....and We're Off......

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48395905
I reckon it'll be Bojo v Raab in the final, what say you?

[ichkeria]

Yep Graham Brady as a caretaker leader. I think it’s w bit of a long shot to say the least.
I wonder in which of the many parallel universes that some physicists speak of does Steve Baker think he has a cats hope of becoming prime minister. He’s either even more delusional than first thought or it’s just a tactical manoeuvre and he’ll withdraw.

[Zacs-Master]

Latest betting:
Guy who makes you want to die: 13/8
Dude you literally don't recognise: 6/1
National joke 8/1
Blackhole of charisma: 10/1
She has kids, you know:12/1
The guy whose name sounds like a swear word: 16/1

[dannyk13]

Brady is 100/1 in today's Mail.

[ichkeria]

Well one is Andrea Leadnone it the others are interchangeable :-)

[ichkeria]

Are Uncle Festa and Liver Brexit Bird in there ?

[Zacs-Master]

Probably.

[Ken4155]

Zacs; you forgot to include a couple of 100/1 outsiders. Lord Snooty and The Cheese Lady. :-)

[dannyk13]

All runners and odds here:-
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7068477/Who-favourite-PM-analyse-race-No-10.html

[Hopkirk]

The men in grey suits will decide.

[ichkeria]

I’ve said this before but early favourites simply don’t win the Tory leadership, although the same is also true of the last two labour leaders.
It’s as if they get punished for having the audacity ...

[Zacs-Master]

Yes, they’ll decide we need an old Etonian.

[dannyk13]

ich, Don't forget that if Boris gets to the last two he will be a strong favourite as the members of the Tory party will decide who wins and he is very well liked by them.

[Old_Geezer]

I reckon that the men in grey suits decided last time, and what a mess they made of it.

Anyway, isn't going to be Farage vs Rees Mogg so, I'll just wait and see.

[Zacs-Master]

Yes, but they’ve had their little experiment in handing the proceedings to a sacrificial lamb and it didn’t work. Time to revert to the old system.

[ichkeria]

Oh yes he’ll win if he - or it - gets that far.
Of the 4 definite so far there’s only one I’d touch with a barge poll: not that I’ll have a say.
Faced also with Spoonerism, Mophead and Liver Brexit Bird, Rory Stewart would get my very theoretical vote.

[dannyk13]

I prefer Dominic Raab.

[ichkeria]

He’s not in the frame yet. I’m sure he will be. Many of the names on the betting list won’t stand finally and, who knows, maybe the winner is not yet on there ...

[dannyk13]

Rory Stewart is on the list at 25/1

[New Judge]

//On the point of Boris's statement, doesn't he have to put this before the House and get it passed?//

No he doesn't, Ken. The position at present is that if a deal cannot be agreed by Parliament (and signed off with the EU) then the UK leaves on 31st October without a deal. Unless, that is, somebody like Yvette Ball-Cooper and Oliver Letwin bring forward another "No No Deal" bill and it is accepted by Parliament. The Bill they instigated last time is not an ongoing one; it only applied to the situation then prevailing:

https://inews.co.uk/news/brexit/cooper-letwin-bill-house-of-lords-brexit-delay-theresa-may-latest/

[mallyh]

hopefully whoever it is they will do what the people voted for .