T I G Have A Convener!

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47362123

[Zacs-Master]

Isn’t he an able bodied white heterosexual male?

[-Talbot-]

You've not heard the rumours then?

[Zacs-Master]

And.....Where do TIG fit into the Establishment hierarchy?

[cassa333]

They are all leaders lol

I bet Soubry is spitting bullets that she isn’t the most high profile leader there...

[youngmafbog]

Sounds reasonable to me. Only fools rush in, they need to take stock and understand where they are going first.

[ToraToraTora]

I'd have thought Chakka Khant would have been da man!

[ichkeria]

Indeed ymb.
I don’t understand why more people don’t have more respect for Anna Soubry btw, even if disagreeing with her: feisty, independent, determined, she strikes me as the sort of politician we need more of.

[Bigbad]

“she strikes me as the sort of politician we need more of.”
She’s done nothing but snivel, whinge, whine and stamp her feet since the referendum.
Didn’t she used to review soaps on some daytime TV show?
I think she should go back to that!

[ichkeria]

Well I think a lot of people have done that to be fair :-)

I tend to look beyond that at what she actually stands for and much of it seems reasonable to me. But I agree that if you’re a woman in politics whether you’re Hillary Clinton Margaret Thatcher Luciana Berger or whoever people tend to cut you less slack.
Anyway the TIG may not come to anything but looks like at least they’ve dragged Corbyn kicking and screaming to some sort of decision.

[cassa333]

I have no respect for MPs who sneer at their own constituents and the wider public and belittle what they have asked for.

And yes, she has sneered. The look of disgust she has had on her face when talking about Brexit and people that voted for Brexit says it all.

She couldn’t even contain a modicum of politeness in parliment as was told to leave if she couldn’t be polite and keep her mouth shut.

[ToraToraTora]

ich: "I don’t understand why more people don’t have more respect for Anna Soubry" - you really don't do you! PMSL!

[jim360]

Well, whether or not TIG is the answer, at least it's clear that they're asking some of the right questions.

Actually the idea of not having a single leader could be quite a good one, if they roll with it even further.

[Bigbad]

Yes, ichkeria, a lot of people have.
But that woman is the sniveliest, whingiest, whiniest of the lot and has had nothing but contempt for brexit voters.
There are better ways of getting your message across other than being a belligerent harridan with delusions of her own self importance.

[ichkeria]

Depends how you look at it: nodding along with something you don’t think is a good idea in order to save your position possibly as an MP but upholding “the will of the people” or speaking out against something you think is fundamentally bad for your constituents, being very unpopular, and probably wrecking your political career in the process.

[Bigbad]

“nodding along with something you don’t think is a good idea in order to save your position possibly as an MP”
Too much of that going on right now. Most notably Andrea Leadsom and Michael Gove.

Anna Soubry may not be doing that, but I still maintain you don’t have to be so belligerent and belittling to make a point.

I always want to see her have one of her rants, and then walk away and something belittling happens to her. Maybe her dress is tucked into her knickers, or her shoe gets caught in a grill!

I watch arguments from both sides, but nobody else comes across as unpleasant and ratty as her.

[agchristie]

Well,they are all set to move ahead of the LibDems into bronze position!

[agchristie]

Whoops,forgot the SNP!

[Zacs-Master]

I wonder if Farage has tried to join them?

[gulliver1]

Zacs, Farage would only join if he could be leader.

[Zacs-Master]

Politics is a very strange arena ATM.