The third instalment didn’t happen after Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak pulled out, while Boris maundered on in the Commons
The prime minister, Boris Johnson, appeared not to know that it was his own party that had introduced a no-confidence motion in his government.The prime minister, Boris Johnson, appeared not to know that it was his own party that had introduced a no-confidence motion in his government.Last modified on Mon 18 Jul 2022 23.19 BSTe careful what you wish for. Just a week ago, televised leadership debates had been a no-brainer for the Conservative party.
Truss was adamant that she wouldn’t take part in any debate unless all five of Friday’s and Sunday’s lineup was included. Which rather suggested she hadn’t understood the format of the leadership contest. Someone explain this to her, please.on Rish! and Truss being unable to be civil to one another. Before she remembered that wasn’t Tory HQ’s preferred message and contradicted herself. Rish! and Truss had been getting on too well with each other.
There were plenty of gaps on the Tory backbenches for Johnson’s last hurrah, though the ever loyal Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg cosied up close to keep the flame alight for a while longer. Along with the vacant Truss. Selling herself to the party as the continuity Boris candidate while happily trashing his economic record in government. Then, nothing much makes sense in the modern Conservative party.
Vain fantasies. Tilting at windmills like some latter day Don Quixote. Only one utterly without honour. Unaware he was building his own monument to hubris, he spoke of. A showreel of greatest hits reframed by narcissistic denial. By achieving far less than other governments he had proved his dynamism. He had got all the big calls right. Even in the face of final judgment, he was unable to tell the truth.
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