Quote:
Originally Posted by Damien
Party electorates are always very small and unrepresentative. That's why I would prefer that when the party in Government needs to change its leader, it is done only by their elected MPs rather than members. MPs have a greater mandate to decide the next PM than self-selecting party obsessives.
|
Maybe so, but they seem to stick to the same liberally-minded types. The Party needs a shake-up, and I think that’s what Kemi can achieve.
---------- Post added at 19:15 ---------- Previous post was at 19:13 ----------
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris
On the other hand, Boris Johnson, Teresa May, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak were all chosen while in government.
---------- Post added at 14:58 ---------- Previous post was at 14:52 ----------
She’s a clear and confident orator as well. She’ll make a good leader of the opposition. Doesn’t make her a shoo-in to win an election 4 years from now though; Michael Howard was a great performer against Tony Blair, but no beans.
|
Yes, but there was something of the night about him…