Boris leadership 2019

I think id rather gove that cunt, sorry hunt and even at that Gove is also a cunt.

If i had to pick any one of the torys Id rather ruth davidson got it, she's the best of a ultimate worst bunch that are down at westminster imo.

I know Ruth isn't at westminster btw.

Results from one of tonight’s hustings groups

Can anyone explain what the hustings groups are? Does the above mean it's raab Vs Johnson in the membership vote? Or is there further shenanigans?

They whittle it down, anyone with less than an increasing percentage each round get eliminated until there are two

Christ. Raab and Mcvey really up there.
I feel so uncomfortable about not getting a say in this.

The 92 group is a rightwing group of Tory MPs. They're not representative of all Tory MPs.

The hurse of Jeremy strikes again.

However, it was not the worst broadcast slip-up to affect a Tory candidate on Monday morning, with the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire following the lead of many prominent journalists in broadcasting a sweary variation on Jeremy Hunt’s surname.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/10/esther-mcvey-lorraine-kelly-tv-itv-live-link

Previously wanted Redwood for PM

Yes, they're a subset of Tory MPs.

That 'score sheet' came from here:
https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/1138187806940061696?s=19

Rory needs to pick up a few more votes if he's gonna fulfil his destiny.

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

Raab: NDA over bullying of a colleague?
See item at 18.43

I wouldn't be surprised. Someone I know who worked with him described him as a psycho.

Raab’s spokesperson reiterated that the claims had been “independently reviewed and found to be unsubstantiated”. Asked by BuzzFeed News to clarify the nature of this review, he said it was an “independent HR review set up by the [Conservative] party”.

They do seem to have a fair few independent-minded people these days.

Matched by

Maria Miller is a nasty piece of work as well
Don't know how she managed to get back into any position within Government after the above.

Something has been troubling me about Michael Gove's claim about using cocaine when he was a journalist, 'before he had considered public office'.
Read this part of his wiki
and notice that he was President of the Oxford Union.
Nobody stands for that except to signal to a political party that they are on their way!
Gove's political career may have started late, (due to the annihilation of the Tories as a Westminster force after the abysmal John Major government), but was never in doubt.

On Johnson's ethics--obviously also demonstrated, less lethally so far, by his stupid and wasteful purchase of water cannon 'for' London:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/11/johnson-allowed-arms-sales-to-saudis-after-strike-on-food-factory

Candidates as bad taxidermy

https://mobile.twitter.com/YesMissMurphy/status/1138324167030386694

On Johnson's ethics ...

And his principles (or lack of them).

What do his own constituents think of him now? It was less than a year ago that he declined to metaphorically 'lie down in front of the bulldozers' in favour of a day trip to Afghanistan in order to avoid a vote in Parliament on the Heathrow expansion.

Have we had this? I know he's just showing off, but the guy can talk.

Rory Stewart on Hedgehogs:

https://youtu.be/vqTkLoekm_0

What's supposed to be interesting about that? He's certainly not a particularly good public speaker, with several nonsensical sentences and annoying things like unnecessary 'thee's and 'ay's (every radio speaker, ever), plus various other things he should work on. He's obviously not helped by whatever obscure context there was to this pathetic-seeming occasion in a near-empty chamber. Admittedly, I didn't make it very far in, as he didn't hold my attention, so perhaps he saved the best for last.

de Pfeffel lost half his majority between the '15 and '17 General Elections

This should be like the application form for a traffic warden.....

"Would you like to be a traffic warden/Prime Minister?"
'Yes!'
'Get the fuck out!'