| I am terrified 10:58 - May 24 with 6682 views | GeoffSentence |
Looking at the list of potential runners and riders for the Tory leadership and thinking that either Jeremy Hunt or Michael Gove would be the best outcome.
That is how bad things are. |  |
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| I am terrified on 15:25 - May 24 with 1034 views | DarkHorse |
| I am terrified on 11:32 - May 24 by chicoazul |
I think he is just about right for everyone. Not particularly controversial or interesting, a Leaver, Murdoch's mate, Trump's mate, and in general he is kind of....good? Certainly energetic and tried to do bits at Education and Agriculture. I understand those bits might not be popular, certainly on here. Plus I think he wants to build more Grammar Schools. |
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| I am terrified on 15:27 - May 24 with 1022 views | Deano69 |
| I am terrified on 15:25 - May 24 by DarkHorse |
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| I am terrified on 15:28 - May 24 with 1022 views | GeoffSentence |
| I am terrified on 15:04 - May 24 by ballycastle |
A little over dramatic perhaps? |
Dramatic times, my friend, dramatic times. | |
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| I am terrified on 15:29 - May 24 with 1021 views | JohnWarksTash |
| I am terrified on 12:00 - May 24 by GeoffSentence |
I hadn't realised that Rory Stewart was in the running. I will have to revise my opinion, he is at least intelligent and thoughtful, which is probably why he is nowhere near being the favourite. |
He's not done anything decent since Maggie May...... |  | | |
| I am terrified on 17:57 - May 24 with 958 views | Leaky |
| I am terrified on 13:05 - May 24 by WeWereZombies |
Just get your part of Yorks to join up with Scotland and start pushing for IndyRef2... |
That would great get rid of dirty Leeds and the sweaty socks all in one go |  | | |
| I am terrified on 18:04 - May 24 with 953 views | positivity |
| I am terrified on 14:07 - May 24 by tractordownsouth |
What he did to education was a disgrace but I’d certainly prefer him to Bojo the clown and Dovercalais Raab |
how many tories said they'd leave the party if boris won? i don't really trust them to speak the truth, but if that happened, that might sink their majority, vote of no confidence, new government.
wishful thinking perhaps, but every cloud! |  |
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| I am terrified on 19:04 - May 24 with 918 views | tractordownsouth |
| I am terrified on 18:04 - May 24 by positivity |
how many tories said they'd leave the party if boris won? i don't really trust them to speak the truth, but if that happened, that might sink their majority, vote of no confidence, new government.
wishful thinking perhaps, but every cloud! |
In fairness I think the only people who said that ( Allen, Soubry, Woolastan) are now in Change UK |  |
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| I am terrified on 19:06 - May 24 with 915 views | positivity |
| I am terrified on 19:04 - May 24 by tractordownsouth |
In fairness I think the only people who said that ( Allen, Soubry, Woolastan) are now in Change UK |
plenty of others according to the parliamentary commentators, can you honestly see the likes of grieve and gyimah supporting a no-deal brexit? | |
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| I am terrified on 19:26 - May 24 with 901 views | Superfrans |
| I am terrified on 11:07 - May 24 by J2BLUE |
Boris is the strong favourite on the exchanges.
6/4 to become the next leader.
Raab his nearest challenger at 9/2
Edit: Ignore the last bit, the market hadn't fully loaded [Post edited 24 May 2019 11:10]
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I have a feeling it won’t go as we expect. Don’t forget, May wasn’t the favourite last time.
I reckon Matt Hancock is a dark horse. Just a hunch. |  |
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| I am terrified on 19:31 - May 24 with 897 views | pointofblue |
| I am terrified on 19:26 - May 24 by Superfrans |
I have a feeling it won’t go as we expect. Don’t forget, May wasn’t the favourite last time.
I reckon Matt Hancock is a dark horse. Just a hunch. |
May very quickly became the only runner after Gove did a number on Johnson - I doubt it'll be that simple for anyone this time around. I also think any Remainer can immediately be discounted; the best they can hope for is Chancellor or Leader of the House unless the new leader re-establishes the role of Deputy Prime Minister. | |
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| I am terrified on 19:33 - May 24 with 895 views | syntaxerror |
| I am terrified on 19:26 - May 24 by Superfrans |
I have a feeling it won’t go as we expect. Don’t forget, May wasn’t the favourite last time.
I reckon Matt Hancock is a dark horse. Just a hunch. |
He is certainly good at buying fridges |  | | |
| I am terrified on 19:53 - May 24 with 885 views | Superfrans |
| I am terrified on 19:31 - May 24 by pointofblue |
May very quickly became the only runner after Gove did a number on Johnson - I doubt it'll be that simple for anyone this time around. I also think any Remainer can immediately be discounted; the best they can hope for is Chancellor or Leader of the House unless the new leader re-establishes the role of Deputy Prime Minister. |
The vice chair of the 1922 committee seemed to be saying on 5 Live earlier that the way the Tory leadership battle works, the long list is whittled down initially by the parliamentary Tory party, before the final two go to the membership, or something like that.
If he gets to the membership vote, Boris will almost certainly win. But what seems uncertain is whether Boris will get to the final 2, as selected by the parliamentary group. | |
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| I am terrified on 20:01 - May 24 with 880 views | pointofblue |
| I am terrified on 19:53 - May 24 by Superfrans |
The vice chair of the 1922 committee seemed to be saying on 5 Live earlier that the way the Tory leadership battle works, the long list is whittled down initially by the parliamentary Tory party, before the final two go to the membership, or something like that.
