As we see the former PM step down from his position as leader of the United Kingdom, musicians from across the isles have come together to send some messages that mark this momentous occasion. The exit of our scruffy-haired leader was largely due to his appointment of Chris Pincher as deputy chief whip for the Conservative Party, whilst also having prior knowledge of the MP’s history of inappropriate behaviour which was part of a 2019 investigation for allegedly groping two men at a members-only private club. His passes were described as a; “pound shop Harvey Weinstein” and being both a; “Pincher by name, pincher by nature” (as said by the right honourable Dominic Cummings).
The pressure had mounted on Johnson to step down both internally within the party (with the resignations of multiple high-profile MPs) as well as from the broader public. Boris Johnson admitted; “In hindsight, it was the wrong thing to do. I apologise to everyone who’s been badly affected by it”.
Following reports of his resignation, the party leader of Labour Keir Starmer wrote; “It is good news for the country that Boris Johnson has resigned as Prime Minister. But it should have happened long ago. He was always unfit for office. He has been responsible for lies, scandal and fraud on an industrial scale. And all those who have been complicit should be utterly ashamed.”
However, as the news spread across the UK like the mishandled outbreak of a deadly virus, the music industry felt compelled to weigh in with its two cents on the matter. Check out the best examples in the posts below:
bye boris. good riddance.
— YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) July 7, 2022
very glad to see boris go now i’d like all the conservatives to go next — olly alexander (@alexander_olly) July 7, 2022
— Tim Burgess (@Tim_Burgess) July 7, 2022
Ironically, I don’t think there’ll be much of a leaving party — Tim Burgess (@Tim_Burgess) July 6, 2022
Celebrate, sure, but don’t underestimate the likelihood that we’ll be going from one evil fuck to an even more evil fuck.
— Rebecca Lucy Taylor (@SELFESTEEM___) July 7, 2022
WHATS THIS STATEMENT GUFF. FUCK RIGHT OFF. FUCK RIGHT OFF YOU USELESS PIG CUNT. — Sleaford Mods (@sleafordmods) July 7, 2022
I too have an opinion on the ousting of our primeminister Boris Johnson, but I am saving it for my memoirs. Hold tight!
— Yard Act (@YardActBand) July 7, 2022
off you fuck boris — easy life (@easylife) July 7, 2022
NoJo
— simone marie (@simonemarie4) July 7, 2022
Congratulations to the many MPs and cabinet ministers who finally noticed after decades of evidence that the guy they had enthusiastically backed was a terrible self-serving country-denigrating tool. Either way at least we have flushed the stool. — Shaun Keaveny (@shaunwkeaveny) July 7, 2022
In a way it would be inspirational if Liz Truss was to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Children could see how someone could ascend to the highest office in the country despite not being able to find their arse with both hands.
— Shaun Keaveny (@shaunwkeaveny) July 7, 2022
In his final address as PM outside Number 10 as onlookers hissed like a gang of street cats, Johnson said; “It is clearly now the will of the Parliamentary Conservative Party that there should be a new leader of that party and so a new Prime Minister. I’m immensely proud of the achievements of this government in getting Brexit done, to settling our relations with the continent… reclaiming the power for this country to make its own laws in Parliament. To [the] new leader… I say I will give you as much support as I can. And to you, the British public. I know that there will be many people who are relieved and perhaps quite a few who will also be disappointed. And I want you to know how sad I am to be giving up the best job in the world. But them’s the breaks.”
