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Raggs wrote: ↑Tue Jul 12, 2022 5:53 pm A good billionaire could be a good pm. Not corruptible on the same level sort of thing.

However, I'd expect such a person not to use the expenses/benefits system MPs get. I have a feeling he does?

SaintK wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 9:23 am This should immediately disbar him from the ballot!!

Zahawi said he would be willing to offer Boris Johnson a cabinet job. Asked about this on LBC, he said:
Boris Johnson is a friend of mine of 30 years. If he wishes to serve in cabinet, I would certainly offer him a job.

SaintK wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 9:23 am This should immediately disbar him from the ballot!!

Zahawi said he would be willing to offer Boris Johnson a cabinet job. Asked about this on LBC, he said:
Boris Johnson is a friend of mine of 30 years. If he wishes to serve in cabinet, I would certainly offer him a job.

Speaking to LBC, the newly appointed chancellor described the outgoing prime minister as "probably the most consequential prime minister of his generation".

ASMO wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 8:39 am Is it me or does Rishi bear an uncanny resemblance to Roland Rat?

SaintK wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 9:23 am This should immediately disbar him from the ballot!!

Zahawi said he would be willing to offer Boris Johnson a cabinet job. Asked about this on LBC, he said:
Boris Johnson is a friend of mine of 30 years. If he wishes to serve in cabinet, I would certainly offer him a job.

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 9:49 am

GogLais wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 12:12 pm It has struck me that “PM for PM” has a certain ring to it.

SaintK wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 9:23 am This should immediately disbar him from the ballot!!

Zahawi said he would be willing to offer Boris Johnson a cabinet job. Asked about this on LBC, he said:
Boris Johnson is a friend of mine of 30 years. If he wishes to serve in cabinet, I would certainly offer him a job.

GogLais wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 12:41 pm

SaintK wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 9:23 am This should immediately disbar him from the ballot!!

Zahawi said he would be willing to offer Boris Johnson a cabinet job. Asked about this on LBC, he said:
Boris Johnson is a friend of mine of 30 years. If he wishes to serve in cabinet, I would certainly offer him a job.

Apart from any moral reason whytf would you want him working for you? It’d be an embarrassment waiting to happen.

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 12:41 pm

GogLais wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 12:12 pm It has struck me that “PM for PM” has a certain ring to it.

Peter Mandelson?

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 12:43 pm

GogLais wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 12:41 pm

SaintK wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 9:23 am This should immediately disbar him from the ballot!!

Apart from any moral reason whytf would you want him working for you? It’d be an embarrassment waiting to happen.

For Zahawi or Johnson?

ia801310 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 11:43 am

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 9:49 am

I think the flip flopping on this issue will hurt Mourdant.



I personally think that if (and it is a big if) Badenoch can get past the first round of voting, then she has a good chance of making the final 2. I think she could win the whole thing.

LONDON — Conservative leadership hopeful Liz Truss was given detailed warnings by her own officials in 2020 that post-Brexit trade pacts with Australia and New Zealand would shrink the country's farming and food sectors, newly obtained government figures reveal.

Data from the U.K.'s trade department — shared with POLITICO and prepared for both deals ahead of the launch of negotiations in 2020 — for the first time details the relative losses and gains expected for each part of the British economy before Truss, then-trade secretary and now running to replace Boris Johnson as U.K. prime minister, forged ahead with pacts that have proven highly controversial with farmers.

The disclosure has already sparked anger from the U.K.'s farming lobby, which has long argued the deals — held up as a key prize of Britain's freedom from the European Union — will hit its members hard, while campaigners argue it shows tighter scrutiny of those deals is needed.

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 1:25 pm Good timing !

LONDON — Conservative leadership hopeful Liz Truss was given detailed warnings by her own officials in 2020 that post-Brexit trade pacts with Australia and New Zealand would shrink the country's farming and food sectors, newly obtained government figures reveal.

