Sunak looks utterly sick of his job in this clip. Given rumours of no confidence letters going in and now Keegan's comical lack of self-awareness I wouldn't be surprised if he calls an election to put them out of their misery.
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1698695311185907892?s=20
https://twitter.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1698681664174497855
Ill bet Keegan does show up, she seems to have the arrogance & lack of self-awareness to try & brazen it out
I think Ian Dunt at the i has won the internet today and I have a new favourite phrase. Malcolm Tucker would take his hat off to that one 😂
https://twitter.com/iandunt/status/1698706897694560697?s=46&t=1lK7Dw1b6RqGJyvufO-trQ
Keegan saying she is "very detail orientated" in the R4 interview this morning made me laugh - the main detail she is renowned for is being late for stuff because doing her hair takes so long.
rumours of no confidence letters going in
Oooh, come on, do it!
We haven't had a leadership battle for months!
Amazing that we have a political crisis that's happened all by the democratic process. It's not some kind of external crisis or armed conflict or anything, it's done purely by the electorate!
So gillian keegan expects thanks and gratitude - for being vaguely competent in doing part of her job.
Hmmm - get real love.
Who in their right mind would want that job? I know the Tory hierarchy is packed full of deluded mentalists but it’s akin to stepping front of a bus. C’mon Ri$hi, call an election!
Sunak looks utterly sick of his job in this clip.
Flip comment made in today's Bunker Start The Week that the GE is waiting for him to have lined up a job in Silicon Valley.
What is worse - going down in history as a temporary leader of Tory party (probably forgotten) or actually being held responsible for losing the election?
or actually being held responsible for losing the election?
I'm not sure he'll get to the next election. Think the tories will go for broke and try and install Mordaunt in October when Sunak's had his year's grace. He's clearly exhausted and no longer wants to be in the job, his 5 promises and summer campaigns on them have been a miserable failure, and he's becoming the focus of Labour attacks on the concrete fiasco. There's nothing left for them to lose.
I’m not sure he’ll get to the next election.
Seems on point for this bunch of half wits and scammers.
Think the tories will go for broke and try and install Mordaunt in October when Sunak’s had his year’s grace.
And get Braverman by mistake instead...hopefully.
Why would Mordaunt, who appears to have a brain of sorts, want a job where the only outcome is a swift electoral oblivion?
She would want the job AFTER the election, provided she still has a seat.
Rishi probably could be forgiven for thinking that he might be able to turn it around a bit, but from now on, the only competitors in this particular game of pass the shitty parcel are either those who just want the 'I was PM' badge, or who are spectacularly dumb.
You might be right about them going for broke and another leadership election - it’s hardly like they’ve got any credibility left to lose, after all - but Mordaunt would have no chance
The conclusion that the headbangers on the Tory backbenches and the party membership have already reached is that they're where they are in the polls because Rishi is virtually a socialist
The next leader, in a Truss-like landslide (because that went so well) will be Braverman or Badanoch as the party heads off into far right extremism
Think the tories will go for broke and try and install Mordaunt in October when Sunak’s had his year’s grace
Does he have one?
I thought thats only for those PMs who have had a leadership challenge and won?
Even then its a convention which can be changed.
And get Braverman by mistake instead…hopefully.
Yeah that would be hilarious. Total wipeout territory if Braverman leads them into an election. Starmer will be saying prayers to the political gods before he goes to bed at night.
With Mordaunt though I think they could limit their losses. Would probably be a quick election too, doubt she'd want to wait for everything to start unravelling as it has with Sunak. In fact if the tory grey suits ask her to be leader she could insist on an early election so that she can remain as leader and start to clean up the mess after they lose.
I'm pretty sure the tories have come to the conclusion that the sooner they accept they're done and start the rebuild they better off they will be.
Even a brief stint as PM for Braverman would bring misery to people and families throughout the country, personally I don't think the political gain is worth the real life collateral damage.
I'm reading this currently
It's well worth it to remind yourself of the full horror of what having this bunch of ****s in power has done. I can honestly only read it in half hour chunks though as otherwise my blood pressure rises to dangerous levels
With Mordaunt though I think they could limit their losses. Would probably be a quick election too, doubt she’d want to wait for everything to start unravelling as it has with Sunak.
The question is whether the deal is that Mordaunt takes over for a 'honeymoon' election campaign, limits the losses, and is therefore seen as a reasonable bet to be allowed to stay on and fight again next time. My guess is that she would have no confidence that the usual headbangers wouldn't just force her out.
Either way, a snap election still seems a possibility, although it requires the Tories to have a scandal-free week to give them the run-up, which is a big ask.
Rishi probably could be forgiven for thinking that he might be able to turn it around a bit, but from now on, the only competitors in this particular game of pass the shitty parcel are either those who just want the ‘I was PM’ badge, or who are spectacularly dumb.
