the opposition party is saying that it is not just boris johnson that needs to be replaced, it is all the conservatives. the implication is that they potentially would want to call and push for a general election. so there is pressure on the party who can rebuild the government. one senior cabinet level position was offered to, a conservative member of parliament earlier today who turned it down. it is not possible for this prime minister to rebuild his government and reshape it as last night he was saying he would. this is the scenario, the prime minister expected to come out and speak today, perhaps in the next couple of hours. he s likely to want to frame his resignation, listing his successes, brexit undoubtedly one of them, and likely airbrush out all the reasons for being forced out of his own party. a full government implosion. that s what this really is, in the united kingdom, key ally of the u.s. nic, explain to our viewers the most recent scandals that necessitate
scandal, almost all of them made worse because he lies and tries to avoid before he finally comes through. that s from a former torre party minister, not a member of the opposition. that also clearly, you know, lays out the big questions as to whether he can actually, as he wants to, take a quote, unquote victory lap and be the caretaker prime minister. it looks like nobody is going to stand for that. we ll see what the rules say. and what the party says. but, remember, boris johnson, as prime minister, has not only presided over all of this scandal, but a plunge in his own personal popularity, a plunge in the popularity of the party, a loss of two or more very crucial recent local elections, and that is what matters to the party. at one point it was considered the johnson was the necessary quote, unquote useful idiot, the poison chalice, because he could actually win elections. even that has proven to be less