Many see Boris as having an early election, wiping out Farage and therefore letting in Corbyn. Interesting times.
Alphabetical Girls' and Boys' Names Oct '25
Well, there's 10 left in the race to be our next Prime Minister and voting starts tomorrow.
Who would you LIKE to be the next leader of the Tory party?
And who would you BET on?
Many see Boris as having an early election, wiping out Farage and therefore letting in Corbyn. Interesting times.
I didn't mean you Elvive ... your post popped up before mine. However do read the rest of keffie's post.
Harper, Leadsom and McVey out.
It will be Boris, I am too old to emigrate
These latest posters obviously didn't read your post keffie ... they don't like facing up to the truth!
keffie, when I get time I will read all your points but 1 and 2 are spot on.
If I get something wrong, make a mistake, let somebody down, I feel bad. I will often ruminate and replay it over and over and berate myself. I suppose it is a fault.
How, on earth does Cameron live with himself and all those immoral back stabbers who destroyed TM. And BJ, with his daughter of a family friend......its vile.
Cue........comment on Marxists.
Boris storms it. Triple figures!
Amber Rudd will be gutted by Jeremy Hunt’s total of only 43 votes!
Rory Stewart a nice got through.
I voted leave and Boris is the only person for the job!
I hope he gets the backing he needs...I think he will.
Sorry. Posted too soon. The above are out of the running. Johnson way ahead. God help us
Keffie I liked your long post, a lot of sense in it. It has to be another vote.
Results now declared; Leadsom and McVey and Harper
keffie stand by for dismissal by the brexiteer faction, they don't like experts and like the truth even less. I know you won't believe anyone could be so daft but (hollow laugh) some of them even want Johnson as PM and even (chortle) think that Farage is a decent man with their best interests at heart.
Leadsom's husband and brother in law have allegedly made fortunes, out of the financial turmoil of the Brexit era. No financial worries for them, as the rest of the country faces financial melt down.
Just at a time when we need exceptional leaders, we have exceptionally unsuitable choices.
Or Farage , thankfully no chance there for the time being,
BUT sad to say the other options are pretty dire as well.
Anyone BUT Jeremy Corbyn
Years and Years???? Written by Russell T Davis who was the writer for many years of Dr.Who when it returned to our screens.
Do you believe in time travel, daleks, cyber men???
Jeremy Corbyn.
Kryssie I sincerely hope for your sake you are on a wind up re Farage being prime minister. How? His party arent a party. They are a limited company. Check it out. It's TRUE.
Then he would have to field 100s of candidates and he would need to win 320 plus seats in parliament to get a majority. He has never won a seat in parliament and he has stood 7 times. Need I continue
Jeus
None of the people in the line up could run a p up in a brewery. The country needs a good shake up and these clowns are just not the people to do it.
123coco Your post -Thu 13-Jun-19 12:21:09. I haven't dared mention Years and Years. Far too likely to happen so I didn't want anyone to feel as scared as I do.
Oh and any of you thinking that Leadsom is a good choice, she has just stated she would have no issues with lifting the ban on fox hunting with dogs. Anyone happy with that?
muffinthemoo I agree.
I don't think what you described is an old fashioned or outdated view - I think wishing for our new PM to be someone with decency and integrity is a perfectly reasonable thing to wish for.
Who measures up? I am not sure any of them do. I am pleased it is not being put to the public vote.
None of them. Let's break this down into facts
1/ Cameron didnt expect to win the 2015 election outright. He gave the referrndim has a carrot expecting to still be in bed with the Lib Dems who would not agree to a referendum.
2/ Cameron arrogance beyond words calling this referendum the public weren't clamouring for did not expect to lose.
3/ If the ex-pat's had been allowed to vote we wouldnt be having this conversation. Before you say well they are abroad why should they? Just remember the majority still pay tax here on pensions, have investments and businesses they pay tax on too
4/ 52/48% Farage said before the vote if it was close he wouldn't be going away. Why should us remainers. We arent remainers. Wr know the Brexit idea is insane thats why we are out here fighting.
5/ Boris and Gove didnt believe leave would win. It was all career moving from them for when Cameron stood down in 2019 as he intended too. Boris has always been pro Europe. There are 100s of articles and streams on www to prove it.
6/ Ensue the mess we have now. Brexiteers in parliament had no idea or understanding of how to implement it.
7/ Theres been a deal Boris and co voted against. It's the only one we are getting. The E.U have disbanded the Brexit office. Why dont people realise that
8/ This will rumble on for years because the main problem most Brexiteers even in parliament cant get there heads around is there can be no hard border in Ireland because it is illegal. There will be no Brexit because of it.
9/ In the meantime the waste of time and money continues
10/ Brexit is already damaging the economy. The next P.M will have the same problems as T.M. Brexit is not doable
11/ The Tories are stropping around threatening things they cannot do. We wont leave on a no deal in October because there isnt the plans in place.
12/ Parlment cannot get the paperwork through in time. You cannot just shut parliament just because you want too. They are like school boys in a playground
13/ Deals with the rest of the world? They all want something from us. Guess what? It's free movement. It would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic. Trade means they all want something in return. Btw our biggest trading partner is The E.U. Let's see a few million deal with Iceland xs a few countries or a billions worth with the E.U?
14/ Guess what, again? WTO we have to reapply to be a member of. We are a member of within the EU. Not in our own right. We tried to fast track our singular membership last year. Guess what? It was rejected. Countries aren't happy with what they are seeing in The U.K now. They see a "you want business but you dont want us in your country"
15/ We now have to apply for normal membership if we leave. All 170 countries have to agree. We have to renegotiate 170 agreements. In the meantime the cost of living will go up by up to 40% as that what it will cost extra to trade until new agreements are sorted. This will take years
16/ Business say its suicide. NHS are losing europran staff hand over fist as a big proportion of our staff come from the E.U. They are going because they dont feel welcome anymore. Hospitality, care homes and agriculture is the same.
17/ For those who say about the Lisbon treaty. We have been in it since 2009. An ad addendum is coming in next year. This is why the Tories what us out.
What is it? After the bankers crash of 2008 the E.U bought in rules to stop offshore business not paying tax and hiding money. Guess when it comes in? Next year. Its not about you. Its about them
17/ The E.U arent the bad guys
in this. I could write plenty more however my finger has had enough now
18/ Its just a pity that remain wlill have to pay if we do end up out. If we stay in leacers will never appreciate the fight we have fought is benefiting them too
muffinthemoo exactly how I feel too. Once you have lied to your wife and family and your employer and your colleagues as Johnson has you set unlikely to find it difficult to lie to the electorate oh wait...he has already done that.
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