Independent Leyton Orient Forum

faldO wrote: ↑Fri Jul 15, 2022 11:09 am The last three will be Sunak, Mordaunt and Truss, unless any of them screw up badly in the TV debates. Sunak is pretty much nailed on to make the last two so far as I can see.

At that point, "politics" may come into play by Sunak backers in terms of who supports who, to ensure he faces Truss in the run-off, which will be perceived as the slightly easier route for him to no. 10.

In spite of that, the next leader of the Tories and PM will be a woman.

Nice hair or not, Mordaunt doesn't like Dad's Army or The Dambusters and describes "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" as "a full-house bingo card of… casual racism, homophobia, white privilege, colonialism, transphobia, bullying, misogyny and sexual harassment" and she should be ruled out on that basis.

Dunners wrote: ↑Fri Jul 15, 2022 12:12 pm Truss is vacuous tw*t.

Admin wrote: ↑Fri Jul 15, 2022 2:33 pm Jokes aside, the whole spectacle of the Tories choosing yet another leader really is depressing but also befitting the current political period. My dosh remains on Posturing Penny (lovely hair though) beating Rancid Rishi as the gammon faced shire dwelling membership won't be able to put him in No 10 when there's a whiter face to vote for. Not that I have any sympathy for that fanny either.

Oh - how we have all fallen and bear the cost of this folly. Not much more than a decade ago, we'd have all pissed ourselves at the thought of this current bunch of no-marks being anywhere near cabinet positions, let alone becoming PM. Comes to something when both Cameron and Osborne look like political giants compared to this bunch of Dummies.

In all fairness, Labour's not exactly in a healthy position either - Starmer & Co are clearly lacking in not only personality but policy as well and I reckon once faced with a freshly charged Tory leader, it'll become abundantly clear that Cardboard Keir isn't a vote winner and he'll be quickly usurped by young Wesley who'll launch a new Blairite centre right era with his flagship policy being something to do with tagging immigrants or burning trade unionists. Something that'll appeal to the red wall voter.

Which, when given the limited choice at the ballot box every 4-5 years will be presented as the more palatable than the Tories continued lurch rightwards to retain power by stoking the culture war fire and leaving the ECHR / drowning refugees.

One day we'll have to explain this era to our grandchildren. I'm just going to pretend I was pissed for 15 years and can't remember any of it.

It is understood that he wants to hand peerages to Nigel Adams, a cabinet office minister and one of his closest allies, and culture secretary Nadine Dorries