Liz Truss

[Gabriel]

It was a brief period of those parties being “connected” with their membership that was the oddity, the outlayer.

Other than the Johnson-and-Truss period for the Tories, and the first half of the Corbyn years for Labour, there has never been as much input from the membership of either party on it’s actions historically. It’s a recent thing that the membership even gets a vote, on the rare occasion that they do. That’s why all three ended up upsetting their entire parliamentary party… the parliamentary party never wanted them in the first place

To an extent, yes. The most recent Conservative leadership race- was tempted to say this year’s, but who knows?- is the sixth time now that it has gone to the members. Hague changed the system in 1998 after the walloping in 1997, and it’s involved the members ever since. Before 1965, when Douglas-Home introduced rounds of balloting amongst MPs, it was done vis-à-vis informal discussions, which, if the commentators are to be believed, is where they are returning.

 

[Gabriel]

The tories cant change leadership again with out putting a date on a GE can they, Can They? Unreal if they try it, surely 'their democracy' is shown up for what it is by the floating vote and northern losses.

Technically they can. They can persist with Truss in the vain hope that things will improve but probably won’t, and that option currently looks as if it will result in the mother of all trouncings at the next General Election. Alternatively, they can ask her to stand down and agree amongst themselves that Sunak take control for the next two years, and if they all support him, it could negate the need for asking their members. They will probably still be toast at the next General Election, but perhaps not carbonised.

Either way, the public is still going to be unhappy.

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

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Surely this is now worth a re-hash? ;-)

 

[Gabriel]

I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the commentators are actually making up some of the quotes they read from their phones, but it has become a staple of modern politics.

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the commentators are actually making up some of the quotes they read from their phones, but it has become a staple of modern politics.

Drop the dead donkey making a comeback?

 

[tommybooth]

Dead woman walking. The ghost of Boris is coming.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

If she is ousted they will have to recognise a GE will need to be called, but as they are hard faced cunts they will probably ignore the national fury and carry on regardless

If a leadership election comes again expect bojo to throw his hat in for an triumphant return

There has to be a GE, the country has no faith in the govt to allow them to just carry on regardless.

 

[Elbow beards]

There has to be a GE, the country has no faith in the govt to allow them to just carry on regardless.

The 5th of November soon. Just sayin'

 

[svennis pennis]

When Dories is making sense… you know it’s a fucking disaster.

 

[Gabriel]

There has to be a GE, the country has no faith in the govt to allow them to just carry on regardless.

There probably should be but there doesn’t necessarily have to be. If there is an early General Election, then it will probably come because the market continues to be unconvinced by what the Government is doing.