Who will take over if she resigns? The deputy? (Is that Coffey?) Will there be another leadership campaign? Does anyone WANT the job? Will the campaign be such a shambles that they HAVE to call an election? Who would even call it if Liz is gone. Are there precedents for ANY of this (i.e. having a leadership election so close to the last one). I'M SO LOST.
It'll literally be Suella. She's the only one MAD enough to want it right now and that PALAVER yesterday was blatantly all about distancing herself from the current administration, MARK MY WORDS
The Prime Minister is whoever has the confidence of the house. The Tory's have a majority. Whatever the Tory party decide is the process, is the process. The 1922 committee could change the rules to whatever they like and that is how the prime minister will be chosen.Yeah but on what grounds? They can't just stick someone in they fancy? There has to be a process of some sort?
Or I guess if there's a leadership campaign but only one person puts themselves forward...
DEMOCRATIC!The Prime Minister is whoever has the confidence of the house. The Tory's have a majority. Whatever the Tory party decide is the process, is the process. The 1922 committee could change the rules to whatever they like and that is how the prime minister will be chosen.
Well I know why, because they have little choice but STILL. It doesn't feel good as a voter.DEMOCRATIC!
What I will never get is - yes that's the technically rules, but the optics would be TERRIBLE... and yet the party would go along with it willingly and even FURTHER damage their reputation? Just WHY?
Because they're so fucked right now that riding it out and hoping things will be less bad later is the best option for them. It could genuinely be the difference between them, the Lib Dems, or the SNP being the oppositionDEMOCRATIC!
What I will never get is - yes that's the technically rules, but the optics would be TERRIBLE... and yet the party would go along with it willingly and even FURTHER damage their reputation? Just WHY?
what else can they do? the options right now are shove someone else into the role and lose face again or literally call a GE and hand power to Labour. which I think there is probably a growing appetite for within the Tory party.DEMOCRATIC!
What I will never get is - yes that's the technically rules, but the optics would be TERRIBLE... and yet the party would go along with it willingly and even FURTHER damage their reputation? Just WHY?
You’re being too generous. A good 100+ of them will just be worried about their own mortgage payments when they lose their seat and discover nobody wants to employ an empty-brained Brexit fanatical who won their seat by luck.what else can they do? the options right now are shove someone else into the role and lose face again or literally call a GE and hand power to Labour. which I think there is probably a growing appetite for within the Tory party.
He wouldn't win. The Tories still have a 70 seat majority. They're suicidal, but don't have a method to end it all.Why is Starmer not raising a vote of no confidence in the government? Would he still not win? Just trying to understand why he is not doing everything in his power to call a GE when he is so far in front in the polls? Is he not allowed to do that?
He wouldn't win. The Tories still have their majority and would band together to avoid losing power if it came down to it.Why is Starmer not raising a vote of no confidence in the government? Would he still not win? Just trying to understand why he is not doing everything in his power to call a GE when he is so far in front in the polls? Is he not allowed to do that?