Tory leadership contest 2024

[bemused]

Kemi has to be the favourite, although Jenrick would be mine because he's so awful.

 

[brogdale]

Cleverly OUT

Haha.

James Cleverly knocked out of Tory leadership race in shock move – UK politics live

Members to vote on Badenoch and Jenrick

www.theguardian.com

Dream ticket, it is then?

 

[brogdale]

Kemi has to be the favourite, although Jenrick would be mine because he's so awful.

Badenoch

 

[brogdale]

Fairly amusing for a LP MP...

 

[andysays]

Yea with Badenoch tops




A clue...Not that fucker Badenoch

It's still a very close race, but Badenoch appears to be just in the lead ATM, for what it's worth, and the top two in the Urban poll are the final two who will be voted on by the members.

For someone bleating about how crap Urban has been at predicting things, you seem a bit shy about declaring your own opinion

 

[Smokeandsteam]

All this would be funny if the story didn't end "enter Farage..."

What is funny is the egg on the face of the political commentariat who've spent the last 24 hours spaffing about the 'adults back in the room' after Cleverley topped the poll in the penultimate round and giving us their hot takes about how his flaccid brand of retro right centrist managerialism was the new hope for the Tories.

I predicted that Jenrick would win from the off, and I believe that he will beat Badenoch in the member ballot. But, you are right. Either of them represents the necessary next step in the formation of a right populist reformation. Either a merger or, more likely, Reform get a free pass to run against Labour in the 100 or so working class areas where it came second to Labour in the last GE and they stand aside for the Tories elsewhere.

As such Labour gloating is not only revealing in how out of touch it is if they feared Cleverly the candidate of the past, but also precisely the type of clueless fuckwittery that has doomed elite centrists across Europe who don't see the populist right capturing power right until it actually happens.

 

[brogdale]

Well this poll seems to show just how crap at understanding their enemies many here are.

Er...and the Urban hive mind correctly predicted the final 2 candidates that will be put to the membership! Not bad, eh?

By 2 to 1, Urban predicts Badenoch. Let's see.

 

[planetgeli]

Jenrick will win it. Badenoch or him, what a choice.

Anyway fuck 'em and lololololol at today's vote and opening themselves up to more ridicule.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Labour must be very happy indeed, Cleverly was a big threat to them. Either of these two are just brilliant for them…

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Fairly amusing for a LP MP...

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The other thing this means is the Tories aren’t going to be a challenge to Labour any time soon…

 

[Pickman's model]

Labour must be very happy indeed, Cleverly was a big threat to them. Either of these two are just brilliant for them…

One day you'll post something which shows you've actually got some political nous. Not today tho

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Hilarious if true…

 

[brogdale]

Punters say whichever headbanger wins, they're in for the short-haul...

 

[teqniq]

Bit late to the party due to not exactly having an overwhelming interest in the result, however this Tweet is pretty vomit-inducing:

 

[brogdale]

Crowley is a (local to me) Tory councillor!

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

Labour must be very happy indeed, Cleverly was a big threat to them. Either of these two are just brilliant for them…

I started writing a lengthy reply to this, but deleted it because you wouldn't listen anyway. Such a stupid, infantile, thick take on the whole thing - you're sleepwalking into a far-right takeover.

 

[PR1Berske]

Yeah this isn't the "slam dunk" people think it is. The Conservatives have decided that to battle against Reform, they'll choose someone to the right of them. That's not good. We're entering the end of consensus politics.

 

[Pickman's model]

Crowley is a (local to me) Tory councillor!

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Not a spot on his famous namesake

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Punters say whichever headbanger wins, they're in for the short-haul...

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Yep…

 

[Pickman's model]

Yeah this isn't the "slam dunk" people think it is. The Conservatives have decided that to battle against Reform, they'll choose someone to the right of them. That's not good. We're entering the end of consensus politics.

We entered that a long time ago

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Yeah this isn't the "slam dunk" people think it is. The Conservatives have decided that to battle against Reform, they'll choose someone to the right of them. That's not good. We're entering the end of consensus politics.

It’s a big win for Labour.

 

[Pickman's model]

Yep…

Agreeing with someone isn't the same as a display of political nous

 

[Pickman's model]

It’s a big win for Labour.

No, no it isn't

 

[tim]

Cleverly OUT

Haha.

James Cleverly knocked out of Tory leadership race in shock move – UK politics live

Members to vote on Badenoch and Jenrick

www.theguardian.com

Cleverly placed to be a safer pair of hands when Kemi fucks up

 

[Pickman's model]

Cleverly placed to be a safer pair of hands when Kemi fucks up

No, no he isn't

 

[Serene]

Adopt a Tory for only £2 a month.

 

[Pickman's model]

Adopt a Tory for only £2 a month.

Why?

 

[Indeliblelink]

Cleverly placed to be a safer pair of hands when Kemi fucks up

They did that with Sunak after Truss & Johnson and it didn't work for them.

 

[DotCommunist]

Well this poll seems to show just how crap at understanding their enemies many here are.

I got badencoh and jenrick for the final 2, 6/4 on both to win. I'm being offered twice the amount to cash badenoch out as I am for jenrick now. Bets laid nov 2. A mighty 1.80 profit awaits me whoever of them wins.

Either way we all lose tho

 

[Serene]

Why?

Let them all die off into extinction but save a couple of them for the Zoo.