If Johnson survives today and another year goes past of more lies, more fallout from the government policies and more fallout from Brexit he 'd still be eighteen months away from another GE if he doesn't call one. Then what?
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The Tories just repealed the Fixed Term Parliaments Act meaning the PM has sole power to call an election.
It is a constitutional convention that Boris should resign if he loses the Vote of No Confidence, like Thatcher did, staying in post until a new leader is chosen. But that is a mere convention and not legally binding, plus he has shown he doesn't care about ignoring those.
There is nothing in the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 which empowers the Queen to say no to a request. In fact, the 2022 Act explicitly states that the courts cannot involve themselves in adjudicating a question of dissolution. If Johnson wants to call an election, there is nothing to stop him from doing so. I don't recall a monarch every refusing a request to dissolve Parliament.
Edit: she said £18m, not £80m
Actually thatcher didn't loose a vote of no confidence... there was leadership challenge
At the time she had to get over 50% and have 15% more than the challenger (heseltine )
She passed the first hurdle but not the second so she stood down and we ended up with major
One of the main reasons I want Boris to be voted out is so I can see Nadine have a mental breakdown.
I envision the scene from titanic with Nadine saying "paint me like one of your baby mommas".
It's going to be beautiful, tears, snot, hysterical accusations against All and sundry........
Appreciate the correction.
Although perhaps it does further show that even doing well in these contests are a death knell for the Ministry?
Is it happening?
This is the exact drama I need as a warm up to Love Island 
You love to see it
I had so much respect for you, and then you say thatThis is the exact drama I need as a warm up to Love Island
He'll survive, because he's a slippery fecker. A proper wet shit that just can't be scrapped off clean in one go.
140 votes would be perfect.
Is it coming home?
The largest tweet of all time!
Woah.
No worries. It was more to let you know what he was like.
It would have helped if he understood what was happening this evening!
Lame Duck Boris?
Big Dog's breakfast Boris
Proof Tory MPs hate democracy.
There was that, as well as the fact that just before the actual invasion, when the US and UK intelligence was telling them that an invasion was imminent, Macron was telling people it was not likely.
But anyway. This is not about Macron and I should not have mentioned it in this thread.
Good thread on conservatism after Boris.
Expectation management that, look how on message it is with the coalition nonsense. They know even if they win they need to come out of it well so spin has already begun.
The circular firing squad looks to be taking shape.
It's why they were talking about winning by one vote being enough.
Be like ETH saying his aim for next season was to avoid going down.
What a clown.I'll guess 140 odd for no confidence.
I'm going 151
168
132.
160 Come on