Your not the first person to say that to me, Steed, believe me!:O:

Besides, no one can be too young or old to be a grumpy fart!

Mike.:03:

Should that end up being the case I can see Farafe wringing his hands with delight at the thought of being the one who may well have the power to select which side he goes for.

My guesstimate would be the Tories.

On the subject of the Honorable Member of (the UK) Parliament for Aberdeen South:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...son_crop_2.jpg

I HAVE A FACE THAT MAKES PEOPLE WANT TO PUNCH ME!:yeah:

Even more so when you meet him in person.


Meet my MP, Kirsty Blackman of the SNP - the Honorable Member of (the UK) Parliament for Aberdeen North:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...man_crop_2.jpg

In comparison with the greasy pole climbing, brown nosing Thomson, Blackman's reasonably effective.

She still reminds me of a student activist, though.

Both suffer from the same problem - they both started out as members of Aberdeen City council so that makes both even more suspect in my opinion.

Mike.

My favourite Scottish MP is Mhairi Black.

Mhairi Black suffers from one problem that limits her appeal outside the Clyde Valley conurbation as far as the rest of Scotland is concerned. Particulalarly here in the North East.

She's a Weegie.

Mike.:hmmm:

P.S. Never call a Glaswegian a Weegie to their face - they absolutely hate it. They like Keelie even less....

Lab/Dem is equally possible. It really depends who comes out to vote.
Though i think the appetite for Corbyn is nothing like it was.

Me too as he is more tory then the tories...

Tory leadership candidates so far (Updated)

Boris Johnson 77%
Esther McVey 30%
Jeremy Hunt 72%
Rory Stewart 45%
Matt Hancock 30%
Dominic Raab 40%
Andrea Leadsom 55%
Michael Gove 65%
Sajid Javid 75%
Mark Harper 1%
Sam Gyimah 1%
(% is my predictions so far)

Just been watching Raab and I am not convinced by what he said, had a bad feeling he was power mad and weak at the same time. Or so watched Hunt who came across better but I feel he has a up hill struggle against the heavy weights.

I have only seen snippets of Hancock as I can not find his full speech on line so his % will remain as it is until I watch his speech in full. What I say is he has a much bigger hill to climb.

To be honest this contest is a bit of a charade - the two chosen will be Boris and one other. Boris will win the membership vote by a landslide.


The Tory grassroots in England want Boris, end of story!


Mike.

True that.

:yep:

I'm wondering if one of each gender (for balance) will be the final contest.

I find it funny in a sad way that those with skeletons in the cupboard (drugs etc.) are coming out for fear they will get to the final two in a run-off and someone from their past will blow the whistle and scupper their chances.

The final candidates for the Tory leadership race have been confirmed, with 10 running to become the next PM.

The candidates are:

Environment Secretary Michael Gove
Health Secretary Matt Hancock
Former Chief Whip Mark Harper
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt
Home Secretary Sajid Javid
Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson
Former Leader of the House Andrea Leadsom
Former Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey
Former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab
International Development Secretary Rory Stewart

No real surprises then.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48584011

Meanwhile, Boris Johnson has pledged to cut income tax bills for people earning more than £50,000 a year if he wins the race to succeed Theresa May as prime minister.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48577579

Also, free TV licences for up to 3.7m pensioners are being scrapped, the BBC has announced.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48583487

Soooo, no changes, the Tories continue to look after the rich and ignore the needs of the average citizen.

Good job Steptoe is the leader of the opposition because I blind man on a galloping horse can see that just about anyone else with a little more competence could and should be leading an effective opposition campaign.

i wouldn't blame the bbc thing on the Tories. to be fair the over 75s are probably one of the biggest demographics still watching the BBC. The young have since gone to Netflix and Youtube and other on-demand streaming services etc. old broadcast tv is in decline everywhere, and bbc are probably trying to keep their numbers up.
Also doesn't help they regularly get accused of bias by more fringey partisans from both sides of the spectrum. (e.g those too far gone to remember how objectivity works)
But, To be honest even though their new coverage is still pretty fair - compared to many others, I wouldn't cough up for them. as an institution overall I don't really think they are massively worth preserving. They should just run ads if they really want to keep going.

Tory leadership candidates so far (Updated)

Boris Johnson 80%
Esther McVey 30%
Jeremy Hunt 75%
Rory Stewart 25%
Matt Hancock 10%
Dominic Raab 40%
Andrea Leadsom 55%
Michael Gove 60%
Sajid Javid 70%
Mark Harper 0%
(% is my predictions so far)

I have a feeling the final two will be Boris and Jeremy as it stands now.

If Boris wins stand by for a wreck that will result in a general election and in comes terrorist supporter steptoe.

As for the BBC they have with luck just committed suicide with that dumbass move. I would like to see that whole rotten organisation come crashing down.

Oh god its going to Mr bumble isn't it.

BBC are clearly making that move as their funding is drying up.