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Originally Posted by Chris
TBH I think all anyone wants is for you to give some account of your absolute faith that Boris would weather this storm, in the light of the events of the past 36 hours. For some reason you felt confident to make ever more assertive and absolute predictions about his survival (someone quoted a selection of them earlier), even as everyone else - including some very long, long-term Conservative voters like me - could see the writing was on the wall and it was only a matter of when, not if.
It looks increasingly like you felt obliged to dig your heels in just because someone disagreed with you and not because your view was grounded in any attempt at analysis of the situation.
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I thought he could continue after Partygate, but as the Pincher allegations took hold and the media seized on individual words BJ used to describe what had happened, it became obvious to me that this was one allegation too many, and he had to go because the media and the Opposition was not going to relent.
It is important to remember that he is not out due to his policies or their implementation. He’s out because people seem to think that trivial issues like the PM receiving a fine for that cake ambush were more important than the wider interests of this country.
I do believe that we have got this completely out of proportion. I know Boris had his faults, of course I do, but I wanted him to continue for his vision of the future. He knew how he was going to achieve levelling up, make a success of Brexit and address the NHS/Care system, issues which were pretty unique to him. Who else is there to adequately achieve his mandate for governing? That is now the question - that’s what the people voted for.
I am not optimistic at this time. Wallace appears to be a good candidate, but he voted remain. Does he understand what Brexit was designed to achieve?