Penny Mordaunt
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cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Of course it would need to be her to put herself forward, if there was a leadership race, both of which seem highly unlikely.
I suspect this is just a handful of MPs playing games, and the media lapping it up, and running with it.
_Russ_
Never not Knowingly Misunderstood
Yea it all seems very unlikely, but wtf weirder shit has gone down with that bunch and why not have the top job in your gang for a while?, it would be a tough call to blame defeat on someone who only got the job after all the shit happened...but you're probably right
Silas Loom
Hated by both sides
He’s probably almost as tainted by Sunak now as he was already by Greensill.
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
I don't see what's in it for anyone - the Tories are probably going to lose half their seats, there is realistically no chance that whoever is leader of the party in GE night isn't going to have to resign, even if they've only been in post 3 months.
The prize is getting to be the leader after the GE defeat on order to shape the party to your will, not to resign within a week and a comedy pub quiz answer like Liz Truss....
The prize is getting to be the leader after the GE defeat on order to shape the party to your will, not to resign within a week and a comedy pub quiz answer like Liz Truss....
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
Or bloody Boris Johnson.
Silas Loom
Hated by both sides
And it’s quite a niche prize, for Westminster enthusiasts only, which would be of no interest to a Johnson or a Cameron.
Indeliblelink
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So she should keep her head down until after the GE. Can I copyright the headline "Penny Dormant"?
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
Also the "plan" is to make this - another - internal coronation so as to avoid a full leadership election which is just going to futher inflame the infighting (and could even see liz truss back as leader! as bed enoch, cruella and the other loony wing candidates will likely wait till after the gerneal election) . I see no chance of that happening. They might acciedently trigger a contest becasue the reach the threshold of letters to the 1922 - but Sunak would still have to loose the ensuing confidence vote - which is pretty unlikely. Still - the aftermath of the may local elections is going to be pretty interesting. It may see further defections to ReFuk and party discipline continuning to unravel. Maybe a general election in june/july?
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
That's the thing, it's logical to let Sunak take the bullet, then ride in on a white horse, with a clean slate.
The trouble they have is enough MPs would probably ensure a right-wingnut is on the ballot for the membership, them being loopy, will probably elect them under the mistaken belief that recovering votes from Reform will rescue them, totally ignoring the fact that elections are won in the middle ground, and a massive right-turn will put off more voters than it would gain.
They really are in a proper mess.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
and, assuming you mean that twat johnson, he would have to get selected for, and win, a by-election first.
(or at least i think so - i don't have a copy of vermin party rules to hand, but expect that party leader has to be an MP)
as for 'discredited' - there is a faction of potential tory voters who still want him back, with a fair crossover with the faction who will go and vote for refuck as things stand. i'm not convinced that faction is big enough to win a general election, though...
Hollis
bloody furious
That's the thing, it's logical to let Sunak take the bullet, then ride in on a white horse, with a clean slate.
The trouble they have is enough MPs would probably ensure a right-wingnut is on the ballot for the membership, them being loopy, will probably elect them under the mistaken belief that recovering votes from Reform will rescue them, totally ignoring the fact that elections are won in the middle ground, and a massive right-turn will put off more voters than it would gain.
They really are in a proper mess.
This is why Davey's their man for the job... summer with improving economic news... lower inflation... nice centrist in charge who can out-Starmer Starmer and bang on about 'Labour's tax timebomb' as in 1992. Don't need to win over the right-wing frutnuts...
Cameron also has nothing to lose really... if he looses but they don't perform catastrophically, he can probably still come out saying he recovered the position. And anway he's bored doing nothing.
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Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
If they wanted it enough they’d make it happen I’m sure.
Gerry1time
Did a wee in Dirac's toilet
Given the government is a mess and achieving sod all at the moment anyway, I think they should rotate the Prime Minister job amongst each other daily. That way a lot of them can claim to have been Prime Minister, and will have hopefully then got it out of their system so they can bugger off and do something else instead.
Same way my mate Nigel at school let Simon wear his school prefect's tie on the last day of sixth form, so Simon could get over being bitter at not having been made a school prefect.
Same way my mate Nigel at school let Simon wear his school prefect's tie on the last day of sixth form, so Simon could get over being bitter at not having been made a school prefect.
_Russ_
Never not Knowingly Misunderstood
Perhaps that's the plan and this is just testing the water?
Hollis
bloody furious
I think it's only agreed convention that the PM has to sit in the House of Commons, Douglas-Home was in the Lords when elected leader. So all Johnson has to do it to persuade someone to make him a Lord.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
I think it's only agreed convention that the PM has to sit in the House of Commons, Douglas-Home was in the Lords when elected leader. So all Johnson has to do it to persuade someone to make him a Lord.
I don't think they could get away with a PM in the Lords nowadays.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
I stand ready to answer the call should it come
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Although doing it for the first time in a long time kind of normalises it.
And given how clueless they are, who knows. (Don't think it's likely mind )
GarveyLives
Well-Known Member
(Source: as stated in image)
Presumably, the frequently so-called "most sophisticated electorate in the world" having last chosen as prime minister someone who was outlasted in office by a lettuce, now believe that Pouting Penny Mordaunt's ability to handle a large sword in public is among the personal attributes that she possesses which are important for electoral success.
I feel like you're trying to make some kind of a point by calling her 'Pouting Penny' and posting that particular photo. Would be good to understand what that point is.
(Source: as stated in image)
Presumably, the frequently so-called "most sophisticated electorate in the world" having last chosen as prime minister someone who was outlasted in office by a lettuce, now believe that Pouting Penny Mordaunt's ability to handle a large sword in public is among the personal attributes that she possesses which are important for electoral success.
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
And didn't she have something to do with the baddies in Lord of the Rings?
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
I would love nothing more than another leadership election but think it’s very unlikely. The minute it looks serious Sunak will simply trigger the nuclear option and call an election.
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