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13 Candidates For Tory Leader...
MPs vote to eliminate 11 and the final two go to party members to decide the winner.
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Boris is unliked by his fellow MPs sowill be eliminated.
I reckon Gove is a certainty and then McVey or Hunt.
Who are your predictions for the final two?
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Boris is unliked by his fellow MPs sowill be eliminated.
I reckon Gove is a certainty and then McVey or Hunt.
Who are your predictions for the final two?
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It is very hard to see how the Tories could “win” an election next time, for several reasons.
Leaving aside the current polls which aren’t relevant, if a “no deal” Brexit happens they are likely to be deserted by Remain-inclined voters and if they don’t deliver Brexit by the time of the next election they’ll be deserted by many Brexit inclined voters.
But leaving all that aside, they’ve been in power wholly or in coalition for 9 years as it stands and the Brexit saga has torn them apart and left them seemingly bereft of energy and ideas. Added to which the current leadership battle is likely to be a bloody one, with many people with some justification asking why 100,000 people, many of them seemingly ex-UKIP entryists, are effectively being allowed to choose the direction of the next government.
Entryism by militant factions in the Labour Party gave us Corbyn and the same thing is now happening here.
Leaving aside the current polls which aren’t relevant, if a “no deal” Brexit happens they are likely to be deserted by Remain-inclined voters and if they don’t deliver Brexit by the time of the next election they’ll be deserted by many Brexit inclined voters.
But leaving all that aside, they’ve been in power wholly or in coalition for 9 years as it stands and the Brexit saga has torn them apart and left them seemingly bereft of energy and ideas. Added to which the current leadership battle is likely to be a bloody one, with many people with some justification asking why 100,000 people, many of them seemingly ex-UKIP entryists, are effectively being allowed to choose the direction of the next government.
Entryism by militant factions in the Labour Party gave us Corbyn and the same thing is now happening here.
if you mean the tory membership it's 125,000. But actually only 330 get tp pick the final two, the rest of us have the Appleby choice. Even then TBF we are not choosing direction merely the next PM to not get any sense out of the EUSSR. At some point they'll realise we must leave with no deal then do a deal.
Hmm I think most people who voted Remain are against leaving the EU :-)
But essentially, the reason the Tories are unlikely to win an election is likely to prove to be the fact that they’ve been the party in power for a long time.
Their only hope is Corbyn, but I’m not sure I’d want to rely on that.
But essentially, the reason the Tories are unlikely to win an election is likely to prove to be the fact that they’ve been the party in power for a long time.
Their only hope is Corbyn, but I’m not sure I’d want to rely on that.
Speaking of current candidates I've just had a lovely message from Rory Stewart which says ...
// This is just a quick message that I’ll be at Speaker’s Corner in London today from 5.30pm. Please do come along if you’d like to meet me, ask me a question, challenge me, and hear about my vision for Britain. It’s near Marble Arch - and no soap box included... \\
I shan't go but I wonder if it will be on the News tonight as I reckon he might get a rough ride.
// This is just a quick message that I’ll be at Speaker’s Corner in London today from 5.30pm. Please do come along if you’d like to meet me, ask me a question, challenge me, and hear about my vision for Britain. It’s near Marble Arch - and no soap box included... \\
I shan't go but I wonder if it will be on the News tonight as I reckon he might get a rough ride.
