Ok I'm Doing A U Turn.......

[ToraToraTora]

BRING BACK BORIS! Penny is still my choice of the rest but it now seems a real possibility that Boris could return. He's the only real big hitter and the party and the country need him back.

[FatticusInch]

naomi24
//Gromit, //His own MPs sent letters, voted against him and resigned in large numbers just 6 weeks ago. Will he get enough support ? //

Beth Rigby of Sky News tweeted this:

//Even MPs who resigned from his govt were on terrace y’day telling colleagues they’d now back him & members definitely will”//

Lol, you do realise she was pointing out how pathetic the self-serving sycophants will look in front of the public?
Don’t ever take up a post as a Tory spin-doctor! PMSL

[ichkeria]

Rumour mill latest:
Rishi Sunak : 44
Boris Johnson: 23
Penny Mordaunt: 16

[FatticusInch]

ichkeria
//Rumour mill latest:
Rishi Sunak : 44
Boris Johnson: 23
Penny Mordaunt: 16//

Sky News had him on 31:

https://news.sky.com/story/next-prime-minister-uk-latest-boris-johnson-rishi-sunak-truss-mordaunt-12593360

[Gromit]

naomi24
The 1922 are desperately trying to stop the members deciding this leadership election. They have a poor record of picking liars and incompetents.

[naomi24]

Just responding to your post, Gromit. Not my fault that it doesn't suit you.

[bhg481]

Gromit //They have a poor record of picking liars and incompetents.//

Don't you mean they have a GOOD record ......?

[FatticusInch]

A more balanced view:

/Tory party 'divided into four or five factions - they're looking for a unicorn'
A former government adviser says a unity candidate in the Conservative Party is a "unicorn" due to the divided nature of MPs.
Claire Pearsall, a former Tory adviser and now councillor, said it was unlikely that anyone would be able to enjoy the support of the whole party.
Asked if there was such a thing as a unity candidate, she told Sky News: "The party is very, very divided and it's divided into at least four or five factions, from looking at it.
"So you are looking for a unicorn, which is why I go back to the point that people are going to have to compromise on who that person is."/

Boris is a clown and definitely not a unicorn!

[Gromit]

naomi24

Boris has always had support. He split the parliamentary party down the middle, those who wanted him removed on one side, and his zealots on the other.
Boris made lots of enemies - don’t be surprised if Cummings drops a leak to ITV at a crucial time.

[Untitled]

If Johnson does prevail (and let’s face it he’s the one everybody’s talking about so i think he might) then some MPs will surely leave the party

[FatticusInch]

Undoubtedly, Untitled:

https://theisleofthanetnews.com/2022/10/21/veteran-north-thanet-mp-vows-to-quit-party-if-boris-johnson-returns-to-prime-minister-role/

…..yet the Party needs a unifying figure? PMSL

[naomi24]

//If Johnson does prevail (and let’s face it he’s the one everybody’s talking about so i think he might) then some MPs will surely leave the party //

That will be their choice but it they do they must be prepared to lose their seats at the next General Election.

[FatticusInch]

naomi24
//If Johnson does prevail (and let’s face it he’s the one everybody’s talking about so i think he might) then some MPs will surely leave the party //

/That will be their choice but it they do they must be prepared to lose their seats at the next General Election./

They know they’re going to anyway, they just want the gravy train for them but car crash for us to continue for 20 months.
If they elected him again it’d make the poll tax riots look like a vicars tea party!

[Peter Pedant]

yeah foo why havent we seen Boris ( holidaying in fact apparently)
joke alert
yeah because he is making ready for a start in show busines
oh really what then
well he was seen auditioning for the revival of " Fiddler on the roof"
ha ha ha

yes repurpose for modern days as
Fiddler in the Cabinet - haw haw haw

[naomi24]

//They know they’re going to anyway,//

As a Conservative, it's very unlikely that the MP in question will be going anywhere. He's held the seat for about 40 years. As an independent, he'll take his chances.

[FatticusInch]

Straws naomi24, straws.

[THECORBYLOON]

Guido Fawkes is showing fifty-seven MPs supporting Rishi Sunak, fifty-three for Boris Johnson and twenty for Penny Mordaunt.

[Zacs-Master]

Ben Wallace rules himself out and says he'd support Johnson.

[Gromit]

Wallace got the white flag out early 6 weeks ago.

[Khandro]

The bookies figures do not reflect what the punters want
simply who they think will be chosen.
If Boris makes the cut, the Tory members out in the country as a whole will choose him.

[New Judge]

//Can you explain why Boris is on holiday (Caribbean?) while parliament is in session?//

For the same reason that children are taken on holiday during term time - because nobody is prepared to make the sanctions for doing so harsh enough.

But back to events: I only returned from abroad yesterday evening and missed the days "tumultuous/unprecedented/appalling/welcome/ridiculous" [delete as required] events. I only learned of Ms Truss's departure when I heard it from the taxi driver.

I haven't read today's papers (for what they are worth) but one thing puzzles me: I understand the 1922 committee has devised a plan to achieve in a week what it took two months to do in the summer (elect a new leader). Part of this involves those who throw their hats into the ring to secure the support of 100 Conservative MPs. The Conservative Party currently has 357 MPs (unless any of them died or resigned whilst I was away). So what happens if there are four (or more) contenders and none secures the required 100 votes of support?