A Bunch Of Back Stabbing Hypocrites..................

[10ClarionSt]

............was the impression I got when the Tory MPs applauded Johnson out of the commons yesterday. I can only assume that the applause was relief at finally getting rid of him. Can't think of any other reason to applaud him.

[Sqad]

bobb....I just think it was Boris being "amusing" and "with it" and it did amuse some people.
I doubt whether we shall see Boris back in front line politics at all.

[Ken4155]

The two images that will stay in my mind from yesterday's 'finale' are;

Theresa May begrudgingly getting to her feet, but then defiantly crossing her arms instead of applauding.

Nadine Dorries almost pushing others out of the way in her attempt to be right behind her beau as he left the chamber.

[naomi24]

Nasty woman, Theresa May - and yesterday it showed.

[Ken4155]

^
Bet you voted for her back in 2017:-J

[naomi24]

I didn't vote for 'her' - ever.

[david small]

What a shower. We voted for this lot so I suppose we get what we deserve. Guy fawkes was onto something.

[ichkeria]

I think the problem with Theresa May was she was too damn decent eg to do the necessary on Brexit.
It probably needed a rogue like Johnson to produce a circle and call it a square :-)

[douglas9401]

And an oven-ready square at that.

[naomi24]

Ich, you have a very strange notion of 'decent', Ich. She did all she could to thwart the result of that EU referendum, 'Decent' that ain't.

[FatticusInch]

naomi24
//I didn't vote for 'her' - ever.//

In the same way many if not most didn’t vote for Johnson, they voted against Corbyn.

[naomi24]

No doubt some did.

[FatticusInch]

naomi24
//Ich, you have a very strange notion of 'decent', Ich. She did all she could to thwart the result of that EU referendum, 'Decent' that ain't.//

Lol, in the same way Johnson tried to thwart the Gray Report just prior to publication.
Lack of decency must be a Tory party trait, the appointment of Pincher proved that.

[Deskdiary]

FatticusInch at 9.29 - I agree.

Even right up to the eve of the GE, Corbyn wouldn't be drawn on his Brexit stance, so Labour voters who voted for Brexit, notably in the Red Wall, couldn't trust Corbyn, hence the "lending" of their votes to BJ because at least they knew his stance.

The Tory majority was an undeniable success, but it's my view this was in no small part to Corbyn (plus the unutterable fear of having McDonnell in charge of the nation's purse strings and Abbott in charge of the nation's security).

[ichkeria]

Theresa may kept coming up with agreements which Parliament kept rejecting. If Parliament had not been allowd to vote on the issue ironically we would have left the EU a lot earlier (cue the old "oh but that's not Brexit" argument yet again (!) )
Johnson cheated really. Maybe that was the right thing to do, but cheat he did ...

[naomi24]

//cue the old "oh but that's not Brexit" argument yet again //

It may be an old argument but it's accurate - uncomfortably so for some.

[ichkeria]

The last election was effectively a referendum on finally kicking the Brexit impasse into touch. That is why places like Cheltenham shrugged its shoulders wearily and rejected the Lib Dem candidate who has looked like winning for long periods in the run up.
It's actually why Johnson ended up PM in the first place. Once he'd "got Brexit done" that was really it.

[naomi24]

And in between he managed to fit the pandemic in. Job done.

[Old_Geezer]

Not only is it traditional, unless you're an MP with no sense of courtesy, and it would be heartfelt since BJ achieved a lot of things that needed doing, often in the face of unreasonable opposition from antidemocracy MPs and private individuals. His personal life failings are as nought compared to his ability to achieve, as has been the case with many achievers in the past. But this must be obvious, surely.

[tomus42]

Johnson was a backstabber himself.
What goes around comes around.