Badenoch's (Lack Of) Vision Quest

[Pross]

My sentiments exactly. I think she got the leadership, because, nobody with even half a brain wanted it.

Or nobody with half a brain got elected as a Tory MP (most had already quit / been driven out)

 

[Stevo 666]

Or nobody with half a brain got elected as a Tory MP (most had already quit / been driven out)

A lot of people with half a brain got elected as Labour MP's though.

 

[Pross]

A lot of people with half a brain got elected as Labour MP's though.

Careful, that sounds like a 50% lurch towards leftiebollox compared to your normal views!

 

[CXRAndy]

A lot of people with half a brain got elected as Labour MP's though.

Quite a few dumb fùcks voted Labour in to power

 

[Stevo 666]

Quite a few dumb fùcks voted Labour in to power

Although there does seem to be a fair bit of 'buyers remorse' around these days for some reason...

 

[Psamathe]

I would guess that they are all biding their time as it's such a shitshow on the far right, and they are happy for her to take all the blame. Well, apart from Jenrick, who's trying to rehabilitate Enoch Powell (saying he was essentially correct but didn't quite get the messaging right), not least by making him seem relatively tame in his xenophobic ambition.

My sentiments exactly. I think she got the leadership, because, nobody with even half a brain wanted it.

Or maybe she was/is the best the party has for the job. Maybe they've sunk so low, lost any capability, waved goodbye to all morality, etc. that she is the best of a bad choice.

 

[All uphill]

Or maybe she was/is the best the party has for the job. Maybe they've sunk so low, lost any capability, waved goodbye to all morality, etc. that she is the best of a bad choice.

To be a successful Tory leader one would need:

the support of the few remaining party members, average age 103, with fascist tendencies, and mild dementia, possibly

And

The support of a good slice of the electorate, who are much younger and remember Johnson and Truss.

Not possible imho

 

[Stevo 666]

To be a successful Tory leader one would need:

The support of a good slice of the electorate, who are much younger and remember Johnson and Truss.

In years to come people will probably be saying something similar about Labour's chances of success and needing the support of those who remember Starmer, Reeves and Rayner.

 

[briantrumpet]

To be a successful Tory leader one would need:

the support of the few remaining party members, average age 103, with fascist tendencies, and mild dementia, possibly

Steady on, you might be talking about one or two forum members.

 

[Xipe Totec]

Quite a few dumb fùcks voted Labour in to power

Are you trying to say you didn't vote for Reform?

 

[BoldonLad]

To be a successful Tory leader one would need:

the support of the few remaining party members, average age 103, with fascist tendencies, and mild dementia, possibly

And

The support of a good slice of the electorate, who are much younger and remember Johnson and Truss.

Not possible imho

Politicians of all parties rely on the Electorate NOT remembering, that is how they get elected more than one time.

 

[briantrumpet]

Politicians of all parties rely on the Electorate NOT remembering, that is how they get elected more than one time.

Thankfully we didn't forget everything at the last election.

 

[CXRAndy]

Are you trying to say you didn't vote for Reform?

No I didn't

 

[BoldonLad]

Thankfully we didn't forget everything at the last election.

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True, but, I didn't say "get elected more than once at consecutive elections".

 

[Ian H]

Thankfully we didn't forget everything at the last election.

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Wilt thou, won't thou.