Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a ceremonial reception at the Presidential House in New Delhi, India. | HARISH TYAGI
Will he or won't he? The big question is whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson will resign sooner rather than later. My personal view is that he will not take his party into the next general election. He is damaged goods. The “partygate” incident was a disgrace and it will catch up with him sooner rather than later. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. His government appears to go from one crisis to the next and nothing appears to get done. Take the bold plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. This is a disgrace. Anyone with an ounce of compassion will say so. A badly thought through plan from a failing government aimed at grabbing the headlines to deflect attention from the partygate scandal, well that is my view.
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I presume you dream of a coalition between wee Crankie and Starmer with Putin as leader. Very British.
Don't underestimate Boris. He's survived much worse than this. True, he got caught and technically, he's guilty, but this one had no measurable impact on the condition of the country, except for pissing off a lot of voters. And the opposition isn't exactly popular. Other stuff he's done (and clearly lied about) has had demonstrably adverse impact on the condition of the UK. And he's survived that. Still, Bill Clinton got strung up for being naughty with a girl (which has little to do with being president) so this one could also take Boris down. Politics is a funny business. We shall see.
Boris´s ego is bigger than his brains, as any sensible leader would realise that staying on as PM would mean losing lots of votes, thus damaging the party, thus losing the elections. But no, that would need a brain to work that one out; something politicians lack in general.