The next Prime Minister of Britain

Chippy_boy said:
Being against gay marriage and pro fox hunting, is pretty backwards and distasteful in my view. Will possibly appeal to the dinosaurs in the Tory party, but hopefully not many. She's also against HS2 by the way, so much for the northern powerhouse.
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I couldn't really give a stuff what her personal opinions are as long as they don't intrude on her doing her job.

Against HS2 though - that's a positive point!
 
Chippy_boy said:
Being against gay marriage and pro fox hunting, is pretty backwards and distasteful in my view. Will possibly appeal to the dinosaurs in the Tory party, but hopefully not many. She's also against HS2 by the way, so much for the northern powerhouse.
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MillionMilesAway said:
I couldn't really give a stuff what her personal opinions are as long as they don't intrude on her doing her job.

Against HS2 though - that's a positive point!
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A very, very positive point
 
mat said:
Leadsome>>>>Corbyn.

She appeals to working class Tory members who will vote for her. As a kind of UKIP light.
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I would say Leadsome = Corbyn.

Disliked by the MPs, very weak and questionable record as an MP. Little known outside of Westminster until they stepped forward for the top job. Both are from the extreme end of their parties where they will have some solid support from more extreme members but they will worry the establishment.

It will be interesting to see how the tory hierarchy deal with her. Do they give her a fair run and let the result be what it will. Or do they look over at the labour party and the situation in the US where both parties have very questionable leaders and put the party machine in to gear to support May. And would that even work – would you get a backlash amongst the members who might side with the perceived outsider?
 
On the IT angle:

May: wants pretty much unlimited access to your internet usage.

Leadstrom: wants to stop access to porn without understanding how Internet actually works, and that blanket user identification/verification is pretty much impossible.
 
There was an interesting letter in The Times on Saturday about the next leader/PM. The author went through all the candidates stating the pros and cons of each, and came to the conclusion that Leadsom was the best candidate. The person that wrote it was none other than....






Lord Tebbit!
 
Chippy_boy said:
Bollocks mate. I know we shouldn't be killing animals for fun. I am an expert in that and 83% of the population at last count, agree with me.
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You thinking its for fun shows your lack of knowledge then you come up with shooting ffs, indiscriminate, often injuring a fox to let it die slowly, you clearly know fuck all about the subject
 
SWP's back said:
May it has to be then.
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I think you're wrong here. The retired colonels and WI battleaxes of the membership will vote for the leave candidate.

75% of Conservative-held constituencies had a 'Leave' majority. The vote goes to the membership, 70%ish of which voted to exit the EU.
 
smudgedj said:
I think you're wrong here. The retired colonels and WI battleaxes of the membership will vote for the leave candidate.

75% of Conservative-held constituencies had a 'Leave' majority. The vote goes to the membership, 70%ish of which voted to exit the EU.
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Doesn't mean they will like what they see in Leadsome. She would have been way behind the likes of Boris / Gove who had credability, she is clearly the worst from the leave campaign. They will also be concerned about the state of the economy and many leavers might be reconsidering what they were told in the campaign!
 
andyhinch said:
You thinking its for fun shows your lack of knowledge then you come up with shooting ffs, indiscriminate, often injuring a fox to let it die slowly, you clearly know fuck all about the subject
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Shooting = bad, and tearing it's legs off and ripping the poor thing to pieces, after frightening the life out of it = good? What a load of unmitigated shite. Thank god it's illegal and will very likely will stay that way. Now, back on subject...
 
smudgedj said:
I think you're wrong here. The retired colonels and WI battleaxes of the membership will vote for the leave candidate.

75% of Conservative-held constituencies had a 'Leave' majority. The vote goes to the membership, 70%ish of which voted to exit the EU.
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Leave or stay makes little difference now so long as she's committed to Article 51
 
smudgedj said:
I think you're wrong here. The retired colonels and WI battleaxes of the membership will vote for the leave candidate.

75% of Conservative-held constituencies had a 'Leave' majority. The vote goes to the membership, 70%ish of which voted to exit the EU.
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Theresa May very smartly kept a low profile during the campaign and has made all the right noises after the vote, so I reckon she'll win easily.
 
cibaman said:
May might also have to convince the members that she will not agree to free movement of people in order to get a free trade deal.
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Yep. Unfortunately, as Labour have shown, the party membership will typically be more extreme than the MPs and general population. And now the Tory party membership have got the chance to vote in a PM who would never have been chosen by the majority of the public. Obviously it wouldn't be the first time that a PM wasn't directly voted for, but it seems a bit dodgy to me that basically the entire future direction of the country at such a critical time is going to be decided exclusively by Tory party members.
 
I'm With Stupid said:
Yep. Unfortunately, as Labour have shown, the party membership will typically be more extreme than the MPs and general population. And now the Tory party membership have got the chance to vote in a PM who would never have been chosen by the majority of the public. Obviously it wouldn't be the first time that a PM wasn't directly voted for, but it seems a bit dodgy to me that basically the entire future direction of the country at such a critical time is going to be decided exclusively by Tory party members.
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We don't elect prime ministers.

We elect a party and the party is the one that elects its leader.
 
I'm With Stupid said:
Yep. Unfortunately, as Labour have shown, the party membership will typically be more extreme than the MPs and general population. And now the Tory party membership have got the chance to vote in a PM who would never have been chosen by the majority of the public. Obviously it wouldn't be the first time that a PM wasn't directly voted for, but it seems a bit dodgy to me that basically the entire future direction of the country at such a critical time is going to be decided exclusively by Tory party members.
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If Leadsom did get the job she would be continually fighting off demands for a general election. This wouldn't be like Brown replacing Blair, Major replacing Thatcher, Callaghan replacing Wilson. Then an existing senior cabinet member took over. They tweaked the government rather than substantially changing it. This would be like a completely different government taking charge, especially if Leadsom were to appoint a number of her supporters to the cabinet. If May gets the job she will face some calls for a general election which she can probably shrug off. With Leadsom it would be relentless.
 
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