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Boris Johnson's rocky tenure as prime minister reached a new low on Monday evening when he suffered two more defeats in the Commons bringing his total of losses to six in just six days.
This came after MPs voted against calling a snap election and also voted to force the government to publish Number 10's secret preparations for a no-deal Brexit.
This now means that Johnson is the first prime minister in history to lose their first six votes in the Commons, a record that is likely to stand for a considerable amount of time.
Johnson will be happy that parliament has actually been prorogued now as he won't have to face any more losses until at least October.
However, this embarrassing set of losses didn't escape to good people of Twitter who were more than happy to revel in the prime minister's misfortune.
Breaking: Boris Johnson loses vote calling for early general election. Parliament is now suspended for the next fi… https://t.co/h9AszJxPvi— Richard Chambers (@Richard Chambers) 1568072022
Another loss for Johnson. MPs vote for the goverment release of documents and messages about suspension of Parliam… https://t.co/fIQ26OSue9— Beth Rigby (@Beth Rigby) 1568053977
Boris Johnson has lost 5 of his first 5 commons votes, the first PM in history to do so. He takes the title away fr… https://t.co/IWzpVTLgkK— James Felton (@James Felton) 1568054474
Boris Johnson has now lost 6 of his first 6 commons votes, the first PM in history to do so. He takes the title awa… https://t.co/IDCmYrKJkV— James Felton (@James Felton) 1568096893
For his many faults, at least Prime Minister Boris Johnson is committed to steadfast consistency. Losing all five… https://t.co/LOThPXd28g— Rachael Swindon (@Rachael Swindon) 1568057831
Boris Johnson has now lost his first six votes in parliament, beating the record of Boris Johnson who was the first… https://t.co/8azkU5CcyB— Aaron Bastani (@Aaron Bastani) 1568072215
"Alexa, show me an entitled spoiled narcissistic brat who didn't get his own way and was exposed as an inept charla… https://t.co/TCY9zLkvgr— Will Black (@Will Black) 1568073456
Even William Hague thought it was shameful.
Extraordinary - Boris Johnson has now lost five parliamentary votes in a row. This is what happens with bully boy… https://t.co/4Jewpdy3o6— Lionel Barber (@Lionel Barber) 1568063623
Theresa May wasn't even this bad.
Amid all the chaos it’s worth noting: by comparison with Boris Johnson, Theresa May seems actually pretty good at w… https://t.co/rpWnj0hHwA— Peter Walker (@Peter Walker) 1568055626
In other bizarre scenes, John Bercow, who announced that he would be retiring from the role on October 31 was almost wrestled to his chair in the Commons in a vague attempt to stop parliament from being suspended.
#Sunrise - Extraordinary scenes in the Commons in the early hours as MPs protest prorogation with songs and placa… https://t.co/lrfKhOpzNk— Tamara Cohen (@Tamara Cohen) 1568093732
Extraordinary scenes as Speaker Bercow makes point of delaying prorogation ceremony saying it is not standard proro… https://t.co/xmWuS4q5tZ— Faisal Islam (@Faisal Islam) 1568075367
High drama: a scuffle by Speaker’s chair, some Labour MPs try to hold onto him to halt prorogation. If he doesn’t s… https://t.co/3QLbk03VRi— Tom Newton Dunn (@Tom Newton Dunn) 1568075301
We'll say it before and we'll say it again. What a time to be alive.
HT Guardian
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