PM Resignation - Kilmarnock Standard comments

My comments regarding the Prime Minister’s resignation:

“I suppose it is no surprise that I am relieved that Johnson eventually resigned as Prime Minister. I have called for his resignation for some time. He bulldozed his way through his tenure; from lying to the Queen and proroguing Parliament to partying in Downing Street during the pandemic – then lying about it. There’s so much more I could say on his antics but I am conscious of going over old ground. Tory MPs knew what they were getting with Johnson, but they didn’t care as long as it bought them success in an election. It is a sign of how damaged Johnson is when the same self-serving politicians have suddenly found a moral high ground stating that Johnson is not fit for office.

“He is the most self-serving of any Prime Minister, certainly in my time as an MP but for as long as I can remember. He showed no regard for anyone bar himself, which is personified by the number of Ministers who resigned over the past week. Of course, I have plenty of disdain for Westminster but the skeleton government that is in place, as a result of the resignations, is really concerning. They are not fit for Ministerial roles and it worries me about what will happen in the coming weeks/months.

“Although I am pleased Johnson is gone, it has to be reiterated that he will be replaced with another Tory that the people of Scotland did not vote for. We must have a say on our future and I hope the new PM does not stand in the way of democracy. Since 2014 we have seen three different PMs, which will be four by the time Johnson’s successor is announced, and two Tory Governments we did not vote for. We cannot fall for Project Fear again, remember they told us Brexit and Boris Johnson as PM was fantasy? Oh, how wrong they were.”