, it's embarrassing for a woman of your years.