Theresa May's time is up

[TopCat]

When is Parliament due to break?

 

[ManchesterBeth]

Grayling: "She had more support tonight than she did in the leadership election of 2016"

Just heard that cunt on 5live. really made me want to punch him in the face even more.

 

[two sheds]

117 have no confidence. Ouch.

That's more than Labour MPs that would want Corbyn out isn't it?

 

[sunnysidedown]

And those busy elsewhere...

Lower than a snakes belly is our Theresa.

 

[ManchesterBeth]

vicky ford. slit my wrists.

 

[moochedit]

When is Parliament due to break?

It's always been broken.

 

[brogdale]

May looks genuinely devastated that she's "won"

 

[gosub]

The pound and markets (which rose all day) are sinking again...Such is the confidence in Mrs May

 

[Ax^]

May looks genuinely devastated that she's "won"

Would you want to continue to be the sacrificial lamb..

Would feel sorry for her at the point but alas she is a Tory

 

[mx wcfc]

When is Parliament due to break?

I read 20 December somewhere.

 

[moochedit]

When is Parliament due to break?

I read 20 December somewhere.

Yep..

House of Commons recess dates

They get a lot of holidays

 

[killer b]

The pound and markets (which rose all day) are sinking again...Such is the confidence in Mrs May

You could make a lot of money speculating on the pound right now. I imagine plenty of people are...

 

[redsquirrel]

May loyalists pushing the cross-party, "national interest" line. Really can't see them peeling off more than a handful of Labour MPs at the very, very most.

 

[SpackleFrog]

Dead woman walking. Sounds of ohh from Tory scum at 117 says it all.

Those "ohhs" neatly cut off on clip on BBC website.

Theresa May survives confidence vote

 

[Voley]

A BBC journo just made the point that Thatcher won a no confidence vote with more votes than Theresa May (204 I think he said) but still resigned over it.

 

[SpackleFrog]

A BBC journo just made the point that Thatcher won a no confidence vote with more votes than Theresa May (204 I think he said) but still resigned over it.

True but that was slightly different as that was a leadership challenge from Heseltine - she didn't win enough to stop a second round open to others. May now can't be removed (by procedure anyway) for a year.

 

[SpackleFrog]

May loyalists pushing the cross-party, "national interest" line. Really can't see them peeling off more than a handful of Labour MPs at the very, very most.

It depends how many Labour MP's want to get rid of Corbyn before the next election, or think it is realistic to do so. Also depends whether they think they can stop Brexit or if they're focused on stopping the mythical no deal.

 

[ManchesterBeth]

there's no brexit to stop. kick them in the arse and force their kids into state schools.

 

[Dr. Furface]

You could make a lot of money speculating on the pound right now. I imagine plenty of people are...

 

[Voley]

Turning the telly off now. Some Tory bellend going on about what a great victory it is. A third of her own MP's have no confidence in her ffs.

 

[DexterTCN]

 

[two sheds]

Awwww such cute smiles to each other at 2:00

 

[not-bono-ever]

i hate them all. very single one of them

 

[sleaterkinney]

 

[not-bono-ever]

she has no shame

 

[Jeremiah18.17]

You could make a lot of money speculating on the pound right now. I imagine plenty of people are...

Brexiteers Crispin Odey and Steve Baker have apparently been raking it in according to what was being tweeted around earlier.

 

[Nine Bob Note]

May looks genuinely devastated that she's "won"

It's Wednesday - she'll have to wait until next Tuesday for a software update

 

[Sasaferrato]

Turning the telly off now. Some Tory bellend going on about what a great victory it is. A third of her own MP's have no confidence in her ffs.

Corbyn defiant after no-confidence vote

 

[SpackleFrog]

Corbyn defiant after no-confidence vote

He turned it around a bit but I don't think she will.

 

[redsquirrel]

Corbyn defiant after no-confidence vote

Corbyn was both able and desirous of bypassing the parliamentary party by leveraging the power of the full membership, right from the start it was clear that his power came from the support he with party members.

May can't go to the party membership even if she wanted to. And even if she could the relationship between the PLP and Labour members is different to between the CLP and Tory members.

I know it's tempting to see the two parties and leaders as some kind of bizzaro mirror image of each other, but the factions and balances of power are totally different, as well as the party machines they have to contend with.