Who should be the next leader of the Tory party?

[Mr Kobayashi]

If you support it in some instances then you are a socialist. Pretty much everyone is and we live in a socialist country. The term gets somewhat tarnished and frowned upon by those who don't understand it.

We don't live in a Socialist country. We live in a mixed economy.

We no longer have the state running industry and many things the state used to run and is "naturally" better placed to do have been outsourced.

 

[bluenova]

What's happened to make Truss suddenly the favourite?...

A couple of reasons.

1. It's because she's closer politically to Kemi Badenoch, whose votes are now up for grabs, so is likely to overtake Penny Mordaunt and reach the last two. Lots of people predicted this from the start, as Morduant and Sunak both appeal to the centre/left of the party, so whoever appealed to the right would gradually soak up votes as the rounds progressed.

2. There have been a few polls of Tory members, and they've mostly given Truss a clear lead over Sunak. So, as long as she makes the final two with him, she's more likely to win.

 

[kaz7]

The online safety bill was due to pass today but these self indulgant cunts have put it on hold so they can water it down depending who wins , disgrace

 

[hilts]

We don't live in a Socialist country. We live in a mixed economy.

We no longer have the state running industry and many things the state used to run and is "naturally" better placed to do have been outsourced.

We are getting into pedantry. Like you I don't have an ideology(although you did then call yourself a social democrat or was is it a democratic social....... all getting Monty Python)

People like to be put in boxes or get forced into them. Its why we have so many different terms for peoples political persuasions.

 

[halfmist]

We don't live in a Socialist country. We live in a mixed economy.

We no longer have the state running industry and many things the state used to run and is "naturally" better placed to do have been outsourced.

We may live in a mixed economy but the State does play a large part in running industry.
It does this through various Companies Acts legislation..

 

[halfmist]

Prime minister questions time is the most pointless exercise ever never answer the questions!

It’s a reflection of many politicians.
They never seem to answer the questions they are asked, because they are stage managed to give an answer to a question they wished had been asked.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

We may live in a mixed economy but the State does play a large part in running industry.
It does this through various Companies Acts legislation..

It doesn’t own or manage them. And whilst company legislation exists, it is not rigidly enforced. There aren't many countries in the world that set out to encourage fraudulent and shady business practices.

Anti-trust/competition law has also been watered down.

 

[Vic]

Ahh, right. So a Grammar School education followed by Oxford, then training to be a barrister is a normal “background and upbringing” allowing him to relate to the working classes. Interesting.

And here's a Tory amazed that someone who's done well at school and got a degree isn't now another selfish capitalist Tory.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Can Boris throw his hat in the ring to be re-elected to the party leadership at the last minute? - I certainly think he's shameless enough and enough of an opportunist to do so :-(

 

[threespires]

It’s a reflection of many politicians.
They never seem to answer the questions they are asked, because they are stage managed to give an answer to a question they wished had been asked.

Years ago I worked for a decent sized US firm and a small part of my job was doing interviews to trade magazines and sector analysts. A bunch of us were sent on a course on how to deal with the press but because a couple of colleagues had jobs where they might be asked to appear before congress etc the firm we used for the training was a bit more high powered than most of us needed and one that specialised in helping US politicians dealing with the press etc.

It was a real eye opener, there were to be no genuine journalistic interactions where you were asked questions and gave salient answers. If you agreed to engage with someone it was only because you had decided that it was a suitable vehicle to deliver the 1 to 3 key messages that you wanted to get out there. The majority of the training was around how to 'pivot' almost any type of question or interaction to bring it round to your talking points the required number of times for it to become the topic of discussion. There was also a recognition that all the journalists knew that's what you were doing and so most of the training was about how to win this game of cat and mouse. There were tips on how to convey 'authenticity' when you were being anything but. It was utterly depressing, but I remember thinking at the time well at least British politics isn't this cynical.

Fast forward and we are in pretty much the same place...