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wjfox wrote: Sat Oct 22, 2022 3:53 pm I think Johnson will probably win the leadership contest. It would totally fit the surreal timeline we've been living in since 2016 or so. Another few weeks of chaos will follow. More and more Tory MPs will resign or cross the floor. The calls for a General Election will become overwhelming. We'll get the election in Q1 or Q2 2023 – it'll be a Labour landslide. Perhaps not quite the near-total wipeout for the Tories that we're seeing in the polls right now, but enough to cause serious, long-term damage to the party. They'll be finished for at least the next 10 years, and possibly longer, given the demographics at play and the waning influence of Boomers.

As one of his first actions, Starmer will enact a large windfall tax on the obscene profits of energy firms. In subsequent years, we'll apply to rejoin the Single Market. Slowly, the UK will return to stability and begin the long road to recovery from the economic, political, cultural, and moral catastrophe that's been inflicted on our great nation by these evil, monstrous sociopaths. There'll be many problems along the way, and it won't be an overnight change, but we'll finally see light at the end of the tunnel.
Well hopefully Labour would fix ties with the European Union in the years ahead too and re-ban Fracking.
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Race for U.K. Prime Minister Heats Up as Nominations Roll In
Source: New York Times
LONDON — The competition to replace Liz Truss as Britain’s prime minister intensified on Sunday, with Rishi Sunak pulling ahead in the scramble for votes of Conservative lawmakers, but Boris Johnson mounting a lively campaign to reclaim the job he gave up three months ago amid a cascade of scandals.

Mr. Sunak, who formally declared his candidacy with a promise to “fix our economy,” had lined up at least 144 votes by early Sunday afternoon, according to a tally by the BBC, more than double the 56 votes pledged to Mr. Johnson. A third candidate, Penny Mordaunt, had 23.

Beyond the numerical advantage, Mr. Sunak has picked up significant endorsements from people on the right flank of the Conservative Party. On Sunday morning, Steve Baker, a lawmaker who represents an influential group of euro-skeptics in Parliament, announced he would support Mr. Sunak.

“Boris Johnson would be a guaranteed disaster,” Mr. Baker told Sophy Ridge of Sky News. “We cannot allow it to happen.”
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BREAKING



I believe that means Sunak is now likely to be the next PM. I don't think Mordaunt will clear 100 backers?
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Rishi Sunak becomes UK's next prime minister after Penny Mordaunt drops out of leadership race

Rishi Sunak will become the UK's next prime minister after Conservative leadership rival Penny Mordaunt dropped out of the race at the last minute.

The former chancellor was selected by MPs to succeed Liz Truss as Tory leader and will enter Downing Street less than two months after he lost the last race.

The extraordinary turn of events means he will be the UK's third prime minister in seven weeks, after Ms Truss resigned just 44 days into her premiership.

Mr Sunak's comeback represents a number of symbolic milestones: He will be the UK's first Hindu prime minister, the first of Asian heritage, and the youngest for more than 200 years at the age of 42.

Ms Mordaunt bowed out of the leadership race at the eleventh hour on Monday after failing to get the 100 nominations from Tory MPs required by the 2pm deadline.
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Sick imbeciles like this caller are allowed to vote.


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The sentiment is disgusting but that wouldn’t work thankfully. Great whites are rather docile towards people generally.
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