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LeftishBrit

(41,413 posts)
Fri Jun 9, 2023, 04:01 PM Jun 2023

Boris Johnson resigns as MP with immediate effect [View all]



...Not only is Boris Johnson giving up as an MP - triggering a by election in a marginal seat.

He is doing so in an explosive manner - taking a direct pot shot at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as he does so...



He claims the Commons Privileges Committee is a "kangaroo court".

And he is rallying the Brexit troops in suggesting his demise is driven by a motivation to overturn the result of the EU referendum.

(Much more at link):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-65860705
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Sounds kind of Trumpish. Ocelot II Jun 2023 #1
Zoicks LeftishBrit Jun 2023 #2
Didn't Sunak & Biden just meet at the WH? CrispyQ Jun 2023 #3
BoJo The Clown Celerity Jun 2023 #4
So then.... T_i_B Jun 2023 #5
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