Tory Leadership/Next PM Battle

[Stones of granite]

Calculated move by Johnson, the next PM is going to cope with a couple of years of recession, increasing pressure from Scotland and even NI to pull away, as well as the EU negotiations where the UK will win very little wiggle room on things like immigration.

And it sums him up to a tee, campaign and get us into the mess, take a step back while the sh*t hits the fan, and then you just know in a couple of years he'll be back saying how much better he would have handled it.

"Hey, you've left a turd in the fridge!"
"Reluctantly I have concluded I am not the man to remove the turd from the fridge."

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The chancing fucker should be left in his office with a Webley, a bottle of whisky, and a clear understanding of what is expected of him.

[Edinburgh in Exile]

Calculated move by Johnson, the next PM is going to cope with a couple of years of recession, increasing pressure from Scotland and even NI to pull away, as well as the EU negotiations where the UK will win very little wiggle room on things like immigration.

And it sums him up to a tee, campaign and get us into the mess, take a step back while the sh*t hits the fan, and then you just know in a couple of years he'll be back saying how much better he would have handled it.

"Hey, you've left a turd in the fridge!"
"Reluctantly I have concluded I am not the man to remove the turd from the fridge."

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The chancing fucker should be left in his office with a Webley, a bottle of whisky, and a clear understanding of what is expected of him.

"Whilst I understand what clearly needs to be done, reluctantly I have concluded I am not the man to..."

[Banquo]

Boris not standing. F*cked over by Gove.

bottled it, what a surprise. Couldn't deliver on his porkies. God help us if Gove is PM

[kk67]

Stephen Crabb......he of the neatly trimmed designer stubble, the tight, skinny blue suits and immaculately brylcreemed hairdo.....
who also has ties with CARE the Christian group advocating a cure for homosexuality..?. Uh-huh.

[kk67]

Calculated move by Johnson, the next PM is going to cope with a couple of years of recession, increasing pressure from Scotland and even NI to pull away, as well as the EU negotiations where the UK will win very little wiggle room on things like immigration.

And it sums him up to a tee, campaign and get us into the mess, take a step back while the sh*t hits the fan, and then you just know in a couple of years he'll be back saying how much better he would have handled it.

"Hey, you've left a turd in the fridge!"
"Reluctantly I have concluded I am not the man to remove the turd from the fridge."

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The chancing fucker should be left in his office with a Webley, a bottle of whisky, and a clear understanding of what is expected of him.

Post of the day. I'm nicking that.

[Banquo]

Calculated move by Johnson, the next PM is going to cope with a couple of years of recession, increasing pressure from Scotland and even NI to pull away, as well as the EU negotiations where the UK will win very little wiggle room on things like immigration.

And it sums him up to a tee, campaign and get us into the mess, take a step back while the sh*t hits the fan, and then you just know in a couple of years he'll be back saying how much better he would have handled it.

"Hey, you've left a turd in the fridge!"
"Reluctantly I have concluded I am not the man to remove the turd from the fridge."

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The chancing fucker should be left in his office with a Webley, a bottle of whisky, and a clear understanding of what is expected of him.

They did that with Corbyn, apparently. Only he drank the whisky and shot the Labour Party

[UGagain]

"Hey, you've left a turd in the fridge!"
"Reluctantly I have concluded I am not the man to remove the turd from the fridge."

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The chancing fucker should be left in his office with a Webley, a bottle of whisky, and a clear understanding of what is expected of him.

They did that with Corbyn, apparently. Only he drank the whisky and shot the Labour Party

Angela Eagle has the support of 6% of the membership of the party I'm told.

JC has over 50%.

Who are you kidding?

[Banquo]

The chancing fucker should be left in his office with a Webley, a bottle of whisky, and a clear understanding of what is expected of him.

They did that with Corbyn, apparently. Only he drank the whisky and shot the Labour Party

Angela Eagle has the support of 6% of the membership of the party I'm told.

JC has over 50%.

Who are you kidding?

Its called a joke.

[Digby]

They did that with Corbyn, apparently. Only he drank the whisky and shot the Labour Party

Angela Eagle has the support of 6% of the membership of the party I'm told.

JC has over 50%.

Who are you kidding?

Its called a joke.

You'd noted it was about the Labour Party

[kk67]

She's a bit sour faced for my liking. Think Maggie but without the personality!

Great. I love the way that both you and Gove have used facial characteristics as an indicator/ non indicator of moral value. It did seem to me that Gove was basically saying 'I know I look corrupt, but I'm not really'.

