Originally Posted by joeysteele (Post 11187818)

He left the party Kazanne.
Now there was a would be Conservative leader I'd have welcomed as Prime Minister.
Always admired Rory.

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper (Post 11187681)

Why didn't you vote for Corbyn then if you're worried about energy prices? Portugal received a 2.9% cut in energy bills recently, and France have just fully nationalised EDF to keep bills the same as last year.

Austerity is what started this nonsense off.

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 11186970)

Thread to discuss the runners and riders and eventual winner

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What happens now he has stepped down?
There will now be a leadership contest to replace Mr Johnson as the leader of the Conservative Party and as the Prime Minister.

The PM’s remarks suggest that, like his predecessors Theresa May and David Cameron, he will stay in post while the party chooses its new supremo.

Tory leadership battles typically take two months to complete and take place across two rounds.

Firstly, a longlist of MPs is drawn up by Tory party chiefs, with only those who had secured the support of at least eight of their colleagues making the final cut.

They then enter two gruelling selection rounds, with the first seeing all Tory MPs vote in three successive rounds to whittle the candidates down to a final two.

Hopefuls need to earn the backing of at least 5 per cent of the parliamentary party, or 18 MPs, to get through the first stage and 10 per cent, equating to 36 MPs, to pass the second.

It will then be up to the 200,000-strong membership of the party to choose between the remaining pair following several weeks of heavy campaigning and hustings debates.

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The Attorney General Suella Braveman has already announced her intention to run, and is expected to be followed by a large number of the PM’s top team.


Nadhim Zahawi, the former chancellor Rishi Sunak, the former health secretary Sajid Javid and the Defence Secretary Ben Wallace are among the Cabinet favourites.

Penny Mordaunt, a trade minister, is also tipped to run - as are backbenchers Tom Tugendhat, Steve Baker and Jeremy Hunt.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics...eral-election/

Originally Posted by arista (Post 11187915)

Steve was Live on SkyNewsHD 8:20AM

He is now backing another loser Suella Braveman.


He thinks Rishi will not win>?



It will be Rishi Vs someone else


Since RISHI has half the part backing him

Originally Posted by joeysteele (Post 11187919)

I think sadly you are right in that.

Originally Posted by bitontheslide (Post 11187951)

i'm going to say that it is highly likely that it will be a complete unknown that ends up winning the election. I also think that the person who comes second will concede and there will be a new leader within a couple of weeks

Originally Posted by bitontheslide (Post 11187974)

i thought it was really funny how steve baker was telling everyone on sky news how wonderful he was and how he was so popular, and then he couldn't get 8 people to back him :laugh:

Originally Posted by bitontheslide (Post 11187974)

i thought it was really funny how steve baker was telling everyone on sky news how wonderful he was and how he was so popular, and then he couldn't get 8 people to back him :laugh: