[Andy McDandy]

He is still in full denial over partygate, he paints himself as the victim in the Nazain Zaghari-Ratcliffe case and claims that he was booted out because many MPs thought that he would be in power for at least another 7 years and feared that they would never get a ministerial post. The latter claim is ridiculous given how many many reshuffles he held during his 3 year tenure.

Aside from playing the victim card when someone's life was seriously in danger because of his pathetic ignorance and desperate need to grandstand, he avoids the point that his government collapsed when serving ministers resigned in droves because they'd had it with his shit.

[Crabcakes]

I imagine the timing of release just as the Conservatives choose a new leader is no coincidence either. He’s already setting out his stall for his glorious comeback as the next Tory leader to replace whoever they get in this time. And - like Trump - making it clear that anyone who wants a seat at the table has to buy into his narrative on events. The sword of Damocles for whoever gets the nod - if the sword of Damocles were actually just a large, overpriced and somewhat shop-soiled saveloy.

Thankfully, unlike Trump, a considerable majority of the public loathe him, don’t buy his bullshit, and won’t be changing their mind anytime soon - and his party of choice are one Badenoch-led election away from being overtaken by the Lib Dems. All he’s going to do is make things worse for the Tories by trying to recapture his ‘glory’ days, as his ego won’t let it lie.

[Yug]

... All he’s going to do is make things worse for the Tories by trying to recapture his ‘glory’ days, as his ego won’t let it lie.

Bring it on!

[Andy McDandy]

I've mentioned before that he seems to get an easy ride from the press because he knows how to play the game*, and in some ways has "won" journalism**. I suspect though that he's fast becoming the sort of faded celeb who only really has a public profile due to the media not letting them go, out of some nostalgic fixation***.

*Give them a story and they'll love you. Make their job easy. Give them the photo opportunity.

**Make shit up and avoid censure. Even better, get lauded for it.

***Joan Collins is the ur-example. See also: anyone who was in a reasonably popular band when you were at school.