The fall of the Tory party

Yes, that sounds likely!

I'm long on jenrick already, and neutral on cleverly.

I basically laid Tugs and Mel Stride as I thought they both had no chance. I'll win as long as Tugs doesn't win, but feeling greedy as there seems to be lots of stupid money around.

I backed jenrick vs badenoch on the basis that the tory members would most likely choose a white male vs a black woman.

My only risk is Tugs pulling one out of the hat with his speech but I think it's highly unlikely

I think your money is safe.

Govey, Govey, Govey!
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/25/michael-gove-named-as-spectator-editor-after-gb-news-backers-takeover
Can we expect a debut article arguing passionately for the legalisation of (some currently) illegal drugs?

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/26/warsi-resigns-tory-whip-says-party-has-moved-too-far-to-the-right
It's taken her a long time.

It's taken her a long time.

Yeah - they left her a long time before she left them.

Not all cultures are equally valid

says Kemi Badenoch, according to the beeb.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg56zlge8g5o

Great photo.

Shades of Orwell, 'all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others'.

Should be a fun week.

Badenoch now saying she thinks maternity pay is bad and she’d like to get rid of it.

🤦‍♂️

Ha ha ha, fucking hell. You have to hand it to her, she has a laser focus on absolute cuntery

Not all cultures are equally valid

Well, she's plainly correct - the dominator culture she's part of which has brought untold misery and desolation, soaked the biosphere in a cocktail of toxins, is constantly rendering species extinct, and threatens our actual survival, is very definitely somewhat sub par.

Some kind of mutant worm must have crawled into her ear, made it’s way to her brain and is eating parts of it while shitting fetid hallucinogen matter on what’s left.
How anyone let alone a leadership candidate can come out with statements like that is beyond me.

"I am struck for example, by the number of recent immigrants to the UK who hate Israel. That sentiment has no place here.”

there was a time when there wasn’t any maternity pay and people were having more babies.

Yeah sure. And there was a time when people were bought and sold as commodities.

There was also a time when the infant mortality rate was high and the average age was lower.

More Badenough

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/israel-hezbollah-badenoch-tory-jenrick-b2620769.html

Let her be leader, it will be amazing

Let her be leader, it will be amazing

Truss amazing, I hope?

Scarcely a century ago, many women were essentially permanently pregnant. Infant mortality pre- vaccinations and pre-antibiotics, was so high that 6 or more childbirths were necessary, to give offspring that could survive long enough to offer support to prematurely aged parents.

My grandmother, born in 1901, was one of fourteen children. My poor great-grandmother.

At least they didn't have to suffer from unnecessary regulatory burden.

The Tolpuddle Martyrs might well have an alternative view.

My grandfather was the oldest of 13... in a 2-bedroom flat. Left school at 14, great grandmother pawned his clothes every Monday until he was paid on Friday and got them back.

The UK should absolutely go back to this, sounds incredibly fun!

Flippantly, this reads as though he was a full time nude model.

She is another politically naive Tory ala Rishi, no experience to speak of. Such a pity that the Tory’s have fallen apart. A strong opposition would be better to check and balance the incumbents.