O/T:- ⚠️Impressed with the leadership [The UK Party Politics Thread]

[GranthamPie]

The 150,000, blue rinse and racists gammons are not going to like having an Asian as PM.

Christ, what a fcuking mess this country is in.

[cher1]

That word 'coronation', I think that says it would be like the May selection, she was appointed unopposed, it never went to the membership. Remember it's the tories and rules are for little people, and that includes their own leadership rules

This is the most likely outcome of this utter sh*tshow I reckon. They'll want a bloodless coup, so if they can gather enough support for Sunak, he can be slotted in unopposed. No multiple rounds of MP voting, and no leaving the decision to the members (thank god).

As for Mourdant, she's a bare faced liar who got caught out multiple times during the last leadership campaign. I know it's almost a pre-requisite for a politician, but it was the downfall of her campaign.

Labour need to take a long hard look at themselves to work out why they are so often unelectable. And do something about it, the next election will be their best chance in decades.

[Old_pie]

Just read this...very believable

4m ago21.57 BST
Senior Conservatives are holding talks about replacing Liz Truss with a joint ticket of Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt as part of a “coronation” by MPs, according to The Times.

Party grandees are understood to be in talks about replacing Truss with a “unity candidate”.

An MP told the newspaper: “Rishi’s people, Penny’s people and the sensible Truss supporters who realise she’s a disaster just need to sit down together and work out who the unity candidate is.

“It’s either Rishi as prime minister with Penny as his deputy and foreign secretary, or Penny as prime minister with Rishi as chancellor.

“They would promise to lead a government of all the talents and most MPs would fall in behind that.”

All very good but these are the MPs, and party, who, have just rejected those two in preference for two lame ducks. How could they not see that? And then we've got folk like Rees-Mogg hanging around like a bad smell. What planet is he on? Meanwhile dentists are ditching their NHS patients as fast as they can, NHS is crumbling with not enough medical staff to cope and those that are left leaving, National Debt sky high and highest in Europe, fuel security not guaranteed over winter, nuclear war looming in Ukraine. I can't recall ever feeling this despondent about our country's state and future.

Thank god Notts are doing well. Try to enjoy it whilst it lasts.

[cher1]

The 150,000, blue rinse and racists gammons are not going to like having an Asian as PM.

Christ, what a fcuking mess this country is in.

There's always France GP!

[GranthamPie]

There's always France GP!

I’m about apply for a Maltese passport (dad)… anywhere but here!

[cher1]

Very sensible move

[the_anticlough]

All very good...

It certainly isn't I doubt there's a single person on here saying that, Old_Pie

I posted the quote just as something pointing towards a very early death for the Truss Premiership. What follows after that? It's guaranteed to be awful, 13 years into the tory wreckage, there's not a decent administration to be cobbled together from that shower.

[Magpies1959]

The only trouble is the Labour shower would be even worse. It truly bothers me that us oldies could have lived through the best years on the planet, scary times ahead. At least we can enjoy Notts at the moment.

[the_anticlough]

The only trouble is the Labour shower would be even worse.

Ha ha, so we did get a white knight ready to ride to the tories' defence.

Always someone so far gone they're ready to defend the indefensible

25-30% poll leads for Labour and projections of tories down to double figure seats tell us only a hard core of nutters think Labour would be 'even worse' than Truss, Kwarteng and co.

[cher1]

Well it looks like Kwarteng is about to be sacked. Can Liz sack herself too?