Tory Leadership contest 2022

[Ax^]

not sure about the latest member to throw his hat in the ring

 

[Plumdaff]

She's on an overseas visit, otherwise it would be very odd.

Weird how she's just now decided to cut the trip short and make a statement.

 

[Sue]

Johnson has been so shit that there could be dozens thinking they could do a better job

My friend's dog could do a better job. And would at least be honest about doing pretty much anything for cheese.

 

[bluescreen]

Suella Braverman announced her candidacy on R4 Today this morning. If there was anyone less competent than Johnson to fulfil the role of PM then it would be her. Deluded.

 

[elbows]

Suella Braverman announced her candidacy on R4 Today this morning. If there was anyone less competent than Johnson to fulfil the role of PM then it would be her. Deluded.

She announced it first on Peston the previous evening.

 

[Kaka Tim]

I rekon steve baker is in with a shout - not tainted by association with Johnson - so new broom and all that , keeper of the brexit/thatchertie flame (so will be popular with the membership). Will be shit - but his hard brexit/thatcherite ideology may come unstuck pretty quickly when it collides with the reality of economic mire and people eating out of bins.

 

[platinumsage]

Baker has never been in cabinet so I don't see it.

 

[Petcha]

Zahawi is my pick. He's a good man as far as I know, and highly competent. What I found quite amusing over the last few days was the polls usually referred to in the media reflecting how fucked Boris was were conducted by YouGov, the company he founded.

But having met a few of these fuckers, he's the pick of them. 'Interesting' move to take over like Chancellor like that though. I'd like to think it was a chess move in order to release his statement this morning.

 

[MickiQ]

TBH my attitude is a plague on all your houses.
I suspect that they are most likely to go for someone who has never been in the Cabinet or hasn't been recently, the current shower of shit are all tainted by their association with BoZo.

 

[marty21]

My friend's dog could do a better job. And would at least be honest about doing pretty much anything for cheese.

What is the dog's position on the Northern Ireland protocol? And is he a good boy ?

 

[marty21]

And of course, we all know that Boris going is all part of a MSM /remainer plot to reverse Brexit .

 

[marty21]

Zahawi is my pick. He's a good man as far as I know, and highly competent. What I found quite amusing over the last few days was the polls usually referred to in the media reflecting how fucked Boris was were conducted by YouGov, the company he founded.

But having met a few of these fuckers, he's the pick of them. 'Interesting' move to take over like Chancellor like that though. I'd like to think it was a chess move in order to release his statement this morning.

He's certainly ruthless , thanks for the job Boris , now fuck off.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Suella Braverman announced her candidacy on R4 Today this morning. If there was anyone less competent than Johnson to fulfil the role of PM then it would be her. Deluded.

She announced it first on Peston the previous evening.

Yes, no. Always a pleasure to speak to the Today programme. Go live on air now? Yes, of course, I'd be delighted to.

Martha, my pleasure, nice to be with you.

Yes. Before I answer that, may I just say
how delighted I am, as indeed we all are, at the excitement and enthusiasm that the
PM's pending resignation has created.

I announced at an appearance on Preston my new leadership bid, called...Sponge Avengers.

 

[Knotted]

Looking like the relatively unknown Ben Wallace might be next PM.

 

[krink]

Can we have a poll for our predictions? Mine is Sajid Javid. But they're all cunts anyway.

 

[Sue]

What is the dog's position on the Northern Ireland protocol? And is he a good boy ?

About as coherent as the Tory Party's to be honest. He's quite a naughty boy but can be easily bribed with cheese so cheaper than those other fuckers.

 

[marty21]

I think Ben Wallace might take it - but Raab may get a trial run as care-taker PM - as the Tories don't trust Boris and want rid of him asap

 

[killer b]

Didn't Raab say he wasn't going to run? There's also no way they'd let someone who's planning on running be caretaker during the campaign anyway

 

[killer b]

Does anyone know anything about Wallace? He's my MP and I know precisely nothing about him other than the tories love him

 

[platinumsage]

No caretaker imo, it's just too difficult to arrange. They'd prefer to just clip Johnson's wings as much as possible.

 

[Sue]

Does anyone know anything about Wallace? He's my MP and I know precisely nothing about him other than the tories love him

Thats probably enough tbh.

 

[marty21]

Didn't Raab say he wasn't going to run? There's also no way they'd let someone who's planning on running be caretaker during the campaign anyway

if he doesn't run, then he can be caretaker - he'll be a disaster anyway so wouldn't help his campaign even if he did run

 

[ska invita]

Who is Ben Wallace? The new favourite for prime minister | ITV News

Ben Wallace is the clear favourite to replace Boris Johnson as the next Conservative party leader, according to a new poll. | ITV News Granada

www.itv.com

ETA: already posted :grrrr:

 

[Kaka Tim]

No caretaker imo, it's just too difficult to arrange. They'd prefer to just clip Johnson's wings as much as possible.

think they'd prefer him to fuck off as soon as possible. like this evening. his "im great - and you lot are treacherous scum" speech wont have helped. They have to decide which will be more disruptive and divisive - two more months of fuckface or putting in a holding team led by someone really boring (may). Who knows what shit the clown will pull now he has nothing to lose, greed to be further indulged and revenge to be taken?

 

[Bingoman]

Michael Gove ruled himself out of leadership Contest

 

[JimW]

Does anyone know anything about Wallace? He's my MP and I know precisely nothing about him other than the tories love him

Read he got some award for campaigning for transparency in expenses which on face of it puts him streets ahead of the field already.
Hopefully military type less likely to be Randian hardcore loon but realise doesn't necessarily follow and don't know.

 

[ska invita]

Read he got some award for campaigning for transparency in expenses which on face of it puts him streets ahead of the field already.

" he had the fourth highest expenses claim of any MP in the UK in 2008, claiming £175,523 on top of his £63,000 salary."

 

[JimW]

" he had the fourth highest expenses claim of any MP in the UK in 2008, claiming £175,523 on top of his £63,000 salary."

But transparently Or bare faced as we used to call it.

 

[kebabking]

Does anyone know anything about Wallace? He's my MP and I know precisely nothing about him other than the tories love him

Relatively blunt speaking, and (for the first time in my adult life) he's a defence secretary with a solid grip of the boring details about how defence works.

He does detail, he reads the briefing papers, asks difficult questions, is happy to change his mind, is quite collegiate, but understands that the buck stops at his desk.

That said, he's had some 'values and standards' issues - so for example when Patel was accused of bullying, he tweeted that he'd never had a problem with her, and that therefore she was innocent: the issue being that saying that was directly opposed to the MOD's anti-bullying strategy and orders, which he wrote.

Is famous for saying 'bollocks' on Twitter. I've met him a few times: he's open to challenge, he's very pleasant and personable, he's happy to argue his point but he's courteous about listening to others - he's good fun socially (group of a dozen or so Mil/CS/senior Baltic State politicians, but he's happy not to be the centre of attention)

He was at the HoC defence committee last week - he's pretty open about failings, and happy to attach blame to his own side.

 

[killer b]

Would he want the job d'y reckon?