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Is This The End
The people have spoken, Boris and his party have lost two important by elections. Boris's own MPs were too frightened to get rid of him so the public have taken over and are going to do it for them.
Also the resignation of Oliver Dowden sent the Tories a message.
No Tory seat is safe anymore. These By election results will seep like poison through the Tory parties blood stream The exuses will start to be heard . But statistics are hard to ignore. This could be the beginning of the end of power for the Tories for decades. I hope.
Also the resignation of Oliver Dowden sent the Tories a message.
No Tory seat is safe anymore. These By election results will seep like poison through the Tory parties blood stream The exuses will start to be heard . But statistics are hard to ignore. This could be the beginning of the end of power for the Tories for decades. I hope.
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In British politics there are now two blocs, the Tories and the anti-Tories. Take Tiverton. In the last two elections, Labour came second there. But in this by-election, they lost their deposit as their vote share dropped by 16 per cent. This isn’t because voters in rural Devon are particularly unpersuaded by Keir Starmer but because anti-Tory voters...
11:44 Fri 24th Jun 2022
Fatti, I'm under no illusions, I think Boris probably will end up going. The Tories are not sentimental, if they think they need a new leader to win then they'll not hesitate to dump him. The problem is, for me at least who can replace him? I don't have any idea myself, I don't trust Ellwood or Tugendhat and the incumbent front bench would be seen as similarly tainted to Boris. The only one I can think of as an outside chance would be Penny Mordaunt
ToraToraTora
// The problem is, for me at least who can replace him? I don't have any idea myself, I don't trust Ellwood or Tugendhat and the incumbent front bench would be seen as similarly tainted to Boris.//
For what reasons? Ellwood and Tugendhat are reliable, trustworthy ex Servicemen so at least have a sense of duty and morals. Ellwood distinguished himself when the policeman was stabbed at Parliament so I’d trust him to have my back and stand and fight, not skink off and leave it to the minions to carry the can like Johnson does.They certainly would uphold public office far better than Johnson, but then so would an alley cat.
Tell me what qualifications Johnson had prior to high office?
A journalist sacked for telling lies who became a politician, later sacked for lying.
The bumbling fool who became popular because he’d wave a Union flag on a death slide just doesn’t make it as a political figure with gravitas, but to you he obviously does.
// The problem is, for me at least who can replace him? I don't have any idea myself, I don't trust Ellwood or Tugendhat and the incumbent front bench would be seen as similarly tainted to Boris.//
For what reasons? Ellwood and Tugendhat are reliable, trustworthy ex Servicemen so at least have a sense of duty and morals. Ellwood distinguished himself when the policeman was stabbed at Parliament so I’d trust him to have my back and stand and fight, not skink off and leave it to the minions to carry the can like Johnson does.They certainly would uphold public office far better than Johnson, but then so would an alley cat.
Tell me what qualifications Johnson had prior to high office?
A journalist sacked for telling lies who became a politician, later sacked for lying.
The bumbling fool who became popular because he’d wave a Union flag on a death slide just doesn’t make it as a political figure with gravitas, but to you he obviously does.
"For what reasons? ": Ellwood is my MP, I've been to his house, cooked his summer BBQ, my wife and I actually partnered him and his wife in a party quiz fund raiser. To answer your question, I know him, personally! Generally ex military men are programmed, blinkered, they do not do lateral thinking, they make good leaders until non standard crises crop up.
ToraToraTora
//"For what reasons? ": Ellwood is my MP, I've been to his house, cooked his summer BBQ, my wife and I actually partnered him and his wife in a party quiz fund raiser. To answer your question, I know him, personally! Generally ex military men are programmed, blinkered, they do not do lateral thinking, they make good leaders until non standard crises crop up.//
Lol, in contrast to the steely-eyed, forward-thinking and thoroughly honest paragon of virtue with honed leadership skills and a degree in crisis management that Johnson is you mean? Pmsl.
Ellwood was heroic when a non-standard crisis popped up when a policeman was getting stabbed to death.
I know who I’d rather have in my trench when the excrement is colliding with the air conditioning!
//"For what reasons? ": Ellwood is my MP, I've been to his house, cooked his summer BBQ, my wife and I actually partnered him and his wife in a party quiz fund raiser. To answer your question, I know him, personally! Generally ex military men are programmed, blinkered, they do not do lateral thinking, they make good leaders until non standard crises crop up.//
Lol, in contrast to the steely-eyed, forward-thinking and thoroughly honest paragon of virtue with honed leadership skills and a degree in crisis management that Johnson is you mean? Pmsl.
Ellwood was heroic when a non-standard crisis popped up when a policeman was getting stabbed to death.
I know who I’d rather have in my trench when the excrement is colliding with the air conditioning!
More in-depth analysis from Sky News.
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In British politics there are now two blocs, the Tories and the anti-Tories. Take Tiverton. In the last two elections, Labour came second there. But in this by-election, they lost their deposit as their vote share dropped by 16 per cent.
This isn’t because voters in rural Devon are particularly unpersuaded by Keir Starmer but because anti-Tory voters quickly realised that the Liberal Democrats had the better chance of unseating the Tories and so turned to them. In Wakefield, we also saw tactical voting – albeit on a less dramatic scale. The Lib Dem vote halved and the party also lost their deposit and got fewer votes than Richard Tice's Reform UK.
At the moment, the polls suggest that the left block of the electorate – Labour, Liberal Democrats and Greens – is around 60 per cent. If these voters vote tactically, the results will be devastating for the Tories.
The Spectator
This isn’t because voters in rural Devon are particularly unpersuaded by Keir Starmer but because anti-Tory voters quickly realised that the Liberal Democrats had the better chance of unseating the Tories and so turned to them. In Wakefield, we also saw tactical voting – albeit on a less dramatic scale. The Lib Dem vote halved and the party also lost their deposit and got fewer votes than Richard Tice's Reform UK.
At the moment, the polls suggest that the left block of the electorate – Labour, Liberal Democrats and Greens – is around 60 per cent. If these voters vote tactically, the results will be devastating for the Tories.
The Spectator
sandra4444
//Ha ha, i wonder if carrie will have a departing party. :)))//
She’s fond of ABBA, she could play One Of Us, the lyrics are very apt:
My picture clear
Everything seemed so easy
And so I dealt you the blow
One of us had to go
Now it's different, I want you to know
One of us is crying, one of us is lying
Pmsl.
//Ha ha, i wonder if carrie will have a departing party. :)))//
She’s fond of ABBA, she could play One Of Us, the lyrics are very apt:
My picture clear
Everything seemed so easy
And so I dealt you the blow
One of us had to go
Now it's different, I want you to know
One of us is crying, one of us is lying
Pmsl.
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