Updated: Boris resigns as party leader

[jfman]

Originally Posted by Mad Max

They've made a huge mistake in getting rid of Johnson imo.

The lack of depth in their party shows why they clung onto a discredited PM so long. Breaking the law, manifesto promises and lying would, ordinarily, finish anyone else.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by ianch99

The Conservative supporters on here have gone very silent ..

I think the genuine Conservative supporters are feeling quietly chuffed putting this choice to the membership.

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Originally Posted by ianch99

I am guessing they are wondered what the f**k their Party has just done!

I was just thinking the same of the Labour Party. They’ve just hounded out of office the person they set up to lose the next election. Now they are contemplating standing up against Margaret Thatcher mark II with added venom!

[heero_yuy]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

I was just thinking the same of the Labour Party. They’ve just hounded out of office the person they set up to lose the next election. Now they are contemplating standing up against Margaret Thatcher mark II with added venom!

With a labour leader as charismatic as a salted slug.

[OLD BOY]

Whichever candidate wins, they will demolish Mr Hindsight.

[jfman]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Whichever candidate wins, they will demolish Mr Hindsight.

I take comfort in the fact your predictions are among the worst on the forum.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by jfman

I take comfort in the fact your predictions are among the worst on the forum.

For someone who is so obsessed with Boris Johnson’s ‘lies’ you sure do tell some porkies yourself.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

I think the genuine Conservative supporters are feeling quietly chuffed putting this choice to the membership.

I'm not sure that honoured Conservative supporters on the forum like Seph feel remotely this way. And Mad Max having viewed the list hoping to be the next PM now wants to give Johnson another chance!

[jfman]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

I'm not sure that honoured Conservative supporters on the forum like Seph feel remotely this way. And Mad Max having viewed the list hoping to be the next PM now wants to give Johnson another chance!

As ever OB has the blinkers on and cannot see what’s obvious to everyone else.

A continuity of a Government devoid of talent, devoid of ideas, devoid of integrity, devoid of principles, devoid of small c conservatism.

A 1980s Government with no solutions for 2020s Britain. A half decent Labour leader should be able to seize his or her Tony Blair moment. Even the Tories say the country is in the shit.

[Mr K]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

For someone who is so obsessed with Boris Johnson’s ‘lies’ you sure do tell some porkies yourself.

So who are you voting for OB, the multi millionaire American law breaking tax raiser who knifed your hero , or the Lib Dem Remainer ? Do tell !

[richard-john56]

Originally Posted by Mr K

So who are you voting for OB, the multi millionaire American law breaking tax raiser who knifed your hero , or the Lib Dem Remainer ? Do tell !

Don't you mean: The Lady is not for turning: Liz Thatcher Trust !

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by richard-john56

Don't you mean: The Lady is not for turning: Liz Thatcher Trust !

Liz Dem Remainer Truss?

This lady is for turning where the grass is greener and the votes more plentiful!

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

The Conservatives have been in power long enough to have sorted the issue out that they caused.

What issue, that who caused

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

keeping the coal-fired power stations was not an option.

Of course its an option.
Having no power stations is not an option.

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

A lot of posts I see about electric cars talk about how they charge them from solar panels at no marginal cost but I suspect most aren't so lucky.

Well a bit more global warming would help with the sunshine needed for solar panels, unless of course you dont want to travel for a few months each year.

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At least one Nuclear station got the go ahead today.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Paul

What issue, that who caused

The issue of the UK's dependency on global energy prices due to the government allowing UK generating capacity to be closed without replacement capacity. Having said that, I'm not sure that any G7 country is doing particularly well on the energy front. France's nuclear sector is running into countless problems and Germany's dependence on Russian gas is now biting it.

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

keeping the coal-fired power stations was not an option.

Originally Posted by Paul

Of course its an option.
Having no power stations is not an option.

You removed the conditional part of my sentence thus rendering its meaning entirely different. The full sentence was:

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

If you agree with Chris's post in the climate change thread, you'll no doubt appreciate why keeping the coal-fired power stations was not an option. But closing them and not replacing that capacity and hoping the market would deliver was a leap of faith too far.

[ianch99]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Liz Dem Remainer Truss?

This lady is for turning where the grass is greener and the votes more plentiful!

So the choice is between Liz "Abolish the Monarchy" Truss and Sunak who, lets remember:

https://twitter.com/withorpe/status/1549791854736048128

was one of a group of hedge fund bosses that made about £100m after launching a 2007 hostile activist campaign against ABN Amro bank resulting in its sale to RBS, and RBS's subsequent £45b bailout by the British public. Sunak became a multi millionaire

The best bit about all of this is that the loyal Tory faithful have to pretend that either of these two are fit for office

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by ianch99

So the choice is between Liz "Abolish the Monarchy" Truss and Sunak who, lets remember:

https://twitter.com/withorpe/status/1549791854736048128

The best bit about all of this is that the loyal Tory faithful have to pretend that either of these two are fit for office

Limbo-dancing.

The best thing for the Conservatives is to hand the whole economic mess over to the Opposition by calling a General Election. Nurture some talent, blame the economy on Starmer and storm back after four years for several successive terms.

Instead, the new Conservative PM will inherit a huge creaking economic mess and will face humiliation at the 2024 general election, gifting the Opposition multiple terms in power.