The next PM.

[Hobbit]

you think anyone other than Boris has a chance? Not now that he is offering more money to the already well off And pedaling the no deal line as a good thing.

There is Something about Leadsom i dont like, no idea what it is though.

I agree that Boris is odds on favourite, but the question posed was who do people prefer. I agree with you on the Leadsom thing - I have a saying along the lines of the smile doesn't reach the eyes. I get the feeling, sometimes, that what she's saying and what she's thinking are different things.

 

[robinthehood]

I agree that Boris is odds on favourite, but the question posed was who do people prefer. I agree with you on the Leadsom thing - I have a saying along the lines of the smile doesn't reach the eyes. I get the feeling, sometimes, that what she's saying and what she's thinking are different things.

TBF you also asked who do we think ill get it

Yeah its the leadsom smile, it seems somehow wrong..

As for preference, someone with a moderate view who perhaps wants to make the effort to unite a very fractured country behind a plan we can all get behind, not sure which one that is.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

There are some of them who know they have no chance of becoming PM, but they entered the race to boost their profile in the hope of getting a plum cabinet post.

It’s all about self promotion

 

[patricks148]

Depends on who is offering the biggest bribe to the rich, Boris with his tax cuts to the very wealthy, or Gove with his stealth vat scrap where yact s supercars etc will be exempt

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Trying to put party preferences aside, who do you think will get it? Or who would you prefer?

My preference would be Hunt, followed by Leadsom, followed by Stewart. Probably too soon for Stewart but I like the cut of his jib. Articulate, and not afraid to say the difficult things. Hunt has plenty of experience, including the NHS which isn't an easy brief. Leadsom seems to have an air of calm and steel, and again well experienced. Absolutely don't want any of the others, especially the loose cannon that is Boris, or the conniving backstabber with a nasal problem.

Crazy its expected to take into July when there's Brexit to deal with.

I agree on Hunt, i think Hunt would be best for the country but I don't think he has the charisma to win. I can see it being between Boris and Raab. Raab comes across confidently and he doesn't have Boris's baggage so he has a chance.

There is something about Leadsom that makes my skin crawl, I don't trust her. Stewart is not someone I know much about so I can't really comment on him. Hopefully this weekend has seen the end of Gove at least.

 

[larmen]

Doesn’t Hunt have too much baggage from the NHS?
He had no money to spend and a lot of backlash for not investing in it. Junior doctor strikes, ...
Not saying it is his fault, but that’s not how popularity contests work.

 

[Dellboy]

My vote will be going to Raab, if he gets through, failing that Bojo will get my vote.
Can’t see Hunt or Stewart getting through, the party doesn’t want a remainder in charge.
Gove is a 2 faced back stabbing you know what, Leadsom was to close to May.
The rest hasn’t got the support of the other 160,000.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

And then there were 10. Painfully slow process but at least it is underway.

One question, how the heck did Esther mcvey get 8 MPs to support her?

Was one IDS perchance.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

My vote will be going to Raab, if he gets through, failing that Bojo will get my vote.
Can’t see Hunt or Stewart getting through, the party doesn’t want a remainder in charge.
Gove is a 2 faced back stabbing you know what, Leadsom was to close to May.
The rest hasn’t got the support of the other 160,000.

Excellent choice, for Scotland's future I hope many more follow your lead.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Personally I see Hunt as the lessor of the many evils - seems to have done a better job as Foreign Sec' than De Pfeffel & may appeal to the, less rabid, central ground of the party.

 

[drdel]

Quite pleased to see the EU doesn't like any of the possibles - I'd have been worried if they did

 

[chrisd]

bring back Maggie, she'd sort em out

 

[Deleted member 18645]

I think it's between Boris, Hunt and Raab. Rory Stewart looks like the offspring of two Hogwarts residents whilst Esther McVay would spend more time getting her hair done than being PM.

 

[User62651]

I think it's between Boris, Hunt and Raab. Rory Stewart looks like the offspring of two Hogwarts residents whilst Esther McVay would spend more time getting her hair done than being PM.

It's Boris, they should just appoint him now and be done with the circus.

Man is teflon, no matter what he does or says, how many lies he tells, how many romantic dalliances out of wedlock he has, how many gaffes he's prone to, nothing sticks as far as his core support are concerned, he is the chosen one.

Chuck in a few latin phrases, speak in a staccato yet plummy fashion whilst generally insulting or offending people, but in a cuddly tousle-haired Billy Bunter way, and you'll be fine for PM.

Who knows, he might actually be a good PM, could be the making of him. Stranger things have happened.

 

[Crazyface]

I don't think Hunt will win, TV presenters keep getting his name wrong. LOL.
Boris....has showed his true colours, were they actually hidden? More money for the comfortably well off...proper Tory! He's not gonna win. He's still seems bonkers.
The rest? Don't trust 'em. So God knows who's gonna win. Maybe Esther McVey.

 

[User62651]

I don't think Hunt will win, TV presenters keep getting his name wrong. LOL.
Boris....has showed his true colours, were they actually hidden? More money for the comfortably well off...proper Tory! He's not gonna win. He's still seems bonkers.
The rest? Don't trust 'em. So God knows who's gonna win. Maybe Esther McVey.

But that's a shameless carrot for the selected few choosing PM from the last 2 - the Conservative party membership. It will work. Whether he'll stick by that pledge down the road is another matter. One hurdle at a time!

 

[Swinglowandslow]

It's Boris, they should just appoint him now and be done with the circus.


Chuck in a few latin phrases, speak in a staccato yet plummy fashion whilst generally insulting or offending people, but in a cuddly tousle-haired Billy Bunter way, and you'll be fine for PM.

Who knows, he might actually be a good PM, could be the making of him. Stranger things have happened.

Well, the thought does occur. Remember, he's a classics man. There was a chap in Rome regarded as a buffoon who became Emperor, ( Claudius)!, and IIRC, history regards him as having made not too bad a job of it.

 

[Swinglowandslow]

Boris....More money for the comfortably well off...proper Tory! He's not gonna win.
.

As I imagine he has done, you have to consider who it is that is voting.
(Assuming he gets to the last two )
It is not the general populace, it is the Tory party membership
How many of those do you know? How many of those are not in the financial bracket he is proposing tax cuts for?

 

[Lord Tyrion]

It is put to Tory MP Sir Alan Duncan that Boris Johnson is the winning candidate among the Conservative Party membership.

Sir Alan - who is supporting Jeremy Hunt for the top job - says the membership is "an older electorate" and "there will be questions about the suitability for government."

"Every single Foreign Office minister who has worked with Boris Johnson is voting for someone else," he adds.

"I think that speaks volumes."

This was on the BBC wedbsite. The last comment is very telling.

 

[Taz]

Andrea Leadsom cancels News at 10 appearance, on basis she can’t risk being near that many bongs.