Data from the U.K.'s trade department — shared with POLITICO and prepared for both deals ahead of the launch of negotiations in 2020 — for the first time details the relative losses and gains expected for each part of the British economy before Truss, then-trade secretary and now running to replace Boris Johnson as U.K. prime minister, forged ahead with pacts that have proven highly controversial with farmers.

The disclosure has already sparked anger from the U.K.'s farming lobby, which has long argued the deals — held up as a key prize of Britain's freedom from the European Union — will hit its members hard, while campaigners argue it shows tighter scrutiny of those deals is needed.

https://www.politico.eu/article/liz-tru ... rade-deal/

petej wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 1:52 pm Nice to see the public opinions are irrelevant. In reality the candidates are pandering to an old racist Australian with American citizenship and a French based non-dom and his editor.

GogLais wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 2:02 pm

petej wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 1:52 pm Nice to see the public opinions are irrelevant. In reality the candidates are pandering to an old racist Australian with American citizenship and a French based non-dom and his editor.

We need a total upheaval of the way we’re governed and a written constitution. We’re in this impasse where there seems absolutely no way of achieving that. You youngsters need to have a revolution, as long as you wait until I shuffle off.

Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 2:04 pm

GogLais wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 2:02 pm

petej wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 1:52 pm Nice to see the public opinions are irrelevant. In reality the candidates are pandering to an old racist Australian with American citizenship and a French based non-dom and his editor.

We need a total upheaval of the way we’re governed and a written constitution. We’re in this impasse where there seems absolutely no way of achieving that. You youngsters need to have a revolution, as long as you wait until I shuffle off.

Really unsure what a written constitution would achieve here

petej wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 1:52 pm Nice to see the public opinions are irrelevant. In reality the candidates are pandering to an old racist Australian with American citizenship and a French based non-dom and his editor.

Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 2:04 pm

GogLais wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 2:02 pm

petej wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 1:52 pm Nice to see the public opinions are irrelevant. In reality the candidates are pandering to an old racist Australian with American citizenship and a French based non-dom and his editor.

We need a total upheaval of the way we’re governed and a written constitution. We’re in this impasse where there seems absolutely no way of achieving that. You youngsters need to have a revolution, as long as you wait until I shuffle off.

Really unsure what a written constitution would achieve here

GogLais wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 2:32 pm

Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 2:04 pm

GogLais wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 2:02 pm

We need a total upheaval of the way we’re governed and a written constitution. We’re in this impasse where there seems absolutely no way of achieving that. You youngsters need to have a revolution, as long as you wait until I shuffle off.

Really unsure what a written constitution would achieve here

I appreciate it’s not going to bring down the price of petrol or whatever. We’ve had issues in the last few years of when Parl’t can be prorogued, when can a PM call a GE, when can you have a confidence vote in the HoC and no doubt a few etcs. Generally hasn’t been a problem in the past but when a rogue like BJ is in charge it’s a different game.

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 2:46 pm

GogLais wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 2:32 pm

Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 2:04 pm

Really unsure what a written constitution would achieve here

I appreciate it’s not going to bring down the price of petrol or whatever. We’ve had issues in the last few years of when Parl’t can be prorogued, when can a PM call a GE, when can you have a confidence vote in the HoC and no doubt a few etcs. Generally hasn’t been a problem in the past but when a rogue like BJ is in charge it’s a different game.

If you just codified stuff like the fixed term Parliament act, made the Standards body properly independent, & stopped Politicians from marking their own homework, you'd be making good steps. I'd also completely take away the ability to hand out honours to donors & mates !

If you remove the attraction of being corrupt in office; you'll attract a lot less corrupt scumbags.

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 2:42 pm

Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 2:04 pm

GogLais wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 2:02 pm

We need a total upheaval of the way we’re governed and a written constitution. We’re in this impasse where there seems absolutely no way of achieving that. You youngsters need to have a revolution, as long as you wait until I shuffle off.

Really unsure what a written constitution would achieve here

Agree. Given literacy rates amongst even graduates these days, this sounds like a recipe for removing power from the young, rather than the reverse.

