Who Will Be The New P M?

[Kardashev]

I think it's looking like curtains for the PM, so who do you think the Tories will go for?

[jno]

no, governments succeed or fail by what they do, not by the excuses they make.

Just for the record, the UK is still 29th in the rankings for number of Covid deaths per million - between Colombia and Russia. That means 200 other states have done better.

[naomi24]

Either that ... or their counting skills aren't up to much.

[ToraToraTora]

jno if we are 29th how are 200 states better? There are not even 200 states in the world anyway. We are the worst in the world +5! that takes 5Cery to a new level!

[Gromit]

The financial crash of 2008 was unprecedented.
The Government then didn’t lose its head and lose the plot like this one has.

[Gromit]

Total deaths we are 6th highest in the world (230 areas).

Deaths per million we rank 29th (out of 230 areas).

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

[Hopkirk]

No one has mentioned Sajid Javid.

[jno]

there are 230 places on Worldometer's list - though on closer inspection, two of them are ships, so you may have a point...

Some may be regarded as self-run dependencies, eg Gibraltar; no point in including them in the British total. The list is here if you want to winnow them down
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Of course naomi may be right in think that Britain is the only country that counts, so to speak - but sadly it rates only 17th in that
https://factsmaps.com/pisa-2018-worldwide-ranking-average-score-of-mathematics-science-reading/

[jno]

I don't know, Hopkirk, regicides seldom take over the throne immediately. Oliver Cromwell and Boris are exceptions, but not exactly encouraging ones.

[Hopkirk]

It's not unknown for the Tories to have a leader from a minority. Maggie and Theresa.

[gulliver1]

"Who will be the next PM",,, Good question,,,,
,,Sir Keir Starmer or Sir Ed Davey.

[ichkeria]

I think the next PM will be a Tory :-)

Johnson will be gone by tonight

[tomus42]

Sorry Ich but it's 8 minutes past and he's still there.

Silver lining - another day's entertainment.

[jno]

tomorrow he'll announce a new government made up of agency staff, like the ones to be used to break union strikes.