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[Politics] Our next prime minister BBC 1
- Thread starter Wrong-Direction
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Sussex Nomad
Well-known member
- Jul 10, 2003
- 25,864
And it cost the country 110 million
A few billion less than your attempt at figuring out who to vote for, in June 2016 has cost us then
Sussex Nomad
Well-known member
A few billion less than your attempt at figuring out who to vote for, in June 2016 has cost us then
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Another by-election will be looming. Over 10K constituents have signed a recall for Tory MP Chris Davies who was convicted of submitting fake expenses claims.
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...ecall-convicted-tory-mp-chris-davies-succeeds
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...ecall-convicted-tory-mp-chris-davies-succeeds
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
- 27,894
And that is 10,000 voters NOT voting Tory in that seat already !
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
His majority was 8038 from the Lib Dem. Good oh.
Two Professors
Two Mad Professors
Only bile on here coming from the Complete and Utter Chopper,as usual.I feel immense pity for his family,and hope he lives in an isolated cottage.
Two Professors
Two Mad Professors
Hope they won't allow postal votes in this one,or they might have to re-run it.
Two Professors
Two Mad Professors
NSC hiccoughed
Postman Pat
Well-known member
If the Conservatives lose, the new prime minister’s working majority in the Commons will be reduced to two.
Jesus, whoever wins the leadership contest will literally be hanging on to power with their fingertips. A couple of defections and they are screwed.
Boris Johnson is going to have to be really careful with his language or he may find he isn't PM after all.
Garry Nelson's teacher
Well-known member
His own majority has, I believe, halved in the last GE. Fat bloke skating on thin ice.
Really? Probably correct, but Jesus, pot, kettle, black.
Whoever wins, they will grasp a poison chalice, just like Theresa May did. The fact that Boris has got probably got the job speaks volumes. Those in the Tory party with any sense have held back, the same fate awaits the winner as the previous encumbant. The fact that The Pied Piper is still unable to call the tune is damning for Momentum.
I think his working majority, if Davies loses, will be three: still, paper thin though. I wonder if those MPs who said they'd leave if Johnson became leader will keep their word. Governing with no majority will be very difficult.
I have a friend who's a Labour activist in his constituency. She's really optimistic about their chances of winning it, Johnson's not too popular there (going back on his word re the Heathrow runway must have damaged his chances).
Raleigh Chopper
New member
I clearly get to you, you need medication for your problems go and sort it out or I will happily pay for a one way ticket to Switzerland.
BensGrandad
New member
You are all forgetting one possible scenario Boris impresses the Tory faithfull and they win the by election easily with an increased majority, unlikely but possible.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 35,312
look more closely at the numbers, the reduction is how we count "majority", the gap between him and second halved. his vote went up a bit, same %.
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
- 27,894
He will get some grace and time in the same way May did, but it won't be long before he cocks up. May seemed a safe pair of hands and said all the right things at first, remember " Economy that works for Everyone " and " Tackling Burning Injustices " ? Pretty soon though the people who actually run the country, the big corporations via their sponsored MP's , told her the state of play and that all shrivelled on the vine. Then she ploughed on with her vision of Brexit and isolated many of her own MP's with her Red Lines in the negotiations. The rest is history.
Boris certainly ISN'T a safe pair of hands, he is pretty much a political Brian Rix running around with his trousers round his ankles, he admits he " Doesn't do Detail " and so when the bluster evaporates we will realise how truly ****ed our once great nation is. There will have to be a General Election in order to secure his " Mandate " and this will divide the country even more than currently. Lord help us !
Garry Nelson's teacher
Well-known member
So - the majority halved then (10695 to 5034). Simple as. That is very uncomfortable for him, Indeed it might well influence any decision he makes to have a GE. I think it would be one of the greatest wheezes in modern history if a PM lost his own seat (preferably as part of a landslide). If he falters on Leaving then he'll have the Brexit Party breathing down his neck too.
symyjym
Banned
If May was Marmite, then Boris is Vegemite. He won't get a deal through Parliament and will have to step down as leader when he is forced to call a general election.