Eccentric to change governments
Boris Johnson has given in at last.
Scandal-ridden British Prime Minister Boris Johnson capitulated to mounting pressure to step down Thursday, announcing his decision after days of high-profile government resignations and calls from fellow Conservative Party members to quit.
If only we could have said the same of scandal-ridden Donald Trump.
“In the past few weeks, I have been trying to convince my colleagues it would be eccentric to change governments when we have achieved so much,” he said in his speech outside No. 10 Downing St. amid loud booing from the crowd nearby. “I regret not to be successful in those arguments and, of course, it’s painful not to be able to see through those projects myself.”
Johnson also said he planned to remain as prime minister until a successor is chosen — a move that may face opposition from others in an increasingly hostile Parliament.
Johnson should just tell them they have to be more inclusive.
Cartoonists all over the UK are deep in their cups today.
I don’t know about the UK, but in Norway, it is common when a government loses the confidence of Parliament to remain in their post until a new government is ready to take over. However, they are then expected to do only the minimum required to keep things going, and to refrain from any action that might be the least bit controversial.
The Norwegian term for that is “forretningsministerium”, which one dictionary translates as “caretaker government”.
Whoa? So, no mo BoJo? Oh no!
(I’m not actually bothered, just practicing my headline-writing.)
Well you could swap “oh ho” for “oh no.”