Tory Leadership contest 2022

[Pickman's model]

Media are just infatuated with him because he helps them to fill column inches and the yawning chasms of the 24-hour news without the minimum of effort on their part.

Seeing the Guardian (I think) posting footage of Johnson's plane landing yesterday as if that's news was uncomfortably reminiscent of the US network in the 2016 US election campaign that broadcast an empty stage for about an hour because Trump was due to speak on it later, rather than covering an actual speech that Clinton was giving elsewhere at the same time.

If Adolf Hitler flew in today they'd send a limousine anyway

 

[Pickman's model]

Or decapitated whilst driving pissed in the DR, like wot Falco did

No more rock me amadeus

 

[brogdale]

If Adolf Hitler flew in today they'd send a limousine anyway

Always appropriate.

 

[Wilf]

No he doesn’t he’s just pretending.

What! A man with his reputation, lying you say?

 

[Pickman's model]

Given that every change for the last few years has been for the worse I think 'back where we started' is going to be enormously attractive to a lot of people.

Where we started for me was the premiership of Edward heath who in comparison to the current crop of cunts was a superlative prime minister. Bring him back, as everyone knows the only good tory is a dead one

 

[maomao]

Where we started for me was the premiership of Edward heath who in comparison to the current crop of cunts was a superlative prime minister. Bring him back, as everyone knows the only good tory is a dead one

As long as you keep the filthy fucker away from children.

 

[danny la rouge]

I take it we’ve had it then…

will post again tomorrow, just in case

Post what?

 

[Pickman's model]

As long as you keep the filthy fucker away from children.

Just place his corpse in number 10

 

[story]

Seems to be the prevailing view amongst my more elderly neighbours too

Not just the elderly.

Anyone who voted for BJ when he “won the mandate in a landslide” who wasn’t crucified by bereavement during the pandemic, any who bent the rules themselves, any who can only recall the whole sorry saga as a vague and distant memory… they’ll vote for him again. He may not get anything like the same majority but he will win.

 

[xenon]

I think he's going to say on Monday, 'i had plenty of backers, loads of them, they were clamouring for my return, but i've decided not to stand'.

Supports of PM.

 

[bimble]

if true, these people are just terminally stupid, bereft of even the most basic self interested cunning
The only way they ever got to be MPs is because nobody normal wants to do it.

 

[danny la rouge]

if true, these people are just terminally stupid, bereft of even the most basic self interested cunning
The only way they ever got to be MPs is because nobody normal wants to do it.

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“The risk for an MP is that it leaves them looking somewhat ridiculous”.

 

[not a trot]

Where we started for me was the premiership of Edward heath who in comparison to the current crop of cunts was a superlative prime minister. Bring him back, as everyone knows the only good tory is a dead one

Always hated his government since they raised the school leaving age to 16. Hated secondary school, then halfway through the cunts made me stay on an extra year. Though looking back, that 5th year wasn't all that bad.

 

[platinumsage]

if true, these people are just terminally stupid, bereft of even the most basic self interested cunning
The only way they ever got to be MPs is because nobody normal wants to do it.

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The nominations will be secret though - easy to publicly come out for Boris to your constituents yet not actually nominate him.

 

[danny la rouge]

The nominations will be secret though - easy to publicly come out for Boris to your constituents yet not actually nominate him.

Not if he has 150 public backers but no official nominations…

 

[bimble]

What is a nomination anyway is it a different thing from an MP writing 'i back boris ' on twitter with flags on?

Stupid game this, probably even worse if you're actually playing not just watching.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

There really aren’t enough bullets in the world for this group of self serving, back stabbing, shameless, bastards.

 

[maomao]

There really aren’t enough bullets in the world for this group of self serving, back stabbing, shameless, bastards.

I'm sure there are. Less than 400 for the PCP and less than 200,000 to do the membership. A fraction of what we send to Ukraine.

 

[Pickman's model]

There really aren’t enough bullets in the world for this group of self serving, back stabbing, shameless, bastards.

who needs bullets when there are thousands of penguins crying out to fill their stomachs with our tory politicians

 

[Ax^]

There really aren’t enough bullets in the world for this group of self serving, back stabbing, shameless, bastards.

We would have to test that Theory before taking it as fact

 

[Kaka Tim]

Not just the elderly.

Anyone who voted for BJ when he “won the mandate in a landslide” who wasn’t crucified by bereavement during the pandemic, any who bent the rules themselves, any who can only recall the whole sorry saga as a vague and distant memory… they’ll vote for him again. He may not get anything like the same majority but he will win.

he wont. he cant. hed probably be chucked out again within 6 months anyway. Polling puts him behind sunak with the general public. If he got back in, he would inevitably remind everyone of just what a useless, selfish, cunt he is within a few weeks. He won in 2019 because of "get brexit done", "toxic to many" corbyn - and by massively bullshitting. Hes not some super charismatic magic man - most people think hes a complete arsehole.

 

[marty21]

How are there even 20,000 people in the country without email? You'd have to be both rich and old to get away with it.

I was speaking to one of my tenants recently , he's younger than me and doesn't have an email address (or admit to one) . He said it meant he didn't have to claim UC on-line , he could go to the DWP office & update them directly. So not just the rich or old tbf (he's 55)

 

[story]

he wont. he cant. hed probably be chucked out again within 6 months anyway. Polling puts him behind sunak with the general public. If he got back in, he would inevitably remind everyone of just what a useless, selfish, cunt he is within a few weeks. He won in 2019 because of "get brexit done", "toxic to many" corbyn - and by massively bullshitting. Hes not some super charismatic magic man - most people think hes a complete arsehole.

I hope my gloomy doomy worries are over-egged and you’re right.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Anyone who doesn’t seem aware Boris would be the first to start taking about getting past 100 (especially if he’s first to do so) and starts reporting gossip as factual really needs to be taken away gently before they lose it all investing in invisible paint

 

[platinumsage]

Badenoch backs Sunak, and Sunak and Johnson due to meet. I think it's all over.

 

[Bingoman]

So it seem the 100 Johnson supporters he claims he got has not matilised

 

[Puddy_Tat]

are either the nominations or the MP votes secret?

could MP's say they have nominated the honking pudding then really nominate, or vote for one of the better less crap candidates?

 

[maomao]

So it seem the 100 Johnson supporters he claims he got has not matilised

Maybe they'll matilise tomorrow.

 

[Raheem]

are either the nominations or the MP votes secret?

could MP's say they have nominated the honking pudding then really nominate, or vote for one of the better less crap candidates?

The votes are anonymous (although last time, Johnson asked his supporters to photograph their voting slip as proof).

 

[maomao]

The votes are anonymous (although last time, Johnson asked his supporters to photograph their voting slip as proof).

That's votes, these are nominations.