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 2:41 pm

petej wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 1:52 pm Nice to see the public opinions are irrelevant. In reality the candidates are pandering to an old racist Australian with American citizenship and a French based non-dom and his editor.

Mandate by media.

petej wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 3:32 pm

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 2:41 pm

petej wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 1:52 pm Nice to see the public opinions are irrelevant. In reality the candidates are pandering to an old racist Australian with American citizenship and a French based non-dom and his editor.

Mandate by media.

IA801310 has quoted the French non-doms minion and the dirty diggers minion about trans issues rather that cost of living etc... shows why the candidates have to pay attention to the likes of the dirty digger. You would think there would be bigger issues than person or mother on a shit bill that was massively lacking in other ways surrounding parental leave.

Rishi Sunak leads the first ballot in the Conservative leadership race with 88 votes
Penny Mordaunt gets 67 votes and Liz Truss secures 50 votes
Nadhim Zahawi and Jeremy Hunt fail to achieve the required 30 votes and exit the contest
Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman and Tom Tugendhat are all also in the remaining six candidates going through to another vote tomorrow

Suella Braverman came sixth in the first round of the contest with 32 votes. The minimum threshold to proceed to the next round was 30 votes, and Braverman is the lowest placed candidate to remain in the contest.

Kemi Badenoch, the former equalities minister, who came fourth securing the backing of 40 MPs in today's vote...

Tugendhat - who came fifth in today's ballot with 37 votes

sturginho wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 3:57 pm

petej wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 3:32 pm

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 2:41 pm

Mandate by media.

IA801310 has quoted the French non-doms minion and the dirty diggers minion about trans issues rather that cost of living etc... shows why the candidates have to pay attention to the likes of the dirty digger. You would think there would be bigger issues than person or mother on a shit bill that was massively lacking in other ways surrounding parental leave.

Apparently it's a fundamental issue, FUNDAMENTAL!!!

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 5:27 pm A little more detail now:

Suella Braverman came sixth in the first round of the contest with 32 votes. The minimum threshold to proceed to the next round was 30 votes, and Braverman is the lowest placed candidate to remain in the contest.

Kemi Badenoch, the former equalities minister, who came fourth securing the backing of 40 MPs in today's vote...

Tugendhat - who came fifth in today's ballot with 37 votes

Jeremy Hunt got just 18

petej wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 5:28 pm

sturginho wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 3:57 pm

petej wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 3:32 pm

IA801310 has quoted the French non-doms minion and the dirty diggers minion about trans issues rather that cost of living etc... shows why the candidates have to pay attention to the likes of the dirty digger. You would think there would be bigger issues than person or mother on a shit bill that was massively lacking in other ways surrounding parental leave.

Apparently it's a fundamental issue, FUNDAMENTAL!!!

Amazing really that a foreign secretary attending a ex-kgb agents bunga bunga party without security is not a fundamental issue for any patriot but this is.

ia801310 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 6:30 pm Provided the ERG lot stay focused then one of Kemi, Liz and Braverman are guaranteed to make the final 2. Provided their votes transfer en masse

C69 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 6:32 pm

ia801310 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 6:30 pm Provided the ERG lot stay focused then one of Kemi, Liz and Braverman are guaranteed to make the final 2. Provided their votes transfer en masse

Would that be good?

ia801310 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 6:39 pm

C69 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 6:32 pm

ia801310 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 6:30 pm Provided the ERG lot stay focused then one of Kemi, Liz and Braverman are guaranteed to make the final 2. Provided their votes transfer en masse

Would that be good?

Depends on your point of view.

My own preference is a Sunak and Kemi final 2 with Kemi winning

C69 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 6:40 pm

ia801310 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 6:39 pm

C69 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 6:32 pm

Would that be good?

Depends on your point of view.

My own preference is a Sunak and Kemi final 2 with Kemi winning

I have no preference whatsoever and really don't care who wins