Is this the end for Boris Johnson?

[@annishilcock4587]

Lets not forget it was Keir Starmer who set this up by asking Johnson about the parties, with the expectation, given his reputation, that Johnson would lie. An experienced QC who knew exactly what he was doing laying his trap

[@tobylerone4285]

Absolute legend

[@jamesprice4647]

Starmer is good at this kind of thing - preparing questions that will make the accused lie. He is not so good at spontaneous exchanges.

[@ogribiker8535]

​@@jamesprice4647 That is a very fair assesment.

[@susanferrie7233]

Starmer getting blamed again

[@MattTheSpratt]

@@susanferrie7233 XD

[@ivydickson7596]

Hey guys, brilliant stuff. I have been trying to find authentic political debate from all the UK streams and so pleased to land on your forum. Have admired you both individually. Interested ex journo from New Zealand.

[@petejohnson8590]

You guys are great, we know you treat the public to the truth, ( so rare these days) Rory come back, your Country needs you,

[@xavierhucklenbruch1798]

He will.... a teal like party in PR... and or a labour member.. in two years.. his charity is very very good and maybe he should keep doing this

[@lynnehayward7309]

Rory has been brainwashed by the anti - Corbyn "New Labour" Campbell.

[@steveholmes11]

"All men are fools, and what makes them so is having beauty like what I have got." - RIP Glenda.

[@Psmith-ek5hq]

She also like balding monarchs.

[@jtrevm]

Remember the photo of the Queen at the funeral of her husband - and the night before it was party-time at No 10. Two fingers to HM for the death of Prince Philip. How about that for contempt? Johnson is not human - his only defence.

[@alanwilson59]

good to hear the grown ups speak!

[@david1731048]

For all of this report's detail and multiple indictments, this is still only about one single issue. It doesn't even touch the sides of the amount of lies he's told about everything else, at the dispatch box and elsewhere.

[@sandyellis28]

Govt / HOLAC should absolutely remove Honours list by dishonoured PM. If he’s found in contempt of parliament & barred from it, how can he have this right? He pushed this list thru days before priv comm report knowing what’s ahead too

[@ajw9533]

I felt laughed at by Johnson and his gang when Cummings lied about Barnard Castle. I finally feel that there's been some payback.

[@shonagiffen4913]

Omg I hope so I think the UK has had enough of his lies and corruption ! Just hope we can recover after his destruction !

[@missprice7215]

RIP Glenda Jackson.

[@philmathieu1017]

One of his constituents was interviewed after his resignation and said this, "I like him, he's a character and I would vote for him again." And there you have the typical Tory voter.

[@howardgayton2127]

Agree with you about the honours list. Sunak needs to find a back bone from somewhere. I suspect that he won't.

[@sam_tyler]

Totally agree. No honour - no honours.

[@nicennice]

The thing is this whole charade must have been common knowledge amongst everyone in government and probably the top of the Tory Party. Why were there no whistleblowers? Why did no one have the moral courage to just forget about their career and come out and tell the country just what had been going on? Prime Minister? This isn't just about Boris Johnson.

[@chdolan3530]

I wish Alastair would have been a bit more generous about Glenda Jackson yes she was no Blairite but having two successful careers is praiseworthy.

[@lynnehayward7309]

Campbell is vociferously anti left and so anyone on that path is considered brainless.

[@mikeavalon3086]

It wouldn't surprise me if Johnson turned up to Parliament with film crew in tow hoping to be barred by security. What a photo opportunity.

[@AH-te5gs]

I'm sure he's already got a multi million pound contract for a Netflix docu about his time as PM or whatever.

[@cebass9381]

@@AH-te5gs😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@lokischildren8714]

A absolutely fantastic podcast I really enjoyed This

[@daviddowns8068]

We were told that he was in intensive care gravely I'll with covid and broke all the rules in the book attending parties hm!

[@sarangistudent8614]

Yes he’s a liar, but he’s not very good at it. It’s so obvious that he’s always lying, but what does that make the people who believe him?

[@grahambuckerfield4640]

Something that has baffled me for 20 years. I guess it proves the saying ‘there’s one born every minute’.

