The Conservative Party

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Coffrey sacked as well.

Surprised Hague hasn't been announced as replacement.

Perhaps Sunak woke up and smelt the <shudders>

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Coffrey sacked as well.

Surprised Hague hasn't been announced as replacement.

She's been appointed Pints, Pies and Cigs Minister

 

[red 2 hats]

Can't believe the shiny faced prick is back, the man who called the referendum for the clusterfuck that is brexit.

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

On a side note, I don’t think anyone summed up David Cameron better than one of the great political commentators of our time, Danny Dyer…

Still the best use of the word twat I’ve ever seen and it’s such a bizarre group of people in the studio listening to it.

This is now one of the first things I think of whenever I hear his name.

Immaculate political commentary.

 

[Len Rum]

Personally I don’t think Cameron has that much to lose if his arrival results in a move back towards the centre ground and he can certainly add a bit of heft to the cabinet, which isn’t exactly stacked with talent.

He’s basically got 12 months to make an impact and regardless of how he left office, which I found very disappointing although not entirely surprising, he did win two very tight elections and he was popular with a part of the electorate the Conservative Party will need to appeal to next year if they have any chance.

Also, from his own personal perspective, having a spell as Foreign Secretary will allow him to refresh his contacts which will prove very helpful for his consulting work / directorships further down the line.

The perception is that he is a centrist.
He's not - his and Osborne's austerity programme was more right wing than Thatcher's economics.
But I suppose perception is all that counts.

 

[ZenHalfTimeCrock]

 

[hcblue95]

Personally I don’t think Cameron has that much to lose if his arrival results in a move back towards the centre ground and he can certainly add a bit of heft to the cabinet, which isn’t exactly stacked with talent.

He’s basically got 12 months to make an impact and regardless of how he left office, which I found very disappointing although not entirely surprising, he did win two very tight elections and he was popular with a part of the electorate the Conservative Party will need to appeal to next year if they have any chance.

Also, from his own personal perspective, having a spell as Foreign Secretary will allow him to refresh his contacts which will prove very helpful for his consulting work / directorships further down the line.

He's got 12 months to make himself as much money as possible if his parts in the Greensill and PPE fraud are anything to go by.

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

The perception is that he is a centrist.
He's not - his and Osborne's austerity programme was more right wing than Thatcher's economics.
But I suppose perception is all that counts.

I think the perception of his centrism comes less from his economic posture and more for his social policies which were probably the most liberal of any Conservative government.

It’s easier to look like a centrist when you let gay people get married regardless of how much you’re fucking over the working class.

 

[Iassel]

Exactly.

I didn't vote for him or support a lot of his and Osborne's policies but good god, he's not a total nutcase. Which these days seems to be how low the bar is.

I can see why Sunak would be desperate to get him back to reclaim the centre ground lost to Starmer but I can't see a single reason why Cameron would want to go into that shit show and further damage his legacy.

I mean I imagine Cameron expects to be leading the party by the time the election comes around.

 

[law74]

Looking at some of the changes Sunak is making and I think he has started to get a cabinet together that can convince enough of the electorate to allow the Self Servatives to be able to finish ahead of the Lib Dems in the general election and become the official party of opposition