The fall of the Tory party

Chris Philp was making a fucking hash of it on the morning rounds

@andyp parachuting in an unelected lord as leader of the oppo. That would be hilarious.

But Johnson is electoral dynamite, don't you know.

It didn't stop Cameron popping up in the cabinet.

Ah.
Not come across Mr Dillow, will have a read.

This is really good, thank you
Am now sorted for reading for a while (‘selection mechanisms’ I wish I’d come across earlier)

You're welcome! He's definitely worth a read. I think I've only come across a few dud articles after reading loads and loads (annoyingly his most recent article is one of them, just skip that one).

Evan Davies not in the mood for party bullshit on PM just now, Laura Trott probably wishing she had just stayed at home. After saying Starmer is bad for u turns, Davies rattles off a long list of Tory uturns and then after her trying to take the fiscally responsible high ground he quotes numbers at her showing her sums don't add up

It's what I pay my license fee for

Love it!

BoJo back in Gov is like Julius Caesar asking Brutus round for tea.

Heard that earlier - it was a proper thumping. She thought she was popping in for a gloat and got hit with all the special moves and a finisher.

Just gave it a listen. Actually unbelievable. If she wasn't somewhat in charge of the public finances it would be hilarious.

@41 mins here if you're interested.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001w12t?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

Cabinet Vs prime minister? How would pmqs work?

Ha. Laura trott confming that the 28B green pledge is still alive and well.

Laura Trott

Sevenoaks, very VERY safe seat.

Not for her predecessor who was a bit handsy

The article is talking about Johnson coming back into the cabinet.

Cheers!

Started from the beginning, so that'll save me some time.

It's beautiful. 👌

https://twitter.com/angelaeagle/status/1755696734552875399

Hopeless.

I heard it live, it was beyond parody.

Fear not, YouTube has sent me the chance to watch Jim Davidson (famous woman beater and racist, who I once had the joy of punching in a Woolwich pub) give his full support for someone who knows what a woman is. I declined the opportunity to watch the core Tory voter.

The irony is that in the 70s Rishi would have been the target of this slurry of steaming dysentery's vicious racism.

You’d wish it was parody.

More about punching Jim Davidson pls

In Woolwich

Hopeless, definitely. But this is just cementing the idea that the current fiscal rules are actually the right and sensible thing to do. Or even worse, that they're actually not tight enough…

Double hopeless!

I still can't believe this exchange - The chief sec to treasury is failing to understand how to read a graph with 5 points on it. This graph outlines the complete basis of their "fiscal rules". She seems to think that the 5th dot is lower than the 1st dot, when it is actually only lower than the 4th dot. Her failure to understand this meant that the interviewer was unable to actually ask his question.

This would be bad enough were it not for the fact the OBR has publicly asked Sunak to ensure he accurately reflects what the graph shows in his public statements - i.e. that debt is not falling, but is predicted to fall at some future point in the future. How can the Chief Sec to the Treasury still then not understand this and misunderstand the question!