BORIS JOHNSON RESIGNS

In an emergency podcast, Rory and Alastair react to the news that Boris Johnson is standing down as a Conservative MP with immediate effect after an investigation into the Partygate scandal found he misled parliament and recommended a suspension from the House of Commons.
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[@kpbarrow]

I saw Alastair on both the BBC and Sky News last night, thanks for pointing out how complicit the media has been in Boris's behaviour.

[@zelden666]

Laura Kuenssberg needs removing

[@garyh1572]

He ought to be in prison.

[@fje1948]

Exactly my view……

[@johnwright9372]

9.00 Rory is spot on that Johnson has resigned to avoid facing parliament and to prepare a comeback.

[@nicholashilken1345]

Nobody likes admitting they were wrong, least of all the arrogant and entitled. To quote Blackadder 4, "He's as guilty as a puppy next to a pile of poo."

[@davidpearson243]

Phil called it just about right on “A Different Bias” this morning

[@BoyeeSmudger]

Great channel.

[@anthonyparkinson4517]

"A Different Bias"

[@davidpearson243]

@@anthonyparkinson4517 correct (bloody predicted text)

[@AlleywayJack]

Love that guys channel.

[@buddhababy2005]

Phil is always on the money!

[@dschoene57]

I got up this morning and thought: I hope Alistair and Rory do an emergency pod. I wasn't disappointed. 👍

[@steverichmond7142]

The words honourable and Boris Johnson should not be in the same sentence.

[@martincopeland8153]

Boris Report leaked; "Boris really has adopted a disgracefully cavalier attitude to his classical studies. [He] sometimes seems affronted when criticised for what amounts to a gross failure of responsibility (and surprised at the same time that he was not appointed Captain of the school for the next half). "I think he honestly believes that it is churlish of us not to regard him as an exception, one who should be free of the network of obligation that binds everyone else." Eton when he was 17.

[@garygalt4146]

These words should be emblazoned when ever bozo is on camera.

[@andrewrobinson2565]

Not a second of this podcast wasted. Bravo both 👍👍+1.

[@cassandra2249]

I've never been a Tory or a great admirer of the Tory tradition, but I always love to hear what Rory has to say, about all things political, and value his opinion enormously.

[@buddhababy2005]

Saying that he loves his constituency is ridiculous. He was in parliament for only 3 out of something like 187 votes in the last year or so!

[@sadjaxx]

They were completely invisible to Boris.

[@jonathangammond3019]

Nothing becomes the man as the manner of his departure.

[@DanBeech-ht7sw]

True, and that was a mega-flounce

[@iamqotl]

He’ll dine on this “witch-hunt” for the rest of his days. BJ and Trump. Professional victims.

[@buddhababy2005]

Trump is already raising funds on the last 'attack' on him!

[@starmersbarber]

I can't quite get my head into the idea that some people actually think that Sunak is 'much more competent'. I see no evidence of that. With the exception of about half a day of the Windsor Framework stuff, his leadership of the country has been awful. I see him as a liability. I go on results (his ridiculously vacuous pledges and the failing of just about everything). And he's a charmless robot! The country simply can't go on with these people at the helm for much longer. Thank goodness the evil Johnson is gone....hopefully Sunak, etc will be next.

[@famebrightstudio451]

Sunak is a joke too, a strange little non-self-aware cringeworthy man who'd fit right into The Office.

[@audreymcgready4329]

Hi stranger. I couldn't agree more. Sunak is a snake. Trust him not. He is a weak individual. He wanted the title and his hands on the levers that will enrich himself and his Mrs even more.

[@raylder6339]

I understand why people think he’s competent even though I generally agree with some of the thoughts expressed here. It’s political whiplash, or overcompensation. After a loud boisterous leader fails, a quiet and industrious leader seems more trustworthy. It was the same thing reversed with May - > Johnson. She was quietly working away at her task but Johnson convinced everyone that her lack of results was a sign of weakness. I would go so far as to hypothesise that Johnson was largely responsible for manufacturing this perception of May.

