bickster Posted October 24, 2022 Moderator Share Posted October 24, 2022 Definitely looking like a coronation and not an election then. Most of the Johnson backers appear to be switching to Sunak, So far only Fabricant and Lee Anderson have jumped to Mordaunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 6 minutes ago, bickster said: So far only Fabricant and Lee Anderson have jumped to Mordaunt. That's almost more damning than nobody switching. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 24, 2022 Moderator Share Posted October 24, 2022 And as for the membership.... They couldn't possibly let facts get in the way of their opinions.... Yep, they'll all be out on the knocker campaigning in the next General Election Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 (edited) Sunak is the best of a bad bunch. The country is **** and its damage limitation now. Edited October 24, 2022 by PaulC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 I don't think they're a million miles off. The plan from the offset was for the 1922 committee to get their guy, they set a limit they knew others would really struggle to reach. They couldn't let the membership ruin things by picking the wrong person again 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 24, 2022 Moderator Share Posted October 24, 2022 21 minutes ago, Davkaus said: I don't think they're a million miles off. The plan from the offset was for the 1922 committee to get their guy, they set a limit they knew others would really struggle to reach. They couldn't let the membership ruin things by picking the wrong person again Not disagreeing with that, though I suspect many members won't be happy as a result Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picicata Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 20 minutes ago, bickster said: Not disagreeing with that, though I suspect many members won't be happy as a result I'm sure they won't be, but as they voted in Truss last time, so are clearly more stupid than a paramecium, you can't blame the party for taking the choice away from them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 24, 2022 Moderator Share Posted October 24, 2022 1 minute ago, picicata said: I'm sure they won't be, but as they voted in Truss last time, so are clearly more stupid than a paramecium, you can't blame the party for taking the choice away from them Don't get me wrong, I welcome the Tory members not getting a say but only because of the reaction it will have amongst the membership. It's yet another piece in the death spiral of the party Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 I assume the official argument for not asking the members is the amount of time it would take, and they wasted a load of it already this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 24, 2022 Moderator Share Posted October 24, 2022 9 minutes ago, Genie said: I assume the official argument for not asking the members is the amount of time it would take, and they wasted a load of it already this year. The official argument for not going to the members is that there will only be one candidate. It won't even be going to the MPs to vote on. Remember nominations are not votes (Corbyn would never have been elected Labour leader were in not for the likes of David Lammy and Emily Thornberry nominating him even though they had no intention of voting for him) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted October 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 24, 2022 Mordaunt withdraws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post StefanAVFC Posted October 24, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 24, 2022 **** sake how can we be taken seriously when our PM is shorter than Tommy Elphick 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Be good of the new Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, to pledge to fix the problems created by the former chancellor, Rishi Sunak. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 24, 2022 Happy Diwali, Tory party members. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 I think we need to spare a thought for Jerry, one of the many I'd imagine, racist members of the Tory party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted October 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 24, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 2 hours ago, PaulC said: Sunak is the best of a bad bunch. The country is **** and its damage limitation now. Kind of where im at. The tories aintvgoing anywhere before next election so we at least need someone that understands how the markets work and addressing the problems we face. He told truss what her strategy would do cause turmoil during debate and he was right Like you say the countries ****. He wont fix the problems but we nust dont need him to make it any worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Some vague of sanity now back in British politics. Sunak was clearly the only option, even in normal time he would be a junior minister at best. The support for Johnson was hyped by his mates and Mordant always looked an outside bet. Wonder how much ministerial changes he will make. There is a good justification for an general election. He has not even been voted by the deluded tory members, and now its the second PM change in a couple of months. I wouldn't be surprised if we have an election in May next year, before the coronation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 24, 2022 I think it's really great for Rishi to be the first of his kind to hold the position of PM The other Borrowers will be very proud 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 I didnt think we could find a bigger bafoon than boris in the Conservative party. Sky news interviewing Michael fabricant. This guy looks the biggest clown ive ever seen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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