Lie down with the Tories’ mangy big dog and you get up with Boris Johnson’s fleas.
Those who voted to put down the lying lawbreaker are desperate to save their seats.
And Conservatives backing the fined fibber are equally desperate to cling to their jobs.
The confidence ballot was about the party’s fate – not standards in public life, the cost of living crisis or the country’s future.
Tories made a pact with the devil in crowning Johnson PM nearly three years ago.
The calculation in 2019 he would be an unprincipled winner against Jeremy Corbyn proved correct when Brexit porkies could still be sold.
Last night’s split is between those Tories recognising Johnson’s partying turned the arrogant oaf into an electoral liability and blinkered loyalists clinging to a memory.
Senior Labour figures hope the wounded PM staggers to the next election.
Jubilee boos for a despised Johnson jeered by a significant band in a divided party is music to Keir Starmer’s ears.
