they are tbf
Liz Truss’s time is up
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they are tbf
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
I'm sure Count Binface must have a suitable salad comrade
teqniq
DisMembered
Lettuce hope so she wilt look incredibly stupid
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
boom boom tish tish
bimble
floofy
Probably. If most of the new tory MPs get binned off next election the party will probably regroup more easily. Might lose some of the headbangers to the Reform party or whichever and get back some of those it purged whilst busy trying to neutralise UKIP by impersonating it. Boring.
Gotta hand it to the brassnecked grandee's of the 22 committee. Keeping the Tory membership as far away as possible from the decision of who will succeed Truss is a stroke of genius probably ensuring that a market compliant 'safe' pair of hands 'come through'. This is vile anti democratic Casino politics, taking any panic measures to avoid a G Election. But Tory troubles are not going away, and their continuing electoral dissolution looks assured. The problem remains that effective working class representation is being denied by Labour's leaders (and the TUC) who are sitting on their hands, only paying hopeless lip service instead of acting.
Failing to properly confront this government of spivs and billionaires when they are on the ropes can only result in more austerity, longer queues for the NHS, accelerating poverty and homelessness as the repossessions begin. Looks like another chance for a serious change in direction is being squandered. very frustrating.
Failing to properly confront this government of spivs and billionaires when they are on the ropes can only result in more austerity, longer queues for the NHS, accelerating poverty and homelessness as the repossessions begin. Looks like another chance for a serious change in direction is being squandered. very frustrating.
strung out
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You're optimistic. More like December 2024.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
What they're hoping for is the big one with China so they can postpone the election for the duration
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
Not really possible imo, in Canada in 1993 there were other parties to take up the slack, but I can’t see the LibDems or SNP hoovering up Tory votes.
bimble
floofy
i've just read this tweet a few times and still don't get it.
If he hasn't done a typo, he's saying that they reckon that the membership (who love Johnson and just voted Truss in) will be like 'oh i'd better choose the one that the majority of MPs went for, because doing otherwise would be inherently unstable and unworkable obvs'. That is completely mad
If he hasn't done a typo, he's saying that they reckon that the membership (who love Johnson and just voted Truss in) will be like 'oh i'd better choose the one that the majority of MPs went for, because doing otherwise would be inherently unstable and unworkable obvs'. That is completely mad
There are many Conservative seats that seem like a much better fit for the Lib Dems than what the Tories have become, especially in the south. I can't see the Tories keeping a single seat in Scotland, and probably Wales too. If Westminster goes Labour as it already has in local terms, and Kensington returns to Labour, then there are only really two or three other seats in Greater London the Cons would hold. At that point, you can see a path opening up to seriously finish them off in their current format. However, you may be sadly right that we'll never be rid of them.
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
The indicative vote is so that the runner-up candidate hopefully withdraws. Not really about members.
bimble
floofy
why would they hopefully withdraw though, if they thought the members would choose them (and if they were mad enough to want the job in the first place)
ska invita
back on the other side
because Tories are here to serve the nation and doing whats best for the general good is always firstmost in their mind
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Don't know much about her. But at least she seems to be able to string a coherent sentence together. Which is more than the former PM could manage. That's the bar that's been set.
bimble
floofy
That's it, that's her appeal, nobody hates her because nobody knows who she is.
She does have a cool name. That alone qualifies her as a leading contender to be PM of our great country right now.
Unless something very unexpected happens between now and Monday, there's only Sunak, Morduant and Wallace who have a chance of reaching the threshold. But I think there's also a good chance of only Sunak managing a hundred in the first round, in which case he's in without a vote
geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
Think you'll find many politically aware folk know who she is and many Scots already hate, she's made some damaging comments.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
It's not that mad, as a Tory member I know said, the membership should never have a vote for the leader, at least whilst they are actually in government, there's only about 180k members, whereas millions voted for Tory MPs to represent them in parliament, and therefore should select their leader.
goldenecitrone
post tenebras lux
There's only one sure way to stop all these Leadership challenges. Sir Graham Brady for PM.
bimble
floofy
The mad bit is the idea that the membership will get in line & choose whoever the MPs chose, instead of who they themselves like more. The idea that they'd do so in order to ensure that the PM can actually govern, that's the mad bit, why would they expect the membership to think like that.
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