The No.1 Swivel-Eyed-Loon Wants To Take Over The Tory Party

[Hymie]

That really would be the final death-knell for the Tories.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13486647/Nigel-Farage-suggested-takeover-Tory-party-event-heavy-defeat-Prime-Minister-Rishi-Sunak.html

[Gromit]

He would need to be an MP to lead the Conservative Party and he is not standing at this election.  
He is instead supporting another party that could actually take a lot of votes from the Conservatives. 
If the Tories lose big and that lets in Labour, I reckon he will be a hate figure rather than a saviour, to normal Conservatives.

Farage's UKiP got 4 million votes in 2015, and his rebranded the Brexit Party got 650,000 four years later, so he is not going in the right direction if he thinks him being the leader will be a vote boost.

[davebro3]

the swivel eyed loon is a lot cleverer than you Hymie

[naomi24]

Gromit, you've not said where all those votes went - and that's misleading.  The 2015 votes were in support of the referendum - in 2019 they went to Boris to act upon that result.  The electorate was well aware that voting UKIP after they'd done their bit was precarious.

[Old_Geezer]

Normal Conservatives will realise how little difference it made to the GE result, and so few will be holding a grudge in the event that they are no longer the governing party. (They may make overtures to Labour in the hope of a Con/Lab pact though, in order to sneak in.)

[sandyRoe]

After the election the Tories will need to decide where best to stand to begin rebuilding their support.  In the past slightly to the right of centre has served them well.  Going so far to the right that they'd risk falling off the edge of the world won't.

There can be no place for Farage if they opt for the sensible position.

[Gromit]

Farage has previously said he intends to spend the post election period with his head down in the US working to get his buddy Trump re-elected.

He can't do that if he is leading the Conservative Party.

[naomi24]

Reading that I can't see where he's suggested that he wants to take over the Conservative party.   He suggesting a merger.

[Gromit]

Naomi,

// Asked if he was floating a merger, he said: 'More like a takeover, dear boy.' //

[Old_Geezer]

A permanent Ref/Con pact then.

[naomi24]

Yes, Gromit, but it would merge the two parties - and not necessarily with him leading.  I think the swivel eyes belong to Hymie on this one.

[Untitled]

he does not need to actually lead the conservative party in order to control it. at least two leading tories would happily act as a puppet for him... namely Priti Patel and Jacob Rees Mogg 

i think that is what will end up happening

[Old_Geezer]

See, not every news story is a bad news story then.

[Gromit]

The Tories have already had the first swivel-eyed-loon leading the party/country, and she crashed the economy in 49 days.

[youngmafbog]

It's a mazing how the lefites think they know better than Conservative than Conservatives do themselves.

for instance: "If the Tories lose big and that lets in Labour, I reckon he will be a hate figure rather than a saviour, to normal Conservatives."

What utter rot.  Real conservatives want change in the party, they want it to be a conservative Party not New labout II or Metropolitan elite Party. The ony way to achieve that is to annihilate the Current mob to force the liberals out and most I have spoken to see it that way.

[New Judge]

Why do you describe Mr Farage as a "swivel-eyed loon"?

[youngmafbog]

Generally its because they have no argument.

 

You must recall the times anyone supporting Brexit was called "kuckledragger", "Swivel eyed Loon", "Little Englander" and many more on these very pages.

I personally wore my lable with pride.

[mushroom25]

oooooo i wonder what he's going to announce???

https://x.com/Nigel_Farage/status/1797559930393604280

 

[bednobs]

"Why do you describe Mr Farage as a "swivel-eyed loon""

it's just rudeness, like people who call keir starmer beer korma, or rishi sunak richi soonex in a pathetic attempt to belittle something they dont agree with.

See also "ooman rites" or "beep beep see"

[Hymie]

Why do you describe Mr Farage as a "swivel-eyed loon"?

 

Have you seen his pronouncement on Trump’s 34 felony count conviction?

[Untitled]

indeed i see no evidence that tory members want to have a party of the "centre" (nor do i particularly). i think it very likely that farage will end up controlling whatever is left of the tory party... albeit not directly