[@anonUK]

​@@raylder6339 I remember a Tory at the time lamenting the problems around constructing a personality cult around someone without a personality. Eventually they settled on shoes and "Dancing Queen".

[@davidgriffithsbjjcoach7207]

@@raylder6339 It's bizarre when you look back or even remember. During Covid he was almost the only cabinet minister who could get through a sentence without constant errrr ummmmmmmmmmms. Admittedly that's a pretty low bar but that's why he was seen as competent.

[@tom5216]

Not a tory but can’t help but like Rory Stewart.

[@ThePereubu1710]

That's because he is not a "Tory", he was only a borderline Conservative. I think he is, at heart, a right of centre Liberal.

[@dantshaw]

@@ThePereubu1710 Have you seen his voting record? Very Tory.

[@dh1380]

@@dantshaw he addresses this in another podcast as it as something that frequently comes up

[@dantshaw]

@@dh1380 What does he say?

[@NSBarnett]

Greed, narcissism, mendacity, fantasy, immaturity, and incompetence!

[@bisratezra8247]

Hear, hear.

[@grahambuckerfield4640]

A thickos idea of a leader, those that bother with anything other than the Express/Mail/Gbeebies who think he did ‘his best’ during COVID are in for a shock too.

[@adamwelch6217]

A succinct version of the Tory manifesto

[@briangreen6602]

Yep , that's Alastair

[@happychappy7115]

Johnson and rest of his ilk shat on the rest of us, and enriched themselves in the process. Prison too good for this cxnt!😢

[@garygalt4146]

Traitors gate.

[@XLR_8]

1st class journalism as always guys.

[@johnwright9372]

5:58 Alastair hits the nail on the head. So many journalists and TV presenters are such crap, nauseating sycophants to establishment power.

[@briangreen6602]

He's spent his life using such people, most notably to start a disastrous war.

[@FixUp.LookSharp]

That was absolutely great Rory & Alistair. I thoroughly enjoyed that. A glorious day! But like the T-800, he may be back, soon.

[@fraserct533]

He lied & lied & lied ... & then lied even more. The privelage comittee has obviously nailed him for this ... thank god! ... & now he's lying about that too ... hopefully he's out for good.

[@martincopeland8153]

It is a great tragedy that the Public School’s Gentlemanly tradition of a man in Boris DePiffle’s position is given a decanter of Brandy and the Mess revolver and told to do the honourable thing has become a thing of the past!

[@normanchristie4524]

He would drink the brandy and shoot the messenger.

[@martincopeland8153]

@@normanchristie4524 yup!

[@jonathanbradshaw2575]

I am so grateful that there are people from both sides of the political sphere like yourselves that point out the huge damage that this clown has done to the country and the politics. There are certain characters that should be banned from office as a danger to the country. As a self-interested, narcissistic liar, he qualifies with flying colours.

[@dougie6886]

Johnson is like a turd, you keep flushing it down the toilet, but it keeps coming back up 😂😂 I stole part of your quote Alistair ❤

[@andrewdenby8239]

RS needs to expel BJ from the party citing his contempt for both parliament and the party...

[@billdoyle6830]

Well done boys!

[@robroy9511]

Yes, what a fantastic double.

[@Lynnefromlyn]

Excellent as usual!

[@johannesnicolaas]

Nadine and Boris gone, ah so sad. Two of the greatest comedians left the stage. How can I survive this loss?

[@spindriftbeach6082]

It is shocking that because of one man's narcissistic ambitions we have left the EU and our economy is a lot poorer for it. Just so Bojo could be PM and now that his true character has been exposed he is shifting the blame onto everyone else. If he drove his car into a tree it would be the tree's fault.

[@garygalt4146]

Can’t wait for Fridays have I got news for you. 🎉

[@marblackCanada]

Should have striped them all.

