Post by yggdrasil on Mar 24, 2023 17:12:21 GMT
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This week’s double parliamentary humiliation marked the “death throes” of the Boris Johnson “cult” with only a rump of loyalists now supporting him, Tory MPs have said.
The former prime minister was forced to plead “hand on heart” that he had not lied to MPs over the Partygate scandal.
He also failed to lead a successful Commons revolt against Rishi Sunak’s post-Brexit agreement, which passed the Commons by a huge majority of 486.
In the end, just 22 Tory MPs rebelled against the deal, designed to end the row over the Northern Ireland protocol.
One senior Tory MP told The Independent that the Partygate inquiry and the Brexit vote were the “death throes of Boris cult”, saying the “dying rump” of around 20 to 30 loyalists left would not be able to rebuild support for him in the parliamentary party.
latest YouGov poll shows 72 per cent of the public thinks Mr Johnson is dishonest (while only 13 per cent believe he is honest).
......With him unlikely to be able to even hold his seat come an election, is Boris done for?
This week’s double parliamentary humiliation marked the “death throes” of the Boris Johnson “cult” with only a rump of loyalists now supporting him, Tory MPs have said.
The former prime minister was forced to plead “hand on heart” that he had not lied to MPs over the Partygate scandal.
He also failed to lead a successful Commons revolt against Rishi Sunak’s post-Brexit agreement, which passed the Commons by a huge majority of 486.
In the end, just 22 Tory MPs rebelled against the deal, designed to end the row over the Northern Ireland protocol.
One senior Tory MP told The Independent that the Partygate inquiry and the Brexit vote were the “death throes of Boris cult”, saying the “dying rump” of around 20 to 30 loyalists left would not be able to rebuild support for him in the parliamentary party.
latest YouGov poll shows 72 per cent of the public thinks Mr Johnson is dishonest (while only 13 per cent believe he is honest).
......With him unlikely to be able to even hold his seat come an election, is Boris done for?
