The fall of the Tory party

Leadership challenge incoming?

From whom?

Neither will be standing at the next election, so I don't think it's a massive surprise that they've decided to quit their ministerial roles early.

Weren't the mass resignations last time the sign of impending doom? Are these the start of it, especially with the rumoured number of letters. Resignations do seem a way of making that particular political point, especially if they're off anyway.

As a side note - Tory governments do chew through their education ministers, don't they. Shows their priorities.

Correction: the time before last - I forgot about the lettuce

Tory governments do chew through their education ministers, don't they. Shows their priorities.

Same with housing, they've had 15 different ministers since 2010.

I mean they could be daft enough to change leader, but as someone pointed out on here recently, none of Sunak's rivals want to own the forthcoming election humiliation, so who is daft enough to run?

Edit: credit @rodan for the comment on not owning the election defeat.

We'll probably end up with Mark Francois as PM.

I agree, timing is such that surely nobody wants it. But all the rumours of plots, etc have to come from somewhere.

And I also agree that someone very leftfield (far-rightfield?) might take any contest this side of the local elections at least.

I think that they are all going to have a go in rotation so that they can all benefit from a pension, security detail and lucrative speech circuit for life.

Being Minister for the Armed Forces when the "Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan" is published is probably something you'd avoid if you possibly could.

who is daft enough to run

Liz Truss, obviously.

I do wonder if the whole thing is a dare to force sunak to call the election and just get it over with.

Lee Anderson replacement is Jonathan Gullis as deputy chairman

I mean, props for finding the crawlspace below the bottom of the barrel

Fucking Gullis! Haaaaaaaaaaaa.
Beyond ridiculous.

The price of preventing another defection to Farage's grifting party/ltd company?

You're shitting me?

Fucking hell, Gullis !!!!!!

If an ape could dress itself 😬

Bullet proof cling film for all!

“Working class people are all thick violent cunts- who have we got that will resonate with them most on a personal level?”

Gullis is privately educated.

At the point, though, who the fuck are the libs.

I'll be enjoying not voting LibDem next election and voting labour.

Although I guest there is a risk of a lib / lab split, I hope / expect for a swing from libdems as well as a swing from the Tories.

(Last election was LD 56%, Tory 34%, Lab 9%)

Would she survive up to the election though?

Would the economy?

I LOL’d at reading of his appointment.
If the Tory party was a human being they wouldn’t have any self awareness or internal dialogue.

Does that mean he’s not a thick violent cunt?