The Conservative Party

bluethrunthru said:
and another one's gone another one's gone another one bites the dust....... all these Brexit zealots not keen to face re-election can't imagine why

www.stokesentinel.co.uk

Stone MP Sir Bill Cash announces retirement after 40 years in Parliament

He thanked the people of the UK for Brexit as he announced his resignation
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A big name in the backbenches and recipient of the biggest Johnson gong, but I don't think it's much news that an 83-year old will not stand in an election.

Small beer compared with instant resignations.
 
Tory Party HQ right now

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Bodicoteblue said:
Sunak has a chance to show he has some spine and call a general election before it gets even worse for him.
Breath not being held.
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Judging by the number of people retiring after this session they are going to need to find quite a significant crop of new candidates. Would be surprised if they were ready for that at short notice.

I think we will see one or two more falling on their sword in light of Johnson’s tantrum but I doubt this devolves into anything more significant. The Tories know the moment an election is called they are history so they won’t rock the boat more than is necessary to maintain their craven grip on the keys to No. 10.

Sad but true, they’re just pointlessly running down the clock at this stage.
 
SkyBlueFlux said:
Judging by the number of people retiring after this session they are going to need to find quite a significant crop of new candidates. Would be surprised if they were ready for that at short notice.

I think we will see one or two more falling on their sword in light of Johnson’s tantrum but I doubt this devolves into anything more significant. The Tories know the moment an election is called they are history so they won’t rock the boat more than is necessary to maintain their craven grip on the keys to No. 10.

Sad but true, they’re just pointlessly running down the clock at this stage.
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I think you're right - he still has a big majority, and there's no indication yet that MPs are going to vote against the govt. Call an election now and all bills in progress stop immediately (not that there is that much going on as they've run out of ideas).

Last election, they fast-tracked a load of new MPs, many of whom not checked out fully. They'll be fishing in the same well this time, and he'll need as much time as he can get to get sane choices.

Two flounces and one other associate is not a need for an election.
 
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