Tory Leadership Race

[Palace Old Geezer]

I agree with you as the choice of the next party leader shouldn't be left to a bunch of clueless, out of touch elderly old buffers.

Oi...You looking at me mate!

 

[Midlands Eagle]

Oi...You looking at me mate!

I'm probably older than you 😀

 

[silvertop]

Tugen's hat thrown out of the ring.

Again.

 

[in-exile]

Tugen's hat thrown out of the ring.

Again.

A remain Rupert .... just another Liberal pretending to be a Tory.

 

[orpingtoneagle]

A remain Rupert .... just another Liberal pretending to be a Tory.

I think this could be an issue as I get the impression that he was probably the candidate that would appeal to the wider party membership.

Whilst personally I see this as a bit like being asked to choose which is the prettiest gargoyle, there does seem to be a disjoin between MP' s and the wider party, something we saw in the last few leadership contests.

Right now we have Kemi who seems to say something she thinks will.appeal to the tory right, only to have to 'clarify,' it later and two other candidates both of whom seem to be struggling to position themselves with theirs peers but also the party.

Interesting times.

 

[Midlands Eagle]

I think this could be an issue as I get the impression that he was probably the candidate that would appeal to the wider party membership.

I'm not sure of that but I think that he would probably appeal more to the public at large

 

[HKOwen]

It doesn't really matter as the likelihood of the winner of this contest being leader at the next General Election is slim

 

[Hrolf The Ganger]

I don't like any of the candidates.

Badenoch needs to improve her image. Lose the braids, get the gappy teeth fixed, and stop speaking before she thinks. She needs to be more stateswoman like. This is Britain, not Jamaica. If she wants to be the Black Margaret Thatcher, then sort it out.

Jenrick is as slimy as a car salesman. Like Banenoch, he says some of the right things, but I wouldn't trust him as far as I could kick him.

Cleverley will probably win, but he wouldn't get my vote. He might make a steady the ship leader, but I'll be surprised if he was still there come the next election.

We will likely get more moderate codswallop that will be useless for addressing the key problems our politicians have created for this country.

 

[Palace Old Geezer]

I'm not sure of that but I think that he would probably appeal more to the public at large

What, like the voters you mean? Apparently a recent poll (who knows?) found that Tom was the people's favourite. Why would they elect someone who was popular - that would just be silly.

Anyhow, I'm with Hrolf. None of them have the vvrroom needed by a leader.

 

[Jacey]

What, like the voters you mean? Apparently a recent poll (who knows?) found that Tom was the people's favourite. Why would they elect someone who was popular - that would just be silly.

Anyhow, I'm with Hrolf. None of them have the vvrroom needed by a leader.

Agree,all lacking in charisma,rather like Sir Keir,who actually underwent Charisma By pass surgery and yet somehow,became leader???

 

[beak]

This is more of a crawl than a race,they will fall behind Reform and the Lib Dems at the next election and fade into oblivion. A good bet is wether the SNP get more seats than the tumbling tories next election.Listening to the speeches they have learned zero and still believe they have a divine right to rule.

 

[orpingtoneagle]

This is more of a crawl than a race,they will fall behind Reform and the Lib Dems at the next election and fade into oblivion. A good bet is wether the SNP get more seats than the tumbling tories next election.Listening to the speeches they have learned zero and still believe they have a divine right to rule.

Political expediency will see a merger of the Tories with Reform or a Reform takeover prior to the next election to unite the vote.

 

[beak]

Political expediency will see a merger of the Tories with Reform or a Reform takeover prior to the next election to unite the vote.

That might seem logical but there is a lot of bad blood in the way of that,Coutts did not get rid of Farage for nothing ,he is an odious self promoting showman.

 

[Eagleman13]

That might seem logical but there is a lot of bad blood in the way of that,Coutts did not get rid of Farage for nothing ,he is an odious self promoting showman.

. . . & the rest of them aren't?

 

[Midlands Eagle]

Cleverley will probably win,

Or not as the case might be.

I think that either of the remaining two will ensure that Tories remain in the doldrums

 

[Hrolf The Ganger]

Or not as the case might be.

I think that either of the remaining two will ensure that Tories remain in the doldrums

No one saw that coming.

Fear of Reform finally takes effect.

 

[orpingtoneagle]

No one saw that coming.

Fear of Reform finally takes effect.

And then there were two. The merger/take over by reform is a step closer.

Both of these two have a real issue with a disconnection between brain and mouth.

 

[georgenorman]

Let's hope that Good Enoch wins.

 

[ASCPFC]

Ten Hag will be looking for a job pretty soon.

 

[silvertop]

What, like the voters you mean? Apparently a recent poll (who knows?) found that Tom was the people's favourite. Why would they elect someone who was popular - that would just be silly.

Anyhow, I'm with Hrolf. None of them have the vvrroom needed by a leader.

I used to criticize Labour for constantly shooting themselves in the foot on leadership - Foot, Corbyn (OBVIUOUSLY!!) the wrong Miliband - but the Tories appear to have taken the mantel of idiocy.

Not the 1st choice of all you neocons on here, but Tugenhat was the only one with the ghost of a chance in 5 years.