Sunak

[Paigntonian]

Is it not interesting that Rishi chooses to remain abroad and refuses all media requests for comment on the current crisis. Is he awaiting the call for 'the king over the water' (didn't work for David Milliband) or perhaps he doesn't give a monkey's.

[jno]

sometimes, the longer a player isn't selected for the team, the better he or she looks. Showing an interest in the job did him no good last time; maybe reticence will prove more appealing

[FatticusInch]

Well, the Werthers Warriors rejected him, didn’t they?
Why don’t you ask ToraToraTora why he voted for BlunderTruss instead of Sunak?
He probably doesn’t need the aggravation any more, best use his Green card and spend his millions in the US I reckon?

[ichkeria]

I don’t blame him.

Why on earth would he want to be PM now?

[jno]

tbh, I wondered why Boris wanted to be PM. Just obsessive desire to be the big dog, I suppose. But it was painfully obvious that it was going to take years to get over the effects of Brexit - I thought 10 years but that was a bad underestimate; even JRM said 20 - and nobody doing it was going to be popular.

Throw in the unexpected, but not unpredictable elements of pandemic and war and the job's going to be undoable for a long time.

[Paigntonian]

jno: Can't believe you think the current chaos within the Tory Party is anything to do with Brexit. If it's cold tomorrow are you going to blame Brexit?

[ichkeria]

Fabulous to hear Sir Charles Walker pointing out just now that there’s not going to be an election now because an opposition of just 60 or 70 MPs would be bad for the country!
That’s one way of putting it.

[davebro]

He's probably sulking due to being rejected for PM. Wouldn't surprise me at all if he left politics.

[jno]

Paigntonian, I think it's a minor element at the moment, but it was always going to be disruptive (that was the whole point) as trade deals were torn up and replaced and border squabbles got sorted out. As I say, even JRM predicted this, though some of his colleagues were predicting the easiest trade negotiations in the history of the world; I don't think it's controversial.

Whether the UK comes out of it all stronger after 20 years - well, we'll have to see.

[ichkeria]

If I was Sunak I’d be practising my “beg me!” routine.

And trying not to look too smug ;-)

[ichkeria]

Re went I posted earlier:
Redfield and Wilton poll;
For fun …
Labour 56% (+3)
Conservative 20% (-4)
Lib Dems 11% (-2)
Green 5% (+2)
SNP 4% (–)
Reform UK 2% (–)
Other 1% (-2)

[bednobs]

Isn't he still an mp? If so why is he away?