Who Are The Present Day Equivalents Of Brutus And Longinus In The Tory Party?

[sandyRoe]

They who whisper conspiracy, hone knives, and eye-up the PM's broad back.

[sssh]

I hope no one. I want johnson there for the next election so that the people can judge his disgusting behaviour...

[sandyRoe]

If the Tories come to see him as an electoral liability he'll be out the door long before the voters get a chance to reject him.

[jno]

as I recall, on earlier occasions the conspirators found a "stalking horse" to test the strength of opposition - someone little known and with nothing to lose - didn't Thatcher go this way?

[sandyRoe]

Google tells me it was 'the little known' Sir Anthony Mayer who struck the first blow.
If I'd ever heard of him I'd forgotten him.
He did the state some service.

[Atheist]

Nobody knows.

[Buenchico]

A polite request from a moderator, Sandy:
Please post threads like this one in 'News', 'Politics' or 'Current Affairs' in future, leaving Chatterbank clear for "natter and fun" (as per Spare Ed's request here:
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Question1759088.html )

[sandyRoe]

Will do, Chico.

[Peter Pedant]

Jesus - thread police now
cant they just move them?
this should be under classics hem hem

Longinus - that would be the author of the Art of Poesy innit?

carrie-purnia - beware the ides of march !
Tempora, ( liber) x word - - ides mistum verbum ( 4) - er that would be 'dies'

I sympathise Thandy - we had Luc Montagnier dying in the wrong thread the other week
I dont think he put up much - er - resistance - blow back