So it is going to be Sunak

I would have preferred a general election but at least this hasn’t been long and drawn out like the last time.

I'm pleased by this - at least at the moment. I'm just relieved the vote didn't go to the Conservative members, as they are not to be trusted to make the right decision.

Just seen Graham Brady announce this, and hoped he wouldn't be advising the new PM to resign in the next few months!!

I wanted Penny personally. I can't understand how a few weeks ago Rishi wasn't good enough. Now all of a sudden he is. I wonder how long he will last? We definitely need a general election.

grannyrebel7

I wanted Penny personally. I can't understand how a few weeks ago Rishi wasn't good enough. Now all of a sudden he is. I wonder how long he will last? We definitely need a general election.

I am sure that Mr Sunak was the MPs choice, it was the Party Members who voted for Ms. Truss.

I will not judge until we see what his immediate plans are.

I think this says a great deal about the current state of politics

twitter.com/robhastings/status/1584147909297119232?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

The question though is whether those that didn’t support Sunak - a very large minority, - will behave and and follow party discipline.

He is younger than my two by a couple of years, and our youngest, PM at 42. This beats Tony Blair by a year I think.

I don’t vote Tory but am relieved that awful BJ is not in the picture, at least fir now, but like Trump I don’t think this us the last we see of either.

Whitewavemark2

The question though is whether those that didn’t support Sunak - a very large minority, - will behave and and follow party discipline.

Do we know it was a large minority? I’m sceptical, I reckon 250 would have voted for Sunak, the hard core of Johnson acolytes is only reckoned to be about 60. I’m sure they will be a constant thorn in his side though.

That is sufficient to cause real problems

grannyrebel7

I wanted Penny personally. I can't understand how a few weeks ago Rishi wasn't good enough. Now all of a sudden he is. I wonder how long he will last? We definitely need a general election.

Thank goodness it didn’t go to the party members this time. One of them - certainly not a ‘retired colonel’ type, told my brother that he’d voted for Truss because he liked her figure!
You couldn’t make it up.

Personally, in the current national and international circumstances, I think Rishi’s very brave to take it on - I say the best of luck to him.

As I said on another thread, his extreme right wing economics will make life very hard indeed for the majority of the electorate, but at least he will not be a cause for embarrassment on the international stage and is unlikely to be embroiled in seedy sex scandals. I do hope he gets his revenge on all the toadying Johnson supporters who were willing to overlook the law breaking, lies, seedy behaviour just to stay in a job.

grannyrebel7

I wanted Penny personally. I can't understand how a few weeks ago Rishi wasn't good enough. Now all of a sudden he is. I wonder how long he will last? We definitely need a general election.

Well last time he was better than Penny!

Her turn will come

I thought Rishi was left leaning

Just watching Fabricant on Sky News and wondering how we managed to end up with a government full of people like Fabricant, Coffey, Rees Mogg, Peter Bone, Chope, Francois and yes, Boris Johnson

More so than Truss surely?

Zoejory

I thought Rishi was left leaning

Not at all. Although the party has gone so far to the right that he might appear to be left leaning to some.

So you are all prepared for the new wave of Austerity he'll bring in ...thats to pay for the mess he and his party caused ..NOT the general public ...Good choice .
We NEED an election after 12 long years of tory misrule !Not another few uears of the same old mess

Zoejory

I thought Rishi was left leaning

? no!

They’ll come up with a new word for it.

MayBee70

They’ll come up with a new word for it.

? how about “screw you”?

Whitewavemark2

MayBee70

They’ll come up with a new word for it.

? how about “screw you”?

I think Sunak is pragmatic and not wedded to any particular economic theory.

I think he is clear about what ordinary people want, but whether his way of doing it will be acceptbale I am not sure.

I saw a cryptic comment re Boris standing down to the effect that there must be many women who are glad Boris pulled out.

Luckygirl13