So Boris Johnson has finally decided to resign. As usual, even in his resignation speech, he blamed others for his manifest failings.

And even now, he wants to stay in office until the Autumn, until a new party leader is found. No thought of handing over the reins of power to his deputy. Given that the deputy is Dominic Raab, one might be forgiven for thinking that we would see little improvement in that eventuality.

Indeed, looking at the rest of the current government, there seems little hope that things will improve for the UK.

Still, at least the UK will eventually have got rid of their worst Prime Minister in living memory. Rachel Clarke sums up the legacy of this loathsome man very accurately.

Addendum 8 July 2022: I watched his resignation speech yesterday. I got as far as him uttering the words: “…I felt it was my job, my duty…” before turning off in disgust. Johnson never had, nor ever will have, a sense of duty, except to himself and his ego. The Guardian has a good analysis of what he said, and what he actually meant.

Addendum #2 8 July 2022: Marina Hyde in the Guardian is on fire. The second sentence sets the tone and the bar high, and it gets only better from then on…

Marina, I worship at thy feet…

“I couldn’t believe it when Prince Andrew announced he had Covid and therefore would not be attending today’s service at St Paul’s. That was the exact same excuse I was going to use to get out of writing a column on a bank holiday, but then I remembered that I’d had it in January, and also haven’t just paid £12m to an accuser in a sexual assault case. So here we are. And, indeed, here the Duke of York is not.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/03/kardashian-prince-harry-andrew-jubilee-royals

I remain a republican – and am with First Dog on the Moon on this one…

I see that Tony Blair has got a Knighthood bestowed on him in the New Year’s Honour’s List. Some are questioning this, given his actions in taking the UK into the Iraq war in 2003. It’s a fair point.

I note that the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle has defended the appointment by saying:

“Whatever people might think, it is one of the toughest jobs in the world,” the Speaker said, “and I think it is respectful and it is the right thing to do, whether it is Sir David Cameron. They should all be offered that knighthood when they finish as prime minister.”

Really? Irrespective of how good or bad they were in office? Can we now look forward to seeing the ennobled Sir Boris in a few years time? My irony meter has just exploded.