Who will be the next prime minister (October 2022 edition)

[bimble]

If only one person gets to 100 then its job done with no members vote isn't it, so Sunak supporting MPs are probably spending the day texting halfwits like Braverman and Mogg how the the nation is crying out for their vision & leadership and they must step forward and throw in their hats.

 

[Karl Masks]

Wallace rules himself out and backs Boris:

Flurry of support gives Sunak close to 90 backers – as it happened

Late evening declarations from Hancock, Dowden, Ellwood and Tugendhat for former chancellor

www.theguardian.com

there it is; johnson the safe bet. Now with the backing of a 'respectable' tory.

fait accompli

 

[Ted Striker]

I mean, Johnson has been on holiday since resisning. What about his constituents? He's still a fucking mp, right?

What a joke it all is

Yup, his teflon capabilities, backed by all the RW press...The mere fact he's not actually been doing his job (from an entire summer spent doing the same) is completely irrelevant.

Bad bad feeling about this

 

[Karl Masks]

Yup, his teflon capabilities, backed by all the RW press...The mere fact he's not actually been doing his job (from an entire summer spent doing the same) is completely irrelevant.

Bad bad feeling about this

All we can hope for is that a cruel winter overwhelms the Tories and/or Brexit devours them

In each case it's the rest of us that will be a heavy price for that.

A damn shame Labour are so useless. Johnson will deflate their lead in weeks.

 

[moochedit]

Cringeworthy grovelling sycophancy:

 

[littlebabyjesus]

A damn shame Labour are so useless. Johnson will deflate their lead in weeks.

I wouldn't be so sure about that. Yes Labour are useless, but Johnson was unpopular at the point when he resigned. I think tories who think Johnson is the solution to their polling woes are deluded tbh.

 

[Spymaster]

I think tories who think Johnson is the solution to their polling woes are deluded tbh.

It's fucking bonkers. Like making a child molester Headmaster because you don't like the cut of the other bloke's jib.

 

[Voley]

#TeamLettuce

 

[teqniq]

 

[Ted Striker]

It's the hope that kills you. Plus the realisation you are "hoping" for a Sunak Govt

 

[platinumsage]

I reckon Johnson won't stand.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I reckon Johnson won't stand.

I'm edging that way as well. If he does stand, Sunak surely wins. I voted Mordaunt, but I'm now thinking Sunak.

the higher number of 'don't knows' in the two options with Mordaunt are presumably a reflection of the number of people who have no idea who she is.

 

[Aladdin]

I hope I am wrong.
Johnson.

 

[Kaka Tim]

Johnson mark 2 would be a disaster for the government and tory party. He shat his bed with the public long ago and he'd be an ongoing vortex of ever greater chaos and scandal. People struggling to pay mortgages, rent and fuel bills are not going to won over cos theres a "bit of a character" in charge fucking about whilst the country goes to shit. The torys are fucked at the next election no matter what they do - and that odious fuck is their worse possible option.

 

[skyscraper101]

I'm sick of all these 'let's ask the general public' pieces on the news. Endless vox pops of people in high streets, or outside conservative clubs who are almost universally idiots bigging up Johnson like he's some sort of messiah.

 

[weepiper]

I'm sick of all these 'let's ask the general public' pieces on the news. Endless vox pops of people in high streets, or outside conservative clubs who are almost universally idiots bigging up Johnson like he's some sort of messiah.

Noone seems to be doing vox pops on the streets of Glasgow or Edinburgh about it

 

[Tanya1982]

Noone seems to be doing vox pops on the streets of Glasgow or Edinburgh about it

Is BJ not very popular in Glasgow then?

 

[weepiper]

Is BJ not very popular in Glasgow then?

 

[Tanya1982]

That's far too restrained. The man is a fucking death cult, rather than anything associated with giving life and bringing pleasure.

 

[Bingoman]

Penny Mourdant has declared she running

 

[bimble]

A not completely terrible idea.Won’t happen obvs.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Ed Davey lol

How the fuck are the libdems not hoovering up remainery English tories right now. They're beyond useless.

Lots of people clearly don't know who Penny Mordaunt is (I've only just learned how to spell her name). I wonder how many people can tell you who Ed Davey is.

 

[Karl Masks]

I reckon Johnson won't stand.

aim high shoot low

 

[bluescreen]

There's also the little detail of how transparent and secure the members' online voting is.
People were able to register Hilda Margaret Roberts and the family tortoise as members during the last round, who were invited to the hustings and entitled to vote.
There is no checking that members are who they say they are. There is no independent oversight.

Tortoise Media applied for judicial review earlier this month.

One bit that was worth listening on R4 Today was James Harding talking about it. Interview starts at 2hrs 44 m.

Today - 21/10/2022 - BBC Sounds

News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

www.bbc.co.uk

And a tweeter has reported that her cat has just joined the Tory party.

 

[killer b]

A not completely terrible idea.Won’t happen obvs.

It's not that great an idea - look how Gauke did when he ran as an independent - as one of the more high profile rebels with a decent local reputation - if every single person who had voted for a different party had voted for him, he might just have got over the line.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

And a tweeter has reported that her cat has just joined the Tory party.

a rees-moggy supporter?

 

[ska invita]

And a tweeter has reported that her cat has just joined the Tory party.

Where's the link to register?

 

[killer b]

you need to have been a member for three months so I'm not sure why ease of registering this afternoon has any relevance

 

[Karl Masks]

I think the danger is that the public will want Boris back because he's a proven quantity to them. He can deliver. Whereas anyone else could run the risk of turning out another Truss. The opinion polls may show Sunak to be the favourite, but I don't see it.

Expect the worst IMO.

 

[bluescreen]

Where's the link to register?

You have to search for Join the Conservatives.

You (and the cat) won't get voting rights until you ve been a member for three months. But I expect there will be another chance to vote for a PM by then.