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Chiswick flants are out also.
Can't be long before they hit centre court at Wimbledon.
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So, if she wins, Badenoch will know that shes second favourite to someone who isn't even eligible (Johnson), and in any case half of the membership would prefer another candidate (Farage).
That's a pretty poor mandate that she'll be given. And without the rope to be able to hang herself with real consequences as Truss had, she'll be able to stay in the position for a long time I imagine.
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Agree, it's a really tentative rebuild that's needed for them I imagine. Accept that power has now gone for two (?) at least cycles, and in the meantime put stuff (don't know what) in place that lets them concentrate on rebuilding in small steps towards the centre. Changing their leader election and muting the power of the membership might be a good start.
However, that would mean that this bunch of fairly attention-seeky group of politicians would have to spend most of their career out of the limelight and doing arduous stuff that they don't like with no benefit to them, I can't see them committing to it. I can't even see them noticing that it has to be done.
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Apparently half of the membership want to merge with Reform, which presumably means that they ultimately want Farage as their leader:
As for a potential merger between the Conservatives and Reform, the membership is split down the middle, with 47% in favour and 48% against, with the remainder unsure.
Definitely speaks to them having further to fall, their membership will be the death of them.
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If you do it with an explainer it might be reasonable . If I was a teacher I'm not sure I'd relish the idea of kids 'standing' for fascists and racists at mock hustings and so forth.
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Yeah - they're fabulous looking things.
It definitely could be intentional but that looks like the body's are cut on a CNC that can't undercut though tbh - the bottom of the neck pocket must be angled for the neck angle, but not the back.
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Nice, that gap between the neck and the body is a bit much though
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Nadine Dorries, "He went on a scholarship"
Rory Stewart, "No he didn't"
Good bantz to watch clipped, but watching the Channel 4 exit poll coverage was pretty gruelling I thought.
It was a really obnoxious group they had in there. Within 15 minutes before I switched over we heard from Dories, Kwarteng, Zahawi and Widdecombe without it being pointed out to their faces that they were absolute grifters. I'm not even sure why they were all there in the first place, their opinions are worthless.
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I used Torque Pro in the past, which definitely could clear faults on a Ford. I think it had a specific OBD2 device from Amazon, but wasn't expensive.
I've got this in the boot of my car now that clears faults, £20 from amazon:
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This is awesome - good work!
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Sounds about right to me. Measured even.
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Yes, same.
I've not finished it yet, but he was much more politically active from an early age than I knew - I guess that shouldn't be surprising but I found it so.
I'd assumed he was a barrister and came to politics in the same way that business people do from time to time, but that doesn't seem to have been the case at all.
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The Tories will still exist, there's no reason that it can't continue until they've fallen further.
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Oh yeah, all part of the sneaky sneaky ...
Presumably when he doesn't, in fact, resign in a few days time that'll be because of some other reason that's popped up to allow Corbyn even better / more nefarious control somehow
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Line 2 is the easy win there.
I'm not sure it's so easy to declare line 2 as the winner. I'd say lines 1, 3 and 6 are pretty enticing. And 7
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He'll also barely ever show up and, hopefully, a lot more people will understand that there is no substance to him.
Maybe, but there's been a lot of space given for people to figure him out over the past 10+ years, and they don't seem to. I don't know which is best in terms of him being elected or not, but I think I'd rather he was seen as a perpetual loser.
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Can Falange really win Clacton?
Last I heard it was quite likely that he would.
I'd like to see more openness about tactical voting in certain places - for example advising to support Tory in this one instance. I think people would understand and it wouldn't reflect badly on anyone involved.
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but if a CXO of some major business/company wants to take a massive pay cut and attempt to make things better for the country (rather than use it to further line their own pockets) is that that terrible?
Yes, in fairness I think you're right, and I think the same but didn't notice I was being hypocritical in pointing out his wealth / credentials whilst knowing absolutely nothing about Griffith, who I merely assume is awful because he's a tory.
I suppose it matters where they made their wealth, but it's true without delving into his past / non exec directorships etc, being the head accountant of a huge company probably shouldn't automatically disqualify one from standing. On the face of it, Media also probably isn't the worst background to come from (compared to oil majors / arms / other things)
The motives should be heavily questioned though - I've no idea if Griffith has been, Sunak certainly wasn't before being made chancellor then PM.
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I'd have thought it would easily cover that - the CFO is the second highest job after the CEO, which will have a huge salary at Sky.
This article suggests he was paid c.£9m (admittedly including shares) for the 2015 salary year:
He was the Sky CFO from 2008 -> 2018. He must be loaded. I've no idea why anyone would think that it's appropriate for someone of that level of wealth to be an MP
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Anyone remember Binky? The Mini project that's, presumably, been abandoned somewhere along the line.
Richard from BOM has apparently been busy with something else recently:
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Isn't he such a nutter that both the Dems and republicans are trying to portray him as a challenger on the other side to try to split the vote.
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I'd like to think that there's a shared objective for all major parties in denying Farage a seat, in which pulling out might enable your supporters to vote tory tactically (which is a bad situation to be in).
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Louis Pasteur invented vaccination
Edward Jenner would like a word. Methods prior to his had something to do with injecting infected pus into fresh wounds; sounds like there's a decent metaphor for Tory govts in there somewhere.
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Thanks. I was thinking of asking for documentation, age, warranties etc as a basis for negotiating them down (to free) as the prices seem high.
You may be correct - given I've no intention of paying anything then any negotiation may be a waste of time / expectations and not acknowledging it may be a better way.
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They've really messed this up, I thought when Biden got in that he'd take on the position of saviour from Trump and that rather than a long term proposition he'd be positioned as a one term mentor / guide for Harris (et al) for the future terms.
It's inevitable that he's going to have to step down, shame it couldn't have been handled more gracefully.