comment by IvanGolacIsMagic (U5291)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by TBABlue and Yellow. (U9292)
posted 3 hours, 22 minutes ago
Ivan.
You should have chucked your hat in the Tory ring🤣👍
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Oddly enough I once stood as a Tory candidate in an election.
It was organised as part of my Higher Modern Studies course in sixth year which coincided with the opening of the Scottish Parliament. The school ran a mock election and the teacher nominated me to be the Tory because he didn't think anyone else could make the argument for them
Oddly enough I used pretty much the exact same attack lines on the SNP that Better Together did during the first referendum and that was back in 1999
Out of an electorate of ~650 I managed an impressive 34 votes. I was pleasantly surprised.
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Brilliant, Ivan 👍
comment by And... Rosso... Though its... Yeah and... That... (U17054)
posted 54 seconds ago
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 56 seconds ago
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 30 minutes ago
comment by TBABlue and Yellow. (U9292)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 28 minutes ago
The issue is off course we are in an Economic crisis at home and globally. The time is for very serious candidates and not eye candy.
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Rishi ticks the serious box, but was surely part of the partygate Boris govt, and a very rich bloke out of touch with plebs, wife non Dom status, his green card balancing act etc turned folk off him.
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Guess it depends whether you want the person who will do the least damage, or the person who is most likely to perform the best in an election.
For me it's the former. The Tories are known for putting the party before the country though, so I imagine they will be more concerned with the latter. Hence why we are likely to get someone who gives the least amount of detail but provides the best soundbites.
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I don't see how Mordaunt or Truss survive for a second against Starmer if the economy is in the toilet.
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Mid-2023 to mid-2024 I think we’re gonna start seeing some of the really horrible economic and bureaucratic fallout from Brexit becoming more apparent (in exports, for consumers and the UK economy lagging behind), so the last thing the Tories will need electorally is an ardent Brexiteer in charge.
Labour would wipe the floor with Truss I expect.
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Truss was remain, then ardent brexit...the exact opposite of yours truly🤣
Labour home n hosed at next GE, methinks.
That could scud it lol
comment by TBABlue and Yellow. (U9292)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 30 minutes ago
comment by TBABlue and Yellow. (U9292)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 28 minutes ago
The issue is off course we are in an Economic crisis at home and globally. The time is for very serious candidates and not eye candy.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Rishi ticks the serious box, but was surely part of the partygate Boris govt, and a very rich bloke out of touch with plebs, wife non Dom status, his green card balancing act etc turned folk off him.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Guess it depends whether you want the person who will do the least damage, or the person who is most likely to perform the best in an election.
For me it's the former. The Tories are known for putting the party before the country though, so I imagine they will be more concerned with the latter. Hence why we are likely to get someone who gives the least amount of detail but provides the best soundbites.
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Sounds reasonable...Tories are ruthless when it comes to the party and self-preservation.
See Maggie, Major, May, and Mayhem..aka bojo
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You have to look at why they were elected to party leader.
Maggie was elected because she was considered a pragmatist in an oil crisis. And was experienced in a major office as a secretary of state.
May similar pragmatist after Cameron lost the referendum and again an experienced secretary of state.
Boris was considered the key to unlocking the brexit impasse. Hunt would have continued that battle.
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 46 minutes ago
comment by TBABlue and Yellow. (U9292)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 28 minutes ago
The issue is off course we are in an Economic crisis at home and globally. The time is for very serious candidates and not eye candy.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Rishi ticks the serious box, but was surely part of the partygate Boris govt, and a very rich bloke out of touch with plebs, wife non Dom status, his green card balancing act etc turned folk off him.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Guess it depends whether you want the person who will do the least damage, or the person who is most likely to perform the best in an election.
For me it's the former. The Tories are known for putting the party before the country though, so I imagine they will be more concerned with the latter. Hence why we are likely to get someone who gives the least amount of detail but provides the best soundbites.
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To me tugendhat is probably the best choice in terms of a sensible head AND electability.
