Who is our next Prime Minister?
Discussion
RichB said:
Trophy Husband said:
Ruth Davidson.
Has said she would never want to do it.Not that she would be a valid candidate right now.
Jonesy23 said:
RichB said:
Trophy Husband said:
Ruth Davidson.
Has said she would never want to do it.
Derek Smith said:
MellowshipSlinky said:
Trophy Husband said:
Ruth Davidson.
Unfortunately, she needs to be an MP in Westminster.
Lots of people mention Javid - good choice imo and I’d vote for him in a GE - however if the vote went to the Tory members as most Tory leadership contests do then would they vote for him?
Tory members are not representative of British society, far from it - Bow Group research says that the average age of members is 72 and I think it’s fair to assume the membership is predominantly white. Would enough white Tory septuagenarians really vote for someone like Sajid Javid? I don’t think they would.
Tory members are not representative of British society, far from it - Bow Group research says that the average age of members is 72 and I think it’s fair to assume the membership is predominantly white. Would enough white Tory septuagenarians really vote for someone like Sajid Javid? I don’t think they would.
RichB said:
Derek Smith said:
MellowshipSlinky said:
Trophy Husband said:
Ruth Davidson.
Unfortunately, she needs to be an MP in Westminster.BlackLabel said:
Lots of people mention Javid - good choice imo and I’d vote for him in a GE - however if the vote went to the Tory members as most Tory leadership contests do then would they vote for him?
Tory members are not representative of British society, far from it - Bow Group research says that the average age of members is 72 and I think it’s fair to assume the membership is predominantly white. Would enough white Tory septuagenarians really vote for someone like Sajid Javid? I don’t think they would.
Whenever you see them at their meetings and conference, they do all look really old and white. Tory members are not representative of British society, far from it - Bow Group research says that the average age of members is 72 and I think it’s fair to assume the membership is predominantly white. Would enough white Tory septuagenarians really vote for someone like Sajid Javid? I don’t think they would.
Apparently there’s only 124,000 of them too. Seems odd that if Mogg’s hopeless coup had succeeded, then 124,000 people would be deciding the outcome of the leadership battle and the future of the Brexit negotiations.
El stovey said:
BlackLabel said:
Lots of people mention Javid - good choice imo and I’d vote for him in a GE - however if the vote went to the Tory members as most Tory leadership contests do then would they vote for him?
Tory members are not representative of British society, far from it - Bow Group research says that the average age of members is 72 and I think it’s fair to assume the membership is predominantly white. Would enough white Tory septuagenarians really vote for someone like Sajid Javid? I don’t think they would.
Whenever you see them at their meetings and conference, they do all look really old and white. Tory members are not representative of British society, far from it - Bow Group research says that the average age of members is 72 and I think it’s fair to assume the membership is predominantly white. Would enough white Tory septuagenarians really vote for someone like Sajid Javid? I don’t think they would.
Apparently there’s only 124,000 of them too. Seems odd that if Mogg’s hopeless coup had succeeded, then 124,000 people would be deciding the outcome of the leadership battle and the future of the Brexit negotiations.
So they wont vote for him because he is brown?, not because he is a remainer who has had less than one year's experience in one of the main offices of state and doesn't seem to have accomplished anything of note to date.
JagLover said:
This does seem to be Diane Abbott levels of political analysis.
So they wont vote for him because he is brown?, not because he is a remainer who has had less than one year's experience in one of the main offices of state and doesn't seem to have accomplished anything of note to date.
These people would have said the same if Javid was a woman....So they wont vote for him because he is brown?, not because he is a remainer who has had less than one year's experience in one of the main offices of state and doesn't seem to have accomplished anything of note to date.
Oh wait, wonder which party has had 2 women PM's and which is led by an old grey haired middle class man with a private income ?
JagLover said:
This does seem to be Diane Abbott levels of political analysis.
