Setton Posted June 19, 2019 #1 Share Posted June 19, 2019 (edited) With Rory Stewart out of the running we're down to just 4 contenders to be leader of the Conservative party and our next prime minister. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48696619 Depressing, isn't it? [Sadly, it seems Sajid Javid is unable to take a bad photo...] Edited June 19, 2019 by Saru Images removed due to copyright 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted June 19, 2019 #2 Share Posted June 19, 2019 13 minutes ago, Setton said: Sadly, it seems Sajid Javid is unable to take a bad photo. At least he's got the 'pointy head' thing going for him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpandMyMind Posted June 19, 2019 #3 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Tory members are willing to destroy their own party, sacrifice the Union and allow Scottish independence and a united Ireland if it means leaving the European Union, according to a new poll. And from the man who is likely my next Prime Minister: Quote Boris Johnson once declared that “government by a Scot is just not conceivable in the current constitutional context”, with the Tory MP claiming Gordon Brown suffered from “a personal political disability” as he represented a constituency north of the Border. Johnson, the clear favourite to win the Conservative leadership race, spelled out his views on power in the UK in the era of devolution in a blistering attack on the former Labour leader, claiming that Scotland was full of “rotten boroughs”. https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/boris-johnson-scots-should-not-become-prime-minister-1-4948629 I'm so done with the shady politics of Great Britain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpandMyMind Posted June 19, 2019 #4 Share Posted June 19, 2019 4 minutes ago, acute said: At least he's got the 'pointy head' thing going for him. It looks like his head has been rendered in pixels on an N64. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoofGardener Posted June 19, 2019 #5 Share Posted June 19, 2019 So now there down to FOUR ? How long before there are non left ? Would that mean that Theresa May retakes the throne ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.A.T.1961 Posted June 19, 2019 #6 Share Posted June 19, 2019 32 minutes ago, RoofGardener said: So now there down to FOUR ? How long before there are non left ? Would that mean that Theresa May retakes the throne ? With Rory gone BBC/Sky/Ch4 already think there are no candidates left. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Wellington Posted June 19, 2019 #7 Share Posted June 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Setton said: With Rory Stewart out of the running we're down to just 4 contenders to be leader of the Conservative party and our next prime minister. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48696619 Depressing, isn't it? [Sadly, it seems Sajid Javid is unable to take a bad photo...] Well theres time yet. He still has 1 photo to go tomorrow before he is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setton Posted June 19, 2019 Author #8 Share Posted June 19, 2019 27 minutes ago, L.A.T.1961 said: With Rory gone BBC/Sky/Ch4 already think there are no candidates left. He was the only candidate who might have persuaded me to vote Conservative again. Now what do we have? A bigoted buffoon, a man who almost ruined the NHS, a journalist who thinks we should go back to the 50s and... Javid. Who's so bland I can't even think of anything he's done. Which I guess makes him the best choice by default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerBright19 Posted June 19, 2019 #9 Share Posted June 19, 2019 The leadership debate reminded me of that scene from Father Ted when their flight is in trouble and there is only two parachutes and each priest has to say why they deserve one. Father Briefly - "I think I should get a parachute because I'm great!!! In fact, I think I should get both parachutes in case the other one doesn't work." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.A.T.1961 Posted June 19, 2019 #10 Share Posted June 19, 2019 (edited) Setton - "He was the only candidate who might have persuaded me to vote Conservative again. Now what do we have? A bigoted buffoon, a man who almost ruined the NHS, a journalist who thinks we should go back to the 50s and... Javid. Who's so bland I can't even think of anything he's done. Which I guess makes him the best choice by default. " It could be worse - Edited June 19, 2019 by L.A.T.1961 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Wellington Posted June 19, 2019 #11 Share Posted June 19, 2019 My money is on Boris and Jeremy Hunt being the final too. Right now the media thinks it dictates if Boris is popular amongst the Tory membership when he is not. He has less than 50% support and a lot of us dont trust him as far as we can throw him. He is divisive, manipulative, self-centred, and a control freak. The media are talking him up as someone who will force the EU to give him a deal. In reality when he tries the steamroller approach on the EU they will tell him on his bike. Jeremy Hunt has a good chance of winning this. But whichever one it is I predict they will be the shortest lasting PM in history staying in office for just 3 months. They will fail to renegotiate the deal as the EU will stand its ground and tell them no. A General Election will follow quickly. The Labour Party have already realised a General Election is fast incoming and have decided to adopt a remain stance to see off the Lib Dems. The Tory Party is going to get massacred and is incapable of altering direction. No one has committed to a no deal at the end of October if there is no renegotiated deal, and even if they do it will mean proroguing Parliament. The Tory Party are quite literally only going to win 100 seats in the coming election. The Brexit Party will give them a kick-in but it wont be enough. Jeremy Corbyn is now almost certainly going to win that election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hetrodoxly Posted June 19, 2019 #12 Share Posted June 19, 2019 45 minutes ago, Setton said: He was the only candidate who might have persuaded me to vote Conservative again. Who was their leader when you voted conservative? