Another one under the bus That would be Lord Geidt, the latest sacrificial victim of Boris Johnson’s monstrous and insatiable ego. When the Prime Minister’s chief ethics adviser feels the need to quit (the second one in under two years by the way) because, it seems, he can’t find any ethical practices left in Downing…

Whistle and I’ll come to you Boris Johnson is a survivor who proved long ago that he will stop at nothing in pursuit of his favourite project, 'Save Big Dog’. Of course I’m not referring to his pet pooch, Dilyn, of whom, come to think of it, we don’t see much nowadays (the poor creature is…

Snippets and gleanings Welcome to another week of OMG! moments 😱 Boris' soggy bottom Remember Boris Johnson’s “oven-ready deal" to “get Brexit done"? It was half-baked at the time and today’s publication of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill proves it has fallen flat. Johnson wanted to have his cake and eat it. Resolving the issue of…

You read it here first Yesterday (see His Ceausescu moment?) I posited a sudden fall for Boris Johnson. He hasn’t fallen yet but a mere twelve hours later he is facing a vote of confidence in his leadership at a meeting of the 1922 Committee called by its Chair, Sir Graham Brady, after he received…

His Ceausescu moment? On 21 December 1989, Romania’s despotic leader appeared with his wife on a balcony in Bucharest and was booed by the crowd. It was the end for them both. Within days of their very public humiliation Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu were dead, executed after a summary trial and unmourned by…

Something for the (long) weekend The Jubilee seems never-ending but life goes on… Jeered, cheered, ignored Boris Johnson and his wife, Carrie, were greeted by booing from the crowd as they arrived at St Paul’s Cathedral for the Platinum Jubilee service this morning. Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, on the other hand received an enthusiastic reception. As for…

Let them eat cassava As the world price of wheat soars, Ghanaian journalist, Elizabeth Ohene, extols the virtues of an African root vegetable. Traditionally considered the food of the poor and servants in West Africa, cassava was spurned by the emergent middle classes in favour of high-status imported wheat and rice. However, it appears…

U-turn if you want to Rishi Sunak’s screeching handbrake turn reverberated around Westminster today. You could almost smell the burning rubber in the Chamber of the House of Commons as the Chancellor rose to make his economic statement at the despatch box. His boss, Boris Johnson, sitting behind him on the front bench like a…

The party’s over now* With one mighty bound our (anti)hero is free. Yes, Boris Johnson has got away with Partygate — for now. Following the publication of Sue Gray’s long-delayed report this morning into the goings-on in Downing Street during Covid lockdowns, he had a couple of hours in which to read her conclusions…