Thank god they won't wlect him
Boris was elected because he was the antithesis of May.
comment by And... Rosso... Though its... Yeah and... That... (U17054)
posted 17 minutes ago
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 56 seconds ago
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 30 minutes ago
comment by TBABlue and Yellow. (U9292)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 28 minutes ago
The issue is off course we are in an Economic crisis at home and globally. The time is for very serious candidates and not eye candy.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Rishi ticks the serious box, but was surely part of the partygate Boris govt, and a very rich bloke out of touch with plebs, wife non Dom status, his green card balancing act etc turned folk off him.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Guess it depends whether you want the person who will do the least damage, or the person who is most likely to perform the best in an election.
For me it's the former. The Tories are known for putting the party before the country though, so I imagine they will be more concerned with the latter. Hence why we are likely to get someone who gives the least amount of detail but provides the best soundbites.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I don't see how Mordaunt or Truss survive for a second against Starmer if the economy is in the toilet.
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Mid-2023 to mid-2024 I think we’re gonna start seeing some of the really horrible economic and bureaucratic fallout from Brexit becoming more apparent (in exports, for consumers and the UK economy lagging behind), so the last thing the Tories will need electorally is an ardent Brexiteer in charge.
Labour would wipe the floor with Truss I expect.
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Are you serious?
Do you know that Germany is in deep trouble at the moment with Russia threatening to turn off the gas?
Why do you think the Euro is on parity with the dollar?
The current Labour administration is pro-Brexit. I don't think Labour would wipe the floor with anyone when it comes to pro or anti Brexit sentiment. They've aligned themselves with the Tories on this.
Gavin Williamson...
Former education secretary was late for voting to choose their party leader once was a Defence secretary too
Oh my God...
comment by IvanGolacIsMagic (U5291)
posted 4 minutes ago
The current Labour administration is pro-Brexit. I don't think Labour would wipe the floor with anyone when it comes to pro or anti Brexit sentiment. They've aligned themselves with the Tories on this.
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Ffs
Top anti brexit for some and not brexit enough for others
FACKING BREXIT HAS AND STILL IS FACKING EVERYTHING UP
Red Wall Tory voters back Penny Mordaunt, and give devastating verdict on Sunak and Truss
➡️ Wolverhampton focus group members say Liz Truss is like John Major and Rishi Sunak ‘too slick’
🔴 Exclusive from @RichardVaughan1 https://t.co/b5W0Pv1nRe
The policy of leaving the CU/SM was economically illiterate, whether folk agreed with it or not. As is refusing regulatory harmonisation with Europe (i.e. creating non-tariff barriers).
It’s therefore only a matter of time, (probably when things get really desperate) before the government of the day are forced to change tack.
Brexit means breakfast was always a much more positive message.
Sometimes I miss the days when May would respond with her robotic soundbites that meant absolutely nothing. Simpler times.
comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 17 minutes ago
comment by IvanGolacIsMagic (U5291)
posted 4 minutes ago
The current Labour administration is pro-Brexit. I don't think Labour would wipe the floor with anyone when it comes to pro or anti Brexit sentiment. They've aligned themselves with the Tories on this.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ffs
Top anti brexit for some and not brexit enough for others
FACKING BREXIT HAS AND STILL IS FACKING EVERYTHING UP
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Braverman was saying earlier how she should be voted in because she's the only true brexiter of the candidates. Acting like we still haven't left
I just want to never hear the b word again to be honest
Looks like Truss will beat Mordaunt with Braverman votes going to her
Got to assume the bottom two will have to drop out after this.
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 19 minutes ago
Brexit means breakfast was always a much more positive message.
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when i first saw brexit popping up i thought it was a twist on weetabix
comment by Ignacio Varga (U11781)
posted 3 minutes ago
BRAVERMAN IN THE BIN
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Just as well. She is dangerously right-wing
Team Tom Tugendhat says he is definitely NOT going to drop out of the race despite dropping votes
we cant have a pm with a made up name
what do you folks make of Graham Hancock ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7mRLjL6ZVY
comment by De Gea's Legs (U14210)
posted 9 minutes ago
Team Tom Tugendhat says he is definitely NOT going to drop out of the race despite dropping votes
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This feels utterly pointless.
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posted on 14/7/22
comment by IvanGolacIsMagic (U5291)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by TBABlue and Yellow. (U9292)
posted 3 hours, 22 minutes ago
Ivan.
You should have chucked your hat in the Tory ring🤣👍
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Oddly enough I once stood as a Tory candidate in an election.
