Yep. Tory party machine works in murky undemocratic ways. All the power is vested at the top and you need to be in a position of some sort of relevance, being an MP is the first step.Not until he wins a seat.
Cant agree with that. Rees Mogg had pull before he was an MP, somehowYep. Tory party machine works in murky undemocratic ways. All the power is vested at the top and you need to be in a position of some sort of relevance, being an MP is the first step.
Cant agree with that. Rees Mogg had pull before he was an MP, somehow
Yes I know this, that was my point thanksYes it's what's called good old fashioned class privilege and nepotism.
William Rees-Mogg, Baron Rees-Mogg (14 July 1928 – 29 December 2012) was a British newspaper journalist who was Editor of The Times from 1967 to 1981. In the late 1970s, he served as High Sheriff of Somerset, and in the 1980s was Chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain and Vice-Chairman of the BBC's Board of Governors. He was the father of the politicians Sir Jacob and Annunziata Rees-Mogg.
You can be picked to stand by hq and plonked in a safe seat. But you can't have a top job unless you are an mp. The 1922 have control over the rules of who gets the top jobs and that includes who controls the paid positions outside the mps and Lords. So Boris or jrm could have friends in high places but like all other x mps they have zero power right now.Cant agree with that. Rees Mogg had pull before he was an MP, somehow
So you are one of the better landlords and one who doesn't take the piss.
Or maybe the remaining 100 defect to Reform and ol' frog eyes becomes leader of the opposition?Ideally Patel becomes leader of the tories, 25 one nation centrist MP's defect to the Lib-dems and Ed Davey becomes leader of the opposition.
as it stands she isn't officially an MP ( legged it to the States today so has not yet sworn the oath of allegiance) and Sunak appears not to want her in his shadow cabinet
Cameron was a minister from the HoL with no constituency.You can be picked to stand by hq and plonked in a safe seat. But you can't have a top job unless you are an mp. The 1922 have control over the rules of who gets the top jobs and that includes who controls the paid positions outside the mps and Lords. So Boris or jrm could have friends in high places but like all other x mps they have zero power right now.
Class privilege!Yes it's what's called good old fashioned class privilege and nepotism.
William Rees-Mogg, Baron Rees-Mogg (14 July 1928 – 29 December 2012) was a British newspaper journalist who was Editor of The Times from 1967 to 1981. In the late 1970s, he served as High Sheriff of Somerset, and in the 1980s was Chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain and Vice-Chairman of the BBC's Board of Governors. He was the father of the politicians Sir Jacob and Annunziata Rees-Mogg.