Tywin et al. Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 12 minutes ago, James Arryn said: To be fair FAUXNews has also suggested that BoJo’s downfall is the direct result of his turning all ‘globalist’ over COVID. Ah yes, the old blame the Jews approach. Also a staple of right wing hacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Interesting that Mordaunt and Badenoch both are ahead of the obvious candidates amongst party members, Hunt and Zahawi losing to ‘none of the above’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Ian Dunt pointed it out, Mordaunt speaks pretty competently (even when she's lying), thus putting her on a whole different level to literally the entire rest of the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Cadarn Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 17 minutes ago, Heartofice said: Interesting that Mordaunt and Badenoch both are ahead of the obvious candidates amongst party members, Hunt and Zahawi losing to ‘none of the above’ Interesting Badenoch, whom no one had head of five minutes ago, is so far ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Which Tyler Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 57 minutes ago, dog-days said: The UK Government is going to table a motion of no confidence in itself. I don't think they're being as clever as they think they're being. They refused to allow Labour's motion of no confidence in the leadership of BJ, on the principal that he'd lose... badly. So they've tabled a motion of no confidence in the government, which, if lost, enforces a new government within 2 weeks (IIRC) - which would rather speed up the leadership election, or we'd all be going to the polls. Thus they expect their own backbenchers to toe the line, and not vote against the government. All the while, accusing labour of playing petty politics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Cadarn Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 The Speaker losing his shit at MacAskill and the other Alba fucknut. For a moment I thought he might order them taken to the Tower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Yeah, he needs to resign. Disgraceful way to behave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Next rail strike 27th July. Time for Mick to do his thing and kick z list tories around various TV studios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Oh good it’s a Wednesday, so I’m working from home anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share Posted July 13, 2022 Zahawi and Hunt out. Must hurt to have less support than Suella Braverman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Cadarn Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Hunt and Zahawi are out https://news.sky.com/story/tory-leadership-race-live-updates-first-leadership-ballot-takes-place-today-amid-row-over-dirty-tricks-12593360?postid=4158791#liveblog-body Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Interesting final six. Other than Sunak (and a 21 vote lead is nothing to sneeze at), looks like that politico article expecting a female replacement wasn't so off-base after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share Posted July 13, 2022 Remember Sunak's lead already includes transfers from two candidates who dropped out (Javid and Shapps). I suspect Braverman and Tugendhat will now be under significant pressure to drop out in favour of a non-Sunak candidate, so Mordaunt, Truss and Badenoch have a chance to gain some ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, mormont said: Remember Sunak's lead already includes transfers from two candidates who dropped out (Javid and Shapps). I suspect Braverman and Tugendhat will now be under significant pressure to drop out in favour of a non-Sunak candidate, so Mordaunt, Truss and Badenoch have a chance to gain some ground. Badenoch only got 3 votes more than Tugendhat, so she might be getting some pressure as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Pfft. There's more chance of The Winds of Winter being in our hands before this workshy arsehole turns in a completed manuscript. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share Posted July 13, 2022 6 minutes ago, Maltaran said: Badenoch only got 3 votes more than Tugendhat, so she might be getting some pressure as well. Badenoch is the standard bearer for the right, though. Mordaunt isn't getting those votes, and Truss probably isn't either. ETA - I realise that they're all the right. They're different flavours though. Badenoch has set out her stall as the culture wars, anti-woke candidate (but not the Rees-Mogg flavour of culture wars, anti-woke). Mordaunt is trying to tack that way but the right aren't buying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Makes sense there'd be pressure for the bottom two/three remaining to throw their support to one of the top two/three. If all three are anti-Sunak, then yeah it'd seem Mordaunt is in the most favorable position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Hum, Mordaunt being the least bad choice among the frontrunners? Tugendhat isn't going anywhere with his campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, DMC said: Makes sense there'd be pressure for the bottom two/three remaining to throw their support to one of the top two/three. If all three are anti-Sunak, then yeah it'd seem Mordaunt is in the most favorable position. depends, the way this incarnation of the Tory party is composed, I can see the really stupid part coalesce around Badenoch (including Rees-Twat and crazy Nadine, who are right now supporting Truss). Once she or Truss (I think she could get those votes @mormont) are safe, they'd rather have their moron run against Sunak than Mordaunt in the run-off, and thus push him onto second place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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