OT. The futures Bright, the Futures Brexit!!!

[tamworthram]

I agree...17.5m is quite a large group.

Don't even think Gove would be worse than Farage, tamworth. Just the BNP in a suit.

You're right, there really isn't anyone I can think of I'd least like to see as PM. Can you imagine, Farage at Downing Street, Trump in the Whitehouse and Putin at the Kremlin?

[ramAnag]

You're right, there really isn't anyone I can think of I'd least like to see as PM. Can you imagine, Farage at Downing Street, Trump in the Whitehouse and Putin at the Kremlin?

Too terrifying to contemplate.

[roger_ramjet]

Wouldnt need to contemplate it for long before nuclear holocaust followed

[Manofpride]

I started this thread as I'd no idea who should and could run the Country after Cameron stands down, I wondered if there would be a name on this footy board we were all in favour of leading the way for victory, but I can see with no names coming forward that no one thinks that there is a conservative good enough to run the Country.

I wonder if its time for another general election to try and find a candidate who's capable of doing the job.

[ramAnag]

I started this thread as I'd no idea who should and could run the Country after Cameron stands down, I wondered if there would be a name on this footy board we were all in favour of leading the way for victory, but I can see with no names coming forward that no one thinks that there is a conservative good enough to run the Country.

I wonder if its time for another general election to try and find a candidate who's capable of doing the job.

If that was your intention MoP it was cleverly disguised but, imo, the Labour Party is in such disarray that they are not currently a viable party of Government (or opposition come to that). UKIP have one MP who is really a Tory and appears to be at total odds with Farage who, in turn, has repeatedly failed to get himself elected as an MP and is, again imo, nothing more than a devisive, out spoken, attention seeking political yob. The Liberals are in the process of rebuilding and the Greens are completely lacking in experience. In the short term that leaves the Tories, who despite being totally divided, are managing some sort of show of unity. The prospect of Michael - 'I never wanted any of this' - Gove is laughable and of the others only Theresa May has the experience and 'gravitas' to be taken seriously. So, my answer is...short term Theresa May...long term...a genuine coalition of the best of Labour, the Liberals, the 'One Nation' Tories, the Welsh (sorry Triz and Rog), the SNP and the Greens. Don't really care who the leader is but my vote would go to such a voice of moderation with policies designed around common sense, compassion and concern for the well being of the whole UK.

[Andy_Faber]

I started this thread as I'd no idea who should and could run the Country after Cameron stands down, I wondered if there would be a name on this footy board we were all in favour of leading the way for victory, but I can see with no names coming forward that no one thinks that there is a conservative good enough to run the Country.

I wonder if its time for another general election to try and find a candidate who's capable of doing the job.

Straight answer? Theresa May.

although...I've heard the phrases 'well regarded', 'gravitas' and 'safe pair of hands' used to describe her and that sounds like a deja vu of when Claire Ballantine was approached to be pm and she crashed and burned due to an addiction to internet poker.

[roger_ramjet]

But teresa May doesnt have Malcolm Tucker bugging her every move...........

[roger_ramjet]

Don't really care who the leader is but my vote would go to such a voice of moderation with policies designed around common sense, compassion and concern for the well being of the whole UK.

OK Mangara, I'll take the job but I have to reiterate - as Olson Johnson almost said - I'll take the ******* and the ******, but I don't want the Welsh!

[Trickytreesreds]

Straight answer? Theresa May.

although...I've heard the phrases 'well regarded', 'gravitas' and 'safe pair of hands' used to describe her and that sounds like a deja vu of when Claire Ballantine was approached to be pm and she crashed and burned due to an addiction to internet poker.

May?

Any politician who advocates that Sharia law is good in this country, when we have a perfectly sound legal system not driven by religious idiocy. Shouldn't be allowed to tie their own shoes, never mind wield power.

[Andy_Faber]

May?

Any politician who advocates that Sharia law is good in this country, when we have a perfectly sound legal system not driven by religious idiocy. Shouldn't be allowed to tie their own shoes, never mind wield power.

I think you'll find, and I'm hoping the political class have at last got the message, that the tolerant British will only go so far in accommodating other belief systems, and that it stops short of bending over, oiling up and waiting for penetration (to paraphrase from yet another cult classic, my second in this topic). I think ALL the candidates for PM, reluctantly or not, have got that message. If they haven't they now don't have the mealy-mouthed labourites waiting in the wings, they have UKIP.

[ramAnag]

I'm now quite lost...get Mangara (quite like that) but Claire Ballentine, Malcolm Tucker and Olson Johnson? No idea.
Job's yours Rog...but the Welsh come with it.

See Farage has 'f****d off', to coin a phrase...that's the first stage of getting our country back!

[roger_ramjet]

I'm now quite lost...get Mangara (quite like that) but Claire Ballentine, Malcolm Tucker and Olson Johnson? No idea.
Job's yours Rog...but the Welsh come with it.

See Farage has 'f****d off', to coin a phrase...that's the first stage of getting our country back!

Ballentine and Tucker - "The Thick of It"

Olson Johnson - "Blazing Saddles"

[Manofpride]

May

[ramAnag]

May

Okay then MoP...you asked the question and ridiculed the answer. Tell us all who you'd prefer.

[Manofpride]

Like I said I started the thread as I had no idea who could do a job in the conservative party, May wanted to stay in the EU which makes it a bit of a joke IMO.

Appointing a new Prime Minister who wanted to stay in Europe when the majority of it's people voted to leave would be a bit daft!

The next Prime Minister must be a Brexiteer, the candidates left don't look good but I'd have any of the Conservative Brexiteers over May!