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[Politics] Next Conservative Leader - Rishi Sunak

Who should be the next leader of the conservative party?

  • Boris

    Votes: 48 17.8%
  • Therese Coffey

    Votes: 3 1.1%
  • Rishi Sunak

    Votes: 107 39.8%
  • Penny Mourdant

    Votes: 31 11.5%
  • Ben Wallace

    Votes: 21 7.8%
  • Jeremy Hunt

    Votes: 4 1.5%
  • Mick Gove

    Votes: 1 0.4%
  • Suella Braverman

    Votes: 4 1.5%
  • Chris Grayling

    Votes: 11 4.1%
  • Matt Hancock

    Votes: 3 1.1%
  • Sir Graham Brady

    Votes: 6 2.2%
  • Jacob Rees-Mogg

    Votes: 18 6.7%
  • Dom Raab

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Nadine Dorries

    Votes: 11 4.1%
  • Pretty Patel

    Votes: 1 0.4%

  • Total voters
    269
  • Poll closed .


The Wizard

Well-known member
Jul 2, 2009
18,399
Boris is the only small chance the conservatives have of winning the next general election, it looks like Sunak is the only other viable option and I’ve seen better leaders in the conga line than him.

That’s not to say I like or support Boris but if Sunak the serpent is the only other option it just shows you what a complete shambles the Conservative party have become and there is no chance of Sunak resurrecting this dead horse.
 






stewart12

Well-known member
Jan 16, 2019
1,899
milfy Penny won't get the 100 votes. Sunak will and eeeek Boris might also
 




jakarta

Well-known member
May 25, 2007
15,737
Sullington
Wallace not going for it (keeping powder dry) - now a 2 horse race, Sunak should walk it, can't believe that there are so many dozy twunts will vote for Johnson...
 




Frankie

Put him in the curry
May 23, 2016
4,383
Mid west Wales
Count Dracula,at least he'd be up front about sucking every last drop of blood out of the population plus we'd only have to put up with him after dark.
 


The Wizard

Well-known member
Jul 2, 2009
18,399
Wallace not going for it (keeping powder dry) - now a 2 horse race, Sunak should walk it, can't believe that there are so many dozy twunts will vote for Johnson...
What leadership credentials does Sunak have?

Much as Boris divides at least he has some semblance of leadership skills, the reason Boris will get some backing from within the party is because the party is in dire straights, Sunak is a guaranteed GE loss IMO where as Boris has won a general election.
 


Eric the meek

Fiveways Wilf
NSC Patron
Aug 24, 2020
6,900
Johnson now the clear favourite on the Betfair exchange, which is remarkable.
Odds on what his main 3 word slogan will be:

Clean up conservatism: 3/1
Back out Brexit: 4/1
Build Britain better: 5/1
Get Brexit working: Evens
50p for Brexit: No odds offered, on the assumption he probably means 50p in the £.
 




Greg Bobkin

Silver Seagull
May 22, 2012
15,895
What leadership credentials does Sunak have?

Much as Boris divides at least he has some semblance of leadership skills, the reason Boris will get some backing from within the party is because the party is in dire straights, Sunak is a guaranteed GE loss IMO where as Boris has won a general election.
Isn't one of the many/major reasons the party is in dire straights, er, Boris Johnson?
 


Sarisbury Seagull

Solly March Fan Club
NSC Patron
Nov 22, 2007
14,968
Sarisbury Green, Southampton
FFS, regardless of whether Tory idiots think he is the best person for the job (which beggars belief in itself), they are ridiculous for even suggesting Johnson. He will be suspended and we will lurch into another leadership circus. We need stability, this can't happen. Even the selfish, thick morons within that party must be able to see that?!
 


Kalimantan Gull

Well-known member
Aug 13, 2003
13,404
Central Borneo / the Lizard
What leadership credentials does Sunak have?

Much as Boris divides at least he has some semblance of leadership skills, the reason Boris will get some backing from within the party is because the party is in dire straights, Sunak is a guaranteed GE loss IMO where as Boris has won a general election.
The country doesn't want the Tories to win the next general election, the country wants them to keep things stable and rebuild the economy a bit before they are forced to call a GE and then the next government can take things forward.

Individual Tory MPs want a chance of holding their seats, and for a lot in old red wall marginals Boris is indeed the best chance of them doing so.

But the longer term cost to the Tory party as a whole, and the country at large, could be huge. We need to move on from the divisive politics of the last few years, which means moving on from Boris, and Rees-Mogg, and Braverman, and Truss, and Dorries - and Corbyn, and Abbott, and so on. We simply need some boring-but-talented folks doing a boring-but-competent job of running the county, instead of treating government as a University PPE-degree thought-experiment.
 




sparkie

Well-known member
Jul 17, 2003
13,219
Hove
If he gets to a Membership vote, Johnson wins.

That Tory Membership, as a group, have a terrible record of choosing terrible PMs.

The system needs changing.
 


HAILSHAM SEAGULL

Well-known member
Nov 9, 2009
10,359
If it goes to membership vote Bungle is nailed on, the blue rinse clad love him, they voted Huss face because she tried to copy Thatcher.
Bungle is their darling, they never wanted him gone in the 1st place.
 


nicko31

Well-known member
Jan 7, 2010
18,414
Gods country fortnightly
If he gets to a Membership vote, Johnson wins.

That Tory Membership, as a group, have a terrible record of choosing terrible PMs.

The system needs changing.
Mordaunt needs to stand down to stop the undemocratic liar winning. We really have fallen so far and so fast
 




GrizzlingGammon

Well-known member
Dec 15, 2018
1,973
Boris is the only one with a mandate to be a PM. He was elected for 5 years, he should serve the 5 years. Anything else is undemocratic and I would support an early general election if it wasn't him.
The Conservative party have a mandate.
 




beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius
Jul 21, 2003
35,955
has Johnson actually declared yet? isn't he still on holiday?
 










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