Tory Leadership Runners and Riders
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Barrymagrec
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Sunak has jumped the shark in what will prove a vain attempt to attract some of Truss`s shire thickies.
He might be angling for a political job in the US. Loads of money to be made by Republicans who keep to the script - God, guns, life, etc.
Tony L
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Yes, I suspect he’s playing the alt-right popularist card as hard as he can as a last ditch attempt as that is the party membership demographic, and if that fails he’ll swiftly step down and go back to being a tax evading oligarch of no fixed nation full time.
kensalriser
pfm Member
Agree that Sunak will be gone soon. He won't want to settle for life on the back benches and I'm not sure he'll gamble on waiting around for the next election only to find his party isn't able to form a government.
kensalriser
pfm Member
I don't share his optimism that the Tories will irrevocably schism, but his analysis that the party is essentially UKIP now is spot on - I've been saying from the start that the Johnsonian Tories were effectively a reverse takeover by UKIP.
TheDecameron
Unicorns fart glitter.
His wife’s family will probably want revenge for the colossal tax bill she signed up to in order to clear a path to No.10. All for nothing.
ff1d1l
pfm Member
Some interesting comments, including that he'd missed the repeal of the Fixed Term Parliament act, which undermines some of his analysis.
Which analysis IMHO overplays the idealogical component in the tory party...ideals and principles are for sale to the highest bidder - or to be tucked away out of sight if it gives more trough time.
Not for splitting the party.
But hope he's right.
TheDecameron
Unicorns fart glitter.
I felt really good after reading that. They’re going to devour themselves.
Barrymagrec
pfm Member
It would be surprising if much of that was ever actually paid.
klfrs
chill out
notaclue
pfm Member
Didn't realise it was 1st of April yesterday... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/08/28/liz-truss-can-powerful-leader-free-world/
Joe Hutch
Mate of the bloke
He seems to think that the Fixed Term Parliaments Act is still in force. It isn't.
tuga
Legal Alien
Leader of the free world? What the heck!!!
notaclue
pfm Member
What they really think.
“[Johnson] agrees with most Tories that Liz is very likely to be a disaster.”
So he's backing Mary in order to hasten his comeback.
Just as well there's nothing major on the horizon when she becomes PM. Just the minor matter of a cost of living crisis that could collapse the economy.
We'll be in safe hands when Mary takes over.
“[Johnson] agrees with most Tories that Liz is very likely to be a disaster.”
So he's backing Mary in order to hasten his comeback.
Just as well there's nothing major on the horizon when she becomes PM. Just the minor matter of a cost of living crisis that could collapse the economy.
We'll be in safe hands when Mary takes over.
PaulMB
pfm Member
I (only a foreigner) just watched Sunak and Truss speaking in Eastbourne and was shocked by shoddy and lightweight they both seem. Truss comes across as a neurotic headmistress who repeats the same phrases about putting, or keeping, money in people's pockets. Sunak is like a used BMW salesman or an afternoon TV show host, dancing around, waving his arms and constantly smiling. I got the impression that both thought they were addressing an audience of idiots eager to lap up cheap, superficial charm.
I'll probably offend someone, but after seeing that I've started seeing the Italian politicians in a better light, at least they really "talk politics."
I'll probably offend someone, but after seeing that I've started seeing the Italian politicians in a better light, at least they really "talk politics."