It’s possible to be furious – perhaps even incandescent with rage – with a PM – and certainly deeply let down – without them having to get to the sack.
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Boris Johnson’s demise as Prime Minister has been greatly exaggerated.
Sure, he remains on political death row.
Absolutely, he’s made major mistakes, especially in regards to his lockdown policies throughout the pandemic and the Partygate mess and high tax/big state approach that has followed.
But the BBC and the media establishment have become convinced they can depose Prime Ministers at will – and it’s time for viewers, voters and, most importantly, Tory MPs to remind them they can’t.
It’s possible to be furious – perhaps even incandescent with rage – with a PM – and certainly deeply let down – without them having to get to the sack.
That sort of cancel culture is bad for democracy.
I watched as it happened in Australia, where there were five Prime Ministers in five years and only Scott Morrison will manage to finish a term.
Between 2013 and 2018, a craven media helped finish off Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbot.
Now the UK could fall into the same trap, driven by an emboldened media that believes if they focus on one story incessantly over a period of two months – as they have with Partygate – and help lead to diminishing poll results, they will help force regime change.
I believe that sets a dangerous precedent that could see us head into Aussie territory, especially given David Cameron and Theresa May were both finished off by Brexit.
By the way, many legends from the BBC’s past believe the Corporation is heading down this anti-democratic path.
Take our top TV executive Michael Grade – a former BBC Chairman now applying to run the broadcasting regulator Ofcom – who has slammed the Beeb as “aggressive”, “macho” and “disrespectful” towards the government.
The BBC has treated Partygate as a golden opportunity to depose the man who they despise for delivering Brexit and is now attempting to clip the Beeb’s wings.
I repeat that I believe Boris Johnson has made many fundamental mistakes but he must be given an opportunity to turn things around, especially given he was elected with a massive personal mandate in an 80-seat landslide just two years ago.
And by the way, for those thinking the disloyal Chancellor Rishi Sunak is the answer, well, I’m becoming increasingly worried about that.
The Sunday Times reported at the weekend that Team Sunak is plotting and is considering the pro-lockdown, pro-vaccine mandate former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt – who completely failed to prepare the UK for a global pandemic – as a potential Deputy Prime Minister.
No thanks!
The PM is going through with his promised plans to dramatically restructure Number 10 Downing Street.
The new policy chief Andrew Griffiths wrote in an article for Conservative Home today…
“You would not know it from the media headlines, but families want to hear about our plans to grow employment, tackle the NHS backlog, control our borders, make their streets safer, bring down the cost of living and return rapidly to the point when we can cut taxes to let everyone keep more of their own money – all policies that are rooted in strong Conservative values.”
If only the BBC and the rest of the Boris bashing media had a bit more time to focus on those issues.
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