On today’s evidence, those 211 MPs who stood by him in Monday’s no-confidence vote will be wondering why they bothered. Johnson began by saying that things weren’t quite as bad as the 1950s when rationing was in place and life expectancy lower. With everyone flat broke, there would be no need to staff the Passport Office as no one would be going abroad. Then he announced that he was going to cut the number of staff working in train ticket offices. And lastly he was going to conduct a review of how the mortgage industry worked, with the intention of introducing a 98% mortgage for people on housing benefits.

Source: The Guardian June 10, 2022 14:32 UTC