The next Conservative Leader thread.

[wildman]

DC has played a very wise game, Boris can't possibly win regardless of what he does, game set and match to DC, Boris is finished.

I hope May gets in, having a female leading the country into EU negotiations can only be a good thing.

May vs Merkel

could be worthy of a pay per view event.

 

[Avenged7Fold]

Could be worse, a certain country has to choose between Hillary and Trump

 

[Azza]

Nicky Morgan who backed remain massively, is now backing Gove saying she "wants to be a part of that program" - I wonder what he's promised her.


For all his flaws, at least Cameron was able to keep the lid slightly on the nutters. Now it's just a free for all and the nutters are on the rampage.

 

[ghutchison14078]

Could be worse, a certain country has to choose between Hillary and Trump

Fair enough

 

[Housey]

God can you imagine the handbags with all those hormonal car wrecks in 1 room negotiating

 

[elmuzzy66.]

May vs Merkel

could be worthy of a pay per view event.

No mud though, for the sake of my eyes. Mind you they are burning with the thought

 

[wordy]

Wonder how well Stephen "I hate bummers & secularism, I do" Crabb will do?

 

[joeyjojo]

Starting to look like the USA Republican party primaries if Trump (Boris) had quit at the very beginning.

 

[413x]

I don't blame him, but he is a coward.
To be one of the figure heads, to be in the party in power, and then to withdraw?

Still of the mind the leave group did not want this to happen. A leave win

 

[robfosters]

Do you think the next leader will give Boris a cabinet position?

 

[Christmas themed thank]

I meant Gove as Education Secretary. His Leave campaign has destroyed the country.

 

[Burnsy2023]

I don't blame him, but he is a coward.
To be one of the figure heads, to be in the party in power, and then to withdraw?

Still of the mind the leave group did not want this to happen. A leave win

Boris is clever and ambitious. He's making good decisions for himself here, but unfortunately his career is primarily what drives these decisions not anything more altruistic.

 

[wildman]

Wonder how well Stephen "I hate bummers & secularism, I do" Crabb will do?

pretty well with the Neo Nazi's I guess, but that's about it.

 

[Greebo]

Do you think the next leader will give Boris a cabinet position?

Didnt realise there was a Minister of Clowns?

 

[Pipe & Slippers]

I might actually join the Conservative party just to vote for Gove.

Your brain might be up for it on the basis of the end justifies the means, but I think the rest of your body might collapse and die in an instant

 

[wildman]

I meant Gove as Education Secretary. His Leave campaign has destroyed the country.

no but its fine because now we can destroy the country on our own terms so that makes everything ok ...............

 

[Caged]

Didnt realise there was a Minister of Clowns?

Ministry of Novelty Shoes

 

[EddScott]

Do you think the next leader will give Boris a cabinet position?

He already has a new job

Mayor of the Little Kingdom.

 

[Burnsy2023]

Mayor of the Little Kingdom.

That's the new name of London post independance...

 

[Burnsy2023]

So just an aside, what was Boris' strategy here?

He joined the leave campaign as it'd give him the opportunity to counter DC as leader and PM. I think we all know he didn't believe in the actual cause?

So if this was the plan, why is he dropping out? Perhaps not enough support from MPs? If that's the case, surely the plan would have been building support throughout? Perhaps he didn't expect a brexit win? Maybe he just wanted a stage opposite DC which could frame him as an obvious leader?