So they wont vote for him because he is brown?, not because he is a remainer who has had less than one year's experience in one of the main offices of state and doesn't seem to have accomplished anything of note to date.
Cameron got in.... OK I see what you meanSo they wont vote for him because he is brown?, not because he is a remainer who has had less than one year's experience in one of the main offices of state and doesn't seem to have accomplished anything of note to date.
BlackLabel said:
RichB said:
Derek Smith said:
MellowshipSlinky said:
Trophy Husband said:
Ruth Davidson.
Unfortunately, she needs to be an MP in Westminster.
JagLover said:
This does seem to be Diane Abbott levels of political analysis.So they wont vote for him because he is brown?, not because he is a remainer who has had less than one year's experience in one of the main offices of state and doesn't seem to have accomplished anything of note to date.
I would say rising to the position of senior director of Deutsche Bank by his mid 40s on a salary of £3.0m is quite some accomplishment! 
BlackLabel said:
He became Tory leader and PM whilst in the Lords. Quit the Lords days after and then became an MP a few weeks later. However for a short period he was PM without being a Lord or an MP.
ADH is famous as being the last Lord who was PM, but after a quick skim of his wiki page the first thought that occured to me was who stepped down to allow his MPship.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Kinross_and_Wes...
Seems there was an unfortunate death.
The tories `who shall we pick to be the next PM business' back in 2016, reminded me of the `who shall we pick to be Edmunds best man' scene from the Blackadder`s wedding to `Bob' episode.
They went round and round choosing absolutely everybody unsuitable (even nursey) for the job, rather than the one person who really wanted to do it, (Lord Percy). Consequently they got May as PM in 2016.
Wonder who they will get to do it this time? the HoC cat perhaps?
The tories do seem to have a bit of a habit of picking the wrong person to do the wrong job, despite having a few who might be suited,, but hey ho! no different to labour I suppose.
Never mind a Brexit disaster, whether in, or out of the EU, the true and total disaster for the UK would be a Corbyn government. The UK could not survive another labour government.
They went round and round choosing absolutely everybody unsuitable (even nursey) for the job, rather than the one person who really wanted to do it, (Lord Percy). Consequently they got May as PM in 2016.
Wonder who they will get to do it this time? the HoC cat perhaps?
The tories do seem to have a bit of a habit of picking the wrong person to do the wrong job, despite having a few who might be suited,, but hey ho! no different to labour I suppose.
Never mind a Brexit disaster, whether in, or out of the EU, the true and total disaster for the UK would be a Corbyn government. The UK could not survive another labour government.
Pan Pan Pan said:
The tories `who shall we pick to be the next PM business' back in 2016, reminded me of the `who shall we pick to be Edmunds best man' scene from the Blackadder`s wedding to `Bob' episode.
They went round and round choosing absolutely everybody unsuitable (even nursey) for the job, rather than the one person who really wanted to do it, (Lord Percy). Consequently they got May as PM in 2016.
Wonder who they will get to do it this time? the HoC cat perhaps?
The tories do seem to have a bit of a habit of picking the wrong person to do the wrong job, despite having a few who might be suited,, but hey ho! no different to labour I suppose.
Never mind a Brexit disaster, whether in, or out of the EU, the true and total disaster for the UK would be a Corbyn government. The UK could not survive another labour government.
Agreed. So May takes us out of the EU , probably resigns in April/May and a new PM settles in ready to hammer Corbyn at the next GE......They went round and round choosing absolutely everybody unsuitable (even nursey) for the job, rather than the one person who really wanted to do it, (Lord Percy). Consequently they got May as PM in 2016.
Wonder who they will get to do it this time? the HoC cat perhaps?
The tories do seem to have a bit of a habit of picking the wrong person to do the wrong job, despite having a few who might be suited,, but hey ho! no different to labour I suppose.
Never mind a Brexit disaster, whether in, or out of the EU, the true and total disaster for the UK would be a Corbyn government. The UK could not survive another labour government.
We still come back to who is most suitable to take over !!
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