Tory Leadership contest 2022

[Supine]

Can I shock you?

If you tell us you think Boris is great then yes, you would shock us

 

[Lord Camomile]

Nadine's up on LBC now. Again not sounding happy.

Is there any chance it's Johnson she's not happy with..?

 

[Bingoman]

Is there any chance it's Johnson she's not happy with..?

Which one him or his sister

 

[ruffneck23]

Which one him or his sister

Hopefully both.

 

[Calamity1971]

Guardian says Boris isn't standing.

I'd like to add that, for the record, neither am I.

Johnson, it's fucking Johnson. I give up

 

[MrSki]

Nadine's up on LBC now. Again not sounding happy.

 

[Supine]

Oh jeez mad nad on LBC say if Sunak gets in all hell will break loose,and now calling for an Election

Go Nads

 

[Calamity1971]

Native Dorries..Jacob Rees Mogg...Naderm Zahawri...can you hear me...can you hear me...Your boy chickened out of a hell of a beating...a HELL of a beating

 

[a_chap]

Just tuned in to LBC for the first time.

Do they have a rule that only complete idiots are allowed to phone in?

 

[kabbes]

I am shocked. SHOCKED. That Johnson has not been allowed within a mile of leadership for a second time

 

[platinumsage]

Johnson, it's fucking Johnson. I give up

Also Dorries but whatevs

 

[Bingoman]

Just tuned in to LBC for the first time.

Do they have a rule that only complete idiots are allowed to phone in?

Ah poor nads

 

[ruffneck23]

Penny Mourdant has pick up at least one Johnson backer,none other than Michael Fabricant

 

[Supine]

I am shocked. SHOCKED. That Johnson has not been allowed within a mile of leadership for a second time

It may feel disappointing for a while but you’ll get over it

 

[Sue]

I am shocked. SHOCKED. That Johnson has not been allowed within a mile of leadership for a second time

It wasn't that he wasn't allowed. He stood aside for the good of the country, despite his 102 nominations.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

There's a lot to unpack in his statement.

“I believe I am well placed to deliver a Conservative victory in 2024 - and tonight I can confirm that I have cleared the very high hurdle of 102 nominations, including a proposer and a seconder, and I could put my nomination in tomorrow,” he said.

“There is a very good chance that I would be successful in the election with Conservative party members, and that I could indeed be back in Downing Street on Friday.

“But in the course of the last days I have sadly come to the conclusion that this would simply not be the right thing to do. You can’t govern effectively unless you have a united party in parliament.

“And though I have reached out to both Rishi and Penny – because I hoped that we could come together in the national interest – we have sadly not been able to work out a way of doing this.

“Therefore I am afraid the best thing is that I do not allow my nomination to go forward and commit my support to whoever succeeds. I believe I have much to offer, but I am afraid that this is simply not the right time.

I'm the right person for the job. The party and country would be best served by me being PM, and the party members know this. But Rishi/Penny won't step aside for me and half the MPs hate me, the treacherous dogs. Whatever goes wrong from now on, I'm not in government so it won't be my fault. None of them are worthy so I'm fucked if I'm going to actually back anyone else.

 

[Ming]

No class nor dignity.
He should have said simply that he was not going ahead and asked his supporters to give all their support to the new leader.

Well he did show his contempt for Ukraine with this absolutely deliberate gaff (look at the MP to the right). He values nothing apart from his own self interest.

 

[TopCat]

So, I guess the ideal scenario now is that Mordaunt gets enough backing to force a vote, then the reliably insane and racist Tory members actually elect her, then we have Truss 2.0

Nailed.

 

[Lea]

So, I guess the ideal scenario now is that Mordaunt gets enough backing to force a vote, then the reliably insane and racist Tory members actually elect her, then we have Truss 2.0

Yep, then she'll resign and Rishi will have another go...

 

[kabbes]

It wasn't that he wasn't allowed. He stood aside for the good of the country, despite his 102 nominations.

Oh yes, sorry. That’s exactly what happened. The 102 MPs. You don’t know them, they go to another House of Commons.

 

[Ax^]

 

[WhyLikeThis]

“World King”

 

[Raheem]

Johnson, it's fucking Johnson. I give up

Never give up. And start practicing "It's Sunak, it's fucking Sunak!"

 

[Sue]

Yep, then she'll resign and Rishi will have another go...

Third time lucky!

(Third? I've kind of lost track.)

 

[Raheem]

Yep, then she'll resign and Rishi will have another go...

 

[Ted Striker]

Can I shock you?

 

[Wilf]

So I'm guessing Boris will just fuck off on holiday again now.

I'd quite like to be on reception when he gets back: 'oh... Mr Johnson! We all thought you'd... oh, well, welcome back!'

 

[Bingoman]

Can I shock you?

You can try

 

[Lord Camomile]

It's not your "natural home" if you're only there because another option isn't available, you chuntering pillock

 

[littlebabyjesus]

It's not your "natural home" if you're only there because another option isn't available, you chuntering pillock

he's a tory. It's his natural second home (paid for by expenses, natch).