The fall of the Tory party

Tory clown car only needs 5 seats:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/29/who-are-the-conservative-leadership-candidates

Badenoch as bookie's favourite - the Tory membership seem keen to prolong their record for picking the most hardline wingnut who is most likely to keep them unelectable for a long time. Well done them.

Yep, and we've only got another 3 months of blue-on-blue attacks.
Can't wait!

I’m loving the “we only lost because we weren’t hateful enough” narrative

It’s outstanding, yeah go further right you silly bastards

You just know whoever they pick, they won't make it to the next election as leader, 18 months tops.

Two years past Bad Enoch considered trans people a great bunch of folk, now she's chasing transphobic votes. So she's not an ideologue, she's an opportunist politician who exploits hate. Not mad like Braverman. Maybe Kemi got a whiff of Tufton money.

https://bylinetimes.com/2022/11/14/kemi-badenoch-carries-on-liz-truss-tufton-street-traditions/

Bad Enough is a smarter more dangerous and calculating version of Truss. If elected you'd never know if she would outlast the lettuce because the lettuce would go mysteriously missing

Agree with this. The years in mostly meaningless opposition hasn't really dawned on them yet. Ha!

The longer it takes, the better off everyone will be.

I'm a bit surprised that they are all clamouring for it. Do they have delusions of grandeur where they think they'll do a Starmer and change the direction of the party and win a landslide at the next election or are they just thinking fuck it, I might as well get in there whilst people remember who I am?

Do they have delusions of grandeur

I'd say that's a prerequisite.

They still don’t get it.

They just think if they put the most hardline person in charge it will all fall into place.

My moneys on Badenough. She will be hilarious on pmqs

BadEnoch will be awesome, a cringeworthy slow motion political car crash.

She hates being scrutinised by the media also (even the Tory-friendly ones). Gets properly prickly when sensible questions are asked of her. She'll be gone again in 2 yrs.

2 years would be awesome. She could do loads of damage in that time

Whistleblowing milquetoast fucks trying to spoil our fun before it gets started:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/30/kemi-badenoch-accused-of-bullying-and-traumatising-staff

I was just about to post this with :

perfect Tory leadership material

Which is what the party membership will think, certainly. This probably boosts her chances.

"At least three senior officials in Badenoch’s private office felt in
effect pushed out by what they claimed was “bullying and traumatising”
behaviour... [with] individuals regularly left feeling humiliated by
Badenoch and reduced to tears afterwards"

Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch · 13h Let’s be clear: these allegations
are smears from former staff who I sacked after they were accused of
bullying behaviour, lying about other colleagues to cover up their own
failures and general gross incompetence. Intolerable behaviour I would
not stand for (2/3)

https://x.com/KemiBadenoch/status/1818328974440722957

Look, she runs a tight ship. You treat her with respect, she treats you with respect. It's as simple as that.

"Intolerable behaviour for which I would not stand".

Don't end a sentence with a preposition.

Look what happened to the last person to tell her that

Just like Dominic Cummings. No bullying to be seen here.

What she wrote is more idiomatic here. It's often a good rule, but not always.

I thought she had picked up the baton reluctantly dropped by Dominic Raab.