Brexiteer Plot To Oust May By October And Install David Davis As ‘Interim’ Pm

[Khandro]

Would this be the most sensible option for the immediate future?

https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/08/12/brexiteer-plot-to-oust-may-by-october-and-install-davis-and-pm/

[ToraToraTora]

Yes it just might, TTA has made a copmplete horlicks of it.

[anneasquith]

Is the link you have posted from a reliable site K.?

[Khandro]

anne; It's certainly more reliable than the BBC

[jim360]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha no

[dannyk13]

You're having a laugh Jim.

[ichkeria]

So the Tories are just going to ‘oust’ their leader and impose David Davis without any ejection, because of course he would be the natural unifying candidate? And this will simply be waved through by MPs allowing a man who was plainly clueless in negotiations with the EU somehow to make it all right?
In the real world that would mean the Tory party splitting.
It verily is the silly season.

[naomi24]

That's not a solution.

[Khandro]

Do I take it that those not in favour of this idea (or something similar) are supporters of Teresa May?

[Kromovaracun]

Honestly I think we're all quite surprised that May has survived this long. I thought she would be out ages ago - and indeed so did plenty of commentators. Every time it looks like she is done for, she seems to claw it back. Perhaps we've been underestimating her political ambition.

The hardline Brexiteers of the ERG don't command nearly enough parliamentary support to win a Tory leadership election. That's the bind they're in: they have enough to call one, but not win it. So they can keep threatening to oust her - and maybe even succeed - only to have their own candidate lose to another Remainer. Once they've done it, their bolt is shot and their influence is pretty much done.

So the bizarre political logic of the situation is that their best strategy is to keep threatening to do it but never actually do it - and hope that May's personal desire to cling on is strong enough to get concessions.

[naomi24]

//Perhaps we've been underestimating her political ambition. //

Or the political cowardice of the rest.

[gulliver1]

How about Rowan Atkinson for their new leader, and Doris as Deputy.

[ichkeria]

It was always likely Theresa May would survive for the reasons kromo states. The referendum led to a state of affairs where a small number of extreme Brexiters in parliament thought they could bully their way to disaster backed by the result. But in reality their do not have they power to back up their threats nor, it is plain. do they have any sort of mandate from the public either.

[Gromit]

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Remainers are in the majority in the Parliamentary Conservative Party, so they will not lose a vote on Mays position as PM. Even if by some quirk she was weakened and forced to go, the MPs would not then elect an hard brexiteer, especially one as discreditted as Davis, the would elect another Remainer.

[anneasquith]

But still better the n the BBC though !!!!! :-)

[ichkeria]

I think Breitbart are Just quoting the Mail.
Not that that’s any defence :-)

[Zacs-Master]

You know when you're in trouble when you cite Brietbart and the DM as news sources.

[Hazi-Hammenuhoth]

I hate seeing the BBC blatantly and continuingly acting as an arm of the leftist "progressive" movement, manipulating the populace with propaganda and false unproven ideology. Every day I look at the BBC homepage, but it's now nothing more than a liberal mouthpiece, spewing bile against the US President, relentlessly advancing the LGBT and Islaimist agenda, and not reporting on news that doesn't fir their very narrow politically-correct criteria.

On the point about David Davis, he's not a leader in any way, shape or form, and if his track record on Brexit is anything to go by isn't exactly mustard at getting things done. He may be okay as a caretaker, but that would be his limit.

[Old_Geezer]

Another remainer would face the same issue of having to deliver Brexit.

BA for spath @ 10:29.