Rayvin 5131 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Barely an hour before Andrea’s announcement, Theresa May had been launching her own bid for the Tory crown in Birmingham, implying that life was too short to stuff a Leadsom. May declared of her overwhelming victory in the parliamentary stage of the contest: “The result shows that after the referendum the Conservative party can come together.” Admittedly, they came together for an orgy of political homicide. But having devoured their weakest, the nest must now move on together to find new food sources. Marina Hyde in the Guardian. Always superb and scathing, but this was my favourite passage. Rest of the article here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/11/leadsom-fresh-meat-tory-orgy-political-homicide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 20620 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Labour is finished. The plp needs to leave Corbyn to it and firm a new party, it'll take more than a few weeks though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4543 Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 Barely an hour before Andrea’s announcement, Theresa May had been launching her own bid for the Tory crown in Birmingham, implying that life was too short to stuff a Leadsom. May declared of her overwhelming victory in the parliamentary stage of the contest: “The result shows that after the referendum the Conservative party can come together.” Admittedly, they came together for an orgy of political homicide. But having devoured their weakest, the nest must now move on together to find new food sources. Marina Hyde in the Guardian. Always superb and scathing, but this was my favourite passage. Rest of the article here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/11/leadsom-fresh-meat-tory-orgy-political-homicide I did tell you how superb the Conservative party is at uniting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4543 Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 Labour is finished. The plp needs to leave Corbyn to it and firm a new party, it'll take more than a few weeks though. Aye, I can only see a split sorting this. Problem is it's a massive brand to leave behind. Lots of voters will automatically mark their X in the labour box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34293 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I did tell you how superb the Conservative party is at uniting. Themselves rather than the nation, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4543 Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 Themselves rather than the nation, unfortunately. I think you are going to see a very different Conservative party under May. The shock wave from the referendum and the desertion of the middle ground by Labour has ensured that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 41521 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Themselves rather than the nation, unfortunately.Aye, of all the words to describe the shitshow of the past few weeks, on both sides, Unity definitely isn't one I would use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5131 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I think you are going to see a very different Conservative party under May. The shock wave from the referendum and the desertion of the middle ground by Labour has ensured that. Why do you think that...? The Tories are smack bang in the middle of what now passes for the centreground. She's not exactly going to take them to the left, is she? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4543 Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 Why do you think that...? The Tories are smack bang in the middle of what now passes for the centreground. She's not exactly going to take them to the left, is she? Less austerity, more focus on working class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 20620 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Less austerity, more focus on working class. Less austerity? Righto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5131 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 CT, how is she going to deliver less austerity without making everything the Tories have done in the past few years look like nothing other than the ideologically driven dogma that we all know it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5131 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I also assume, given your previous support of Tory austerity policies, that you consider this to be a bad thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34293 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 He's on the wind up. Again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 16731 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Osborne keeping a low profile in a bid to keep his job, which he probably will do for the short term anyway. Am wondering how that equals less austerity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4283 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 It's the "focusing on the working class" that's the joke. She's tried and failed already to reduce immigration especially non-eu. They won't build Council houses. They won't force SD or anyone else to make jobs permanent or better paid. They won't increase funding for education or the NHS. What will they do CT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4543 Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 CT, how is she going to deliver less austerity without making everything the Tories have done in the past few years look like nothing other than the ideologically driven dogma that we all know it is? The political world has shifted! We've already seen Osbournes target shoved into the long grass. All sorts can now happen in the name of national importance / uniting the country. This is going to be more like an early new labour government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4543 Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 I also assume, given your previous support of Tory austerity policies, that you consider this to be a bad thing? Gotta move with the times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14002 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Maybe they'll put a few more of those anti-immigration vans out? Know somebody who's here illegally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34293 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Less austerity = pretending they never had any plans to turn the balance of payments into credit by the end of this Parliament along with a few income tax cuts in the run up to the next election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4543 Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 Osborne keeping a low profile in a bid to keep his job, which he probably will do for the short term anyway. Am wondering how that equals less austerity? Osbourne won't be chancellor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4543 Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 (edited) Cameron confirms he'll leave on Thursday Edited July 11, 2016 by Christmas Tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14002 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Thursday gonna Thursday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 16731 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 (edited) Osbourne won't be chancellor No? does the conservative home website tell you who'll get his job?.... Edited July 11, 2016 by PaddockLad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 41521 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Thursday confirms he'll leave on Thursday Pub night, is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4283 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Thursday confirms he'll leave on ThursdayThat's because an unelected German is unavailable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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