This is glorious:https://twitter.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1544728307895341056
I do not understand from the news if Boris Johnson has actually quit or if he just has said that he will quit. Those are two completely different things, right?
I understand it the usual order is to resign as both leader of the party and pm at the same time, then an interim pm steps in while the leadership election happens within the party
QuoteI understand it the usual order is to resign as both leader of the party and pm at the same time, then an interim pm steps in while the leadership election happens within the partyNo, I think the usual order is what is happening - they agree to step down once a successor has been decided. However 'usually' the PM would still have some sort of intact cabinet with which to continue. This isn't the case here, so it looks much more sensible for him to just go and some sort of interim be inserted. Step up deputy Raab perhaps?
Well, he's gone (or going) but how can anyone realistically expect the Tories to conjur a functional government out of this morass of stupidity? Very little has changed, really.