the day after the deadline: can the union survive brexit and other deep questions

it'll give him "responsible Party MP" credits in future, cos either the Tories split over this or at some point somebody's going to have to reconcile the sides. once Brexit's done the latter becomes more likely i guess.

DD is just a stunt politician, a joke who doesn't really wanna be in gov. Raab probably a little more long game careerist than that.

raab c brexit

― I'd Rather Kecak (NickB), Monday, 9 July 2018 09:34 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

my god its beautiful

See below on what Davis was offered to stop him quitting, from source close to ⁦@DavidDavisMP⁩. Response from Downing St official: “I know nothing about that” pic.twitter.com/kvXoOyGFlr

— Robert Peston (@Peston) July 9, 2018

No doubt he is more focused than DD but I don't see him trying to deliver soft brexit as a good look.

Not a position where he can quietly make evil.

It does seem like the Unchained ppl are stupid, or don't have that long game..xps

How far do you have to go before the privileges the UK had previous to Brexit are rescinded while the UK Is still tied to the EU

If PM Corbyn had fucked up this badly he'd be in prison already, with a Tory-MI5 grand coalition government serving in the national interest

— Lafargue (@Lafargue) July 9, 2018

boris johnson seems to have dodged out of the official engagements he was supposed to have attended today and according to peston he's been meeting his advisers in private instead. this is being seen as a sign that he's just about to quit

i dunno, last week it was a sign he was too much of a hypocrite/coward to back up his own public stance on a vote in parliament

i mean he abdicates his responsibilities for so many reasons

This is a good time to take a fake principled stance. If he quits maybe PM will be under a vote of confidence. Would expect her to survive that, and for this dreck to limp on till next spring at the least.

oh lord please no

remember the "short-lived" Cleggeron era? these people are like herpes

he's gone!

not far enough

election incoming

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/09/boris-johnson-resigns-as-foreign-secretary-brexit

'class act' as The Guardian might put it.

self-immolation in the lotus position on College Green or gtfo

There might not even be enough for a confidence vote:

The 1922 Committee is 42 votes. Davis and Baker would make 44. They need 48. None of them has any intention of doing it: this is an idle power play. https://t.co/Czy3Vyu1Ec

— Elvis Buñuelo (@Mr_Considerate) July 8, 2018

must be time for a new thread

i mean we are surely into a new phase

(for the record i have thought boris has been a never-was since he flinched after brexit: DD casually hammered this home last night)

i like to think that boris made the announcement then stood up, smashed the window and zip-wired straight out of carlton house

and then realised he didn't actually have a zip wire

Cometh the hour, cometh the Mogg.

the leader we deserve

the moggman prophecies

holy shit at everything

this is so far beyond omnishambles, it’s like omnimetainfinishambles

wouldn't say we are into a new phase till May goes or is pushed out.

new thread new thread new thread (bangs clipboard)

who cares what you wouldn't say

what dead-eyed ghoul will rise to replace boris as foreign sec i wonder

time for ian duncan smith to make his move

This is going to be really funny when we're all destitute.

they'd surely struggle to find someone with quite the same level of competency for the post

Priti Patel waiting in the wings.

Guido Fawkes reporting that Fox is next.

Bet Gove gets FCO.

I am told Downing Street "spiked" @BorisJohnson - that is they announced he was quitting BEFORE he actually finished writing his resignation letter. This is getting very brutal

— Robert Peston (@Peston) July 9, 2018

Labour MP comes out of the briefing. “Most surreal meeting ever. They are presenting a deal which is collapsing in front of our eyes. The projector doesn’t work. All anyone is talking about is Boris. It’s like the fucking Thick of It.”

— Jessica Elgot ⚽️🔜🏠 (@jessicaelgot) July 9, 2018

Gove would be a shoo-in if he wants it.

According to the brilliant BBC analysis and research team; so far as we can tell this is the first time two cabinet ministers have quit within 24 hours of each other (outside cabinet reshuffles) since at least 1979. Happy to be corrected.

— Alex Forsyth (@AlexForsythBBC) July 9, 2018

Think this might actually end up strengthening May tbh.

She never appointed these clowns expecting them to stay the course after all.

xp the party members will be howling for her to go - can’t imagine that they’re far off 48 now

Labour MP comes out of the briefing. “Most surreal meeting ever. They are presenting a deal which is collapsing in front of our eyes. The projector doesn’t work. All anyone is talking about is Boris. It’s like the fucking Thick of It.”

out of all these people i have the most sympathy for the projectionist, it's a thankless position

https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1348201144l/889755.jpg

pic.twitter.com/f2nrM2xvEO

— wint MP (@parliawint) July 9, 2018

2m ago 15:55

Jeremy Corbyn says the cabinet Brexit deal took two years to negotiate and two days to unravel.

He mocks May’s claim that she has restored cabinet collective responsibility.

He says he understands why ministers did not resign on Friday; their phones were removed, they would have lost their cars, and, because of government cuts, there would have been no bus services.