I'm starting to think Theresa May has got this in the bag. She was very smart to stay out of the debate, therefore could be an ally to both sides of the party and a good uniting force. Coupled with her governmental experience, it's hard to see the Tories voting for someone else as their ABB candidate.

I'm starting to think Theresa May has got this in the bag.

 

Yes, me too but I reckon the Tories would stand a better chance in 2020 with Boris as I can see Corbyn being overthrown by then and replaced by maybe Dan Jarvis.

Yes, me too but I reckon the Tories would stand a better chance in 2020 with Boris as I can see Corbyn being overthrown by then and replaced by maybe Dan Jarvis.

If Johnson gets the job and doesn't go for an early election, he will be despised by 2020. Theresa May probably wouldn't be much liked, but wouldn't attract anything like as much outright loathing.

Theresa I think will be in for a short term before an upfront general election. Boris is odious.

Edited June 25, 20169 yr by ScottyEm

The next PM should be Johnson. He should be forced to spend the next 2 years proving how big a liar he is trying to negotiate trade deals, having to deal with Scottish independence, and a calamitous economy.

 

He caused it, he can deal with it. The Tories can then take the consequences in 2020.

 

No other Tories deserve to lead the country cos they were all useless in the Remain campaign, not least the conveniently absent hedge-betting Theresa May. She can piss off.

If Johnson gets the job and doesn't go for an early election, he will be despised by 2020. Theresa May probably wouldn't be much liked, but wouldn't attract anything like as much outright loathing.

 

Agreed. He's put himself in a very difficult position now, resented by pro-EUers and probably going to piss a lot of the Brexiters off by holding off pushing the button. Certainly going to attract a lot of hate from a lot of people.

I'm annoyed that Jacob Rees-Mogg hasn't put himself forward for the leadership yet. I've got my heart set on five glorious weeks of a Moggster leadership, before the snap general election and the ascendency of Prime Minster Farron as part of the Lib Dem/UKIP Coalition government.

Oh big fat yes at Jacob Rees-Mogg. Just imagining him at a summit with Putin.

 

GLORIOUS.

If we ended up with Rees-Mogg as our next electedbyeveryonebutscotland PM then I think we'd just unilaterally declare independence in disgust.

 

Not that May or Johnston are much better.

It would be the Conservatives capitulating in a blaze of glory and becoming unelectable for the next 3 decades. *.*

 

Totally worth it.

If we ended up with Rees-Mogg as our next electedbyeveryonebutscotland PM then I think we'd just unilaterally declare independence in disgust.

Even after his "man of the people" campaign in Central Fife in 1997?

Even after his "man of the people" campaign in Central Fife in 1997?

Especially after that.

Doomsday scenario, let's not go there or think about that! :(

 

Cough Cough :arrr:

The next PM should be Johnson. He should be forced to spend the next 2 years proving how big a liar he is trying to negotiate trade deals, having to deal with Scottish independence, and a calamitous economy.

 

He caused it, he can deal with it. The Tories can then take the consequences in 2020.

 

No other Tories deserve to lead the country cos they were all useless in the Remain campaign, not least the conveniently absent hedge-betting Theresa May. She can piss off.

 

I agree totally with this. The exit is largely of his making so he should take the reigns and steer us in the right direction. Unicorns at the ready.

It would be the Conservatives capitulating in a blaze of glory and becoming unelectable for the next 3 decades. *.*

 

Totally worth it.

And by the time those three decades were up the country would no longer exist under its present form, so Labour or the Liberal Democrats could work out a new, better election system for a sole England. And get us back in the EU, possibly.

Gideon has said he won't be standing.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36647948

Anyone think the Crabbe/Javid ticket has any chance? Remember the favourite(s) don't always get the job!

They both ran for REMAIN. I'd say their chances are pretty slim...

There was talk of Stephen Crabb being lined up to succeed David Cameron a few months back, although that was under the assumption that he'd stay until 2019 rather than 2016, so it seems quite sudden. From what I can tell, here's the pros and cons in his favour -

 

Pros:

- Has just enough cabinet experience to have been involved in government, but not enough to the point where his role became toxic (see his predecessor, IDS)

- Has a good story - a working class lad to a single mother who worked his way up through hard graft, it makes a pointed juxtaposition to the Bullingdon elite he would presumably be up against.

 

Cons:

- The beard. Oh God, that horrible, horrible beard. If he wants to be taken seriously, he should get rid of that facial fuzz the moment the voting window opens.

- His surname - I can just imagine all the horrible puns that the papers will use in relation to his name. Off the top of my head, there'll be headlines about "Feeling the pinch", "Crabb's cakes", and many more, and there's only so many puns I can handle in a parliamentary window.

They both ran for REMAIN. I'd say their chances are pretty slim...

 

Most of the Tories were in favour of the EU. Majority of the party is still centre-right, they want a liberal candidate. This person would have been Boris, but he's pissed off a lot of MPs now.