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BORIS JOHNSON FACING NO CONFIDENCE VOTE
BBC ^ | Jan 19 | BBC

Posted on 01/19/2022 1:05:38 AM PST by RandFan

Boris Johnson is expected to face more questions about his leadership at Prime Minister's Questions, as the row over lockdown parties at No 10 continues.

A group of the newest Conservative MPs are believed to be preparing to submit letters of no confidence in him, having met to discuss the issue on Tuesday.

If 54 Tory MPs submit letters, it would trigger a leadership contest.

Only seven are known to have done so, but one MP told the BBC they thought the threshold could be reached shortly.

Another said there was now a consensus, and a leadership contest could come sooner rather than later.

However, only MP Sir Graham Brady, chair of the Conservative backbench 1922 committee - who receives and counts up the no-confidence requests - knows the exact number.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


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Keep an eye on this... things happening today
1 posted on 01/19/2022 1:05:38 AM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

What’s with the name “Boris” which can mean “wolf”? Remember Boris Yeltsen being drunk in public as the Soviet Union was transitioning back to Russia. Maybe tough guys can briefly be good leaders when tough transitions need to be made though Boris Johnson has turned into a disappointment.


2 posted on 01/19/2022 1:12:28 AM PST by MDLION (J"Trust in the Lord with all your heart" -Proverbs 3:5)
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To: MDLION

He could be gone by today... My guess is he’ll resign rather than be humiliated in a vote


3 posted on 01/19/2022 1:13:38 AM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Nothing will happen... Johnston isn’t going anywhere... This is purely wishful thinking by the opposition parties and the leftist media of the UK... And Johnson will win the next election by a landslide.

The UK is dropping all Covid restrictions in a matter of weeks... No passports, no test, no travel restrictions. The UK will become the first country to officially declare Covid an ‘endemic’, instead of a ‘pandemic’.


4 posted on 01/19/2022 1:18:40 AM PST by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: RandFan
It seems Labour Party is equally hypocritical

SIR BEER STARMER Labour leader Keir Starmer branded ‘hypocrite’ after being pictured drinking beer during lockdown

5 posted on 01/19/2022 1:56:43 AM PST by Erik Latranyi (We are being played by forces most do not understand)
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To: jerod

I would have agreed with you up until December. But this party-business, the inflation situation, and the empty shelves at groceries...are all adding up.

The only positive factor is no one within the Conservative Party is that thrilled over replacing Johnson at this point. Maybe they can slide through to spring 2024, but I don’t see Johnson getting the nod to run again.


6 posted on 01/19/2022 2:03:09 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: RandFan; Impy; BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA; NFHale; LS; campaignPete R-CT; AuH2ORepublican; Clemenza; ...

If Boris isn’t dumped and replaced with an actual non-moonbat, he’s going to take the Tories right off the cliff. His moonbat significant other is hoping that happens. He should dump her, too.


7 posted on 01/19/2022 2:25:59 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Plugs the Pedo - The Shart Heard 'Round The World)
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To: MDLION

I remember Boris Yeltsen was going to be this great reformer but he just presided over giving away Russia to the oligarchs and criminals.


8 posted on 01/19/2022 2:41:34 AM PST by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: RandFan

He apparently partied to hearty it appears....however likely just the tip of all that’s been happening.


9 posted on 01/19/2022 2:55:59 AM PST by caww ( )
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To: RandFan

Johnson is a lying buffoonish idiot.
Should have never been given the job.


10 posted on 01/19/2022 3:04:17 AM PST by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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To: RandFan

Big whoop.

The UK has the same problem we do.

Tory, Labour.

There’s no diff.

They’re both Deep State.

The UK needs a Trump, and right now it doesn’t have one.


11 posted on 01/19/2022 3:12:24 AM PST by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: jerod

“The UK is dropping all Covid restrictions in a matter of weeks”

If only... considering that it seems the USA follows what UK does at times. An official no confidence vote re Biden, and be rid of the Covid nonsense. Heaven. (I can dream, can’t I?)


12 posted on 01/19/2022 3:21:09 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (When government fears the people, there is liberty.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

A lot sooner than that...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10417701/Boris-Johnson-set-declare-Plan-B-curbs-axed-week.html

That’s so sciencey!


13 posted on 01/19/2022 3:34:55 AM PST by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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Continuing proof, as if it were needed, that CoupFlu has NEVER been about public health anywhere on the bloody planet.


14 posted on 01/19/2022 3:36:13 AM PST by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: RandFan

He had a huge majority and he’s pi$$ing it away. Britain is headed for a Maoist government the likes of which East Germany didn’t even experience.


15 posted on 01/19/2022 4:02:54 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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To: RandFan

JACOB REES MOGG!


16 posted on 01/19/2022 4:03:49 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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To: mewzilla

Boris went bonkers and Britain had some of the strictest lockdowns and restrictions right off the bat…people were getting tracked and arrested for going walking alone in the mountains, pubs were under particular government assault, all neighborhood social life was crushed (the British used to be very fond of social clubs, glee clubs, etc.), travel was shut down…and the politicians were out partying hearty.

Boris was terrible and it’s only because there has been popular unrest (lots of anti-lockdown demonstrations) and a massive loss of popular and political support for him in his own party that he’s suddenly realized….gee, I guess we don’t need those silly little lockdowns any more, do we, my bad, hah-hah.


17 posted on 01/19/2022 4:13:29 AM PST by livius
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To: Gay State Conservative

I’d like Rees Mogg, too, although I don’t think he has much chance.


18 posted on 01/19/2022 4:14:10 AM PST by livius
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To: livius

I don’t think he went bonkers.

I think the UK’s Deep State made it clear to him how things were going to continue during that 2 weeks BoJo was allegedly down with the coof.


19 posted on 01/19/2022 4:20:35 AM PST by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: livius

I’ll just throw this on as a preview of coming attractions...

https://www.globaltenders.com/gb/uk-voting-equipments-tenders.php


20 posted on 01/19/2022 4:22:12 AM PST by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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