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

This could push Sunak to call for a this year October General Election. It wouldn't surprise me he now has had enough already.

[@adamlee3772]

I doubt Sunak will call for a GE early. They want to cling on for as long as possible.

[@Cornodebassetto]

It won’t happen, I can’t see Parliament being dissolved for an election this year. Maybe next year

[@Zethonring23]

Really appreciate this podcast, others like Newscast are too gossipy and unfocused and the likes of The News Agents are too opinionated and unprofessional, this is the only one that's always on point with professionalism and intellect while somehow never feeling boring or obsolete, top stuff!

[@johnclark9113]

Rory quoted Boris, saying it was a kangaroo court..but he is a kangaroo...he just proved it...he's hopped it..

[@foreignofficeclub5815]

Love Amman, hope you have a great time there. Fantastic podcast as always. Sadly I doubt this is the end of Boris et al, some rich alt right backer along with a willing media will bring him back

[@davebento1548]

And what we know is the very tip of an enormous ice berg. For example, why has the fact that he, and an unnamed partner, met with a former Russian agent in Italy after slipping his security and civil servants never been investigated publicly.

[@terryfinnie2146]

Also the NATO meeting was about security with Russian, & Putin's disregard for EU.🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@johannesnicolaas]

Oh my God, I feel the need to open a very big bottle.... Party time a la Boris....

[@Monklane79]

Excellent

[@ian4675]

He will come back with a death star and kill us all :)

[@macsmiffy2197]

My 7 yo granddaughter was outraged about Johnson’s behaviour as Prime Minister. Even at her age she knew there were standards expected from the person occupying the position of PM. I think it’s important that she sees him being punished!

[@JelMain]

Hi, Rory, Dana's chum here. I think Boris has a pre-COVID and post-COVID eras.

[@stephenharris3895]

No great loss both a waste of space good news for the country

[@Jimboken1]

Two Boris fans discuss their former leader lovingly.

[@billjewitt-gz3mm]

And they get to walk off into the sunset..

[@turnerdali4676]

Exactly! Why are they not held to account? They can treat the country like their personal ATM and the only punishment is having to resign?

[@DeputyChiefWhip]

Well, Boris is definitely getting more publicity!

[@Jaysusitsme]

The only diffebetween BJ's statement and Trump's is BJ's was missing "the likes of which you've never seen before"

[@stevosd60]

Bojo is a jouno and that's all he ever was. He is totally unqualified to be pm. It was all public school bluff . Carry on chaps.

[@ParcelOfRogue]

Nadine Dorres's seat of Mid Beds will have a by election. Labour are a fairly poor second and LibDems in 3rd. But it is a rural, small towns area and the LibDems have been canvassing it last weekend and believe they can come from 3rd and win the by election as they did in North Shropshire, which would require a smaller swing. Unlike in Shropshire, the LibDems won 8 out of 9 of the Central Bed council seats up for election in May.

[@gagrin1565]

So glad to see our dear twins, the mop-headed clown princes of crime, getting some small portion of what they are due.

[@CloudhoundCoUk]

Sadly. He will resurface in Henley Upon Thames as MP. He and all Brexit politicians should go to prison.

[@ybkseraph]

Did Bojo write 2 letters as for leaving EU 😂?

[@TheDonnyl]

OMG NO WAY 😮

[@shadowside8433]

it's simple - boot him out the party.

[@BosskV2.0]

Wasn't Windmere on the news recently for being polluted with sewerage?? Are you sure you want to swim there?

[@michaelmouse4024]

I'm crowdfunding a Johnson biopic entitled DOWNFALL. Unless there's another film called Downfall 🤔

[@anthonydecastro6938]

But BJ and the Conservative Party and vice versa are hand-in-glove!!! You can't have one without the other.

[@peterhurst4184]

Love the description of teflon piffle Johnson....

[@ericajohnson3504]

Perhaps the King will just loose control of the sword when confronted with Moggie.

