In the end probably. But immediately? I suspect that Allegra Stratton will be the first of a few to go in Boris's stead. Either BJ ignores the advice he is given, suspected; or the advice he is given is bad, probably unlikely; or he just finds telling the truth hard, very likely. The point made by many commentators, if he had apologised for the "party" early on this would have all gone away. It's not going away now, Boris. All the other pigeons will eventually come home to roost too I suspect, the contracts for PPE, the billions spent on hopeless apps and Test and Trace, the decorating the flat and the general bumbling hopelessness of it all. A good point made today, would any of this have happened under Teresa May? Of course not, because then Government was a serious business. The example of the leader sets the tone, and what's BJ's tone? During the summer I saw a neat T-shirt that sums it all up, "Elect a clown; expect a circus."
Anyway, I don't feel sorry for Allegra Stratton, and I hope this might all be remembered at the next election. Even Kev (as we call him in this house) couldn't screw up in PM's questions could he? Emily Thornbury spoke very well yesterday, one of a number of preferred options for opposition leader. But hey-ho that's the Labour Party for you.
Mark Steel's In Town is back, next week its Whitby, that'll be interesting, I used to live nearby. Today it was Walthamstow, Mark's on good form.
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And his WTFIGO podcast is still going strong. https://play.acast.com/s/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-with-mark-steel/what-the-f-is-going-on-with-mark-steel-episode-1
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