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Who next for PM?

(163 Posts)
Visgir1 Wed 13-Apr-22 09:57:44

It will be Liz Truss, she's the favourite with "grass roots" Tories.
Not my favourite, I would like to see a rank outsider, someone like Penny Mordaunt, good local MP, normal background (Comprehension School, Reading Uni and still in the Navy Reserves).

Riverwalk Wed 13-Apr-22 09:54:37

Her Majesty's finest:

Cabinet members

Take yer pick.

Whitewavemark2 Wed 13-Apr-22 09:52:46

Riverwalk

Nadine Dorries smile

Of course. An obvious choice.

Riverwalk Wed 13-Apr-22 09:50:10

Nadine Dorries smile

Whitewavemark2 Wed 13-Apr-22 09:36:49

DaisyAnne

What if they went back to those who Johnson threw out?

They aren’t members of the Tory party now. So they’ve burnt those boats.

DaisyAnne Wed 13-Apr-22 09:35:48

I am clutching at straws but feel the need to rebalance my bias smile

Coastpath Wed 13-Apr-22 09:35:20

The quality and morals of the people that Johnson has pulled close around him make dredging up one good, untarnished apple from the rotten barrelful impossible.

Many on GN praise and value their Conservative MP so there must be many excellent MPs in the party, just not in Johnson's clique. What must those Tory MPs who went into politics as a force for good be thinking?

DaisyAnne Wed 13-Apr-22 09:35:12

What if they went back to those who Johnson threw out?

Whitewavemark2 Wed 13-Apr-22 09:31:03

The reason that they won’t chuck Johnson out at the moment is because there is no one to replace him of integrity, untouched by the corruption, lies and incompetence.

GrannyGravy13 Wed 13-Apr-22 09:27:24

I think Liz Truss has a chance at the top job, I was hoping for Rishi Sunak, but that’s not on the cards since his Spring Statement along with his wife’s tax affairs.

BigBertha1 Wed 13-Apr-22 09:24:39

Not Jeremy Hunt please. Richy Rich has blotted his copybook now.

Ailidh Wed 13-Apr-22 09:22:26

I vote for defenestration but beyond that, have little else to offer.

The partygate parties were shoddy and distasteful; I could gulp and swallow them if the prime minister had not lied again and again about them, and, even worse, now "pledges" to stay put and carry on, as through he were doing something noble.

I read on Very British Problems yesterday that one of the joyous gifts of the English language is that you can put the modifier "absolute" in front of any noun you like, and it sounds like an insult. Looking at the things scattered round me I could go for: Mr. Johnson is an absolute covid-snot hankie; Mr. Johnson is an absolute coffee table; or my favourite, Mr. Johnson is an absolute wool-winder.

DaisyAnne Wed 13-Apr-22 09:11:03

Listening to the closing interview on Today they seem to think nothing will happen until after the May Local Elections.

The suggestion was that, if Johnson is defenestrated, the next PM could not be from the current Cabinet as they are now all tarred with backing Johnson. Hunt name was the only one they could suggest.

What are your thoughts? I can't see how, if he goes, the government can continue but I do understand I have an underlying bias.