Cable Forum - Updated: Boris resigns as party leader

Redwood can't recommend any of the candidates so no help for Seph on that front.

It looks like we could well be getting Britain's first Asian Prime Minister so a historic moment. In part due to Cameron's successful efforts to get BAME candidates into safe seats.

Chris

19-07-2022 09:49

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Our next Prime Minister is either BAME, female, or both. All in all the supposedly nasty Tories seem to do rather well at this sort of thing. I wonder when Labour will stop lecturing the nation about equality and diversity and elect someone other than a middle class white bloke to lead it.

Sephiroth

19-07-2022 10:05

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36128744)

You do realise that this was in response to Labour’s attempt to get a motion of no confidence in Boris Johnson, don’t you?

But yes, the Speaker’s response was very funny.

Ha, ha.

At least Boris' days of meaningful lies in Parliament are now at an end.

It's a great pity that the only candidates in the PM race are vegetables.

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36128748)

My private interactions with Redwood remain private!

tweetiepooh

19-07-2022 10:09

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At least Boris generally did things in style. If you are going to be a buffoon, make mistakes do it properly. I prefer that to the normal political weasels on either side of the political divide.

1andrew1

19-07-2022 10:11

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Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36128760)

Ironically, all the Conservatives whingeing about other organisations' woke positive discrimination are members of an organisation which under Cameron's guidance did exactly this. They have helped make Johnson's cabinet so diverse in ethnicity albeit not diverse in class.

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The next year, Cameron introduced a priority list of female and ethnic-minority candidates to be selected, many for safe Conservative seats. By the next election, the number of Conservative female MPs had risen from 17 to 49, and ethnic-minority MPs had increased from two to 11. Today, those figures stand at 87 and 22, respectively. By diversifying his party “at the top and from the top,” Katwala said, Cameron succeeded in transforming its image as a seemingly more inclusive and representative party, even if, in reality, it continued to lag behind the Labour Party in the diversity of its parliamentary caucus. In the House of Commons, more than half of Labour’s nearly 200 MPs are women and 41 are of ethnic-minority backgrounds—although Labour has so far failed to elect a woman or minority leader.

https://www.theatlantic.com/internat...ersity/670507/

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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh (Post 36128767)

At least Boris generally did things in style. If you are going to be a buffoon, make mistakes do it properly. I prefer that to the normal political weasels on either side of the political divide.

I prefer my buffoons to be on the small screen not heading up the country.

Sephiroth

19-07-2022 10:13

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36128768)

<SNIP>

I prefer my buffoons to be on the small screen not heading up the country.

Like on this forum?

ianch99

19-07-2022 10:18

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36128763)

At least Boris' days of meaningful lies in Parliament are now at an end.

It's a great pity that the only candidates in the PM race are vegetables.

They are vegetables as a direct consequence of reducing the political gene pool due to the mandatory qualification to be a Brexit nodding dog.

Sunak - certain to be one of the last two. Labour pick for the next GE due to being a non-dom, elite, out of touch billionaire who really wants to be an American

Truss - a mindless joke; literally nothing behind the eyes

Badenock - untrustworthy (!) She "moved to this country 30 years ago, I'm here to be honest with you" but she was born in Wimbledon. She is also supported by the facist Britain First section of the Conservative party membership - says it all really

Mourdant - the most sinister choice given one so anonymous can likely govern the country. A cos-play soldier who has one of her backers claiming she "fought for the country"

The important thing to remember is that they all:

- knew about Johnson's character when they selected him
- supported Johnson time & again when he lied
- lied about Johnson when asked if they supported & believed him

One word to remember for the next GE: "Liars"

1andrew1

19-07-2022 10:26

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36128770)

Like on this forum?

:D:D:D

Sephiroth

19-07-2022 10:30

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Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36128772)

It's a pity that your valid words are marred by your ideological chucking in of your Brexit remark.

Hugh	19-07-2022 10:57

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1andrew1

19-07-2022 11:25

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Meanwhile, Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood has been stripped of the whip by BoJo for missing the no-confidence motion last night. What does Ellwood say? He couldn't return from Moldova at a meeting to re-start grain exports due to unprecedented disruption.

https://twitter.com/hzeffman/status/1549325198297538565

Hugh	19-07-2022 11:46

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ianch99

19-07-2022 12:21

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36128776)

It's a pity that your valid words are marred by your ideological chucking in of your Brexit remark.

Am I wrong then? Did not a large number of good, decent, Tories get ruled out of Government due to this ideological constraint?

007stuart

19-07-2022 13:25

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Nads decides to wing it in yesterday's vote of confidence after her speech writer forgot to hand her briefing notes

https://twitter.com/i/status/1549072300003233792

Sephiroth

19-07-2022 13:32

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Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36128795)

Am I wrong then? Did not a large number of good, decent, Tories get ruled out of Government due to this ideological constraint?

I don't think so. Boris brought only loyalists into the cabinet (and prolly the rest of the government).

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