UK Politics Thread

[BossMark]

Originally Posted by STEED

Tory leadership candidates so far (Updated)

Boris Johnson 90%
Jeremy Hunt 60%
Rory Stewart 12%
Dominic Raab 15%
Michael Gove 30%
Sajid Javid 25%
(% is my predictions so far)

ROUND TWO KNOCKOUT 6PM TONIGHT..

I know jim will be on the edge of his sofa saying no beer the results are coming in, far more important. Or is that the other way around.

Danger Zone for Knock out
Rory Stewart
Dominic Raab
Michael Gove
Sajid Javid

I would love to knock them all out

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by STEED

Hang on you gave him the thumbs up the other day. In the words of Trump.."What the hell is going on"

That was before his statement yesterday.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by BossMark

I would love to knock them all out

[MGR1]

Latest YouGov poll of Conservative party members: LINK.





And these are the people who will be choosing our next PM.......


Mike.

[Jimbuna]

Most annoying and even more so worrying

[Jimbuna]

Dominic Raab has been knocked out of the Tory leadership race in the latest ballot of MPs, leaving five candidates in the battle to be the next PM.

The former Brexit secretary had called for the UK to leave the EU without a deal on 31 October if necessary.

He also caused controversy by refusing to rule out suspending Parliament to thwart attempts by MPs to block a no-deal Brexit.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48680189

Pretty much sums up precisely where Parliament are at.....NOWHERE

[STEED]

Listening to the radio the callers ringing in about the debate summed it up as a load of washed women clueless mindless leadershipless.

[mapuc]

By following what's happening in the English parliament, I get the feeling they are rehearsing for the next Sitcom Series

Markus

[Skybird]

Sometimes a carricature cannot beat reality.





Chicken on a bar. And this is "politics"? This is what our countries are so proud of? I find the mere sight already ridiculous.

[STEED]

Tory leadership candidates so far (Updated)

Boris Johnson 95%
Jeremy Hunt 62%
Rory Stewart 5%
Michael Gove 25%
Sajid Javid 10%
(% is my predictions so far)

ROUND THREE KNOCKOUT 6PM TONIGHT..

DANGER ZONE
Rory Stewart
Sajid Javid

Back room deals are under way.

Rory Stewart has told the BBC he is talking to his leadership rival Michael Gove "about combining forces".

He said he needed to think about who was best placed to ask Boris Johnson "the testing questions".

Acknowledging that the two men have different views on Brexit he said: "We would have to agree to compromise."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48688703

[Jimbuna]

This is a good article by Beth Rigby, political editor of SkyNews.

It has unofficially been going on for months in restaurants and bars across Westminster, but this week the Conservative Party officially fired the starting gun on the race to replace Theresa May and the pace is ferocious.

Ten candidates, five campaign launches on Monday, three on Tuesday and two today. By Thursday afternoon it's pretty likely that perhaps four of those at the back of the pack will have dropped out. And, of the six likely to make it through to next week, one - Boris Johnson - is miles ahead.

Today Mr Johnson will finally come out of his bunker and launch his campaign. There is nervousness in his team; he comes with arms full of personal and political baggage. He is unpredictable and often ill-disciplined. He is a politician with an uncanny ability to self-destruct.

His supporters are right to worry, given the rich seam of past mistakes and misdemeanours to mine when it comes to Mr Johnson.

In 2008, he admitted taking cocaine; he has a colourful personal life and as a politician he has come under heavy criticism for loose language. As foreign secretary he brought further woe to the jailed British-Iranian mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe after incorrectly telling MPs she had been teaching journalism in Iran - a claim seized upon by the Iranians to extend her incarceration. More recently, he compared veiled Muslim women to letter boxes and bank robbers and said police spending on historical child sex abuse investigations was money "spaffed up a wall". I could go on.

So while he is the front runner, there are many hurdles to clear on his way to Number 10. How Mr Johnson handles the scrutiny in the coming days will be critical. As one cabinet minister wryly told me this week: "The only person who can beat Boris is Boris. He has 10 days to avoid going nuclear and blowing himself up."

[STEED]

^I just been reading another one by her.

Beth Rigby, political editor
More polarised and pessimistic than we have been for decades. Those were the findings of a probe into our national mindset revealed by top pollster Deborah Mattinson over the weekend.

Her polling discovered an "astonishing lack of faith" in our political system, with less than 6% of the population believing their politicians understand them. Three quarters of the 2,000 people polled say UK politics is not fit for purpose.

https://news.sky.com/story/sky-views...nough-11744513

Too bloody true.

[Jimbuna]

Now the horse trading begins.

Tory leadership: Stewart considering 'combining forces with Gove'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48688703

[STEED]

Ian Blackford laid into Boris at PMQ's about his racist comments. Clearly trying to damage Boris but at best nothing more than a minor dent.

[Jimbuna]

Bye bye Rory then possibly Sajid.