The next Prime Minister of Britain

Next Tory PM cannot be someone who supported Leave. Politically the Tories need cover. If Leave goes badly and the PM campaigned for it the Tories as a whole cop the flak. If the PM is a Remainer he or she can claim that they did warn against it and promise to undo the damage done. If Leave goes well the Remainer takes credit for managing us through testing times.

In politics you cover all eventual outcomes not half of them.

May was a Remainer but not that visible. Smart money has to be on May. Gove is also on record as saying he doesn't want the job and wouldn't be very good at it.
 
Silver linings. At least that buffoonish clown of a berk won't be our Prime Minister. He shot himself in the foot fantastically; fool.

May or Gove instead, which is kind of like being told you need to eat shit but at least can put some salt on it, whereas Boris a.ka. Bozza a.k.a BoJo a.ka Alexander a.k.a massive, massive wanker would be like having to glug a gallon of diarrhea.
 
BobKowalski said:
Given Boris just got shafted first by Cameron and then by Gove not sure why you think he is shrewd operator. Boris can sell bullshit but outside of that there isn't much there as demonstrated by recent events.
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He's shrewd in that a lot of people think he's a bumbling baffoon, that they think his appearance is natural and not very carefully planned, in that he saw a way of garnering wider support by backing Brexit even though he doesnt really believe it, he is a lot cleverer than he is given credit for. You are judging a carefully orchestrated political career on the back of a week where the result, he and nobody else thought would happen. Boris was thinking post 2020 never to be leader in 2016, hes had to reassess in the last week (thus his virtual silence since the result) and as ever is carefully plotting his next move, whilst trying to side step a career ending defeat in the leadership battle.
 
Paul Lake's Left Knee said:
He's shrewd in that a lot of people think he's a bumbling baffoon, that they think his appearance is natural and not very carefully planned, in that he saw a way of garnering wider support by backing Brexit even though he doesnt really believe it, he is a lot cleverer than he is given credit for. You are judging a carefully orchestrated political career on the back of a week where the result, he and nobody else thought would happen. Boris was thinking post 2020 never to be leader in 2016, hes had to reassess in the last week (thus his virtual silence since the result) and as ever is carefully plotting his next move, whilst trying to side step a career ending defeat in the leadership battle.
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Yeah. Real shrewd. Plunge the country into political uncertainty and possible economic turmoil for personal political gain and then wash your hands of it when your intended target wrong foots you with one simple but elegant move. Boris couldn't outwit Hammy the fucking hamster.
 
So you set fire to someones house to force them to move out, then realise you don't want it because it's on fire. Thanks Boris
 
Boris not going to ruin his chance of being PM this time then, too much mudslinging about to happen, everyone thought he was the danger so all started on him. Realised its not to be this time and will let the chinless wonder gummy fuck face (I mean he doesnt look human does he?) and my dad obviously banged Thatcher Gray is the new Gray yes I didnt realise it was 1940 anymore May take each other on
 
BobKowalski said:
Yeah. Real shrewd. Plunge the country into political uncertainty and possible economic turmoil for personal political gain and then wash your hands of it when your intended target wrong foots you with one simple but elegant move. Boris couldn't outwit Hammy the fucking hamster.
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He outwitted everyone who thought it was nailed on for remain for start off and most of the house of commons in doing so.
 
I'd like to see Stephen Crabb win the leadership but doubt many of the old school privately educated tories would take to him. Theresa May's handling of the Home Office has been shocking, surprised she's the favourite.
 
foxy said:
I'd like to see Stephen Crabb win the leadership but doubt many of the old school privately educated tories would take to him. Theresa May's handling of the Home Office has been shocking, surprised she's the favourite.
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May was nowhere to be seen in the referendum and is disliked by the right of the party.
Gove is unelectable.
I think Crabb will win it too.
Campaigned for Remain with major reservations - Basically the Commission is undemocratic.
 


Smacks of damage limitation for Gove/Johnson, they were going to cop flack for every single one of the leave campaign lies with Johnson in number 10, so instead they've entered the no-hoper of the two as a token effort of well we did want to keep your promises but those damn remainers outflanked us.
 
Paul Lake's Left Knee said:
He outwitted everyone who thought it was nailed on for remain for start off and most of the house of commons in doing so.
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Have read the Leave Campaign's major doner state that they ran on emotion and not facts and as I have already said Boris sells bullshit better than most my point stands. Selling emotional bullshit is not a sign of a deep tactical thinker or shrewd political mind. And he is a coward. Even his MP backers who turned up to support his leadership bid are looking stunned. You think any Tory backbencher is going to push Boris for leader in the future when he leaves you outside looking like prize mugs?
 
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Paul Lake's Left Knee said:
As Gove was a Brexiter and is apparently seen as an intellectual powerhouse within the party, that would make sense. The thought of him in the top job though makes my skin crawl.
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I'm convinced that it's been set up this way. May and Gove get voted forward then he concedes ASAP.
 
foxy said:
I'd like to see Stephen Crabb win the leadership but doubt many of the old school privately educated tories would take to him. Theresa May's handling of the Home Office has been shocking, surprised she's the favourite.
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He looks like the secret love child of Ricky Gervais and Karl Pilkington.
 
Re Bojo, I was surprised but I heard a rumour yesterday that the tory whips were telling MPs not to vote for BoJo. I can’t help but think it’s calculated, whoever becomes PM has a tough job to sort out #brexit and will then probably call a general election. It wouldn’t surprise me if he stands back, watches the madness unfolds and then puts himself forward for leadership in 5 years time. I could be completely wrong though and he genuinely doesn’t want leadership.
 
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