If he gets to the membership vote, Boris will almost certainly win. But what seems uncertain is whether Boris will get to the final 2, as selected by the parliamentary group. |
It'll all depend where those who voted for failed candidates in the first and second ballots support as time goes on. Will Gove, for example, be seen as a safer pair of hands by many? | |
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| I am terrified on 21:41 - May 24 with 859 views | m14_blue |
| I am terrified on 11:26 - May 24 by chicoazul |
Gove is the best rsehole in the running. |
He was an unmitigated disaster in education but, against all the odds, has risen steadily in my estimation since then.
Rory Stewart is head and shoulders above everyone else on that list but unfortunately has no chance with the Daily Mail mob.
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| I am terrified on 22:46 - May 24 with 846 views | bournemouthblue |
It's a quite horrifying list
You have Gove, Hunt and McVey who all highly toxic
Leadsom who isn't the sharpest knife in the draw
The two most competent seem to be Boris De Ffeffel Johnson and Sajid Javid?
Such is the lunacy of Tory leadship battles, it may end up being none of those
More Tory infighting whilst Brexit fails to get delivered isonly going to wind up all the Brexiters and public even further |  |
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| I am terrified on 23:00 - May 24 with 843 views | Darth_Koont |
| I am terrified on 22:46 - May 24 by bournemouthblue |
It's a quite horrifying list
You have Gove, Hunt and McVey who all highly toxic
Leadsom who isn't the sharpest knife in the draw
The two most competent seem to be Boris De Ffeffel Johnson and Sajid Javid?
Such is the lunacy of Tory leadship battles, it may end up being none of those
More Tory infighting whilst Brexit fails to get delivered isonly going to wind up all the Brexiters and public even further |
The crucial question is: Do any of them even care? |  |
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| I am terrified on 23:37 - May 24 with 828 views | Ryorry |
| I am terrified on 22:46 - May 24 by bournemouthblue |
It's a quite horrifying list
You have Gove, Hunt and McVey who all highly toxic
Leadsom who isn't the sharpest knife in the draw
The two most competent seem to be Boris De Ffeffel Johnson and Sajid Javid?
Such is the lunacy of Tory leadship battles, it may end up being none of those
More Tory infighting whilst Brexit fails to get delivered isonly going to wind up all the Brexiters and public even further |
Least worst of the runners so far would be Sajid Javid for me. But in a poll you'd want a "none of the above" option. |  |
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| I am terrified on 05:13 - May 25 with 808 views | tractordownsouth |
| I am terrified on 19:06 - May 24 by positivity |
plenty of others according to the parliamentary commentators, can you honestly see the likes of grieve and gyimah supporting a no-deal brexit? |
Fair point, I’m not saying there wouldn’t be resignations, however I believe the only people who had categorically said they would leave have already done so | |
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| I am terrified on 05:16 - May 25 with 806 views | tractordownsouth |
| I am terrified on 23:37 - May 24 by Ryorry |
Least worst of the runners so far would be Sajid Javid for me. But in a poll you'd want a "none of the above" option. |
I lost all respect for Javid in the Shamima Begum saga, it was the most horrendous playing to the gallery I’ve ever seen from a politician to leave someone stateless against international law just to appease the Daily Mail | |
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| I am terrified on 13:29 - May 25 with 753 views | gazzer1999 |
| I am terrified on 11:06 - May 24 by Ryorry |
I'm wondering if it's too late to emigrate in my late 60s ... |
No, off you go if you dislike your country.
I disliked that Blair thing but would not say what you have, Or Corbyn, just hope the people have more sense than to elect him. |  | | |
| I am terrified on 13:35 - May 25 with 751 views | GeoffSentence |
| I am terrified on 13:29 - May 25 by gazzer1999 |
No, off you go if you dislike your country.
I disliked that Blair thing but would not say what you have, Or Corbyn, just hope the people have more sense than to elect him. |
To be fair there are plenty of people who claimed they would leave the country if JC was elected PM, most of them being people with money and power. | |
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| I am terrified on 13:47 - May 25 with 747 views | SpruceMoose |
| I am terrified on 13:29 - May 25 by gazzer1999 |
No, off you go if you dislike your country.
I disliked that Blair thing but would not say what you have, Or Corbyn, just hope the people have more sense than to elect him. |
I know there's a type in the UK who loves to throw around the whole idea of booting certain people out of the country, but I doubt she dislikes the country as a whole. Probably, like me, she just hates the kind of stuff the willfully stupid and mean-spirited, on both sides, are doing to it at the moment.
Hopefully by the time I get back they'll have all seen the light and become decent folk. |  |
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"Imagine being a heterosexual white male in Britain at this moment. How bad is that. Everything you say is racist, everything you say is homophobic. The Woke community have really f****d this country." | | Poll: | Selectamod |
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| I am terrified on 13:56 - May 25 with 730 views | Clapham_Junction |
| I am terrified on 23:37 - May 24 by Ryorry |
Least worst of the runners so far would be Sajid Javid for me. But in a poll you'd want a "none of the above" option. |
Rory Stewart seems the least awful choice to me.
Whatever happens, they've probably all voted through all the awful things the government has done in the last few years, so it's hard to imagine we'll be in a much better place... |  | | |
| I am terrified on 14:02 - May 25 with 718 views | Ryorry |
| I am terrified on 13:29 - May 25 by gazzer1999 |
No, off you go if you dislike your country.
I disliked that Blair thing but would not say what you have, Or Corbyn, just hope the people have more sense than to elect him. |
Actually, I love my country (lord help me).
I just dislike incompetent, corrupt, self-interested, self-serving, greedy, short-sighted, incredibly stupid & uncaring politicians. And I can't see a single person amongst those who've put themselves forward for leadership of the ruling Tory party who aren't at least 6 of those things, if not more. | |
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