Tory leadership contest 2024

[steeplejack]

"Russell Findlay" has been elected as leader of the "Scottish" Conservatives today.

Who?

 

[SpookyFrank]

So is Tugendhat denouncing the Iraq invasion?

He probably didn't think much of the bit where his own side shot him.

 

[Elpenor]

So is Tugendhat denouncing the Iraq invasion?

Banter

 

[Kid_Eternity]

So, bat shit crazy beats crazy (with the even more bat shit beating the batshit) but looks less so?

 

[GarveyLives]

"None of the candidates to be the next Conservative leader have ruled out taking money from Frank Hester, the Tory donor whose racist comments plunged the party in to controversy earlier this year, i can reveal ..."

(Source: Getty Images)​

Tory leader rivals won’t rule out taking cash from race-row donor Frank Hester

 

[bemused]

Robert Jenrick is awful, I watched him trying to avoid questions about a £75k donation on Sky - you can see it on youtube it's funny.
Kemi reminds me of those people who think the are cleverer than you and end up in all sorts of trouble.
Cleverly is the sane choice, so I guess the racist grandads will vote for Jenrick.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Cleverly is the sane choice

There's a sentence nobody thought they would ever see.

 

[bemused]

There's a sentence nobody thought they would ever see.

It's like mafia movies when they ask 'gun or knife?'

 

[taperoo2k]

Robert Jenrick is awful, I watched him trying to avoid questions about a £75k donation on Sky - you can see it on youtube it's funny.
Kemi reminds me of those people who think the are cleverer than you and end up in all sorts of trouble.
Cleverly is the sane choice, so I guess the racist grandads will vote for Jenrick.

If that's the best they've got? Starmer will be laughing all the way to the next election.

As it is Kemi Badenoch's rant about maternity pay has got the Tories trying to figure out how to get
women to "Breed for Britain" so the next generation of care workers can be produced and thus immigration reduced.
Not sure they realise how screwed they are as a political party.

Adam Bienkov (@adambienkov.bsky.social)

Conservative fringe meeting on immigration discussing how to persuade women to "breed for Britain" in order to "grow more" social care workers, one day after Kemi Badenoch's comments about "excessive" maternity pay.

bsky.app

 

[not a trot]

I'd still put money on Farage leading the Vermin into the next election.

 

[maomao]

I'd still put money on Farage leading the Vermin into the next election.

Farage as kingmaker, bringing less seats but using a 20%ish vote share to demand serious cabinet representation. It's true the Tory leadership contenders are a shower of shit but looks at Starmer. Eating dogshit is more popular than the current Labour leadership.

 

[taperoo2k]

The Tories will likely spend the next decade fighting amongst themselves. Former Tory voters are not likely going to
go anywhere near Farage. So, the Liberal Democrats could gain a lot more seats. If Labour delivers more than anaemic
growth they'll likely win a reduced majority at the next election. Meaning that hopefully there will be enough pressure
to see PR vote reforms happen.

If Farage gets a sniff at power? It'll be over in 5 minutes with a crashed economy, with him
going "Not my fault, the woke Bond Markets did it".

 

[emanymton]

Is this still dragging on?

 

[emanymton]

Farage as kingmaker, bringing less seats but using a 20%ish vote share to demand serious cabinet representation. It's true the Tory leadership contenders are a shower of shit but looks at Starmer. Eating dogshit is more popular than the current Labour leadership.

If the Tories have any sense, they will see this and fuck Farage off as they have a pretty good chance of winning the next GE without him.

Also it is not clear how much of the 20% he could carry with him if he joined the Tories, again if they have any sense they will be aware if that.

That's all if they have any sense...

 

[stethoscope]

Is this still dragging on?

I'm quite expecting by the time this one has concluded, that Labour will be having its first breakdown and leadership challenge of its own

 

[maomao]

If the Tories have any sense, they will see this and fuck Farage off as they have a pretty good chance of winning the next GE without him.

Also it is not clear how much of the 20% he could carry with him if he joined the Tories, again if they have any sense they will be aware if that.

That's all if they have any sense...

I mean a post-election deal.

 

[emanymton]

I mean a post-election deal.

Got you.

 

[Sasaferrato]

I don't think it matters at this point. Whoever is picked now is unlikely to be in place at the next election.

 

[Gerry1time]

I think my favourite quote of the campaign so far is that "Kemi Badenoch could start a fight in an empty room".

 

[cupid_stunt]

I think my favourite quote of the campaign so far is that "Kemi Badenoch could start a fight in an empty room".

I heard someone say that, but I can't recall who, can you?

 

[belboid]

I heard someone say that, but I can't recall who, can you?

Kemi Badenoch, wasn't it?

 

[bemused]

Kemi Badenoch, wasn't it?

I saw her refered to as Kemikazi which made me chuckle.

 

[Gerry1time]

I heard someone say that, but I can't recall who, can you?

I saw it quoted as 'a source', presumably from one of the other leadership campaigns.

 

[cupid_stunt]

I saw it quoted as 'a source', presumably from one of the other leadership campaigns.

I actually saw some commentor say it on Sky News, but I can't remember who it was, it certainly made me smile at the time.

 

[PR1Berske]

 

[GarveyLives]

I'd still put money on Farage leading the Vermin into the next election.

The race to the sewer:

"Nigel Farage is backed by more Britons as having what it takes to be a good Prime Minister than any of the four contenders battling it out to succeed Rishi Sunak as Tory leader ..."

Nigel Farage beats all four Tory leadership contenders in having what it takes to be 'good PM' - new poll

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[Wookey]

I say no more.

 

[skyscraper101]

Jenrik is such a tool. His speech looks so coached and disingenuous. How can anyone think he's the future.

 

[Boo Radley75]

So Jenrick's final pitch is, in a nutshell, scrap basic human rights and pollute the earth more.
Actually, given who he's pitching to, that probably is a vote winner right there, sadly.

 

[rasputin]

This really sums it up...

Badenoch, Cleverly, Jenrick, Tugendhat: four ways for the Tories to reach the same wilderness​