[@grahamariss2111]

I have debated with both ardent Johsonists, Faragists and religous fundamentalist and I recognise they are cut from the same cloth. You realise that deep down they know that they are being lied to by their leader, but they so like what they are being told I.e. Your going to heaven or Brexit is a success that despite the evidence that surrounds them, they choose to believe in their leader in the honest hope that they might despite everything be right.

[@tamhunter5025]

The thick of it

[@gretareinarsson7461]

In this time of shame and humiliation, not just for BJ but also for the nation, he owes the nation a huge apology and promise never ever to return to any public office ever again. And anyone who supports and defends him owes the nation apology.

[@lynnehayward7309]

Apologies mean nothing from the mouths of insincere psychopaths.

[@xyzzdoe3674]

I disagree, Rory. Sunak is having to deal with cultish factions but by continually pandering to them he makes them stronger than they would be, especially as they are now dwindling. He does need to show a bit strength here and be a leader. But I'm sort of glad he isn't as I want all Tories out for good now.

[@heem6619]

Remember when Johnson tried to create a rebellion around the Windsor Framework and only mustered about 20 names? Rishi should have shown some backbone and removed the whip from them. He's weak by nature. Reminds me of Corbyn.

[@chaipup7045]

Also, why is the public purse paying for Boris's solicitor when this isn't taking part in court?

[@xavierhucklenbruch1798]

It's Sir K who set him up ... 😂

[@biscuit4259]

Absolutely we need to be reminded of Boris at the cenotaph- generations need to know and be reminded of what we collectively did!

[@biscuit4259]

Britain fucked up - don’t forget that!

[@MOGGS1942]

Well, it should be the end of him, but, just like herpes, difficult to eradicate.

[@stephenconway2468]

I really did want Rory want to win the Tory leadership election. He reminds me of Major. I do agree not with them (always), but I understand and respect them.

[@paulc7798]

Good Job.

[@Eb-or]

Boris Johnson's hair is thinning. The more his supporters see of his face the more they will fall out of love with him...

[@badbooks476]

Yes, he looks like a Molting Womble

[@snotwurfit]

No, it's not the end. He's like a turd you can't flush, it keeps popping back to the top of the loo bowl and floating around

[@sadjaxx]

"Utterly damning". Yup, sounds like Trump Mini-me!

[@sandyellis28]

Good podcast & true Boris is far far less popular now than his supporters think -he would never win like that now -lot of public anger re Covid deaths, partygate, Brexit, cost of living & lies etc. Would like to hear more about ‘campaign of abuse & intimidation of committee members’. Don’t think I’ve witnessed anything like it (other than Trump in US)!

[@bereal6590]

Question is where we get rid of the rest of the corrupt greedy liars as well. They all need to go. Sunak is just as bad but sneaķy

[@lobintool]

Starmer is no better! Same old rhetoric when it all goes tits up: "We are all in this together" We weren't all in it together when the bankers were taking us the cleaners! Sure "We are all in it together" untill we bail them out and then "They are all in it together" It's not really that difficult to connect the dots if you think about it!

[@lobintool]

BTW: it's called "Capitalism" its' just brilliant isn't it? Did you notice how brilliant it is?

[@fburton8]

Yes, "Boris Johnson" or "Mr Johnson". Not "Boris", please Rory! The loveable rogue "what a character he is" impression implied by use of the single name is infuriating, and exactly what Johnson wants.

[@lowersaxon]

Hahaha. In my country this „Joe or Boris“ actually is insulting and completely without any respect. Its an anglo-american thing.

[@scottconnelly9023]

If he only told the truth at the time,

[@murrayscott3513]

I have a Ten on Lizz Truss being manipulated into putting Boris in the house of Lords.

[@stephenreid7231]

Fortunatly Liz Truss can only request people be given peerages and does not have the power to hand them out. I think that is the one nomination where we can pretty much gaurentee Sunak finds a backbone and blocks it so your tenner is lost I'm afraid.

