The Clash said it so beautifully: “should I stay or should I go”. Yet neither Joe Strummer nor Mick Jones was ever the Prime Minister. Not even close. They had too much integrity, were too honest and, probably, spat a bit too much in public for higher office. And when the Clash fought the law, the law won. Boris had a different outcome. But heh, that was 9 scandals ago. No-one cares about partygate any longer; we have the Pincher debacle. Though as I said yesterday, it followed the exact same script. “I didn’t know nuffink!”, closely followed by “yes, well I knew that bit, of course…”, and eventually, “I’m so sorry for appointing that man, I knew he was trouble but…”

I was busy watching Cam Norrie playing tennis when the shit hit the fan. Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid both resigned from their senior cabinet jobs. Norrie was just winning the 4th set and preparing to go into the 5th and final one. I flicked over to BBC News to witness the finest hatchet-job ever on Boris by new political head, Chris Mason. “Are you a fucking liar, Prime Minister?” Real hatchet job. “But you said on Friday you had no idea about Pincher’s past but it transpires you knew EVERYTHING!!!!” I put the tennis back on. 5-all in the 5th. Then Norrie broke serve!!! Holy shit. Boris grovellingly apologised, the same apology he’s wheeled out 17 times since January for the same crime in different contexts and it made me cringe to the point of vomiting so I turned back to see Norrie WIN quite amazingly. Boris lost.

And then the balance was all upon Nadhim Zahawi. He entered Number 10. And was it to submit his own resignation? Which would have there and then ended Boris’s hopes of survival. Or to bribe the PM for the job he wanted using the threat of his resignation? A ‘sliding doors moment’ for all concerned. Would Boris make Nadhim the Chancellor or risk losing him and probably his job?

Would Zahawi do the right thing and resign, due to the PM’s continued incompetence, lack of judgment and amorality? Which would be the right thing for the good of the nation. Or would he take the prize he desired and align himself forever with a tainted man, for the good of his career?

No competition, he’s a Tory. Take the money and run. Thus forever tainting himself as a Boris-lackey. A ‘suck-up’ as I call them. Rees-Mog, Liz Truss, Nadine Dorries, Raab and Zahawi. Always defending the indefensible. Nauseatingly.

Ladies and Gentleman, Mr Nadhim Zahawi, Chancellor of the Exchequer. And Tosser.

Happy Wednesday

A xxxx