it is not an uncommon point of view to claim that blair and brown were tories… some on the left say so too.
I don’t agree with it though. Blair and Brown dropped their political opposition to thatcherism for the sake of expediency but they also did things that no tory including thatcher would ever have dreamed of. And the tories at the time certainly did not consider them to be tory lite.
TTT, would it not be a good idea for the new PM to spend the next months running the country competently if he can, rather than devote himself to bashing labour and their leader, which seems to be your idea of what a PM should do?
I was hoping Sunak would win and in the end he didn't have any competition. Lets give him a chance and see if he can pull rabbits out of a hat and do something positive with the economy.
sp, one could argue that it was Tony Bliar as he broke international law over Iraq and he prevented his ministers from debating the legality of his action - according to Two-Jags Prescott.
I don’t think it’s a shame Mordaunt pulled out. I think it’s a good thing. Like her predecessor she wouldn’t have lasted five minutes and we’d have been going through the whole process again. Fat lot of good that would have done the country.
//Er Tora, I thought you despised the backstabbing Sunak. Is it a case of "anyone will do as long as they're a Tory"? // - yes for the purposes of the leadership contest now that's over it's in everyone's interest to unite behind the new leader. Not saying he's now my favourite but for the good of the party I'll support our leader. I'd rather have a non favourite Tory than Labour.