So that's the vast majority of the party who will be fighting like rats in a sack to get the job
Even a brief stint as PM for Braverman would bring misery to people and families throughout the country, personally I don’t think the political gain is worth the real life collateral damage.
Very much this. She's a headbanger of the highest order and would be worse for us than the Trusster****
I'm really hoping for the snap election, but with the way things have been going we'll have to wait the full term to get rid of these bastards. My biggest worry at the moment is them doing something even slightly well and regaining a big chunk of support
So that’s the vast majority of the party who will be fighting like rats in a sack to get the job
But hopefully not the ones who might actually have some positive electoral impact for the party. Lee Anderson for PM!
The thought of one of these headbangers running the country is revolting, but at this point I'm wondering which of these scumbags would deliver the most extra seats for Labour at an election.
When I was studying Italian century political history, it was heavy going with all the various republics and new government a week. In future out descendants will struggle to understand what was happening with Cameron-May- Johnson- Truss-Sunak-???
Despite how desperate some of them are for the top job, are they that delusional that they think they can take over and turn it round in a year?
Even a brief stint as PM for Braverman would bring misery to people and families throughout the country
There's almost nothing she can do in 6 months that will have much impact. She won't be able to pass any legislation, and the sensible tories (there are still some left) would (probably) prevent a suicidal Truss-like budget by refusing to vote it through. I reckon if Braverman became the PM the govt would collapse very quickly as the non-extreme wing of the tories would support a no-confidence vote.
I’m pretty sure the tories have come to the conclusion that the sooner they accept they’re done and start the rebuild they better off they will be.
Honestly I don't think they have. I genuinely don't think they have the capacity for that sort of self reflection. I'm pretty sure they all think they're doing a bang up job. See for example; only yesterday the Education sec; Gillian Keegan (the 6th in about 18months) wondering aloud why folks don't actually congratulate her for a job well done...
Honestly I don’t think they have.
I'm talking more about the backbenchers, grey suits and party elders rather than the current incumbents.
Braverman already has free reign in terms of curtailing civil liberties, harming some of the most vulnerable people in the country, and trashing our international human rights record. I suppose it's conceivable she could try to crash us out of ECHR before the election, but I'm guessing the most she could do would be to have a series of batshit manifesto pledges.
There’s almost nothing she can do in 6 months that will have much impact.
Truss managed to completely wreck everything in 42 days.
God only knows what she'd have done given 6 months!
Truss managed to completely wreck everything in 42 days.
The non-extreme wing wouldn't allow Braverman to do anything close to what Truss did. As I said, they'd vote through a no-confidence vote before allowing something like that to happen again. That's why I doubt Braverman has a chance of becoming leader, there are enough tories opposed to her that the far right wing know they wouldn't be able to win a confidence vote.
wreck everything in 42 days.
Wasn't the government effectively suspended for about half of that?
She won’t be able to pass any legislation
True for primary legislation, but you can make a pretty mess with secondary legislation as well - e.g. all the changes to student loans over the past decade have been secondary.
can't see them changing now, the parliamentary party don't trust the membership to give them the result they want so it would have to be another no contest "arrangement" so a compromise candidate would have to found 😕
a compromise candidate would have to found
Grant Shapps.
He's had 5 Cabinet positions in 12 months, why not go for the top job!
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sunaks new comms person is having a good week
https://twitter.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1698993843121594833
That infographic is marvellous.
I can't imagine Mordaunt would want the job at this point, it's too toxic, I don't think she's that desperate or deluded.
My track record on predicting such things isn’t great though.
I'm hoping the Tories keep the same comms team for the election campaign.
I can’t imagine Mordaunt would want the job at this point
Currently she's well regarded for being able to hold a quite heavy sword for a long time in a church ceremony without needing to resort to painkillers. As far as it goes if you're a Tory that's pretty much as good as it gets. I don't suppose for a minute she's want to besmirch that reputation - which let's face it, is what's she's going to use to get re-elected*, by doing anything as grubby as working in Govt.
* Is she standing again? Honestly so many of them are running away, it's hard to keep up.
I don’t suppose for a minute she’s want to besmirch that reputation
Almost certainly. But if/when the grey suits ask her to step in as the leader of last resort she's going to find it very difficult to say no. It'll be a do it now or give up on any future ambitions situation. If not her then I can see Jeremy Hunt becoming PM by default.
If not her then I can see Jeremy Hunt becoming PM by default.
I'd rather she got it than Voldermort's soul's holiday home TBH.
Current polling, which I can't see applying in an actual general election, has Labour gaining Penny Mordaunt's seat. But even so, she'll have to fight to hang onto it.
https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?postcode=PO6+3EN
The haunted pencil/ghost of Canterbury house has been quiet as of late..
Or maybe it's just he realises what side his bread is buttered on...
How many honours lists can they squeeze in before the next election? Plus juicy pensions for everyone in any cabinet shuffle.
The haunted pencil/ghost of Canterbury house has been quiet as of late..
I reckon Rishi has him bound in duct tape and locked under the stairs