Quote from: Zlantann on Today at 06:11:20 PM

Quote from: Cnut237 on Today at 10:20:44 AM

Meanwhile, in a benighted little backwater nation, just off the coast of Europe...

Boris Johnson has this morning finally acknowledged that his position is untenable, and has promised to resign as Prime Minister. I've lost count, but he's probably the last minister remaining, as all the others seem to have resigned their posts already.

However, he says he wants to remain in charge until the autumn. Given his Trumpish personality and history, will he actually leave voluntarily later this year, or is he planning to use the next few months to rile up his base of racists, xenophobes and other assorted bigots and half-wits, and turn them into his own private militia, ready to storm ~~the Capitol~~ parliament just after Christmas (say, Jan 6th?) and 'take back control'?

The UK have stronger political systems than the US. They have a workable checks and balance institutions that ensure that the Prime Ministers doesn't act like Emperors. And I think British politicians are morally stable than their US counterparts. In few days, we have seen almost the entire cabinet members (more than 50 ministers) resign. But in the face of his grievous political sins, Donald Trump was still surrounded by sycophants that supported and treated him like an emperor. They defended his actions and tagged every form of criticism as political witch-hunting. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has lost the confidence of his strong supporters, hence he would leave immediately his successor is chosen.

Wait till you realize that most politicians are rotten to the core. Boris Johnson wasn't terrible. Conservatives are already perceived as morally corrupt therefore worthy of contemptuous attacks so once you peel that notion off of him, he isn't like Trump at all. Trump isn't even a conservative, he just pretends to be one.

Boris Johnson could be pretending too, he might be a better actor Grin