Why Did Boris Johnson Want To Stay Until His Successor Is Chosen….

[Untitled]

… if he isn’t going to do any work?

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/06/boris-johnson-under-fire-for-approach-to-final-weeks-as-pm

[Untitled]

oh dear i meant to post this in news :)

can it be moved?

[bhg481]

Let's ask an obvious question: does he still get PM pay?

[gness]

The power, Untitled, and the inability ever to do the right thing.

[bhg481]

It was obvious to me from the start that all he wanted was the "Head Boy" badge to pin on his jacket. He was prepared to lie to get it and, unfortunately, the Tory members didn't see through his plot. I fear it could cost them dearly at the next GE.

[naomi24]

Can’t see the problem. Parliament is out for the summer and you didn’t like what he did anyway, so why do you want him to carry on doing it?

[bhg481]

Nobody has said we want him to carry on; we're asking why he is doing.

[naomi24]

He’s on holiday from parliament - like the rest of the MPs.

[naomi24]

And to answer your question, bhg, of course he’s still being paid. It’s not much of a job that doesn’t include paid holidays.

[Peter Pedant]

// Parliament is out for the summer and you didn’t like what he did anyway, so why do you want him to carry on doing it?//
because there is a war on in the east - durr

I mean go for the snappy one liners but they have to make sense

PM cant work wivvart parliament - o god who made that one up?

[douglas9401]

"It’s not much of a job that doesn’t include paid holidays."

But since making an honest woman of Carrie he's been on a zero hoors contract.

[tonyav]

He is working, hard work flogging your house you know.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/boris-johnson-s-four-bedroom-house-goes-on-sale-for-1-6m-but-he-bought-it-for-1-2m/ar-AA10o0Hd?ocid=ob-fb-engb-1511253547831&fbclid=IwAR2Z21Sp37VqPcK0efBd63fyNWS8TU1So2NCDKpbYM0U9RLUVx1bWWWzvUA

[tomus42]

He wants to go in his own time. It's a pride thing to compensate for getting kicked out.

Also, he gets paid. Also as long as he's in office he can continue to nominate his mates for jobs and honours.

[FatticusInch]

Narcissism and entitlement, nothing less.

[davebro]

he's just following tradition

[Mozz71]

Stop moaning. If he's doing nothing, he can't screw anything up.

[lankeela]

Slow news day then?

[Gromit]

I have a little sympathy for Boris. He is probably a bit humiliated at being so publicly dumped by his own party and that would make anyone depressed and a feeling of can’t be bothered.
He was not very good at being PM, hence all the u-turns, back stabbing, nepotism and and general chaos of the last 3 years. So they fact that he is sleep walking the jobs means he is not doing any more harm.

[davebro]

what "harm" do you think he did - policy-wise?

[naomi24]

A selection of nuggets of essential information from a couple of sources rather more knowledgeable than the bitter and confused here:

//There is a Whitehall manual giving some guidelines for a caretaker government….Sir David Normington, the former civil service Home Office chief, said there would be issues over urgent decisions, particularly now that Mr Johnson has lost his authority.
“We are in slightly uncharted waters because there are no rules about a transition like this as there are only conventions,” he said.
A caretaker prime minister “should not be taking major decisions about future policy”.....“It's called a caretaker government, but in a national emergency it has to act and that's why you have to have a prime minister in office and you have to have a Cabinet reacting to the situation,” he said…. “The prime minister made explicit references to Cabinet that we are not going to do anything that would tie the hands of our successors,” Mr Cleverly said. “We are not going to do anything that would be novel or a big change from the current set direction of travel.” //

https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/07/08/boris-johnsons-caretaker-role-raises-fears-in-event-of-a-national-crisis/

In the sour world of Dougieland, 'porkies', as he calls them, are only porkies when he thinks other people are telling them.

Still, chin up everyone. We'll have that nice solid and dependable Ms Truss sorting it all soon. Happy days.

[Gromit]

// what "harm" do you think he did - policy-wise? //

We have had 50,000 illegal immigrants come during his tenure, that didn’t happen before.
May/Hammod left a fairly healthy economy behind the, now we have a cost of living crisis, record inflation and industrial strife.

The NHS is back to record waiting lists.

We are £400 Billion further in debt.