Who Will Be The New P M?

[Kardashev]

I think it's looking like curtains for the PM, so who do you think the Tories will go for?

[ToraToraTora]

do you have any other examples?

[naomi24]

A mistake perhaps - or misinterpreted? I can't see how deliberately lying about something that can be so easily verified would be of benefit to her or to anyone else.

[jno]

Marr: the British Government does have a veto on joining so we don't have to let them join?

Mordaunt: No it doesn't. We're not going to be able to have a say.

[Gromit]

// Gromit - 10:41 Wed 18th Feb 2009

Turkey are no where near joining the EU. A realistic timetable is 20 - 30 years. The French are against their membership. //

That was my opinion based on the known facts at the time. And it turned out to be 100% right.
7 years later it was disappointing to hear Mordaunt repeating the lie that Turkey would soon be a member.

[jno]

the Armenian diaspora in France will always prevail on Paris to block Turkish membership. This was true, and widely known, long before Mordaunt had her say. So were the rules on EU members' veto.

[Zacs-Master]

If we're looking for a PM (or even a politician) that hasn't expressed an incorrect opinion (ah, hem) we'll have a VERY short list.

[jno]

and indeed we have, ZM. Is there anyone on the list you'd put in charge of a whelk stall, if you happened to have one?

[Tilly2]

If the Tories keep resigning, we might end up with Nadine.

[jno]

don't even think that, Tilly. I'd prefer Wolf's candidate, if he's still around

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/19103166/larry-the-downing-street-cat-resigns/

[youngmafbog]

//a shame Rory Stewart isn't still around, one of the rare Tories I would vote for myself//

Well that endorsement from you is one very good reason he should not be a Conservative PM, from your posts over the years you appear to hate this country let alone the Tories.

[youngmafbog]

Until it happens and all the hats are thrown in its impossible to say.

TGL herself was an outsider remember.

What I would say IMHO none of those who are left in the cabinet today should be PM. We need a breath of fresh air and most in that cabinet are in well above their capabilities and only there because they are Yes men.

[youngmafbog]

You seem to be very liberal with what you wrote Gromit.

What you actually wrote comes across as very racist:

//Forced migration might be necessary, if only to deter another refugee from becoming Chancellor in the future.//

[jno]

I don't hate all Tories, ymb, though the party does attract more than its fair share of lickspittles and incompetents. I respected Major for his struggle against them (though not so much for the Currie connection), and Cameron was a mostly competent and unifying leader. But with Johnson the rot starts at the very top, as you would probably agree. The country has never been governed so badly in my decades here.

[naomi24]

In your decades here no government has had to deal with what this one has dealt with, jno. And speaking of governing badly, you never know, they might just wheel Mrs May out again. Now there's a thought.

[youngmafbog]

Fair enough jno.

[naomi24]

YMB, How can that be fair? How can the past few years possibly be compared to any other period of government that jno may have experienced in this country? It's unprecedented.

[tomus42]

I'm hoping for Larry the cat.

Tough on mice, tough on the causes of mice.

[Kardashev]

Thanks for your answers though I wasn't expecting the bickering.

[jno]

it doesn't matter whether it's unprecedented or not - all governments face their own challenges, whether it's terrorism, wars, housing crashes, inflation or whatever. All that counts is whether the government deals with them well or not. This one has failed on most counts, and is led by a man without trustworthiness or integrity (as his ministers are currently pointing out).

[naomi24]

In my opinion, whether or not it is unprecedented matters a great deal, jno. Would another government have handled it differently? Perhaps, but differently doesn't automatically equate to better.