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Post by Jon on Oct 23, 2022 21:07:55 GMT
I wonder how much they paid him not to run. He had no interest in the job, but spotted an opportunity to wangle some cash out of the Tory party. Laughing all the way back to the Carribbean. I'm still expecting Boris to appear on IAC. |
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Post by olliebean on Oct 23, 2022 21:13:18 GMT
He still claims he got 102 nominations.
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Post by Jon on Oct 23, 2022 23:22:06 GMT
If Sunak is a shoo in, I'm guessing he'll be able to form his Government by Tuesday or Wednesday?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2022 5:42:25 GMT
TIRED:
Ready for Rishi
WIRED:
Ready Or Not Here I Come
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Post by Someone in a tree on Oct 24, 2022 6:04:58 GMT
He still claims he got 102 nominations.
102 is Trumpian amount. |
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Oct 24, 2022 7:46:54 GMT
I wonder how much they paid him not to run. He had no interest in the job, but spotted an opportunity to wangle some cash out of the Tory party. Laughing all the way back to the Carribbean. I'm still expecting Boris to appear on IAC. Amazing he got that far. Party is a mess |
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Post by og on Oct 24, 2022 8:32:45 GMT
He still claims he got 102 nominations.
102 is Trumpian amount Guardian reporting only 60 had publicly declared support which really does make the '102' seem positively Trumpian. The sense of relief I felt this morning reading he's backed out though, was immense. Let's hope Trump is taking notes (or suitably serving by the time his 'comeback' opportunity arises) I may come to regret saying this. I don't align with (m)any of their values but Rishi (for all his coaching and marketing teams efforts) seems to have his wits about him and a degree of respectable intelligence, so if he does land the gig today, this may not be the end of the world situation we were faced with this time last week. |
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Post by karloscar on Oct 24, 2022 11:33:24 GMT
It'll be interesting to see who gets appointed to prominent cabinet positions by the new leader. Truss and Johnson both surrounded themselves with fawning incompetents to try to make themselves look good. I'm not saying the party is brimming with talent, but there must be better options than Mogg, Dorries, Braverman, Patel,Coffey and Cleverly.
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Post by Jon on Oct 24, 2022 13:12:21 GMT
It'll be interesting to see who gets appointed to prominent cabinet positions by the new leader. Truss and Johnson both surrounded themselves with fawning incompetents to try to make themselves look good. I'm not saying the party is brimming with talent, but there must be better options than Mogg, Dorries, Braverman, Patel,Coffey and Cleverly. I imagine Hunt and Shapps will stay put, Mordaunt I think will get a good Cabinet job |
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Oct 24, 2022 13:16:38 GMT
It'll be interesting to see who gets appointed to prominent cabinet positions by the new leader. Truss and Johnson both surrounded themselves with fawning incompetents to try to make themselves look good. I'm not saying the party is brimming with talent, but there must be better options than Mogg, Dorries, Braverman, Patel,Coffey and Cleverly. I imagine Hunt and Shapps will stay put, Mordaunt I think will get a good Cabinet job So we've got Sunak, Hunt and Mordaunt who are competent then. I'd throw in Theresa May also Who is the fifth? Must be one more competent person in the parliamentary party |
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Post by Jon on Oct 24, 2022 13:22:01 GMT
I imagine Hunt and Shapps will stay put, Mordaunt I think will get a good Cabinet job So we've got Sunak, Hunt and Mordaunt who are competent then. I'd throw in Theresa May also Who is the fifth? Must be one more competent person in the parliamentary party I get the feeling May doesn’t want to be back into frontline politics and rightly so. He’s not competent but I imagine Hancock will end up back in Cabinet but probably at BEIS or Transport rather than Health again |
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Post by jojo on Oct 24, 2022 13:37:57 GMT
I assume Ben Wallace will stay.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2022 13:39:21 GMT
I have a wee bit of a crush on Sunak, as much as my progressive self allows me to pine after a Conservative politician.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Oct 24, 2022 13:42:25 GMT
I assume Ben Wallace will stay. Yeah Ben Wallace is no. 5 |
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Post by karloscar on Oct 24, 2022 13:51:30 GMT
I assume Ben Wallace will stay. Yeah Ben Wallace is no. 5 [br He was daft enough to back Bozo! ] |
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Oct 24, 2022 14:10:28 GMT
Yeah Ben Wallace is no. 5 [br He was daft enough to back Bozo! ] Back to four then |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Oct 24, 2022 14:16:26 GMT
So what happens now, could a coronation happen today?
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Oct 24, 2022 14:43:12 GMT
So what happens now, could a coronation happen today? Yeah happened already. Sunak speaks to the King and builds his cabinet now |
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Post by og on Oct 24, 2022 14:51:52 GMT
So what happens now, could a coronation happen today? Yeah happened already. Sunak speaks to the King and builds his cabinet now Not necessarily today. Some schools of thought suggesting it will be made official tomorrow. |
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Oct 24, 2022 16:39:07 GMT
Yeah happened already. Sunak speaks to the King and builds his cabinet now Not necessarily today. Some schools of thought suggesting it will be made official tomorrow. Truss already done her bit? |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 24, 2022 16:53:41 GMT
She goes to the King first to officially resign. Within in minutes of her leaving, Sunak goes in and accepts the task of forming a new government.
So for a few moments, we have no PM.
Thankfully what happens at that point has never been tested by events!
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Post by og on Oct 25, 2022 7:29:16 GMT
Not necessarily today. Some schools of thought suggesting it will be made official tomorrow. Truss already done her bit? In her speech she said she'd 'spoken to the King' which I assume was a call to inform, but she has to go in person effectively to handover. |
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Post by inthenose on Oct 25, 2022 11:14:41 GMT
I thought Sunak spoke excellently today.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Oct 25, 2022 11:39:32 GMT
Hunt surely staying in the Treasury. Who do we think for other major offices? Raab and Javid be in the mix?
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Post by karloscar on Oct 25, 2022 12:10:49 GMT
Truss played it for laughs mimicking Bozo by quoting a Roman philosopher in her parting speech (if that can really be called speech), then f***ing up trying to pronounce Seneca! Fulfilling expectations to the last second. (Fancy making your teenage daughters stand through such embarrassment. I hope they negotiated a better economic deal for themselves than Mumma seems capable of.)
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