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No. Cameron and May did huge work selecting women and people of colour for safe Tory seats after 2005, when they suddenly realised the entire Parliamentary Party were old, white men.A woman of colour has a chance to lead the tories? Isn't that weird? I truly know feck all about British politics aside from Lozza Fox and Elvis.
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Speaking as someone who definitely wouldn’t vote for this lot. Not all you have suggested is entirely accurate candidates aren’t chosen by the leaders of the party or even national party. they can be nominated but are ultimately selected by the local Conservative party. Patel and badenoch certainly weren’t favourites to be selected when they were originally nominatedNo. Cameron and May did huge work selecting women and people of colour for safe Tory seats after 2005, when they suddenly realised the entire Parliamentary Party were old, white men.
Patel, Badenoch, Braverman, Sunak, Zahawi etc were all chosen for seats that would stay Tory even if there was a full-on proletarian revolution in the UK. They all happen to have politics slightly to the right of Attila the Hun.
Their success is lauded as showing anyone can make it in Britain. Despite them having preferential treatment based on who they are and the views they hold.
Yes, you are right, my apologies for the lack of precision in what I said - and to be fair to Cameron and May they did exert as much pressure as they could on local parties which did make a difference.Speaking as someone who definitely wouldn’t vote for this lot. Not all you have suggested is entirely accurate candidates aren’t chosen by the leaders of the party or even national party. they can be nominated but are ultimately selected by the local Conservative party. Patel and badenoch certainly weren’t favourites to be selected when they were originally nominated
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Honestly. How much longer are there going to use the EU as an excuse for everything.Tweet
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Sounds like Starmer.
Only one teensie weensie problem. If you have no intention of dealing with the outside world -fine.
Otherwise, oh dearie me!
It's always someone else's fault, always has been.Honestly. How much longer are there going to use the EU as an excuse for everything.
Plays well to the DM readers I guess.
For goodness sake.
The EU are not the problem. And never has been.
You the government are the problem. And always have been.
I have to admit, I was a bit worried about her becoming PM.Tweet
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And Mordaunt is going to get Brexit re-done.
Just as well it's all over and going so swimmingly.
Fantasy island lives on.
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Precisely that.It's always someone else's fault, always has been.
They probably wouldn't dare mention that the British government had large say in those EU rules.
Whatever rules they change within the UK, they still have to follow the rules of whichever country they deal with outside the UK, whether it's with the EU, the US or elsewhere.
The realisation that the impact of leaving the EU is finally hitting home to the government and they don't know what to do.
To be fair she hasn't stated which people's pockets she'd put money into so we know that would be one promise she would definitely deliver, to her rich mates anyway.Tweet
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And Mordaunt is going to get Brexit re-done.
Just as well it's all over and going so swimmingly.
Fantasy island lives on.
To be fair the heat is also to blame for all of the problems in Britain.But hey, it is just the government of the UK. So they are still in place peddling their lies and as you say, stoking up the public by blaming everyone else. The EU. Putin. Labour.
If it wasn't so hot, I would get annoyed....
This is true and on the other hand when she said pounds, she may not mean money at all but imperial weights.To be fair she hasn't stated which people's pockets she'd put money into so we know that would be one promise she would definitely deliver, to her rich mates anyway.
Yes, they are now debating against each otherJust realised there is a 2nd posh off today
Might get quite nasty ahead of the vote tomorrow
Labour actually need to win an election firstOdd that it is the supposed right wing party in UK that has had the only two female PMs and now seems on track to either have another female PM or the first person of colour PM. I am not for identity politics but I would have thought there would be some schism in left in UK over this.
But but. Sunak is no longer chancellor. And he is not bidding to become chancellor again. He is bidding to become PM which is a completely different job.First question is how they tackle cost of living.
Liz, Tom spoke about cutting taxes and focusing on growth.
Penny spoke about VAT cuts.
Kemi mentioned she used to clean toilets so she gets it. She wants to cut fuel duty. She wants tackle inflation first.
Rishi said his number 1 priority is inflation.
Rishi is the only one with the right answer to an obvious question.
And the most important issue for the PM will be grappling with the economic situation the UK finds itself with.But but. Sunak is no longer chancellor. And he is not bidding to become chancellor again. He is bidding to become PM which is a completely different job.
Understand. The economy should be the job of the chancellor and the Bank of English.And the most important issue for the PM will be grappling with the economic situation the UK finds itself with.
For what its worth I like Tom too but Rishis approach makes most sense. Liz and Penny having a mare.
I dont think any chancellor in the position Rishi was in could have made too many different decisions to be honest.Understand. The economy should be the job of the chancellor and the Bank of English.
The PM role requires a different skill set. It needs a proper leader with proper leadership capabilities.
I don't see Sunak as having those capabilities.
When under pressure, he is too weak, as shown many times when he did not stand up to Boris.
And the sad thing is that none of them look to be proper leaders.
They can elect new leaders regardless of elections. ******* Harman and Yvette Cooper were certainly good enough candidates to be elected leader in last 15 years....Dianne Abbot and Liz Kendall less so. Feels like Angela Rayner will be leader post Starmer so will hopefully be moot point before too long.Labour actually need to win an election first
He used his one question very wellAll these questions are going to be towards Sunak aren't they .