In fairness she's a helluva lot more qualified than Maggie ever was. Sadly she's just as much of a b*tch.
But she's more like a b*tchy relation who you can tolerate ..........rather than just some random b*tch, like one of your mate's Granny who's a total Nazi.
If the Tories offered me a £3 vote.....I'd definitely go with May.

If removing corporate interest from the House were to become a serious issue,.......Corbyn and May would have some quality debates.

[Longshanks]

Isn't May the only one to go on record saying the human rights act should be abolished?

[morepork]

She's a bit sour faced for my liking. Think Maggie but without the personality!

Great. I love the way that both you and Gove have used facial characteristics as an indicator/ non indicator of moral value. It did seem to me that Gove was basically saying 'I know I look corrupt, but I'm not really'.

In fairness she's a helluva lot more qualified than Maggie ever was. Sadly she's just as much of a b*tch.
But she's more like a b*tchy relation who you can tolerate ..........rather than just some random b*tch, like one of your mate's Granny who's a total Nazi.
If the Tories offered me a £3 vote.....I'd definitely go with May.

If removing corporate interest from the House were to become a serious issue,.......Corbyn and May would have some quality debates.

How is that not a serious issue??

[kk67]

She's a bit sour faced for my liking. Think Maggie but without the personality!

Great. I love the way that both you and Gove have used facial characteristics as an indicator/ non indicator of moral value. It did seem to me that Gove was basically saying 'I know I look corrupt, but I'm not really'.

In fairness she's a helluva lot more qualified than Maggie ever was. Sadly she's just as much of a b*tch.
But she's more like a b*tchy relation who you can tolerate ..........rather than just some random b*tch, like one of your mate's Granny who's a total Nazi.
If the Tories offered me a £3 vote.....I'd definitely go with May.

If removing corporate interest from the House were to become a serious issue,.......Corbyn and May would have some quality debates.

How is that not a serious issue??

They won't make it a serious issue. It would be terrifying if they did.

[kk67]

Great. I love the way that both you and Gove have used facial characteristics as an indicator/ non indicator of moral value. It did seem to me that Gove was basically saying 'I know I look corrupt, but I'm not really'.

In fairness she's a helluva lot more qualified than Maggie ever was. Sadly she's just as much of a b*tch.
But she's more like a b*tchy relation who you can tolerate ..........rather than just some random b*tch, like one of your mate's Granny who's a total Nazi.
If the Tories offered me a £3 vote.....I'd definitely go with May.

If removing corporate interest from the House were to become a serious issue,.......Corbyn and May would have some quality debates.

How is that not a serious issue??

They won't make it a serious issue. It would be terrifying if they did.

La, La, La,.....feck off. I'm offensive and unnecessary and Silly Arse.

[jared_7]

Isn't May the only one to go on record saying the human rights act should be abolished?

Yes.

[Digby]

Isn't May the only one to go on record saying the human rights act should be abolished?

Yes.

But what to replace it? Over and over people state an objection to some aspect of the EU without saying what would replace it, we could have almost no change in any practical sense

[jared_7]

Isn't May the only one to go on record saying the human rights act should be abolished?

Yes.

But what to replace it? Over and over people state an objection to some aspect of the EU without saying what would replace it, we could have almost no change in any practical sense

I don't know what she wants to replace it with, she used the delayed deportations of Hamza and Abu Qatada as the justification for her stance but I'm sceptical. Pretty easy to get the populace on your side when you involve the word "terrorism", most likely she wants to tinker with something else.

It certainly won't be "almost not change in any practical sense" otherwise she wouldn't bother posturing about it.

[Digby]

It certainly won't be "almost not change in any practical sense" otherwise she wouldn't bother posturing about it.

Because empty rhetoric is anathema within the political world?

[WiganShark]

If not May we could get this

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a ... _hp_ref=uk

[Eugene Wrayburn]

It certainly won't be "almost not change in any practical sense" otherwise she wouldn't bother posturing about it.

Because empty rhetoric is anathema within the political world?

quite.

[Digby]

Fox or Crabb to be deselected from the process today?

[Sandydragon]

I think Fox will fall first., but not by much.

[Lizard]

Is it like Survivor? Or more like The Bachelor?

[Sandydragon]

Id prefer a Hunger Games approach, but Im likely to be disappointed.

[Digby]

I think Fox will fall first., but not by much.

I'm amazed that given the situation which saw him booted out of government he thought this was a reasonable move. I'd imagine he's angling more for another cabinet role rather than seriously thinking he stood a chance at being leader, but it does seem somewhat sick.