It was organised as part of my Higher Modern Studies course in sixth year which coincided with the opening of the Scottish Parliament. The school ran a mock election and the teacher nominated me to be the Tory because he didn't think anyone else could make the argument for them
Oddly enough I used pretty much the exact same attack lines on the SNP that Better Together did during the first referendum and that was back in 1999
Out of an electorate of ~650 I managed an impressive 34 votes. I was pleasantly surprised.
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Brilliant, Ivan 👍
posted on 14/7/22
comment by And... Rosso... Though its... Yeah and... That... (U17054)
posted 54 seconds ago
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 56 seconds ago
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 30 minutes ago
comment by TBABlue and Yellow. (U9292)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 28 minutes ago
The issue is off course we are in an Economic crisis at home and globally. The time is for very serious candidates and not eye candy.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Rishi ticks the serious box, but was surely part of the partygate Boris govt, and a very rich bloke out of touch with plebs, wife non Dom status, his green card balancing act etc turned folk off him.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Guess it depends whether you want the person who will do the least damage, or the person who is most likely to perform the best in an election.
For me it's the former. The Tories are known for putting the party before the country though, so I imagine they will be more concerned with the latter. Hence why we are likely to get someone who gives the least amount of detail but provides the best soundbites.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I don't see how Mordaunt or Truss survive for a second against Starmer if the economy is in the toilet.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Mid-2023 to mid-2024 I think we’re gonna start seeing some of the really horrible economic and bureaucratic fallout from Brexit becoming more apparent (in exports, for consumers and the UK economy lagging behind), so the last thing the Tories will need electorally is an ardent Brexiteer in charge.
Labour would wipe the floor with Truss I expect.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Truss was remain, then ardent brexit...the exact opposite of yours truly🤣
Labour home n hosed at next GE, methinks.
That could scud it lol
posted on 14/7/22
comment by TBABlue and Yellow. (U9292)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 30 minutes ago
comment by TBABlue and Yellow. (U9292)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 28 minutes ago
The issue is off course we are in an Economic crisis at home and globally. The time is for very serious candidates and not eye candy.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Rishi ticks the serious box, but was surely part of the partygate Boris govt, and a very rich bloke out of touch with plebs, wife non Dom status, his green card balancing act etc turned folk off him.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Guess it depends whether you want the person who will do the least damage, or the person who is most likely to perform the best in an election.
For me it's the former. The Tories are known for putting the party before the country though, so I imagine they will be more concerned with the latter. Hence why we are likely to get someone who gives the least amount of detail but provides the best soundbites.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Sounds reasonable...Tories are ruthless when it comes to the party and self-preservation.
See Maggie, Major, May, and Mayhem..aka bojo
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You have to look at why they were elected to party leader.
Maggie was elected because she was considered a pragmatist in an oil crisis. And was experienced in a major office as a secretary of state.
May similar pragmatist after Cameron lost the referendum and again an experienced secretary of state.
Boris was considered the key to unlocking the brexit impasse. Hunt would have continued that battle.
posted on 14/7/22
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 46 minutes ago
comment by TBABlue and Yellow. (U9292)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 28 minutes ago
The issue is off course we are in an Economic crisis at home and globally. The time is for very serious candidates and not eye candy.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Rishi ticks the serious box, but was surely part of the partygate Boris govt, and a very rich bloke out of touch with plebs, wife non Dom status, his green card balancing act etc turned folk off him.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Guess it depends whether you want the person who will do the least damage, or the person who is most likely to perform the best in an election.
For me it's the former. The Tories are known for putting the party before the country though, so I imagine they will be more concerned with the latter. Hence why we are likely to get someone who gives the least amount of detail but provides the best soundbites.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
To me tugendhat is probably the best choice in terms of a sensible head AND electability.
Thank god they won't wlect him
posted on 14/7/22
Boris was elected because he was the antithesis of May.
posted on 14/7/22
comment by And... Rosso... Though its... Yeah and... That... (U17054)
posted 17 minutes ago
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 56 seconds ago
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 30 minutes ago
comment by TBABlue and Yellow. (U9292)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 28 minutes ago
The issue is off course we are in an Economic crisis at home and globally. The time is for very serious candidates and not eye candy.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Rishi ticks the serious box, but was surely part of the partygate Boris govt, and a very rich bloke out of touch with plebs, wife non Dom status, his green card balancing act etc turned folk off him.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Guess it depends whether you want the person who will do the least damage, or the person who is most likely to perform the best in an election.
