The next Conservative Leader thread.

Billies Bangers · 10 Jul 2016 at 13:30

Arazi said:
Lots would say he has done a very good job, why do you say otherwise? The result after the referendum was what he spent the past 20 years fighting for wasn't it?

Leave out whether you like him or not, i dont know any other politician that has done what Farage has done, or even come close in the past 20 years.

I'm not sure that persuading a country to self-destruct could be seen as doing a good job, unless of course you were an enemy of that country.

Arazi · 10 Jul 2016 at 13:50

Billies Bangers said:
I'm not sure that persuading a country to self-destruct could be seen as doing a good job, unless of course you were an enemy of that country.

That is your opinion and a totally different subject.

Rexxar · 10 Jul 2016 at 14:22

Really don't want to see Theresa May enter power, purely because of her acts in her current role, i simply wouldn't trust her. Guess i've only got one other option and that's not great either. When's the next general election?!

Rroff · 10 Jul 2016 at 14:26

May 2020 ostensibly - a long time for May to be in a position to **** over this country.

Mr Jack · 10 Jul 2016 at 14:35

Arazi said:
Lots would say he has done a very good job, why do you say otherwise? The result after the referendum was what he spent the past 20 years fighting for wasn't it?

Leave out whether you like him or not, i dont know any other politician that has done what Farage has done, or even come close in the past 20 years.

As a politician, he's the most successful politician of my lifetime. As an MEP he was lazy and ineffective at representing his constituents' interests in the EU, a case in point would be when he failed to turn up to over 95% of the fisheries meetings woke complaining about EU quotas.

Caged · 10 Jul 2016 at 15:06

https://twitter.com/BBCRealityCheck/status/733701366871392257

Politics in 2016: Say any old crap.

Greebo · 10 Jul 2016 at 15:43

Mr Jack said:
As a politician, he's the most successful politician of my lifetime. As an MEP he was lazy and ineffective at representing his constituents' interests in the EU, a case in point would be when he failed to turn up to over 95% of the fisheries meetings woke complaining about EU quotas.

He failed to turn up to 99.7% of the fisheries meetings. Shocking tbh.

Greebo · 10 Jul 2016 at 15:45

Caged said:
https://twitter.com/BBCRealityCheck/status/733701366871392257

Politics in 2016: Say any old crap.

I see all the brexit voters are all saying on there that this is project fear again pointing out untruths.

StriderX · 10 Jul 2016 at 16:14

Greebo said:
He failed to turn up to 99.7% of the fisheries meetings. Shocking tbh.

Probably because it isnt the EU that sells our quota to Corporations, so realistically he could achieve nothing.

datalol-jack · 10 Jul 2016 at 16:35

IDS claims 'black ops' against Leadsom in the latest twist of this leadership campaign.

Billies Bangers · 10 Jul 2016 at 17:02

datalol-jack said:
IDS claims 'black ops' against Leadsom in the latest twist of this leadership campaign.

Is that the same IDS that set out to sabotage Major and isn't trusted by the majority of his colleagues?

datalol-jack · 10 Jul 2016 at 17:04

Billies Bangers said:
Is that the same IDS that set out to sabotage Major and isn't trusted by the majority of his colleagues?

'Guilty as charged, guv!' -- Iain 'My Heart Bleeds for the Poor' Duncan 'Let Me Assess Your Fitness' Smith.

Terminal_Boy · 10 Jul 2016 at 17:04

Rexxar said:
When's the next general election?!

About 10 minutes after May becomes PM and says she won't activate Article 50.

delta0 · 10 Jul 2016 at 17:13

Terminal_Boy said:
About 10 minutes after May becomes PM and says she won't activate Article 50.

And about 10 minutes after article 50 gets blocked in parliament. It is a lose:lose situation for the next PM.

Greebo · 10 Jul 2016 at 17:45

Except that you need a vote in parliament to have an election and let's face it, the Labour Party isn't going to vote for one as they are fearful that they will be wiped out and the MPs who voted against article 50 won't vote for a GE for fear of losing their seat.

So where would that leave us? I suppose according to the leavers on here, the "people" will take to the streets and "turn it red with blood"

Could get nasty this.

Terminal_Boy · 10 Jul 2016 at 17:50

I think a bit of passive, non-violent civil disobedience may well be on the cards if Westminster decides to ignore the EU Ref result.

Dolph · 10 Jul 2016 at 20:54

Terminal_Boy said:
I think a bit of passive, non-violent civil disobedience may well be on the cards if Westminster decides to ignore the EU Ref result.

Ah, the lefties are staying home then

stewski · 10 Jul 2016 at 20:56

More threats?

Hagar · 10 Jul 2016 at 21:00

I am quite looking forward to Theresa May as PM. I believe that she would be a courageous leader for the UK. Certainly she is the best of the current crop.

Billies Bangers · 10 Jul 2016 at 22:40

Terminal_Boy said:
About 10 minutes after May becomes PM and says she won't activate Article 50.

There was an interesting take on this mentioned on the Daily Politics Show today. In essence when we finally hammer out a deal with the EU on what Brexit will actually mean for Britain, there could be another referendum put to the electorate to decide if we want to go ahead with the negotiated terms or might we want to think again.