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Re: Politics Thread 7: Dishy Rishi's Cabinet of Horrors
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:27 pm
by rinks
Although it's died down now, all that talk about replacing Sunak with Mordaunt... Did anybody stop to wonder if she'd even want to take that poisoned chalice?!
Re: Politics Thread 7: Dishy Rishi's Cabinet of Horrors
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:37 pm
by Tomous
rinks wrote:Although it's died down now, all that talk about replacing Sunak with Mordaunt... Did anybody stop to wonder if she'd even want to take that poisoned chalice?!
I think the idea was she'd call a GE immediately and then if/when they lost, she'd spearhead the rebuild phase.
Re: Politics Thread 7: Dishy Rishi's Cabinet of Horrors
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:45 pm
by rinks
Tomous wrote:rinks wrote:Although it's died down now, all that talk about replacing Sunak with Mordaunt... Did anybody stop to wonder if she'd even want to take that poisoned chalice?!
I think the idea was she'd call a GE immediately and then if/when they lost, she'd spearhead the rebuild phase.
Still, who'd willingly be the figurehead of the predicted decimation? I can see her taking the job
after the election.
Re: Politics Thread 7: Dishy Rishi's Cabinet of Horrors
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:54 pm
by Moggy
rinks wrote:Tomous wrote:rinks wrote:Although it's died down now, all that talk about replacing Sunak with Mordaunt... Did anybody stop to wonder if she'd even want to take that poisoned chalice?!
I think the idea was she'd call a GE immediately and then if/when they lost, she'd spearhead the rebuild phase.
Still, who'd willingly be the figurehead of the predicted decimation? I can see her taking the job
after the election.
She could be PM for 100 days (beating Truss), ensuring a lifetime of lucrative speaking engagements.
Or she could be leader of the opposition (assuming they don't end up 3rd), with a handful of MPs and a very real chance of being deposed as leader at any point, but almost certainly when they also lose the 2029 election.
I'd go for the PM title and ensure everyone knew it was Truss/Sunak that made it an impossible job. Which would actually be true.
Re: Politics Thread 7: Dishy Rishi's Cabinet of Horrors
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:01 pm
by rinks
Moggy admitting he’d like to be leader of the Conservatives, there.
Re: Politics Thread 7: Dishy Rishi's Cabinet of Horrors
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:08 pm
by Oblomov Boblomov
I'd imagine Mordaunt as their pick if the focus is to capitalise on the weaknesses and mistakes of a Labour government.
What if Reform push towards 20% of the vote
they'll probably be forced instead then to go for a Braverman or a Badenoch and become the Turbo Nazi Party.
Re: Politics Thread 7: Dishy Rishi's Cabinet of Horrors
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:10 pm
by Moggy
rinks wrote:Moggy admitting he’d like to be leader of the Conservatives, there.
I would! I'd run the banana splits so far into the ground that it'd make Truss look like the greatest PM the country ever had.
Re: Politics Thread 7: Dishy Rishi's Cabinet of Horrors
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:25 pm
by Grumpy David
Even if Mordaunt was to be PM, with the Tory polling numbers, her constituency could flip to Labour. Would make for the ultimate Portillo Moment if the sitting PM wasn't even able to retain the seat.
Oblomov Boblomov wrote:What if Reform push towards 20% of the vote
they'll probably be forced instead then to go for a Braverman or a Badenoch and become the Turbo Nazi Party.
Reform would have to steal the Lib Dems "only we can beat the Tories here" line (used even when it's a 3 way marginal!).
Crazy that it's something to even contemplate (Reform potentially polling above the Conservatives). FPTP would result in the Tories potentially being behind the Lib Dems and the SNP in numbers of MPs.
Re: Politics Thread 7: Dishy Rishi's Cabinet of Horrors
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:38 pm
by Tomous
Grumpy David wrote:FPTP would result in the Tories potentially being behind the Lib Dems and the SNP in numbers of MPs.
If this happens, the very day we'll have the MSM talking about PR.
Re: Politics Thread 7: Dishy Rishi's Cabinet of Horrors
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:20 pm
by rinks
Tomous wrote:Grumpy David wrote:FPTP would result in the Tories potentially being behind the Lib Dems and the SNP in numbers of MPs.
If this happens, the very day we'll have the MSM talking about PR.
With Labour less likely than ever to implement it and help out the Tories!
Re: Politics Thread 7: Dishy Rishi's Cabinet of Horrors
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:21 pm
by Tomous
rinks wrote:Tomous wrote:Grumpy David wrote:FPTP would result in the Tories potentially being behind the Lib Dems and the SNP in numbers of MPs.
If this happens, the very day we'll have the MSM talking about PR.
With Labour less likely than ever to implement it and help out the Tories!
I dunno, if the media start talking about PR, Starmer might start wagging his tail...
Re: Politics Thread 7: Dishy Rishi's Cabinet of Horrors
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:00 pm
by Godzilla
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpw05l5p6d7oTory mayor contest ad showed New York instead of LondonAn advert in support of the Conservative's London mayoral candidate that featured scenes from New York instead of the capital has been deleted.
The clip, posted on the party's X (formerly Twitter) account, attacked London's incumbent Labour mayor, Sadiq Khan, and used footage of a stampede in a New York subway station, which Mr Khan criticised as "quite staggering".
The advert, in support of Susan Hall, was quickly removed and replaced with a video where the New York scenes had been cut.
Ms Hall's spokesperson said the video had been created by Conservative Party headquarters and not her campaign team.
Parody levels of incompetence from this candidate
Re: Politics Thread 7: Dishy Rishi's Cabinet of Horrors
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:01 pm
by Tomous
Re: Politics Thread 7: Dishy Rishi's Cabinet of Horrors
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:07 pm
by Moggy
Godzilla wrote:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpw05l5p6d7o
Tory mayor contest ad showed New York instead of LondonAn advert in support of the Conservative's London mayoral candidate that featured scenes from New York instead of the capital has been deleted.
The clip, posted on the party's X (formerly Twitter) account, attacked London's incumbent Labour mayor, Sadiq Khan, and used footage of a stampede in a New York subway station, which Mr Khan criticised as "quite staggering".
The advert, in support of Susan Hall, was quickly removed and replaced with a video where the New York scenes had been cut.
Ms Hall's spokesperson said the video had been created by Conservative Party headquarters and not her campaign team.
Parody levels of incompetence from this candidate
That's pretty competent for her. Usually she's just ranting about being pickpocketed when she forgets to pick up her purse.
Re: Politics Thread 7: Dishy Rishi's Cabinet of Horrors
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:08 pm
by Preezy
Tomous wrote:
the strawberry float is that
Re: Politics Thread 7: Dishy Rishi's Cabinet of Horrors
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:10 pm
by Tomous
That's a Susan Hall.
Re: Politics Thread 7: Dishy Rishi's Cabinet of Horrors
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:14 pm
by Victor Mildew
Tomous wrote:
Great, now I'm uncontrollably ejaculating at my desk
Re: Politics Thread 7: Dishy Rishi's Cabinet of Horrors
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:33 pm
by Garth
twitter.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1772660209627857255
Re: Politics Thread 7: Dishy Rishi's Cabinet of Horrors
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:37 pm
by Tomous
Rats, sinking ships etc
Re: Politics Thread 7: Dishy Rishi's Cabinet of Horrors
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:56 pm
by rinks
It’s always a good sign when you hear ministers’ names and think, Who?!