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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Jul 31, 2022 11:30:20 GMT
So, Liz Truss may win the leadership through winning the members' vote.
In the final 3, she got less than 1/3 of the MPs' vote. So we could be heading for a similar situation to when Iain Duncan Smith became leader.
It is odd that MPs pulled the rug from under Boris' feet then gave voters 2 choices of candidates both with high profiles from his government.
Although I usually prefer Labour to Conservative, it occurred to me that I prefer Penny Mordaunt to Keir Starmer (despite their positions on Europe). Mind you, another example of a Tory preferance I have is that I prefer Andy Street to Sadiq Khan.
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Post by wirewiper on Aug 3, 2022 16:01:52 GMT
^^^ Very funny - although the Guardian doesn't have a paywall.
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Post by COBO on Aug 3, 2022 16:11:54 GMT
Wait a minute is Boris still the MP of Hillingdon? Uh oh 😟
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Post by richard on Aug 3, 2022 16:15:03 GMT
Wait a minute is Boris still the MP of Hillingdon? Uh oh 😟 Yes he's still an MP he only resigned as PM
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Post by COBO on Aug 3, 2022 16:17:31 GMT
Wait a minute is Boris still the MP of Hillingdon? Uh oh 😟 Yes he's still an MP he only resigned as PM Oh right.
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Post by northlondon83 on Aug 16, 2022 8:47:22 GMT
I think the public should have a say in who should become the new PM. If truss wins I would not vote Tory in the next election, I don't think she's PM material. Each PM is worse than the previous.
Each PM only lasts 3 years but by 2025 we'll have a general election by which point the Tories will be gone
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Aug 16, 2022 9:23:43 GMT
I think the public should have a say in who should become the new PM. If truss wins I would not vote Tory in the next election, I don't think she's PM material. Each PM is worse than the previous. Each PM only lasts 3 years but by 2025 we'll have a general election by which point the Tories will be gone I don't think the public need to have a say, the public voted for the Tories, and so should be aware the leader of the party is elected by Tory members. The public will have their say in 2025, where hopefully as you say the Tories should be gone.
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Post by southlondon413 on Aug 16, 2022 9:35:28 GMT
I think the public should have a say in who should become the new PM. If truss wins I would not vote Tory in the next election, I don't think she's PM material. Each PM is worse than the previous. Each PM only lasts 3 years but by 2025 we'll have a general election by which point the Tories will be gone If you wanted a say you should have seen this coming months ago and joined the party 3 months before the leadership contest started to be eligible to vote. I have a say because I’ve been a member since the Teresa May tenure. Labour are really no better so I don’t see a Tory wipeout. Starmer is too busy trying to please every small faction across the nation to see the bigger picture. 3 years is a long time for either Sunak or Truss to draw a line under the Johnson premiership. It’s the hidden Tory voter that everyone should be wary of.
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Post by vjaska on Aug 16, 2022 11:56:36 GMT
I think the public should have a say in who should become the new PM. If truss wins I would not vote Tory in the next election, I don't think she's PM material. Each PM is worse than the previous. Each PM only lasts 3 years but by 2025 we'll have a general election by which point the Tories will be gone They’re both bad but really, Sunak shouldn’t be in the debate full stop. I mean one of the over riding themes of the contest was trust & respect yet many have short term memories considering how few people have spoken about the fact he also lied and received a fixed penalty notice just like Johnson. He also lives right up to the stereotype of rich people giving sweet FA about the poor with the video of him where he said he’d take money away from deprived areas to fund rural areas which don’t strike me as being more deprived than many urban areas - really it’s just more Tory policy to divide people which they’re brilliant at
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Post by Paul on Aug 16, 2022 18:45:14 GMT
I think the public should have a say in who should become the new PM. If truss wins I would not vote Tory in the next election, I don't think she's PM material. Each PM is worse than the previous. Each PM only lasts 3 years but by 2025 we'll have a general election by which point the Tories will be gone The current contest between Truss and Sunak is to become leader of the Conservative Party. Because the Conservative Party currently holds the largest number of seats in Parliament the new leader will be asked by The Queen to form a Government as her Prime Minister. To reiterate - the Conservative Party members are NOT choosing a new PM; they are choosing a new leader and the general public does not and should not have a say in that I don’t particularly trust either candidate but I’m prepared to give the winner a chance to prove themselves. The Conservatives currently hold a significant majority and while the debacle of the past couple of years has hurt them, the general electorate tend to have short memories and the next general election could prove to be less of a change than a lot of people are expecting
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Post by ServerKing on Aug 24, 2022 6:26:02 GMT
I think the public should have a say in who should become the new PM. If truss wins I would not vote Tory in the next election, I don't think she's PM material. Each PM is worse than the previous. Each PM only lasts 3 years but by 2025 we'll have a general election by which point the Tories will be gone The current contest between Truss and Sunak is to become leader of the Conservative Party. Because the Conservative Party currently holds the largest number of seats in Parliament the new leader will be asked by The Queen to form a Government as her Prime Minister. To reiterate - the Conservative Party members are NOT choosing a new PM; they are choosing a new leader and the general public does not and should not have a say in that I don’t particularly trust either candidate but I’m prepared to give the winner a chance to prove themselves. The Conservatives currently hold a significant majority and while the debacle of the past couple of years has hurt them, the general electorate tend to have short memories and the next general election could prove to be less of a change than a lot of people are expecting If there is no lockdown this year depending on how they handle COVID, they might be OK... but people see cost of living, fuel and gas prices, big businesses making a killing (Thames Water still raking in money despite hosepipe ban, utility firms using Russia as an excuse to put up prices, and the Government backing big businesses by raising cap on prices, to make UK an attractive place to do business)... Austerity has destroyed the police, public services... it's the same crap deck of cards, re shuffled. Boris will re appear at some point in his successors cabinet... rinse and repeat.
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Post by ServerKing on Sept 4, 2022 18:18:58 GMT
X Factor Final is almost done, and the contestants are getting desperate
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Post by richard on Sept 5, 2022 11:40:55 GMT
Liz Truss is the new Prime Minister
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Post by WH241 on Sept 5, 2022 12:02:13 GMT
Liz Truss is the new Prime Minister After nearly 3 months of Boris being on a farewell tour she will really need to get a grip! This winter is going to be a nightmare for us all.
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Post by southlondon413 on Sept 5, 2022 12:14:33 GMT
Liz Truss is the new Prime Minister After nearly 3 months of Boris being on a farewell tour she will need to really need to get a grip! This winter is going to be a nightmare for us all. Apparently she is presenting a multi-billion pound energy plan on Thursday. Hopefully it willl involve splitting gas from electricity as gas is where the real cost increases are coming from. I will pass judgement then.
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