Conservatives Party Leadership Race

I havent been following it much.
Those vote numbers look quite tight. Quite even?

Not a lot to choose between them!

Thank the lord Patel is out!

The winner will be the worst of a pathetic bunch.

It’s an interesting result, in that the two with the greatest number of votes are both on the right, but Priti Patel apparently hasn’t endorsed another candidate - wonder who her supporters will choose next week?

Have never supported the Tories but there has to be a strong opposition in a democracy, however, any of the above contenders does not inspire me, where are the centre right Tories who should guide the party back to its centre right moorings, at least back in the day there were real statesmen and women who behaved like grown ups. I think the Tories will be a long time in the wilderness,

In a nation of nearly 70 million people why are the Tories stuck with this shower?

Grantanow

In a nation of nearly 70 million people why are the Tories stuck with this shower?

Tactical voting in the last GE?

Grantanow

In a nation of nearly 70 million people why are the Tories stuck with this shower?

Out of interest, who have been your favourite Tory leaders?

GrannyGravy13

Grantanow

In a nation of nearly 70 million people why are the Tories stuck with this shower?

Tactical voting in the last GE?

I think you’re right. Penny Mordaunt would have been the obvious choice if she had retained her seat. The current process might provide an interim leader rather than the person who will lead the Tories into the next general election.

Casdon Penny Mourdant has been my preferred leader for several years.

I also rather like/d Johnny Mercer.

I am not a Tory but I still think it is a shame that Penny Mordaunt was not in the running.

Here's a list of the 5 remaining with some descriptions of policies

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c51y2lqzxl8o

Cossy

Thank the lord Patel is out!

But she’s not a Lord.
Rather, she’s a Dame.

Rory Stewart might have been a better option.
Too late.

Wyllow3

Here's a list of the 5 remaining with some descriptions of policies

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c51y2lqzxl8o

Thanks for that.

I dont seem to mind any of them much, but dont really know them.

It's a pity Johnson got rid of the moderates in his government/party. Ken Clarke and Rory Stewart spoke sense.

Impressed to see Cleverley and Badenoch pressing for more deregulation one day before the Grenfell enquiry condemned deregulation.

They are a mediocre, and thus potentially dangerous, bunch. Also I think it says something damning about the medium to long-term damage that Johnson’s purge of able and intelligent MPs did to the party, and, because our system needs a competent opposition, to parliamentary democracy.

In a nation of nearly 70 million people why are the Tories stuck with this shower

And you wonder why a sizeable sub section of the population voted for a right wing party? (14.3%).

This appears to be a rising trend throughut Europe. Look at the recent German elections. Probably because they see no one who represents their views or concernes in the "two cheeks of the same ass" that are Con and Lab. The two main parties are scared of dealing with (or even discussing) mass immigration.

For a second I read that GrannyGravy13 was part of the list! TBH I think she would make a better job of it than those listed below.

I'm interested in a more centrist candidate not one who moves right towards Reform to provide a solid oppostition.

But I haven't a clue about what actual Conservative Party members think?

Mel Stride seems quite centrist but is relatively unknown
www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/04/i-worry-about-populist-politics-mel-stride-says-even-progressive-voters-should-want-a-strong-tory-party

but out of the lot on the list Cleverley is the one described as "centrist".

I won't quite ever forgive Jenrick when he was a minster for ordering the murals on the walls of a children's asylum seeker centre to be painted over!

biglouis

*In a nation of nearly 70 million people why are the Tories stuck with this shower*

And you wonder why a sizeable sub section of the population voted for a right wing party? (14.3%).

This appears to be a rising trend throughut Europe. Look at the recent German elections. Probably because they see no one who represents their views or concernes in the "two cheeks of the same ass" that are Con and Lab. The two main parties are scared of dealing with (or even discussing) mass immigration.

"Dealing with it" how? What policies do you recommend?

biglouis

*In a nation of nearly 70 million people why are the Tories stuck with this shower*

And you wonder why a sizeable sub section of the population voted for a right wing party? (14.3%).

This appears to be a rising trend throughut Europe. Look at the recent German elections. Probably because they see no one who represents their views or concernes in the "two cheeks of the same ass" that are Con and Lab. The two main parties are scared of dealing with (or even discussing) mass immigration.

Yes, very well said. Two cheeks etc, fit this shower and the last.
Where is someone who will put this country and its people before anyone else.
As Private Fraser once said, "we're doomed!".

And you wonder why a sizeable sub section of the population voted for a right wing party? (14.3%)

Nope. I have a pretty fair idea of why some people voted for a far right party.