The Nasty Party (AKA the Tories), it's back!

[Beebo]

Oh. He was set to get booted out anyway.
It’s a main target for LibDems.
It will be interesting to see if a new Tory candidate gets the benefit of the doubt or is booted out too.

 

[winjim]

It will be an interesting by-election.

Edit, ah, at the next election.

A bully and a coward then.

 

[icowden]

Gutted...

Same here. I was really looking forward to not voting for him and watching him beaten by the Lib Dems.
I wonder who will stand in his place?

 

[Bromptonaut]

Same here. I was really looking forward to not voting for him and watching him beaten by the Lib Dems.
I wonder who will stand in his place?

There must be, as in the period before 1997, a chicken run of current MPs, some in ministerial office, who are in seats they'll struggle to hold. Some will be Boundary Changes but others, like Raab, are vulnerable to demographic change - as well as polling moves against the Tories. I don't think anybody with a current seat will rush for this one. The candidate next time will be somebody new off the list of approved PPCs for whom a loss will pave the way to a better prospect in 2028/9.

NAdine Dories' seat, or Henley must be prime territory. Will Johnson's profession of loyalty to the now pretty marginal Ruislip hold?

I doubt it.

 

[Beebo]

NAdine Dories' seat, or Henley must be prime territory. Will Johnson's profession of loyalty to the now pretty marginal Ruislip hold?

I doubt it.

He’s moved to a new mansion in Oxfordshire.
Not exactly local to Ruislip is it.

 

[Bromptonaut]

He’s moved to a new mansion in Oxfordshire.
Not exactly local to Ruislip is it.

Close to Henley though!!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

My wife was looking at the number of MPs that are not standing at teh next election

I think it is currently 44 Tories
plus the ones who have lost the whip

If I was running an organisation employing about 400 people and 40plus of them decided to leave then I would be wondering what I was doing wrong

 

[multitool]

I have it on good authority that some large organisations within the Home Office/MOD are already preparing for a change of administration.

 

[Beebo]

My wife was looking at the number of MPs that are not standing at teh next election

I think it is currently 44 Tories
plus the ones who have lost the whip

If I was running an organisation employing about 400 people and 40plus of them decided to leave then I would be wondering what I was doing wrong

There will be an awful lot of ex Tory MPs chasing the high paying non executive directorships.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

There will be an awful lot of ex Tory MPs chasing the high paying non executive directorships.

My thoughts are that, if I was a Tory MP, I would be looking at the polls and local election results and thinking of how I earn money after the next election

and if I declare I am leaving now then I can start looking for possibilities before the rush and look better as I am leaving as a decision and not because I was kicked out

 

[the snail]

There must be, as in the period before 1997, a chicken run of current MPs, some in ministerial office, who are in seats they'll struggle to hold. Some will be Boundary Changes but others, like Raab, are vulnerable to demographic change - as well as polling moves against the Tories. I don't think anybody with a current seat will rush for this one. The candidate next time will be somebody new off the list of approved PPCs for whom a loss will pave the way to a better prospect in 2028/9.

NAdine Dories' seat, or Henley must be prime territory. Will Johnson's profession of loyalty to the now pretty marginal Ruislip hold?

I doubt it.

Dorries and a couple of others are due to be booted into the HoL thanks to Johnsons resignation honours, so we may have some amusing bye-elections soon.

 

[BoldonLad]

My thoughts are that, if I was a Tory MP, I would be looking at the polls and local election results and thinking of how I earn money after the next election

and if I declare I am leaving now then I can start looking for possibilities before the rush and look better as I am leaving as a decision and not because I was kicked out

Quite, do, it’s not really surprising is it?

 

[fozy tornip]

Do the difficulties facing Braverman and Johnson mean Rishi Corleone is at a Christening?


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CDlBLvc3YE&ab_channel=Movieclips

 

[lazybloke]

Just saw in the news that the government has refused to hand over the unredacted information to the Covid enquiry, which might be a criminal offence. Haven't heard anything from the Attorney General on the matter, so I wonder who's (potentially) on the hook for criminal charges?
And surely the government's position is breaking Nolan principles (Accountability and Openness as a minimum).

Is this just posturing, or are serious implications and outcomes possible for the government?

 

[Beebo]

How many times were we told to wait for the public enquiry before jumping to conclusions?
Then they refused to hand over documents before its even started.