....and We're Off......

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48395905
I reckon it'll be Bojo v Raab in the final, what say you?

[Peter Pedant]

// Graham Brady has gone too I see//

not lynched because of his disloyalty and treason
( as free-tee wd say : yay treason ! rank treason! )
gone because he wants the top chair
and some of his hangers on have said - your turn now Graham

disgraceful

[ichkeria]

Well apparently he’s been urged to run ...
For PM!

Or maybe just urged to run ;-)

[ichkeria]

That may not be as ridiculous as it sounds.
I told you the Tories rarely do the expected. Jed Mercurio’s looking in I’m told :-)

[Togo]

Despite May's resignation we are by no means rid of her just yet. Like the barnacle that she is she could cling on(Klingon?) for months. While she will officially relinquish the title of Conservative party leader in 14 days, May revealed she would also be staying on as Prime Minister until her replacement is selected. It took five and a half months when Cameron was selected. Give her and the EUSSR time and they will queer this pitch as well. Just like they have the Brexit process. Even the two weeks notice to resign, that is not required, stinks of a future plot.

[Jordyboy9]

I don’t do politics or religion on here but I predict,
General election in the near future,
Labour victory,
And Diane Abbott as chancellor of the exchequer.,
I may emigrate to Crete.

[mushroom25]

//It took five and a half months when Cameron was selected. //

it can be done quicker, but party grandees have already said the new leader won't be confirmed until the party conference in September. by which time - what next for Brexit? will the EU countenance a renegotiation of the "Norwegian blue" deal that's currently the only one on the table? i can kinda see them acquiescing if a G/E puts Corbyn in charge, but for a new tory leader?

[david small]

She’s probably still got a trick or two up her sleeves beside her arms.

[jno]

anne, the only honest politician I can see on the Tory benches is Rees Mogg, and he's not running. I think he's a bit of a clot, but he's honest, which makes him the opposite of Boris

[ichkeria]

I am sure they will have sorted it out by the summer recess. I think she’s only staying as long as she is because of D Day and Trump.
Exactly what difference it’s going to make within this parliament tho I’m not sure I can see

[ichkeria]

The reason I don’t want Johnson is not really because of Brexit. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if he turned out to be a bit of a disappointment to some of you in that regard.
Simply that I don’t think he has the right qualities for the job

[jno]

ichkeria, the people constantly complaining that May was a Remainer all along have conveniently forgotten that Boris was too. I believe YouTube still has that videoclip in which he argues for Turkey joining the EU.

[ichkeria]

He argued at one stage that if a referendum narrowly went in favour of Leave we should use it to renegotiate our terms of membership (yet again).
And he only came out for that side very late in the day.
Against that there are all the fantastic (as in “based in fantasy”) articles he used to write in the Spectator on Brussels bureaucracy

[jno]

The Times sacked him for making stuff up (indeed, the Tories did the same); the Telegraph and Spectator are more elastic in their thinking.

[ichkeria]

Yes. A front page story too to do with Edward II cavorting with his man friend - got his timescales wrong and when it was longed out he merely compounded it by making up more stuff!
Great writer - esp of fiction ... but :-)

[grumpy01]

He’s certainly not to be trusted but are any of them?

[tonyav]

Got to be Boris.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/brexit-boris-johnson-vows-to-let-uk-crash-out-of-eu-without-a-deal-if-necessary/ar-AABR6Yz?li=BBoPRmx

[pixie374]

I'm sure that Boris has always just been waiting for the scapegoat to go, so he can come in and rescue us. Providing he does, that is fine.

[grumpy01]

Boris Johnson will not rescue anything.He is NOT to be trusted.Problem for the country is that there doesn’t appear to be any candidate who will sort out the mess.

[Hopkirk]

They need to find a Jim Hacker. Someone inoffensive who everyone can accept, when the obvious candidates are unacceptable to different factions.

Could it be Graham Brady?

[Ken4155]

There's gonna be more hats in the ring than are seen at Royal Ascot.
On the point of Boris's statement, doesn't he have to put this before the House and get it passed?