14/1 Steve Baker
Don’t forget the thirty seven billion wasted on track and trace and contracts handed out to friends and Tory donors
Odds in Wilfred
Train booked case of scotch packed, I’m partial to Jura if that’s expectable.
Not really. It was always said as such about democracy. Rest of us supposed to be here making sure they don't get carried away. And occassionally, they're gonna get carried away anyway. As long as the democratic institutions stand and keep turning, it acts as a pressure valve, and a reality check for the rest of us, we aren't the only voice out there, we never will be, we can never let that idea become our comfort zone. There are always going to be a sizable portion of the populace who will go for this stuff, and it's just in human nature that the further they get, the more would follow it all the way past reason, through the burning streets, mass arrests, the end of the rule of law and the protection of the individual from fear and threat of violence. And further.
The fact that it’s the Tory members that choose the leader means that if one of the final two is a Johnson loyalist, the chances are we’ll end up with Johnson Mk2. The chances of that are quite high because I suspect there’s a block vote of somewhere near 100 MPs that would vote for Johnson’s choice which would give that candidate 2nd place amongst MPs and put him/her in the members’ poll. Wouldn’t put it past Johnson to stand himself to see if he can get a new mandate from the members, although if that were possible I suspect the 1922 committee would change the selection rules.
Then maybe the fundamental issue is that it’s the political system that needs changing, not the prime minister.
Law of averages state that 1 of the 650 MPs elected would be better than Johnson. That’s before you factor his faults.
Isn’t Rupert Murdoch available ?
He would water down the Dettol.
Hahaha
