Nigel For Tory Party Leader ?

[Khandro]

'Nigel Farage has topped a poll on who should be the next Tory leader, with Suella Braverman second and Boris Johnson third.

The Express asked readers who they thought should replace Rishi Sunak as he faces a crisis over the Rwanda scheme.

As of 6pm yesterday, more than 5,000 people had voted in the survey on this website.

Mr Farage, the former Ukip and Brexit Party leader who is currently taking part in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here, came first with 41 per cent despite not currently being a Tory member'

[ichkeria]

And how will that happen?

[Hymie]

And I thought it impossible to have a worse prime minister than Boris Johnson.

[ichkeria]

Presumably the good old Express had Farage as one of the options to vote for. These are the sort of polls that end up with people wanting Coco the clown to replace King Charles. Amusing but probably saying more about the pollsters and their target 

[New Judge]

"And I thought it impossible to have a worse prime minister than Boris Johnson."

We already have one who is worse. You only need to wait until after the next GE for the second.

[Untitled]

Priti Patel is closely allied with him... if she ran for tory leadership then she would effectively be his puppet

[ichkeria]

I was wondering, if Sunak was pushed out, who on earth would want the poisoned chalice? 

[Khandro]

ichi //And how will that happen?//

The odds are it won't, but it's interesting to see that so many wish it could.

[Old_Geezer]

The choices were:

Kemi Badenoch
Suella Braverman
David Cameron
James Cleverly
Nigel Farage
Boris Johnson
Penny Mordaunt
Other
Don't know

So if you wanted Jacob Rees Mogg you could always have opted for "Other".

[johnny.5]

Nigel Farage P.M.

and

Tony Robinson deputy P.M. ?

[Old_Geezer]

The simplest way it could happen is for a safe Tory constituency to realise the situation the party is in and offer NF whatever it takes to convince him to get on board. Then hear the sigh of relief from the rest of the party when the members realise they finally have a member they can vote in as leader to change things around.

[naomi24]

//And how will that happen?//

 

Does he have to be elected as an MP - or as a member of the Conservative party (which he isn't at the moment but that's an easy fix), could he be offered the job as David Cameron was offered his latest senior role?  I don't know.

[ichkeria]

"//And how will that happen?//

Does he have to be elected as an MP - or as a member of the Conservative party (which he isn't at the moment but that's an easy fix), could he be offered the job as David Cameron was offered his latest senior role?  I don't know.

In theory, no, and that applies to the PM as well. But there is a convention of accountability: Cameron (whose return I welcomed) was made a Lord because he couldn't just be made an MP. For Nigel Farage, he'd first have to become a Tory party member, then he'd have to be selected for a constituency, then he'd have to win that seat, then he'd have to stand for the leadership and then, here's the real biggie, he'd have to convince enough MPs to put him up in any leadership contest.

But you have to see, and it may be difficult, that beyond the readership of the Daily Express, and a pretty narrow band of political opinion, Farage is a toxic brand: as I always say, Dominic Cummings realised this when he was conducting his brilliant Brexit campaign: realised Johnson was a huge asset, Farage a huge liability.

[youngmafbog]

Interesting, the commies and lefty liberals all in rage on it - so it must be right.

Being serious though, no it wont happen.

[naomi24]

Ich, are you saying that only a lord can be selected rather than elected for high office?  If so, that's an odd ruling.

[Khandro]

ichi  //..as I always say, Dominic Cummings realised this when he was conducting his brilliant Brexit campaign: realised Johnson was a huge asset, Farage a huge liability.//

If not for Farage, Cummings wouldn't have been in a position to make such a choice.

It is a generally accepted fact that Farage was the initiator & driving force behind Brexit.  If he wasn't who was ? 

[ichkeria]

"Ich, are you saying that only a lord can be selected rather than elected for high office?  If so, that's an odd ruling."

Not at all: but it's easier route back into parliament. Quite how accountable that makes him of course is another matter. I like the idea tho that non-parliamentarians can be brought in as ministers.

[naomi24]

So theoretically, Nigel could be 'selected'.

[gulliver1]

Johnson has just Broke Britain ...Don't  even think about giving him and his fraudulent Cronies a second chance... send him to Rwanda.

[ichkeria]

"So theoretically, Nigel could be 'selected'.

Oh yes. But I'd say that's not a "real world" possibility 

[naomi24]

I'd say that too.