{"id":9766,"date":"2022-07-08T19:56:21","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T19:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/?p=9766"},"modified":"2025-02-06T17:21:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T17:21:15","slug":"bye-bye-boris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/cms\/2022\/07\/08\/bye-bye-boris\/","title":{"rendered":"Bye Bye Boris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I have been a tad distracted by some rather serious political events that have taken place here in Old Blighty during the last few days. Basically our Prime Minister has decided to &#8220;do a Trump&#8221; and stay in power even though over fifty members of his government have now resigned in protest over his various lies and scandals. In fact, on Wednesday (2022-07-06), Bore Arse had more resignations in one day than any other PM in British history.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now we are in the weird position of having a PM who has resigned as Tory party leader but is still in office as PM!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2022\/jul\/07\/gone-but-not-gone-boris-johnson-quits-but-clings-on-to-power\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2022\/jul\/07\/gone-but-not-gone-boris-johnson-quits-but-clings-on-to-power<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I had planned to write a piece about Boris Johnson&#8217;s final fall from grace. But then I discovered Jonathan Pie (AKA Tom Watson) has already done it for me. And even though it&#8217;s a bit sweary, Mr Pie has done his piece with significantly fewer expletives than I would have used&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lKrLBPmRsrM\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Still think Boris is a jolly good chap?<\/h2>\n<p>Please watch this. <em>The Life and Lies of Boris Johnson<\/em>. And if you are ever consider voting Conservative, then please watch it again&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0p-Ta83V7iw\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>For Americans<\/h2>\n<p>Mr Pie explains to the New York Times why Brits are so fed up with Bore Arse, in a skit from 2022-02-05&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QS7kUqKeg_0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Bye Bye Bore Arse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been a tad distracted by some rather serious political events that have taken place here in Old Blighty during the last few days. 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