Seems inevitable there will be the 48 letters
who will stand in the first round? Steve Baker? They need a stalking horse at the very least.
TMPM may well win that first round. What happens then?
If she loses, who will stand? Boris, surely. Rees-Mogg. Jeremy aunt? Sajid Javid? Amber Rudd?
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I'm hoping for that Javid fellow.
Rudd will struggle as I think events this week will have wiped out the remains of her majority in Hastings where the fishermen want to stop the French boats competing with them. Can you have a PM who's unlikely to win her own seat at an election?
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Maybe Gove? It wouldn't surprise me if Failing Grayling went for it.
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Although I have never looked for promotion all I have ever wanted is to serve my country and if my colleagues were to persuade me that it were in the best interests of the nation then (no matter what my own feelings on the subject) then I would feel duty bound to consider the concept seriously.
VOTE STRUTTER - the alternatives are.......unpleasant.
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surely not Gove? He has said his decision to stand last time was the result of a horrendous misjudgment, akin to driving into a brick wall at 100mph.
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Grayling. Heh. Trump but without the brains, charm, honesty or hair.
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Has to be Ken Clarke, the only Tory with an ounce of sense imo
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who on earth would want that job now
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Bring back Cameron
And Bliar for Labour
Adults badly needed
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by which he means crashing out with no deal, obv. My cat could do that.
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Elphi I'm a party member and would not vote for any of those people to be leader.
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Come on people
is there a single credible candidate? Just one?
if not then maybe TMPM is safe
people have written off before, after all
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Doesn’t she actually have to lose the confidence vote though before we get to anyone standing against her? Not necessarily a formality if the tories feel better the devil you know than the Mogg you don’t.
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ZG: I think you're right actually, no one has to stand against her for the first vote
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Peston:
https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1063086788980469760
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My m8 Penny! I just emailed her.
Come on! Brexiteers unite!
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There is a great comment in Pestons feed, “this is like transfer deadline day for toffs”.
So true.
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