If Theresa May Steps Aside This Week ...

[ichkeria]

... as seems quite likely at the moment, who would you like to see/who do you think would be
the best bet as caretaker PM?

[Calicogirl]

Hahahahaha...well I'd like to see Michael Gove or Jacob Rees-Mogg ('cos not even their mother likes them- and they'd be like a golden ticket to Brexit failing and Labour winning the next election). Johnson would be your best caretaker, but he won't touch it I don't imagine.
I'm just watching the *** show unfold with a mixture of extreme despair and amusement. It's awful :(

[vulcan42]

I'll be surprised if you get many answers for the simple reason there is not one person in the House of Commons worthy of the title " the next Prime Minister" temporary or not.

[mushroom25]

//Labour winning the next election//

really? with JC in charge?
he's had an open goal for months now - and opportunity after opportunity has been comprehensively fluffed. he should walk it. but he won't.

[Bazile]

David Beckham

[aelmpvw]

well he is a right winger ...

[Bazile]

So what should JC have done , which he hasn't , which would make labour win the next election ?

[gulliver1]

Not a Cobyn fan , but I don't think LABOUR could have even made,
as Big a Ba--lls up as this lot who are in charge now, don't just get rid of May, get rid of the Cons altogether.

[mushroom25]

//I don't think LABOUR could have even made, as Big a Ba--lls up as this lot who are in charge now, //

you'd probably be looking an equivalent level of incompetence gulliver. the labour party are just as polarised as the conservative party when it comes to the EU; maybe more so with the current leadership who - whilst their parliamentary party are largely remainers - know that they will be unable to enact great parts of their manifesto if still in the EU.

[ichkeria]

They aren’t though. They are divided on what to do about the referendum but it’s the Tory party that has traditionally been at war over Europe.

[ichkeria]

Actually Michael Gove would be my choice, if not my prediction. He has the brains, the creativity and most importantly perhaps the charisma possibly needed
So, naturally, he hasn’t a hope :-)

[jno]

Gove ... charisma ... what?

[drmorgans]

Do politicians need to be likeable to be effective? Gove might be obnoxious but he does seem to be competent and have brains.

[dannyk13]

She is not stepping down according to Downing Street.(12 o.clock news)news

[ichkeria]

Charisma? He does. It’s a constant impression given by people who know him.
I’m talking about interpersonal skills. not necessarily “sock it to ‘em” mass appeal.
A friend of mine was on a quiz team with him once and they were going for a largish cash prize with a particular question to which my friend insisted he knew the answer: spectacularly incorrectly so. Gove apparently was the model of charm and tact. I can see that quality coming in handy.

[mushroom25]

mrs may probably needs the football manager's time honoured poison chalice - the full backing of the club's board of directors.....

[vulcan42]

" Charm and tact" fine but I would like to see trust in there somewhere and personally I don't trust any of them.

[maggiebee]

Think Nicola Sturgeon would do a great job - maybe she's too busy at the moment though.

[mushroom25]

//Think Nicola Sturgeon would do a great job //

no single issue politician will ever lead the country. but in any case, ms sturgeon isn't - and never has been - a westminster mp.

[Old_Geezer]

JRM

But yet to be convinced she's off yet, media trying hard though.

[tamborine]

Chuka Umuna will knock all heads together, including EUs