We have not heard much about Boris Johnson recently

Maybe Boris doesn't want to be responcible for starmer shitting himself.....I would love to see Boris and Nige joining forces...

5 reasons for Johnson downfall



The Chris Pincher affair
On Wednesday 29 June, the MP Chris Pincher - at the time, the Conservative deputy chief whip - went to a private members' club in London. In his words, he "drank far too much" and "embarrassed himself".

He was accused of groping two men, which led to a flurry of allegations, some dating back years. It set off a chain of events that ended with the prime minister's downfall.

Partygate

April this year, the prime minister was fined for breaking lockdown rules, after attending a gathering on his birthday in June 2020.

He also apologised for going to a "bring your own booze" party in the Downing Street garden during the first lockdown.

More widely, the Metropolitan Police issued 126 fines to 83 people for breaking lockdown rules in Downing Street and Whitehall.



The cost of living crisis - and a tax rise
Inflation has risen sharply in 2022, to the current rate of 9.1%.

Many of the reasons were outside Boris Johnson's control. Russia's invasion of Ukraine, for example, has led to rises in oil prices and the cost of food.

And, while the government has taken some steps - for example, by cutting fuel duty by 5p per litre - it also went ahead with a tax rise in April. National Insurance went up by 1.25 pence in the pound.



Owen Paterson row
In October 2021, a House of Commons committee recommended a 30-day suspension for then-Conservative MP Owen Paterson.

The committee said he broke lobbying rules, to try to benefit companies who paid him.

But the Conservatives - led by the prime minister - voted to pause his suspension, and set up a new committee to look at how investigations were carried out.

After an outcry, Mr Paterson ended up resigning. Mr Johnson later admitted he had "crashed the car" in his handling of the car


Mr Flip flop



Boris Johnson won his thumping majority on the back of a clear, easy-to-follow policy - Get Brexit Done.

But since then, his critics said, there was a lack of focus and ideas in Downing Street.

His ex-adviser turned chief critic, Dominic Cummings, repeatedly accused him of being an out-of-control shopping trolley, veering from position to position.

Others questioned the prime minister's philosophy - or, indeed, if he had one. In June, Conservative MP and former minister Jeremy Hunt accused Mr Johnson of lacking "integrity, competence, and vision".

Mr Hunt was speaking before a confidence vote, which Mr Johnson won - but the complaints were getting louder.

The by-election defeats kept coming. After the latest, Mr Johnson said he would not undergo a "psychological transformation".

But that, now, is not the concern of Conservative MPs. They have spoken, and the prime minister is going.

Talk about COVID



The Department for Health & Social Care (DHSC) lost 75% of the £12 billion it spent on personal protective equipment (PPE) in the first year of the pandemic to inflated prices and kit that did not meet requirements – including fully £4 billion of PPE that will not be used in the NHS and needs to be disposed of

The government’s operation of a “VIP lane” for suppliers of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic was illegal, a high court judge has ruled.

In a written judgment, handed down on Wednesday, Mrs Justice O’Farrell said the Good Law Project and EveryDoctor, who together had challenged the lawfulness of the way billions of pounds worth of contracts were awarded through the high priority lane, had established that its operation was “in breach of the obligation of equal treatment”.


Covid Inquiry investigates Government ‘VIP lane’ used by Michelle Mone
Crown Prosecution Service freezes assets worth £75 million linked to Baroness Mone and her husband



‘VIP’ lane led to ‘systemic bias’ in UK government COVID contracts
More than £2bn in contracts politically connected to Tories may have come through priority channel, suggests new report

Adam Bychawski
22 April 2021, 5.00am

Boris Johnson’s government has been accused of ‘bias’ in its awarding of COVID contracts | Tayfun Salci/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News
The UK government’s fast-tracking of suppliers recommended by officials and politicians may have led to “systematic and partisan bias” in the awarding of contracts for personal protective equipment (PPE), according to a new report.

Last year, the existence of a high-priority channel to assess potential PPE suppliers referred by government officials, ministers, MPs, peers, senior NHS staff and other health professionals, was revealed by the National Audit Office.



A report by Transparency International UK published today found that knowledge of the VIP lane appeared to be "confined to only those within the party of government in Westminster".

The anti-corruption group said this would have made it likely that “only those with connections to this party and its members would be referred through this route”.



To shine a light on one of the greatest spending sprees in Britain’s postwar era, The New York Times analyzed a large segment of it, the roughly 1,200 central government contracts that have been made public, together worth nearly $22 billion. Of that, about $11 billion went to companies either run by friends and associates of politicians in the Conservative Party, or with no prior experience or a history of controversy. Meanwhile, smaller firms without political clout got nowhere.


The UK now has the highest death rate from Covid-19 of any country in the world, the latest data has revealed.

An average of 935 daily deaths in the UK over the last week was the equivalent of more than 16 people in every million dying each day from coronavirus.


The Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice campaign group - which criticised the government's handling of the pandemic - urged the inquiry to ensure these voices are heard.31 Jan 2024


All this by a Government Boris was PM.


I think the Ham Shacker should Hang.

I cant deny that, and I say again, had it not been for covid Boris would probably have seen a full term. But never forget that at the time, Starmer openly criticised Boris for not enforcing a stricter longer lockdown. 

Did Thatcher take any notice of criticism from Michael Foot or Neil Kinnock?

Obviously not. However, fortunately Boris didn't take criticism seriously from Starmer, who wanted a longer lockdown.