[Politics] Next Conservative Leader - Rishi Sunak

[Bob!]

Has the pound surged yet?

Yes
up 1.5% today

 

[Eric the meek]

Good to see the following appointments:

Zahawi: Secretary of State for zero dignity but damn good expenses
Braverman: Secretary of state for cruelty to the most vulnerable
Gove: Secretary of state for revenge

 

[WATFORD zero]

Has the pound surged yet?

It's absolutely rocketed to where it was a couple of weeks ago way below where it was a month ago - Rejoice

 

[Eric the meek]

It's absolutely rocketed to where it was a couple of weeks ago way below where it was a month ago - Rejoice

It's never enough for you is it?

I'm just rejoicing that my pension has now lost only 25k and not 30k.

 

[KZNSeagull]

Mordaunt stays as Leader of the HoC

 

[KZNSeagull]

Shapps is business secretary

 

[KZNSeagull]

Gillian Keegan is Education secretary

 

[nicko31]

Gillian Keegan is Education secretary

Actually not a bad appointment, deserves that she did well with apprenticeships.

 

[chickens]

Braverman back as Home Sec.

That’s incredibly disappointing. I had hoped that this would be striking out for the centre ground, Braverman is not where the centre ground lies.

 

[Deadly Danson]

Just popping in to say that by appointing Braverman the tiniest, tiniest bit of hope that the 'compassion' Sunak talked about was anything but words has been extinguished. Vile woman and ANYONE who still votes for this mob should hang their heads in shame. Awful awful people.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Pretty strange to bring Braverman back, a fop to the ERG?

Quite an easy stick for Starmer to beat Sunak with since he said that we would lead with integrity hours ago,

 

[A1X]

 

[KZNSeagull]

Coffey is Environment secretary. Steve Barclay is Health secretary

 

[jcdenton08]

Shocking stuff. I was quite, well not “positive” exactly, but certainly it is a better cabinet than before. Then he goes and brings Braverman back. What is that all about?!

 

[CHAPPERS]

This Braverman move is absolutely absurd. How exactly does Sunak think this is going to play out? He must, must, have needed her backing.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Ancient Chinese proverb says 'once cat litter in advanced stage of decomposition, moving the turds around makes very little difference'

 

[nicko31]

Ancient Chinese proverb says once cat litter is in advanced stage of decomposition, moving the turds around makes very little difference

seems where we’re at, the same bunch of people that have failed 2015. Making things easy for Starmer

 

[A1X]

This is basically the Truss cabinet. I give him 6 months now.

 

[Barnet Seagull]

 

[GT49er]

He didn't have a majority of MPs until Johnson dropped out. His supporters went to their second preference and then Sunak realised a majority. Not a very strong one as he ended up with 55%. Second preferential vote? Now where have I heard that before? Nice to see that the Tory MPs allow themselves some kind of PR when they vote. It's alright for some.

181 Tory MPs actually declared for him - three times as many as for Johnson and Mordaunt combined (38 dec;ared for Johnson, 25 for Mordaint; sauce- the FT). 55% or not, that is a substantial mahrity. Anyway, the right man (among the choices actually available) has got the job, terrible Truss's career is dead and buried, so no quibbles necessary; sighs of relief all round.