For me it's the former. The Tories are known for putting the party before the country though, so I imagine they will be more concerned with the latter. Hence why we are likely to get someone who gives the least amount of detail but provides the best soundbites.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I don't see how Mordaunt or Truss survive for a second against Starmer if the economy is in the toilet.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Mid-2023 to mid-2024 I think we’re gonna start seeing some of the really horrible economic and bureaucratic fallout from Brexit becoming more apparent (in exports, for consumers and the UK economy lagging behind), so the last thing the Tories will need electorally is an ardent Brexiteer in charge.
Labour would wipe the floor with Truss I expect.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Are you serious?
Do you know that Germany is in deep trouble at the moment with Russia threatening to turn off the gas?
Why do you think the Euro is on parity with the dollar?
posted on 14/7/22
The current Labour administration is pro-Brexit. I don't think Labour would wipe the floor with anyone when it comes to pro or anti Brexit sentiment. They've aligned themselves with the Tories on this.
posted on 14/7/22
Gavin Williamson...
Former education secretary was late for voting to choose their party leader once was a Defence secretary too
Oh my God...
posted on 14/7/22
comment by IvanGolacIsMagic (U5291)
posted 4 minutes ago
The current Labour administration is pro-Brexit. I don't think Labour would wipe the floor with anyone when it comes to pro or anti Brexit sentiment. They've aligned themselves with the Tories on this.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ffs
Top anti brexit for some and not brexit enough for others
FACKING BREXIT HAS AND STILL IS FACKING EVERYTHING UP
posted on 14/7/22
Red Wall Tory voters back Penny Mordaunt, and give devastating verdict on Sunak and Truss
➡️ Wolverhampton focus group members say Liz Truss is like John Major and Rishi Sunak ‘too slick’
🔴 Exclusive from @RichardVaughan1 https://t.co/b5W0Pv1nRe
posted on 14/7/22
The policy of leaving the CU/SM was economically illiterate, whether folk agreed with it or not. As is refusing regulatory harmonisation with Europe (i.e. creating non-tariff barriers).
It’s therefore only a matter of time, (probably when things get really desperate) before the government of the day are forced to change tack.
posted on 14/7/22
Brexit means Brexit
posted on 14/7/22
Brexit means breakfast was always a much more positive message.
posted on 14/7/22
Sometimes I miss the days when May would respond with her robotic soundbites that meant absolutely nothing. Simpler times.
posted on 14/7/22
comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 17 minutes ago
comment by IvanGolacIsMagic (U5291)
posted 4 minutes ago
The current Labour administration is pro-Brexit. I don't think Labour would wipe the floor with anyone when it comes to pro or anti Brexit sentiment. They've aligned themselves with the Tories on this.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ffs
Top anti brexit for some and not brexit enough for others
FACKING BREXIT HAS AND STILL IS FACKING EVERYTHING UP
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Braverman was saying earlier how she should be voted in because she's the only true brexiter of the candidates. Acting like we still haven't left
I just want to never hear the b word again to be honest
posted on 14/7/22
BRAVERMAN IN THE BIN
posted on 14/7/22
Looks like Truss will beat Mordaunt with Braverman votes going to her
posted on 14/7/22
Got to assume the bottom two will have to drop out after this.
posted on 14/7/22
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 19 minutes ago
Brexit means breakfast was always a much more positive message.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
when i first saw brexit popping up i thought it was a twist on weetabix
posted on 14/7/22
comment by Ignacio Varga (U11781)
posted 3 minutes ago
BRAVERMAN IN THE BIN
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Just as well. She is dangerously right-wing
posted on 14/7/22
Team Tom Tugendhat says he is definitely NOT going to drop out of the race despite dropping votes
posted on 14/7/22
we cant have a pm with a made up name
posted on 14/7/22
what do you folks make of Graham Hancock ?
posted on 14/7/22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7mRLjL6ZVY
posted on 14/7/22
comment by De Gea's Legs (U14210)
posted 9 minutes ago
Team Tom Tugendhat says he is definitely NOT going to drop out of the race despite dropping votes
----------------------------------------------------------------------
This feels utterly pointless.
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