Johnson

The above is the whole conundrum in a nutshell.

While he was popular and successful, Tories overlooked everything.

Once he was rumbled as being a dishonest charlatan, and popularity and electoral prospects declined , they couldn't get rid of him quick enough .

They (the Tories) cannot wash their grubby hands of him , and Truss...it was THEY, who elected both, and we know what happened afterwards.

Not true legend - if you don't have the right form of ID you cannot vote for anyone. Surely this ID topic has been done to death by us - I am no great fan of Boris or indeed Trump but we don't need to sugar coat any facts to prove their dishonesty.

As for Boris being finished in British politics I am not convinced. The tories will probably get blasted at the next election, Sunak will fall on his sword & the tories will be looking for someone to get them back into power - I wouldn't even put ladram's fiver on it not being Boris. 

I know that, I’m just reiterating the findings from the last lot of local elections in England, where they found that it disproportionately affected the younger voters who were more likely to vote for any of the opposition.

Him and his supporters are pushing the conspiracy theory or Sunak's personal vendetta. It's not, he was found by a Tory majority standards committee to have deliberately mislead parliament. There is no way anyone who attended those gatherings, however briefly, could then honestly claim "rules were followed at all times". This is the bleedin' obvious and everyone knows this. It's funny, yet no surprise, that he has tried to invent further fictions, in this case that he was briefed to say all rules were followed, which the committee will find no evidence to support. 

I'm done talking about such a pathetic waste of a human being - till the next scandal! - but it amazes me the pro-Johnson papers cannot even report the facts properly. Well, in their headlines and sub-headlines at least. We talk about democracy on here and a free press which people can trust is paramount to that. Some of our paper owners are in fact Tory donors and even Lords, whilst a lot of our news stories in wide circulation media are actually quotes and opinions without any research, cross-examination or justification... i.e. effectively just gossip. I suspect there are actually now only a small number of Johnson supporters but they are very loud, amplified by the media. Just to create a story and sell their papers.

My final comment is to repeat exactly why Johnson had to resign as PM: he knowingly appointed a potential sexual offender into a position of power and forced his colleagues to lie on his behalf. Which they did until their lies were too obvious.

I have no clue why this has been forgotten.

I cannot fathom who I despise most Thatcher, Johnson or Truss !

HIde  rhinoceros us appropriate description for the three.

How on earth people voted for him to be Prime Minister etc has been beyond me for some considerable time.