Damning partygate evidence means Boris Johnson could be ‘gone by Christmas’
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The chubby Red Wall wowing, charisma reality distorting world king, hasn't even landed yet. Wait till he opens his mouth...BJ and Sunak will almost certainly reach the minimum required 100 endorsements. Sunak is leading but will BJ show up on Monday to register his candidacy?
What do you think?
Who's Backing Who Day 2: Rishi Overtakes Boris
The Spreadsheet is being updated in real time. As always, MPs should get in touch with updates... Click here to access the full spreadsheet.order-order.com
So far, 148 tory MPs have disclosed their support:
Sunak: 67
Johnson: 60
Mordaunt: 21
Markets will protect us, again, from the toriesShortseller automated trading systems gather momentum. We could be totally fucked by next week. Not having a GE immediately is unconscionable!
Pound sinks as UK economic uncertainty rises
Government borrowing rose in September and people are shopping less than pre-Covid, new figures show.www.bbc.co.uk
What worries me are the immense bales of the hay shortsellers are making - it's so much easier to devalue, and right now their algorithms have some real wind in their sails.... they've had time to get all their ducks in a row, which could lead to all our geese getting cooked, soon...Markets will protect us, again, from the tories
Ironic really - gilt markets as the last defence against far right "economic liberalisation". And perhaps unfortunate - may be better for uk to go down in public flames as a result of bojo the brexit clown over few months than remain on life support for two years under sukak.Evidence of market nerves around a return to power for Boris Johnson
Bond traders have noted ticks upwards for yields when bookmakers shorten their odds on the prospect of the former prime minister taking residence in 10 Downing St again, Sky News' Ed Conway writes.news.sky.com
Best for the public too. With both Covid and the Energy crisis he's shown himself to be support minded, so he's likely to continue with at least some support from April's price increase. Unlike Hunt who wants to stop it completely, which would be a disaster for many.
the lemmings are making a determined dash for the cliff edge
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I suspect that is the case. But I would query why they are even doing this charade. In every job in the Public Service I either interviewed for or was an interviewer on resulted in a short list of candidates. If the first choice declined, or left the post within a few months, the second suitable candidate was offered, until sufficient time had elapsed or the list of suitables was exhausted. That is exactly the situation in the UK.
Yes, though eu's alleged "democratic deficit" brexiteers objected to is beginning to look very attractive compared to what we have
Patel, Dorries, Jenkyns, Bone, JRM, Leigh, Travelyan etc, all the extremists have nowhere else to go to.the lemmings are making a determined dash for the cliff edge
and god knows they've earned the right to jumpPriti Patel throws weight behind Boris Johnson bid for return to No 10
Former prime minister expected to launch campaign after return from Caribbean holiday
they can't go against the constitution of the conservative party. The way the 1922 committee devised this October election is about the best they can do, they will give the best chance for the last two candidates to do a deal. Sunak knows that the idiotic membership will vote for Johnson, Johnson knows that if he wins, it won't be fun because he has already bankrupted the country before he did a runner last time.
I previously made the point that Charles could request that any candidate for his PM has been endorsed by Parliament. Under the current situation where there is speculation about people resigning the whip if various people get elected, He should insist ... . I think flecc is of a similar viewpoint. The simplest way of doing this ,is having a word in private with whatever grandees are necessary, and then becoming indisposed .. No drama ,no high jinks, no precedent..and no egg on his face.
Once this blows over there will be a lot of "we need to talk about kevin" (the depraved tory that shrunk our economy from 90% to 60% of germany's) on radio 4..
