Ok Who Are We Backing Then?

[ToraToraTora]

...I'm going with Penny...again!

[Paigntonian]

Further to earlier contributors I find the sudden re-writing of leadership rules curious. Did the '22 meet in secret this morning and agree on a new Tory constitution? Did they meet after Truss' resignation? Did Brady write it on the back of a fag packet? What happens if three candidates each get less than 100 votes (perfectly possible)?

[Ken4155]

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1814473-6.html#answer-13390171

[Ken4155]

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/race-to-replace-truss-as-pm-hopefuls-scramble-for-support-from-100-mps/

[Ken4155]

Haven't a Scooby what happened first time ??

[FatticusInch]

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMFhRBkD8/

[FatticusInch]

As answered/asked elsewhere:

Amazed at how the Borstriches ask questions, you answer them, then they disappear when you ask the same? EVERY. SINGLE. TIME!
Lol.

[jno]

the fag packet suggestion sounds likeliest, Paigntonian.

[Gromit]

The 1922 committee want just one candidate to get 100 votes. And be declared the winner, uncontested, and no member voting.
There are likely 4 or 5 candidates and only 357 votes. So it is likely the 100 vote criteria will be achieved by many, if any candidates.

[FatticusInch]

I seriously believe it was their(1922 Committee) way of saying to the Party:
We hear you, we acknowledge(but definitely cannot fathom) your support of Johnson however the sane and rational public won’t wear it.
Your continued support is valued if somewhat unhinged. If the ethnic fella wins the vote you’ll just have to accept it in the 21st century, ok?

That is basically what happened in the last 12 hours.

[davebro]

If Zahawi becomes PM I will emigrate.

[ichkeria]

The way I understand this works, there would have to be three candidates for this eventually to go to the members.
This is possible, with only 357 MPs.
But unlikely I’d say.
And this might work against someone who’d have been likely to win a vote of members. Ironically, the more MPs back them up to a certain number the less likely are there to be two other opponents. There might be none of course, but that’s why I suggested that the real vote will take place before the nominations close because presumably other MPs would assure that didn’t happen.
Assuming enough of them are still speaking to each other :-)

[FatticusInch]

Exactly Ichkeria, however this plays out it is not going to unify the Party one little bit, it’ll be as fractious as ever.
A GE and a spell in opposition to remove the dead wood and sort themselves out is what’s required, this charade isn’t fooling anyone.

[Smowball]

Mr Bean….

[naomi24]

Paigntonian and others, //Further to earlier contributors I find the sudden re-writing of leadership rules curious. Did the '22 meet in secret this morning and agree on a new Tory constitution? Did they meet after Truss' resignation? Did Brady write it on the back of a fag packet?//

None of the above. This article, published three days ago, is behind a paywall but there's enough of it that's readable to explain what happened.

https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/uk-news/liz-truss-remove-tories-1922-committee-b2205326.html

//Senior members of the powerful 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchers are said to have held secret talks to discuss the possibility MPs will soon demand Liz Truss is replaced as prime minister.//

In other words, her removal was anticipated - which is hardly surprising.

[naomi24]

Incidentally, it appears that the rules for replacing a leader are flexible and not set in stone.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/20271796.tory-leadership-1922-committee-set-rules-contest-succeed-boris-johnson/

[Togo]

Looking at it again this morning after a think about why the selection "rules" have suddenly morphed into a hurry up and "rush our man through whilst they aren't looking" contest is pretty obvious. The committee though that by setting the 100 votes threshold that they were guaranteeing that the odious creep Sunak was selected ... preferably with a 100 votes. They had not factored in that Boris was likely to throw his hat into the ring. Now their devious machinations are about to bite back. The very conditions that the committee set to favour their chosen sock puppet look like guaranteeing that Boris is chosen. Sweet karma.

[FatticusInch]

It won’t happen but in a sadistic way I hope Johnson wins, it’ll prove that the whole Parliamentary Party are one of two things:
Self-serving sycophants who care nothing about the crises facing the British public this winter or hopelessly divided beyond repair.
Either way it’d necessitate a GE.
Maybe we could have it in the midst of his PSC enquiry?
Go Boris!! Lol

[Togo]

Even better is the fact that Hunt(homonym) and Gove stood down, as they were no doubt "persuaded" to do by the committee, before Boris began to test the water. "Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive."

[roadman]

bring back boris

[ichkeria]

They altered the rules to limit the number of candidates and shorten the process. That was vital given there’s supposed to be a budget statement by the end of the month