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So, if you don't like Boris......

(262 Posts)
kittylester Sun 12-Dec-21 08:49:18

who would you like to replace him - from either side?

Or is he the best of a bad bunch?

Anniebach Sun 12-Dec-21 20:44:49

Angels Rayner would give the same general election results
as Michael Foot and Jeremy Corbyn

25Avalon Sun 12-Dec-21 20:44:43

Then risk the consequences. Keir Starmer is right.

Galaxy Sun 12-Dec-21 20:41:20

No thanks I am not pulling anything with Johnson.

25Avalon Sun 12-Dec-21 20:35:12

There’s an old saying “Don’t swop horses midstream” so maybe we are better off staying where we are. Boris has been on TV stressing the importance of getting booster jabs. Keir Starmer and Labour are backing him even if some of his backbenchers aren’t.We all need to pull together.

MaizieD Sun 12-Dec-21 19:48:48

Harriet Harman will not be standing at the next General Election.

Urmstongran Sun 12-Dec-21 19:47:25

Didn’t I read Harriet Harman is retiring soon?

welbeck Sun 12-Dec-21 19:42:22

from labour, harriet harman or yvette cooper.
keir starmer is highly honourable but too considered and careful for the cut and thrust of PMQs.

welbeck Sun 12-Dec-21 19:40:26

does lifestyle here mean, expanding his horizons ...?

welbeck Sun 12-Dec-21 19:37:29

from the conservatives, tom tugendhat, or tobias ellwood.

MayBee70 Sun 12-Dec-21 18:54:52

Ladyleftfieldlover

I imagine Gove is still coming to terms with his new lifestyle, but would be awful anyway. Liz Truss is trying to emulate Mrs Thatcher by being photographed in a tank, so Mr Hunt it is then. Mr Sunak, as I’ve said before, is far too short. Not that I’m shortist.

I wasn’t expecting the word lifestyle..grin you’ve thrown me there!

Urmstongran Sun 12-Dec-21 18:53:23

MaizieD

Forsythia

MayBee70

And who might they be? Yvette Cooper, Wes Streeting et Al. Crikey, we don’t want people like that in government, do we confused?

I agree with you, we certainly don’t.

Good Lord, Maybee!

Forsythia has taken you seriously...

Even I grasped Forsythia was speaking tongue in cheek. Wake up at the back MaizieD.
?

Jodieb Sun 12-Dec-21 18:52:03

Graham Brady. Big, strong and comes across as reliable.

Ladyleftfieldlover Sun 12-Dec-21 18:43:05

I imagine Gove is still coming to terms with his new lifestyle, but would be awful anyway. Liz Truss is trying to emulate Mrs Thatcher by being photographed in a tank, so Mr Hunt it is then. Mr Sunak, as I’ve said before, is far too short. Not that I’m shortist.

humptydumpty Sun 12-Dec-21 18:35:39

EV I have to respectfully completely disagree with you - can't stand Angela Rayner, loud and talks over interviewers (and I'm a labour supporter)

MayBee70 Sun 12-Dec-21 18:35:05

I can’t help but feel that many people still think that being PM is about charisma and not decency and competence. Strangely enough, I saw a poll that said if the electorate could have an ex PM as leader now would vote for Gordon Brown who, if I remember right people thought if as being a bit boring.

EllanVannin Sun 12-Dec-21 18:25:48

As a speaker I like the forthright Angela Rayner and would have liked to have seen her leading the Labour party. If she was ever chosen you'd see an increase in voters.

sodapop Sun 12-Dec-21 17:32:31

Doesn't seem to be anyone standing head and shoulders above the rest does there. Especially not Gove. I agree with Visgirl an outsider none of the usual suspects.

Jane71 Sun 12-Dec-21 17:31:49

Can't stand the Tories, so can't bring myself to propose a replacement Conservative PM.
Andy Burnham would get my vote, but not sure whether he could be tempted back into national politics.
I like and respect Jess Phillips a lot, but don't think she's PM material. It's about time the Labour party had a woman leader though, and yes I know about people like Margaret Becket, but she was just in a holding position.
Shame Caroline Lucas isn't in the Labour party.

Hetty58 Sun 12-Dec-21 17:23:44

Luckygirl3, I preferred 'Carting', as 'caring' and 'conservative' don't belong in the same phrase, do they?

MaizieD Sun 12-Dec-21 17:18:03

Forsythia

MayBee70

And who might they be? Yvette Cooper, Wes Streeting et Al. Crikey, we don’t want people like that in government, do we confused?

I agree with you, we certainly don’t.

Good Lord, Maybee!

Forsythia has taken you seriously...

Visgir1 Sun 12-Dec-21 16:21:29

Wishful thinking who you would like. But it's the MP's and the Tory party members who make the decision. Any change will happen before next election so 18 months time if it happens?
I reckon complete outsider, not any of the normal suspects.

Lucca Sun 12-Dec-21 15:33:05

Sorry that was to Maybee 14.24

Lucca Sun 12-Dec-21 15:31:47

As opposed to the current delightful front bench ?

Alegrias1 Sun 12-Dec-21 15:21:53

I suggested Tyrion Lannister so Andy Burnham seems a much more viable suggestion.

Doodledog Sun 12-Dec-21 15:20:36

Urmstongran

Andy Burnham (our Mayor here in Greater Manchester) isn’t an MP. He stood down in the GE in 2017.

I know. But he would, IMO, make a good PM, and the question was 'who would we like to replace Johnson', not 'who is likely to replace him'.