20 Oct 2022, 2:36 pm
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Candidates to replace Liz Truss as Tory leader will need at least 100 nominations from Conservative MPs, 1922 Committee chair Sir Graham Brady has said.
This will rule out a number of candidates from running, and means the maximum number of people able to stand is three.
During the last leadership election, Rishi Sunak won 137 nominations, Ms Truss 113 and Penny Mordaunt 105.
"We fixed a high threshold but a threshold that should be achievable by any serious candidate who has a prospect of going through," Sir Graham said.
Nominations are open from now and will close at 2pm on Monday - with a new leader to be chosen by the end of the week.
The final two candidates will take part in a hustings event organised with news broadcasters, before an online vote for members to choose who they want to lead the party.
However, Sky's political correspondent Ali Fortescue said "it could end up being that it doesn't go to the membership".
She points out that some MPs don't want the vote to go to the party membership, given that Ms Truss was their last pick.
"They know this is a last chance - they won't be able to go through another prime minister as quickly as this," she said.
One potential option is that MPs coalesce around one candidate, meaning the contest will be over on Monday if only one person is able to receive enough nominations.
Sir Graham has already said that the new prime minister will be chosen by Friday 28 October, with Ms Truss to stay on as PM until then.
This will rule out a number of candidates from running, and means the maximum number of people able to stand is three.
During the last leadership election, Rishi Sunak won 137 nominations, Ms Truss 113 and Penny Mordaunt 105.
"We fixed a high threshold but a threshold that should be achievable by any serious candidate who has a prospect of going through," Sir Graham said.
Nominations are open from now and will close at 2pm on Monday - with a new leader to be chosen by the end of the week.
The final two candidates will take part in a hustings event organised with news broadcasters, before an online vote for members to choose who they want to lead the party.
However, Sky's political correspondent Ali Fortescue said "it could end up being that it doesn't go to the membership".
She points out that some MPs don't want the vote to go to the party membership, given that Ms Truss was their last pick.
"They know this is a last chance - they won't be able to go through another prime minister as quickly as this," she said.
One potential option is that MPs coalesce around one candidate, meaning the contest will be over on Monday if only one person is able to receive enough nominations.
Sir Graham has already said that the new prime minister will be chosen by Friday 28 October, with Ms Truss to stay on as PM until then.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/candidates-to-replace-liz-truss-as-tory-leader-will-need-at-least-100-nominations/ar-AA13ccAq
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20 Oct 2022, 2:40 pm
KitLily wrote:
ToughDiamond wrote:
KitLily wrote:
Apparently Boris Johnson is going to enter the leadership election to be Prime Minister again. This election will be completed within a week and voting only includes 0.2% of the British public.
This is madness!
This is madness!
Yes it's bonkers. I don't think they'll actually pick Boris again so soon though, he's probably still too toxic since Partygate etc. I think he was an aberration (among other less complimentary things) - they were struggling to find anybody electable from the moment Cameron quit, and clearly they're struggling now. They're very divided.
Oh I don't know though...Lots of Tory MPs are saying Boris is the clear choice to unite the party and that their constituents want him back. The journalists were incredulous on the C4 news, they were virtually saying WTF
Oh s**t! It's beginning to look like it was all a plot after all. Still, if he gets in, he's got 2 years to blot his copybook again.
20 Oct 2022, 3:16 pm
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20 Oct 2022, 5:49 pm
kraftiekortie wrote:
In this sense (pardon the reference), he's just like Trump.
Yes I think so. In the UK he's been referred to as "Little Trump," with some justification IMO.
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He feels like he's "teflon," and can get away with anything. It's not the parties during COVID and all that that I'm concerned about----rather, it's the abject lying.
Both dangerous right-wing populists I think. They pretend to be "men of the people" while secretly laughing at us all the way to the bank. Both men capitalised on the disenfranchisement felt by the uneducated racist element of the working class, Trump with his wall and Boris with his Brexit. Both talk like complete idiots to endear themselves to their fans. And their methods are terrifyingly effective.
This isn't serious evidence, it's just a bit of comic relief:
21 Oct 2022, 2:40 am
kraftiekortie wrote:
After all that's transpired, I can't believe they're even considering Boris.
It's almost like Boris "knew all along."
In this sense (pardon the reference), he's just like Trump. He feels like he's "teflon," and can get away with anything. It's not the parties during COVID and all that that I'm concerned about----rather, it's the abject lying.
It's almost like Boris "knew all along."
In this sense (pardon the reference), he's just like Trump. He feels like he's "teflon," and can get away with anything. It's not the parties during COVID and all that that I'm concerned about----rather, it's the abject lying.
Anne Widdecombe (an ex conservative mp) said that, "Boris Johnson's hopes of making a sensational return to No.10 are likely to be scuppered by the ongoing Parliamentary inquiry against him." regarding the investigation into him 'allegedly' misleading parliament about not knowing anything about the partying at Downing Street, when Covid restrictions forbade such gatherings:
The snaps were taken at a gathering in honour of the Downing Street's then Director
of Communications Lee Cain, with eight people pictured standing closely together, as
well as the photographer.
I imagine avoiding any further scandals would be particularly high on the conservative agenda with things being as they have this year and more recently, but time will tell.
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21 Oct 2022, 5:22 am
Doberdoofus wrote:
Thread title should be changed to "New New Prime Minister for the UK?"
Or "New 'Prime Minister' for the UK"....
21 Oct 2022, 6:17 am
21 Oct 2022, 7:18 am
ToughDiamond wrote:
KitLily wrote:
Apparently Boris Johnson is going to enter the leadership election to be Prime Minister again. This election will be completed within a week and voting only includes 0.2% of the British public.
This is madness!
This is madness!
Yes it's bonkers. I don't think they'll actually pick Boris again so soon though, he's probably still too toxic since Partygate etc. I think he was an aberration (among other less complimentary things) - they were struggling to find anybody electable from the moment Cameron quit, and clearly they're struggling now. They're very divided.
A memory loss example in action:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-63338261
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Johnson has a mandate - Wallace
Let's get a bit more about why Ben Wallace is "leaning towards" supporting Boris Johnson to return as prime minister.
The defence secretary explains Johnson won "a huge majority" in the 2019 election and that he was "legitimately sent into Parliament as the prime minister based on the vote of the whole electorate".
"He got a mandate and I think that's an important thing for all of us to bear in mind," he adds.
Incredible. Let's get a bit more about why Ben Wallace is "leaning towards" supporting Boris Johnson to return as prime minister.
The defence secretary explains Johnson won "a huge majority" in the 2019 election and that he was "legitimately sent into Parliament as the prime minister based on the vote of the whole electorate".
"He got a mandate and I think that's an important thing for all of us to bear in mind," he adds.
Never mind all that other stuff that got him kicked out.Quote:
Here is our list so far of how many MPs have backed them:
Rishi Sunak - 45
Boris Johnson - 24
Penny Mordaunt - 17
Rishi Sunak - 45
Boris Johnson - 24
Penny Mordaunt - 17
Semi-related - a really creepy Johnson deepfake -
https://twitter.com/TommyGribbin/status ... 1940068354
21 Oct 2022, 8:57 am
Doberdoofus wrote:
Thread title should be changed to "New New Prime Minister for the UK?"
Yes and keep going.
New New New Prime Minister for the UK
New New New New Prime Minister for the UK
ad infinitum...
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