[@murrayscott3513]

@@stephenreid7231 Interesting, but Sunak said the other day that it's tradition not to block nominations and that's why he was not blocking any nominations. If he is of his word, and he is a conservative, then Liss Truss list should go through, unless the Lords committee can put an argument not to let him in. As Larry The Cat always says, there always a show here.

[@robh8814]

"THE MAJORITY OF BRITISH PEOPLE". The Cons only got 43% of the ppl that voted. So Rory needs to re think that the majority of British people voted for Boris Johnson comment.

[@jhammond64]

The boys relished this episode!😉

[@findhornbay576]

Gents. Thanks do much for your comments today on the BJ cult. Let’s hope Sunk blocks the BJ appointments to the H of L.

[@matthewlawrenson2734]

Gentlemen. It would be the end of him. If you might consider him as history. Keep talking about him and the waff will flush up endlessly. His narrsicsim has been fed enough....let's stop feeding him. New topic. Thanks

[@Gutenmorgenside]

He's circling the bowl 🙂 Highly enjoyable for everybody..except Johnson.

[@CloudhoundCoUk]

I sincerely hope Bojo is at an end.

[@markvine3814]

I am still worried BJ may find a way back.

[@tomd5678]

I completed agree

[@Muckyfellrunner]

The only way Johnson could return if the Tory PP allowed his enough progress to return. Although a number of his sycophants remain in place, likely weakened. Johnson was always setup for a deep fall, due to the person he is. Nobody set him up. The opposition did little to push the fall. It could only have come from smashing enough bricks in the parliamentary blue wall, who had supported him, to allow himself to fall. It would be interesting to see if you could compare this episode to the events that led him to lose the London mayoral position. From what I understood at the time, from someone who worked at City Hall, he initially had support from much of the chamber, but then ideas became fantastical, interest waned, the local media spotlight on him took precedence over the work of City Hall, manoeuvring became increasingly spiteful between his supporters and enemies. He should never have been allowed near politics, due to the person he is. Politics is for the people, of whichever persuasion or interest. Allowing a narcissistic shark to swim in the pool, can only lead to disaster. This latest episode of Johnson should end for good. Not regurgitated back into media or politics ever again. Don’t buy his books. Don’t schedule interviews. Don’t give him a spotlight, however bright or wide.

[@ian4675]

It has to be. Even a shit stops floating eventually

[@derekwhyle1884]

Depends upon what you’ve eaten previously !

[@JT-si6bl]

The 'fight back' is the rumble of their 'Independent Republic'.

[@melgrant7404]

Tories are finished so is Boris

[@adamjondo]

Rory for Tory leader in 2029/30.

[@ivydickson7596]

Hell no, they might win again then.

[@JelMain]

How can we respect Parliament when few have any serious experience of a working life outside? This is targeted at Constituency Selection Committees. If the 10% Recall Referendum sets a precedent, perhaps we can have a pre-Election Referendum on the poll candidates?

[@albertbrammer9263]

Let the Tories de-select all those who vote against Bozo. They then may as well vote for a General Election.

[@johnwilson6779]

Hope so,he certainly deserves it.

[@JelMain]

A dish best eaten cold, Rory. Leave the parson's nose.

[@tisFrancesfault]

Personally, I don't think the issue of the parties etc, in of themselves were an real issue, beyond, perhaps tastelessness. It is the fact that he lied, and went to great lengths to hide and deny to Parliament the actions.

[@JelMain]

The military tradition, Cur, or the Belgian t'Ser, which GoT adopted.

[@michaelspencer6318]

Ask the windrush victims how much Mrs May took her role seriously

[@ogribiker8535]

Or anyone affected by the 'hostile environment ' immigration policy!, and she calls herself a Christian !!!!!!!!

[@MartinGreen932]

Goodness me Rory. After-timing of the highest order. Boris was `way to to slow to lockdown', `then too slow to open up'. You should have been the world best statistical modeller.

[@chrisclarke5040]

I think that, in the end, it will be the Covid inquiry that does for Johnson. Will take a while though.

[@paulbloxham1068]

knighthood?

[@TheMcmunro]

Someones washing machine has finished its cycle.

[@steveholmes11]

Those masks certainly have a detrimental effect on wine chugging.

