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choffer Posted October 20, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 20, 2022 Braverman lost to tofu, Truss lost to a lettuce, vegans having an amazing week tbf 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Xann Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 The Star lettuce channel is currently playing Dub, and there's a speech at 1800. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted October 20, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 20, 2022 29 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: I think it will come down to Mordaunt vs Sunak and then one will stand down for the other. It'll be disappointingly boring, I want a bit more chaos then an election. Squid games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mjmooney Posted October 20, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2022 (edited) All my life, the Labour party has, time and time again, sabotaged itself with factional infighting, while the Tories always sank their differences and maintained solidarity in the interest of retaining power. I'm surprised that Labour never actually split into two mutually unelectable parties, but even more surprised - astonished, in fact - that the Tories are in serious danger of doing exactly that, right now. Bring it on. Edited October 20, 2022 by mjmooney 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted October 20, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 20, 2022 46 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: I think it will come down to Mordaunt vs Sunak and then one will stand down for the other. It'll be disappointingly boring, I want a bit more chaos then an election. I think it’ll be Mordaunt. I think she’s less divisive than Sunak (and Johnson). Unless it goes to the members, then it’ll be Johnson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted October 20, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 20, 2022 Even Ryanair are getting in a dig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted October 20, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 20, 2022 Just now, Mark Albrighton said: I think it’ll be Mordaunt. I think she’s less divisive than Sunak (and Johnson). Unless it goes to the members, then it’ll be Johnson. I think Brady has put the mockers on a BoJo return by insisting on minimum 100 backers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Why are Sky showing clips of Boris in Ukraine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Scared to go out incase they make me the new conservative prime minister. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted October 20, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 20, 2022 Just now, choffer said: I think Brady has put the mockers on a BoJo return by insisting on minimum 100 backers. Yes that has been suggested. I don’t know if he has the numbers between some of Truss supporters, along with maybe Badenoch and Braverman supporters. Those three had 122 votes between them in the first round of the last leadership race. Obviously that relies on the majority of those going to Johnson. I don’t know if they will, maybe most of Truss voters would be split between Mordaunt and Sunak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: Yes that has been suggested. I don’t know if he has the numbers between some of Truss supporters, along with maybe Badenoch and Braverman supporters. Those three had 122 votes between them in the first round of the last leadership race. Obviously that relies on the majority of those going to Johnson. I don’t know if they will, maybe most of Truss voters would be split between Mordaunt and Sunak. My money would be Sunak getting 180 or so, Mordaunt getting 70 or so, Johnson getting 40 or so and nobody else getting close. Sunak by Monday evening. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted October 20, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 20, 2022 1 minute ago, ml1dch said: My money would be Sunak getting 180 or so, Mordaunt getting 70 or so, Johnson getting 40 or so and nobody else getting close. Sunak by Monday evening. Is it possible that the anti Sunak group will get a sense of that and rally around one candidate to prevent that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 It was Brexit what dunnit, be careful what you wish for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: Is it possible that the anti Sunak group will get a sense of that and rally around one candidate to prevent that? They're a party of nutters, and around a quarter of the party hate him - but I don't think there is enough of an anti-Sunak group to get those sorts of numbers together. The biggest wing of the Tory party by a mile now is "what do I need to do to give me the best chance of not being smashed at the next election", and there are enough of those people to just put Sunak in the job without a fight. Brilliantly though, the anti-Sunak group are more than numerous enough to make his time as Prime Minister nearly impossible. So it's all good, whatever happens. Edited October 20, 2022 by ml1dch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrusr Posted October 20, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, ciggiesnbeer said: It was Brexit what dunnit, be careful what you wish for. It’s the first (and only) benefit of brexit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 13 minutes ago, ml1dch said: My money would be Sunak getting 180 or so, Mordaunt getting 70 or so, Johnson getting 40 or so and nobody else getting close. Sunak by Monday evening. I think you're right. Tories know they need a bit of quiet now and they also know Sunak was right all along - subliminally I think they'll be put off Mordor as a woman and as too reminiscent of Truss - not that they are right to do so but they'll go for the serious man. Unless of course they're more racist than I imagined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 As things stand (h/t Jessica Elgot) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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