May to stay but Boris’s day not far away as Tories deal with chaos

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May outside 10 Downing Street, Friday:

I have just been to see Her Majesty the Queen and I will now form a government. A government that can provide certainty and lead Britain forward at this critical time for our country.

Certainty? Yeah, nah. The Weekend Australian, Saturday:

Theresa May’s gamble to increase her ruling majority backfired catastrophically, with the Conservatives moving to form a minority government.

May want to go on. The UK prime minister at Downing Street, Friday:

The government I lead … over the next five years …

Yeah, nah. The Weekend Australian, continued:

Mrs May could still be kicked out of 10 Downing Street as furious Tory politicians have become openly hostile, condemning her judgment, her inflexible campaign and the loss of three years of unfettered power.

Enter Boris? London’s Sunday Times, yesterday:

Boris Johnson has been pressed by five other members of the cabinet to oust Theresa May as prime minister as the Tory party descended into a new civil war.

Boris says, “Yeah, nah”. The Foreign Secretary on Twitter, yesterday:

... tripe - I am backing Theresa May. Let’s get on with the job.

At least they didn’t elect a Prime Minister with ties to Northern Irish paramilitary groups. London’s The Sun, May 28:

Mr Corbyn met known IRA members several times from the 1980s onwards — in 1984, he was slammed by his own party leader for inviting a convicted bomber to Parliament.

Oh ... wait ... gosh ... London’s The Sun on Theresa May’s new partners in the hung parliament, yesterday:

The DUP have unexpectedly become kingmakers after the General Election resulted in a hung Parliament. It’s thought that the Northern Irish party has agreed to back a minority Tory government on a vote-by-vote basis ... They have also been criticised in the past for their links to members of violent loyalist paramilitary groups like the UVF who murdered Republicans during the Troubles.

Back home, Barnaby Joyce gives ABC’s Insidersa piece of his mind. The Deputy Prime Minister on Twitter, yesterday:

Fair go @InsidersABC if it is a panel be impartial Barry (sic).

Was Barnaby tweeting about this fight Barrie Cassidy had with Gerard Henderson? Insiders, yesterday:

Gerard Henderson: Man Monis, everybody concedes that he shouldn’t have got bail. Everybody concedes that this man in Melbourne shouldn’t have got parole.

Barrie Cassidy: But the same happens with white Christians in this country when they were given bail and shouldn’t have been given bail and committed murders. Why is it ... ?

And US President Donald Trump calls former FBI chief James Comey a liar. The White House, Friday:

Reporter: He did say under oath that you told him to let the Flynn investigation go ...

Donald Trump: I did not say that.

So, Donald Trump Jr told everyone his dad did ask Comey to let it go. Trump’s son on Fox News, yesterday:

‘Hey, I hope this happens but you’ve got to do your job,’ that’s what he told Comey.