@SA Coello:
“So Boris Johnson didn’t survive his night of the long knives after all. I expected him to hold on until his fingernails were raw, although his intention is to remain as janitor prime minister, so we don’t have the back of him yet seen “It’s kind of like William Brown running number 10, but without the humor. I hope we get Steve Baker as prime minister.”
@Thomas Berk:
“The Conservative Party needs to take a good look at itself. It needs to ask itself how a person like this ever managed to get to the top – and then surround herself with others who should never have come close to holding a ministerial position. – and find ways to prevent such a disaster from happening again.
“Those of us who vote conservative – and even those who don’t – deserve better than this. We pay the price as they play games, hear ‘hear’ yell and bang on tables.
“This has been, in my opinion, one of the most shameful and horrific periods in the history of the Conservative Party.”
@Philip Bighead:
“He had too many enemies. Within his party and in the media. One word: Brexit. The establishment and career politicians were always looking for ways to bring him down. I’m amazed he’s been able to stay in position for so long.”
@Hi Gr:
“Thank you, Boris, for getting Brexit through the House of Commons. Whether the results were good or bad.
“Thank you for getting the right people to buy and roll out the Covid vaccinations. Thank you for unlocking the Covid restrictions earlier than some wanted. Thank you, Boris, for your strong support to Ukraine and leading the response.
“We’ll forget the rest and never talk about it again. You were a bit unlucky to be prime minister in the age of social media.”
@Jonathan Switch:
“All in all, a pretty sad performance by the Conservatives, period. It started with Miss May and many others ignoring and opposing the Brexit vote. Boris is then elected leader, gains a majority of 80 seats and gives us a half-baked Brexit, windmills and no conservative policy.
“As for border control – a total failure. Then Boris will be booted and we will undoubtedly go back to a pro-EU liberal prime minister. If this happens, I think it might be over for the Conservatives in the next election. No one is going to believe Jam’s promises again tomorrow.”
@ABAB:
“Boris has big strengths and big weaknesses, always has been. Conservative MPs have utterly failed to protect him from the latter and have allowed their enemies to triumph.”
@John McKinney:
“I have never in my long life seen a more coordinated campaign against a public figure, let alone a prime minister. Even Maggie Thatcher hadn’t thrown this at her, and her conservative colleagues stabbed her in the back at least relatively privately.
“From the largest majority in over 50 years to being thrown out of the ear after a campaign of leaks, rumors and wild overreaction, the Awkward Squad has done a tremendous job in punishing him for Brexit. Expertly assisted by the most unprofessional Civil Service act in its history. They never said a word about Blair, and look what he did.’
@Miriam Umney: via Facebook
“With the loss of so much support, Johnson’s position was no longer tenable. Both Sunak and Javid have resigned in my opinion as they intend to compete to fill his position. Both are unsuitable applicants in my opinion.
“The only one with real integrity and the personality and competence to take over from Johnson is Lord Frost, who is currently ineligible.”
@Richard Read:
“His downfall started with the firing of Cummings. Since then, there has been an internal party-driven approach to ousting Boris. A great leader, he led this country through Brexit, Covid and Europe’s first war in more than 70 years. Let’s be clear, it’s the Conservative party and the elite mainstream media that pushed him out.
“He won the landslide for the Conservatives; the people voted for him, not the conservative party. If the party isn’t careful, they will hand the country over to a Labor/SNP government in the next election, leaving Britain poorer and worse governed with less status in the world.
“We need a great leader now more than ever.”