[@paulvernoncreates]

Berlusconi? Boris is more like a Terminator or a Furby that's been frozen, put on a motorway etc but still chirps away haha.

[@antoinejalley6162]

Please please let us have a Bank holiday (aka Bojo hols) to celebrate his demise from politics ! it would be a national reminder for years to come of how Karma has its day

[@QuantumWalnut]

The Great Evil is Vanquished!

[@carlpeberdy9086]

The witch condemns the witch hunt, well he would, wouldn't he.

[@raylder6339]

Well thank god that people who leave politics after defeat can’t rehabilitate their reputations by becoming media personalities. Thank goodness that once those holding responsibility for convincing the UK population into destabilising this country and others’ cannot return to influence a different and more stubborn political cadre. All that said, I don’t think you could get a better summary in criticising Johnson’s flee in disgrace than the two speaking here, one who stepped away in shame and another who faded out in insignificance. Or have we forgotten the 23 years that came before Johnson that facilitated this mess?

[@stephenfegan6827]

Well said men great

[@barrylyons9296]

I heard there was a secret chord ..........

[@grahamariss2111]

Don't smile Gentlemen, people might jump to the right conclusion 😊

[@adamwelch6217]

If he'd taken the pandemic seriously (like New Zealand) from day one and not had the parties he would still be PM now - and perhaps have a decent lead over Labour. It's self inflicted

[@DanBeech-ht7sw]

I found a hole in my jeans.

[@MartinGreen932]

Decent stuff but Rory claiming that one of his big sins was `whipping up the people against the elites' is a bit like saying `wasn't it disgusting he made 10 million for charity'.

[@stevesimpson6558]

Johnson could join Tice and become the leader of those nuts.

[@harveybrown37]

Leveson 2 asap. Johnson won his second term as London Mayor on a record low turnout . Without his dodgy Media chums including now Lord KGB Lebedev at The London Evening Standard, he wouldn't have made it.

[@CharlieBubbles264]

Great broadcast as usual but ironically perpetuates the publicity he thrives on.

[@josefschiltz2192]

We are gathered here today to celebrate the life of the dearly departed. 🎵The Trappist Womble's gone! The Trappist Womble is gone! Eyi alley oh! The Trappist Womble is gone. Ah ah-ah! Ah ah-ah! Ah ah-ah! The Trappist Womble is gone! 🎵

[@josefschiltz2192]

One of the cabal is not the cabal.

[@FreeFalestineYaAllah-ARMW]

13:14 hes been a very naughty boy!

[@shytuncer]

This is a terrible title. I actually didnt ignored this for a full day thinking it was old news from when he resigned as prime minister

[@leedavis6000]

C beebies classic 🤣

[@shaun906]

mogg needs to go too, who is another nebulous self promoting liar.

[@johnreid9959]

No labour leader has ever been so destructive to their party although Blair’s 2 big advisors Mandleson and Campbell did all they could to bring down corbyn. Losing the red wall

[@DanBeech-ht7sw]

That's a great joke. Corbyn's failures are always somebody's else's fault

[@stuartgraca]

You are over exaggerating the power of Boris, things move on and Boris does not. Sunal will not want to be a opposition leader so they will pick a new leader but not Boris, he and his tribe are finished.

[@lobintool]

Alastair Campbell..eh?....does he think we have forgotten about the "dodgy dossier"?

[@ewen666]

Yawn

[@lobintool]

@@ewen666 Yeah, that's what the Iraq people do when they wake up in the morning! Quite how Alastair Campbell has got nerve to pontificate about anything is still a mystery to me!

[@alanhowe7659]

Of course, Blair never misled anyone...

[@DanBeech-ht7sw]

I'm surprised you didn't bring up Harold Wilson

[@BillyGWMorgan]

Johnson is off to America...to eventually run for President..he's a New Yorker..friends of Trump..he'll try..

[@BillyGWMorgan]

Or replace Tucker Carlson..

