[Crabcakes]

Apparently Johnson was ‘fired’ partway through because he kept plugging his book even though asked not to.

[Youngian]

He was struggling up against an onslaught from Maitliss and Stormy Daniels
https://x.com/implausibleblog/status/18 ... Igslw&s=19

[Bones McCoy]

He was struggling up against an onslaught from Maitliss and Stormy Daniels
https://x.com/implausibleblog/status/18 ... Igslw&s=19

That's an onslaught I could work with.

[satnav]

I like this tweet from Tim Shipman.

Queen Elizabeth II thought Boris Johnson "better suited to the stage" than politics and two days before her death, after he resigned, she told a senior courtier in jest: "At least that idiot won't be organising my funeral."

[mattomac]

I will forever believe she held on to avoid him being leader when she died.

[kreuzberger]

...and then possibly coming to the realisation that she was unlikely to see out Truss' premiership. Miscarkulated, as it were.

[mattomac]

Credit to her at least she remained rather ambiguous.

I can’t imagine what Johnson would have been like.