[@scottconnelly9023]

I rest my case you don't have a argument for Scotland to stay in this prison

[@seymourclearly]

The economy, scotlands massive benefits bill, the pound but mostly the petty nasty racism of the SNP and their small-minded supporters - do you need anyore reasons or am I, like at the last 'once in a generation'referendum just scaremongering. The people in scotland voted to remain in the UK, so it is time to shut up, or are you antidemocratic?

[@hyperbiped9913]

I'd love to see him suspended 😂

[@markashdown1314]

Any sez scandal lingering? Has all the ingredients.

[@missprice7215]

Primus inter pares - 1st among equals.

[@derekwhyle1884]

You ruin the effect and betray your intellect by giving the translation. Stultus tam stultus est. 🤣

[@steveholmes11]

You too could get a Classics degree at Oxford.

[@derekwhyle1884]

@@steveholmes11 no thanks I prefer a proper education

[@lynnehayward7309]

Jeremy Corbyn was NOT unpopular. He was up against Brexit. Up until the 2019 GE, Labour membership has accelerated, after 2020 Labour LOST 100,000 members! Wiki Quote: "Labour lost nearly 100,000 members in 2021 and ended the year with a £5m financial deficit, the party's newly published accounts show. A mass exodus of supporters saw the party's membership - which stood at 523,332 at the end of 2020 - fall to 432,213 by the close of 2021.17 Aug 2022"

[@derekwhyle1884]

Many of those would have been new members who lost the preferential rates offered during the Corbyn era. As a veteran I got membership for £10, it then increased to £25.

[@nicholasarrow2443]

Corbyn was hugely popular with the kind of people - like me - who might join the Labour party. But he scared the pants off the average voter.

[@derekwhyle1884]

@@nicholasarrow2443 student politics doesn’t win elections cos it’s mostly immature populist crap and students don’t vote !

[@PortilloMoment]

@@nicholasarrow2443 Not quite, I think. What he did was scare the pants of the Establishment and the monied interests (where those two things aren't the same). Their response was a media campaign attacking him. Which in turn, over time, put off the average voter. Most of Corbyn's policies were popular with a majority of people when asked. Once they had been saturated in the media hatchet job for a while, mentioning that they were his policies made them change their minds.

[@stephenconway2468]

@@nicholasarrow2443 I agree with you. Corbyn was and still is not the person that I want as PM. He failed to do his job with Brexit. He is a throwback. He was unelectable.

[@Colster1001]

If only Rory Stewart did this podcast with someone else, how Campbell has the brass neck to morally judge anyone is beggars belief!

[@alan_davis]

Behave.

[@wall-e7179]

Don't forget Rory has no shame being a Tory, let alone a Tory of minimal competence.

[@ianbanks3016]

Yup. Good to see the parliamentary process working to address a PM who lied to Parliament and the country, a pity it didn't work as well in 2003.

[@MartinGreen932]

Yes the difference between someone who did what everyone did - ignore some of the pathetic lockdown rules or someone who committed the unforgivable. Taking a country to war that killed huge numbers and destabilised a whoel region without the legal proof required. He should never, ever pass moral judgement on anyone or anything.

[@steveholmes11]

@@MartinGreen932 The committee was investigating knowing lying to parliament - but then you knew that didn't you, when you came here to simp for a busted con-man.

[@lunacougar]

I noted the Trump reference, freudian slip no doubt.

[@lobintool]

Sorry Alastair but you are being totally being being disigenuoous. Answer for your own mistakes before calling out others an theirs!

[@woofla123]

Britain’s very own Trump.

[@scottconnelly9023]

How can you say its democracy when you deny scottish democracy

[@darshanakaivalya8748]

EVERY LABOUR MP NEW BORIS WOULD DESTROY THE TORIES. ONLY THE TORIES DIDN'T GET IT.

[@hangforh6320]

no worries alister.. i understand that you don't give a f for defending a war criminal. it paid you well, didn't it!

[@hangforh6320]

if anyone believes that tony blair is not a war criminal then you must believe that boris tells the truth

[@timgilligan3885]

Darude - Sandstorm