Ambition realised

Johnson has spent his life wanting to be Prime Minister.

But despite wanting it all his life, it seems he has little or none of the skills needed to actually be PM.

Today, only his third day facing the Commons, he followed yesterday's defeat with being trashed in PMQs by Corbyn, then a long like of MPs too their turn to verbally trash him in the chamber.

It was brutal.

And this evening, he lost all three readings of the Benn bill, which will now go to the Lords. Meanwhile, even the 1922 committee called for the 21 senior rebels to have their whip reinstated. Johnson tried to blame the Chief Whip, when it was clear the order came from Number 10.

It became clear that Johnson's claim that a breakthrough in talks with the EU were just a sham, as few meetings were taking place, and the ones that did, despite the UK promising new ideas, none were forthcoming. Only change came from the "Alternate Arrangements" working group which produced, after 6 weeks, the WA with, literally, the backstop crossed out.

And right now, the PM is waiting to hear if Parliament will vote for an election. It requires a 2/3 majority, it is unlikely to receive a simple majority.

For Johnson and Cummings, both of whom were supposed to be so clever, in three days of Parliament resitting, have united the LibDems and Labour, forced out their best and most principled MPs, and have now lost control of their only policy.

Bloody well done.

Johnson needed 434 votes to get an election. He got 298.

Another crushing defeat.