[Tubby Isaacs]

Care cap thing has gone through. Majority of 26.

[davidjay]

Majority of 26 tonight. That's a few of them who realise their seats are under threat. Of course, it could be that they knew the amendment is immoral, but that would be hoping for too much.

[Samanfur]

18 Tories openly rebelling, rather than just abstaining:

[Tubby Isaacs]

57 non-paired abstentions too.

[The All New KevS]

Intriguing names in the abstentions - IDS, Francois, May, and, er, Shapps (who one assumes was paired)

[Malcolm Armsteen]

[Tubby Isaacs]

Intriguing names in the abstentions - IDS, Francois, May, and, er, Shapps (who one assumes was paired)

See also the rebels- Philip Davies, Hollobone. You can be among the worst of Tory MPs and still get how this might look in the "Red Wall".

[Bones McCoy]

Prepare for the excuses.

Did anyone think "Long Covid"?

One for the Whovians:

I think he look tired

[Bones McCoy]

Trudat.

There's a never ending stream of shit policies.

[Bones McCoy]

I was a bit hazy what I'd find at Peppa Pig World

The perfect setup for a legendary raconteur to close with

Former PM Cameron with his trisers round his ankles.

[Youngian]

This is the sort of infantilised baby talk that makes Johnson popular. He was doing it in the EURef talking about exporting cake and ‘stuff’ from Walthamstow.

[Tubby Isaacs]

It's funny until wages fall and taxes go up.

[Boiler]

We have an infantilised electorate (sorry to keep returning to this, but Boaty McBoatface). They will lap this up and whilst he brings the votes in, the 1922 Committee will keep him in place and them in power.

Johnson, for all his faults, knows it makes him popular with the voters at large: anyway, who was it who said "fuck business?" He's just delivered a speech to the CBI that said as much.

[mattomac]

But he can be actually shit it doesn’t have to be some great scheme to distract the electorate.

They don’t need distracting as that care thing won’t have been noticed regardless.

[Samanfur]

One for the Whovians:

I think he look tired

"Tired and emotional".

[Andy McDandy]

He had the look of someone recovering from a long session, erm, "discussing Colombia".

[The Weeping Angel]

Trudat.

There's a never ending stream of shit policies.

There's a never ending stream of thinking every gaffe is a dead cat as well.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Can't read the article, but interesting. Getting excuses in early?

Freeports risk being 'killed off' by officials in Treasury
Ministers say potential benefits of the new zones will be stymied by a lack of ambition from civil service

Teesside seems to be going full speed ahead for its freeport though.

[satnav]

I am really amazed at how many members of the public jump to defend Johnson on the grounds that he is hard working.
Where is the evidence to back up the claims that he is hardworking? Are people really taken in by all the photo-shoots he takes part in where he is wearing a hi-viz jacket or a lab coat?

He has missed numerous Cobra meetings, he rarely works at weekends and he seems takes every opportunity to put parliament into recess to avoid scrutiny. He seems to put in zero preparation for major speeches and I'm struggling to think of one decent speech he has given since becoming PM.

[mattomac]

Trudat.

There's a never ending stream of shit policies.

There's a never ending stream of thinking every gaffe is a dead cat as well.

As I said he is actually just shit.