[@bbell1549]

Didn't he return his American citizenship? Thought I heard something to that effect.

[@BillyGWMorgan]

I'd imagine citizenship could be required if that's the case..I'm sure he'd be popular with the right in America..his Ukraine support could work against him with some..

[@garygalt4146]

And have lived in USA for the last 14 years before you can run. He’s to lazy for that.

[@thepoliticalitalian8615]

He gave up his citizenship to avoid paying the taxes he owes to the United States.

[@johnreid9959]

The brass neck of Campbell calling out Boris when his lies cost a million Iraqis their lives he has the cheek to not hear what the rest of of us do with regards to the chicory inquiry findings

[@audreymcgready4329]

Different conversation.

[@johnreid9959]

@@audreymcgready4329 Campbell calling Boris a liar when Campbell’s a liar is totally the same conversation

[@audreymcgready4329]

@@johnreid9959 The post is about Johnson and not Campbell. Different conversation like i said.

[@audreymcgready4329]

@@johnreid9959 And by the way. I don't know why you call him "Boris". He is not your mate.

[@johnreid9959]

@@audreymcgready4329 if the person criticising Johnson has done the same he’s totally discredited to comment on it then

[@sbwords]

Can we expect a discussion about reports that Rory’s charity is engaged in fraud with staff pocketing donations? I’d like to hear what Rory has to say.

[@welcometowatford1483]

I'd like to hear what evidence you have for this?

[@sbwords]

@@welcometowatford1483 only what I’m reading in the papers. Hence, it’s important that Rory addresses the issue.

[@onemanfran]

It seems as if the fraud was restricted to the congo and was uncovered in August 2022 and addressed directly by the charity itself. Since Rory took over in August 2022 I cannot believe that is unrelated - I imagine the change of leadership was triggered by this issue. It is disingenuous to suggest that this is an ongoing issue that has never been addressed when the charity itself exposed it and addressed it.

[@sbwords]

@@onemanfran intriguing. I wonder why it suddenly emerged now as a story.

[@ericajohnson3504]

​@@sbwords I wonder what motives the media could have to publish it now. Let me think 🤔

[@famebrightstudio451]

I just hope that Boris tastes the ash of his defeat and long-deserved (and inevitable) fall from grace until he breathes his last. One down, all the rest to go. Its a shame, the types that most want to be leaders are almost always the worst people for the job.

[@johnreid9959]

Replace the word Boris with Blair and everything would be the same

[@LambsyLamb]

Britain Trump gone?

[@johnreid9959]

So had chilcott come out. Decade earlier would Ali c and Blair say I dont accept the findings we blame everyone for us coming down and the way I’m quitting is the cgilcott findings are wrong Cos that is what Campbell says Boris actions are the equivalent of Yet Campbell makes out Boris actions are any different to his and Blair’s same as the way Campbell says thd media let him do it

[@towhichwayout]

The problem with this podcast is that it doesn’t take on the controversial topic of race.

[@johnreid9959]

A book but what do I do and I head to a book festival how about you head to The Hague campbell

[@matchbox555]

Alistair lied about Iraq and that can never be overlooked no matter how much he tries.

[@ijc9984]

Can Johnson now be prosecuted as a private citizen now. If so I'm ordering a wagon load of popcorn.

[@ts4366]

He’ll be back 😢. The Tories will rtn post election with a nightmare dystopian popularist opposition with Boris as leader.

[@damocles2240]

Just looked up Rory appears his father was #2 in MI6 (SIS) and was a Scotsman. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Stewart_(diplomat)

[@audreymcgready4329]

What?

[@robertandrews5640]

CLASSIC COMMENTS FROM TWO HAS BEEN REMOANERS

[@normanchristie4524]

And what have you got to offer perchance?

[@garygalt4146]

@@normanchristie4524 Robert might run a company and still hopes to get rid of our human rights. Or can’t swim. So is happy to pollute our rivers and seas.

[@QwentyJ]

Stop enabling Johnson