Posted on 01/19/2022 1:50:15 PM PST by Cronos
Boris Johnson has faced a defection and a demand to quit from one of his most senior MPs during a dramatic day in Westminster, with even allies of the prime minister warning the current situation cannot go on.
David Davis caused shockwaves when he told Johnson in the Commons: “In the name of God, go.” Less than an hour earlier, Christian Wakeford, the MP for Bury South, quit the Conservatives and joined Labour in fury at the Downing Street parties scandal.
The prime minister vowed to battle on in No 10 and his supporters insisted he now had the breathing space for a fightback, with many MPs awaiting the outcome of the Sue Gray inquiry.
Advertisement But Johnson faces a growing clamour from Tory backbenchers to buy their support in any confidence vote by ditching a £12bn-a-year tax rise this spring. National insurance contributions are due to increase from April to fund health and social care and any U-turn could risk a showdown with the chancellor, Rishi Sunak.
Johnson managed to get through the day without a confidence vote being triggered. Tory MPs estimated that as many as 30 letters may have been submitted of the 54 required, with more expected to come in after Gray, a senior civil servant, delivers her finding on alleged rule-breaking in Downing Street next week.
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Oliver Cromwell “In the name of God, go!” context.
https://speakola.com/political/oliver-cromwell-speech-dismissing-rump-parliament-1653
At least Chamberlain knew to step down.
Dunno but if it works let’s trying on Biden.
Dunno but if it works let’s trying on Biden.
All this over a glass of wine?
Its been amazing to watch how fast this guy has fallen.
Gave into his baser instincts and abandoned the citizenry.
There was a lot more. He was supposedly a conservative but sure hasn’t governed as one.
The UK conservative party is to the left of the Democrats. The liberals in Australia are not the same as liberals in the USA. Different countries, different meanings
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