Boris Johnson’s slow exit
Was it really the scandals that brought Boris Johnson down? Or was it the disappointment over his weakness as a leader and his failure to deliver much of anything beyond Brexit that would differentiate him sharply from Labour?
I think the latter, and so does Melanie Phillips, who certainly knows more about it than I do:
Boris Johnson’s decision to quit as prime minister of the United Kingdom followed unprecedented scenes in the British parliament this week, as he clung on to power despite the resignation of more than 50 of his ministers in an attempt to force him out.
The immediate cause of the revolt was a series of last straws over his perceived personal dishonesty—first by breaking his own COVID laws and, most recently, lying about his promotion of a “sex-pest” Member of Parliament.
The deeper issue was a profound disillusionment among those who had voted him into power for delivering Brexit. These constitutents concluded that he had failed to use Britain’s newly recovered independence to free up the country’s capacity for progress and prosperity.
Nor was he resisting the culture war being waged upon core values, particularly the loss of control over illegal immigration and the trashing of Britain’s history and identity.
He’s quitting as head of the Conservative (Tory) party, but he says he’s staying till October as Prime Minister. Phillips thinks he might be persuaded to shorten that timetable to avoid being a protracted lame duck. There certainly is no dearth of party members calling for him to step down much more quickly.
I don’t agree with a good deal of the rest of Phillips’ piece, which is a comparison of Trump, Netanyahu, and Johnson, but I do agree that the problem with Johnson and the reason he’s being forced out goes much deeper than the scandals.
Good riddance to BoJo, who was the British equivalent (perhaps even worse) of one of our worthless RINO members of GOPe, although, in truth, there is hardly any such creature in the politics of the UK as a sensible conservative! The scandals which have surrounded him are as nothing in comparison to his criminal dereliction of the duty to preserve his nation (an island being much easier to secure) from the massive and destructive invasion of unassimilable foreigners, many young, male, and Muslim (African, Middle Eastern, Afghan). The cost to the body politic of Britain of this insane policy has been incalculable and borne mostly by members of the working class, to say nothing of all the tens of thousands of young English girls preyed upon and violated, abusively and violently, by immigrants who should never have been allowed entrance.
I stand with j e
Hey Boris!
As you’re leaving…Don’t let the front door hit you where the good Lord split you!
Good riddance is right.
He’s only the first…keep watching.
I’m convinced it was his hair (“heavy hangs the hair”, etc.).
Now I’m all for saving on shampoo and cutting back on water consumption—for the planet’s sake, certainly—and we’ve all heard of “a bad hair day” and even experienced the phenomenon on occasion…but three straight years??
His party, it would appear, became increasingly unimpressed and ever more worried…
The next PM will be, I am positive, far better groomed, perhaps even entirely bald.
BREAKING (July 6, 2022 2:21pm): Iranian security forces arrested several foreign nationals among them the British deputy ambassador, Iranian Television reports:
https://mobile.twitter.com/BarakRavid/status/1544748398154219520
timing hostage taking to exquisite effect: it’s what they do, it’s who they are
Careful there:
“UK says diplomat who was allegedly arrested by Iran as spy left country 6 months ago”—
https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-says-diplomat-who-was-allegedly-arrested-by-iran-left-country-6-months-ago/
I’m not sure what’s going on, but one must always keep in mind that Barak Ravid is…well…Barak Ravid.
However:
‘Warsaw confirms detention of Polish scientist in Iran;
‘A statement from the Polish foreign ministry confirmed the arrest of a Polish “recognized scientist,” giving no further details about his identity.’—
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east-news/iran-news/article-711447
Wonder how he happened to be there and what he was doing….
…as well as what Iran’s up to…with this latest round of hostage taking.
Interesting Barry. Dunno Barak Ravid at all, but picked up the link from C. Glick, who, I assume, does know him somehow. So I’ll distrust her a tad more in future.
It’s a built-in problem.
We all jump! (Maybe I should speak for myself, though.)
We all seem to want to believe the worst. (Ditto…)
“If it bleed it leads…”, etc.
“If it outrages, then…it must be true”(?)
Grrrrr.
(Just another—huge—problem with the Internet and its insanity-inducing instaneity… Gotta be careful about every damn thing…)
Anyway, hope that Polish fellow can get out of there, though, without too much hassle; and the others, too. But the Iranians have their reasons and they want something. And they’re very happy to wait for as long as it takes.
And when journalists are absolutely UNSCRUPULOUS—are merely propagandistic hacks—the “built-in problem” is intensely magnified precisely so that the hatred, which is INTENTIONALLY generated, will go through the roof.
…since the 2-minute hate (make that 24/7 hate) is such a heavenly, spiritual…or if not, then at least a magnificently useful goal….
“Supreme Court Prayer Calumny Is Classic Illustration of Elite Media Manipulation of Facts”—
https://pjmedia.com/culture/marktapscott/2022/07/07/supreme-court-prayer-calumny-is-classic-illustration-of-elite-media-manipulation-of-facts-n1611047
H/T Instapundit.
I suspect that it’s not so much a case of incompetence with Johnson but rather that he simply hasn’t anything to contribute, he’s the very definition of a mediocrity.
Arguably, the polar opposite of a Churchill.
Most significantly, Johnson is an indication of just how shallow has
become the majority in the UK, that they found a mediocrity to be worthy of office. But now, who waits better in the wings? Not that such does not exist but rather that someone truly superior has no chance of being seen as welcome by the majority. Since far too many applecarts would be threatened. The UK does not want a De Santis, much less a Trump.
A nation swirling down the drainhole.
he’s the very definition of a mediocrity
To anyone remotely familiar with Johnson, this statement sounds unreal.
Here is a good piece on BoJo and Britain:
https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/07/07/why-boris-johnson-resigned-and-what-it-means-for-britains-future/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CapitolBell&mkt_tok=ODI0LU1IVC0zMDQAAAGFeR837IvD1cPNPOGuodDMAB66zlpXi6PkJcaLtEbRvIqgrLm06uAkSH7ckQ3KJrNOVdIcro-_oBKiBZpnSAiSNzvQUSo0QHRMeDkJhuMUbXKJ9w
BoJo has resigned as PM:
https://nypost.com/2022/07/07/british-prime-minister-boris-johnson-resigns/
Looks like Carrie won’t get to finish the redecorating of No. 10.