Boris

[Paigntonian]

I wouldn't be all surprised if he decided to go. He's had an awesomely difficult time and, having climbed the greasy pole, he's maybe achieved what he set out to do - getting to the top. He was very resentful that his Oxford mate Cameron got there first. He's also skint so the Blair option of making megabucks in a very short time must be appealing. As for his legacy, he can always say 'he get Brexit done', however vacuous that line. And if he were to go would most people think too badly of him? I think not.

[Sunk]

The UK was alerted to Covids potential in late February when it struck Spain and Italy.
Boris did nothing for a month.
When the virus did get here, thousands of patients were send from hospital to Care Homes full of the most vulnerable, and the resulting death toll put us far above the rest of Europe. It was another terrible error.
Big Contracts to combat Covid were awarded to friends of the Conservative Party without tendering and more importantly without scrutiny. So PPE roll out was slow and expensive, and Test and Trace months late and still not working properly.

[emmie]

so whats your answer, replace him, but with who.

[douglas9401]

Pleading poverty is almost as feeble an excuse as his mates eye test.

Still he can rest easy on the not being forgotten front with his fan-girls on the case, cheering him on no matter the calamity.

[bhg481]

I will be amazed if Boris is still PM in 5 years' time. I don't think he wanted the job; just the "Head Boy" badge to pin on his CV. If he's not replaced before the next election his knife-wielding friends will have him out soon after it when his majority drops alarmingly.

[237SJ]

^ I`d be amazed if he's PM in two years time

[emmie]

no answer as to who can replace him

[drmorgans]

When Cameron went who thought May would be leader? When May was forced out who thought Johnson would get in? I think Johnson will go before the next election and the ruthless and capable Raab will be the new leader.

[emmie]

according to some they think they are all useless,

[emmie]

its up to the party to decide - raab maybe

[10ClarionSt]

Riptide @ 17.56:

/4 years time, when hopefully this awful virus will be long forgotten and things are back to normal./

Things will never be normal again and anyone who thinks that is very much mistaken. Generations to come will be paying for the bungling of the bumbler Johnson, when he won't be here.

[emmie]

would it have been different with another leader, or perhaps with Labour in charge.

[emmie]

we won't know unless he quits, and someone else takes over the reins, which doesn't look likely

[Hopkirk]

Keep an eye on Steve Barkley.

Remember you heard it here first.

[emmie]

shouldn;t that be Barclay?

[emmie]

i am not pro or anti Boris, but for the time being we are stuck with him.

[emmie]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Barclay

[ynnafymmi]

@19.05.Substitute"Sturgeon"for "Boris"and"SNP" for the "Conservative Party",and you have the same scenario up here in Scotland.Bloody nationalists,eh.Bloody as in blood on their hands.

[emmie]

not sure that is anything to do with the tories.

[naomi24]

I don’t consider we’re ‘stuck with him’. He’s followed the advice of science, albeit science has got it wrong at times, and he’s working damned hard although getting little credit for it because the world and his wife know how to do it better. Course they do!

[Ken4155]

^
"He's followed the advice of science." Yeah, eventually.