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Wellington Posted June 19, 2019 #13 Share Posted June 19, 2019 (edited) 46 minutes ago, Setton said: He was the only candidate who might have persuaded me to vote Conservative again. Now what do we have? A bigoted buffoon, a man who almost ruined the NHS, a journalist who thinks we should go back to the 50s and... Javid. Who's so bland I can't even think of anything he's done. Which I guess makes him the best choice by default. Boris tells people what they want to hear. Then does what he wants too. Edited June 19, 2019 by RabidMongoose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud the mackem Posted June 19, 2019 #14 Share Posted June 19, 2019 1 hour ago, L.A.T.1961 said: With Rory gone BBC/Sky/Ch4 already think there are no candidates left. That's because there are No Remainer candidates left , The BBC/SKY/CH4 , have all steadfastly backed the remain camp, and are sorry losers ,and so once again they will resort to lies about leaving the E.U. but the people are not stupid and can see through their policies . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewinn Posted June 19, 2019 #15 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Get Boris in so we can see heads explode. Labour go full remain and we end up with farage as PM. Lets be in it for **** and giggles. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerBright19 Posted June 19, 2019 #16 Share Posted June 19, 2019 If only Alan B'Stard was here today. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted June 20, 2019 #17 Share Posted June 20, 2019 2 hours ago, RabidMongoose said: In reality when he tries the steamroller approach on the EU they will tell him on his bike. I suspect they need the UK FAR more than the UK needs them. May seemed to try the cap-in-hand approach and look what it got HER. Electing Boris might actually shake them up. They'll think the population has gone daft with anger at the stalling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setton Posted June 20, 2019 Author #18 Share Posted June 20, 2019 9 hours ago, hetrodoxly said: Who was their leader when you voted conservative? Cameron. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hetrodoxly Posted June 20, 2019 #19 Share Posted June 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Setton said: Cameron. Boris Johnson's mate, what did you see in him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Wellington Posted June 20, 2019 #20 Share Posted June 20, 2019 8 hours ago, stevewinn said: Get Boris in so we can see heads explode. Labour go full remain and we end up with farage as PM. Lets be in it for **** and giggles. William Hill right now predict an almost 100% chance of Boris being the next PM. They also predict a Hung Parliament led by a Conservative Coalition in the next General Election. The odds of the Brexit Party or Lib Dems winning it are both 20 to 1 so unlikely to happen. I want to see Boris try and prorogue Parliament. That will be so funny and entertaining. Imagine the lefty tears as they go mental over it! They would react so badly that I suspect the Queen might have to disappear off on holiday via helicopter for a few months while things settle back down lmao. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setton Posted June 20, 2019 Author #21 Share Posted June 20, 2019 1 hour ago, hetrodoxly said: Boris Johnson's mate, what did you see in him? I guess I was naive. First time I voted and all I'd ever known was a Labour government and thought a change in leadership might improve things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewinn Posted June 20, 2019 #22 Share Posted June 20, 2019 20 minutes ago, Setton said: I guess I was naive. First time I voted and all I'd ever known was a Labour government and thought a change in leadership might improve things. still naive, Remainers blocking of Brexit as led to this natural conclusion of possibly Boris being Prime minister well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAyMO Posted June 20, 2019 #23 Share Posted June 20, 2019 9 minutes ago, stevewinn said: still naive, Remainers blocking of Brexit as led to this natural conclusion of possibly Boris being Prime minister well done. Great - isn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewinn Posted June 20, 2019 #24 Share Posted June 20, 2019 1 hour ago, RAyMO said: Great - isn't it. As long as your happy princess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Wellington Posted June 20, 2019 #25 Share Posted June 20, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, stevewinn said: still naive, Remainers blocking of Brexit as led to this natural conclusion of possibly Boris being Prime minister well done. I reason in that case they all secretly like Boris. Not his politics, but because he is entertaining. Thats how Trump won too. They wanted the entertaining president so they only put Hillary up against him lol. And if we are all honest its why we like Farage too! Edited June 20, 2019 by RabidMongoose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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