To think the Tories must actually want to loose the next election?

I love a By-election.

Another by election on the way as a result of Chris Pincher resigning.

I know there's no formal thing in law they have to follow. But surely they can't get away with changing leaders AGAIN without going to the polls straight after.

It would be best if they did TBH. Look at their record.
2015 Vote PM Cameron, get PM May.
2017 Vote PM May get PM Johnson.
2019 Vote PM Johnson get PM Truss.
Then PM Sunak.
Vote PM Sunak get ???

They're a chaotic shambles.

in the part of the fateful ITV interview that Keegan actually knew would be aired, when she found herself trying to mitigate the situation by uttering the words: “A school can collapse for many reasons.” Guys, can you please get this into some sort of perspective – there are loads of things that could make a school cave in on your children’s heads. You’re being very small-minded obsessing about this one.

I'm not feeling exactly Chucklevision about crumbly concrete hanging over our children's heads but that did make me squeak.

And with 7000 schools yet to be properly surveyed by Actual Surveyors there are going to be more aren't there?

This might be the one that does for them.

Al the essential qualities required to run a small country that is literally crumbling and filling up with shit.

I'm not at all a fan, but I enjoyed that

They can @verdantverdurebut they would have to trigger an immediate GE on the appointment. And I think they might.🤔

There's no formal requirement for a new leader to call a general election if they don't want. As long as they have the confidence of the house.

And Penny Mordaunt was making her "I could do a SO much better job than him" faces on the front bench.

Much as I loath her, she did a good job of showing JRM up for being a pompous ignorant cunt

I reckon this pretty much sums up where we are now.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/05/hapless-gillian-keegan-arse-sitters-education-secretary-tory

And everyone knows it.

I think you’re right. I hate to say it but I genuinely think she was robbed when Truss got in. If she’d made it to the final two it would have been hers.

Penny is in pole position @verdantverdure . Wields a good sword. Looks good in a swimming 🏊 cossie. Royal Navy . Get yer money on now !

They can @verdantverdure but they would have to trigger an immediate GE on the appointment. And I think they might.🤔

Sunak is not popular amongst the rank and file Tories nevermind the majority of the nation. So their only chance might will be to ditch him for someone more "appealing".🙄

I wish them luck with that.😂😂😂

This is quite interesting. Crumbling schools affecting Tory MPs and their constituencies...

There are a staggering eight crumbling schools in business secretary Kemi Badenoch’s constituency of Saffron Walden, and another two in foreign secretary James Cleverly’s Braintree seat, and one in Michael Gove’s backyard of Surrey Heath.
Five of the schools are in education ministers’ constituencies, including four in skills minister Robert Halfon’s Harlow constituency and one in children’s minister David Johnson’s seat of Wantage.

When did that happen? I followed the debates quite closely. Everyone had their own version of Brexit. Some wanted to stay in the Single Market.

Theresa May said Brexit means Brexit. Mark Francois thinks it's the most important meal of the day. And so on. Nobody to my recollection said ' let's just cancel Brexit '.

They can't give us a sixth PM only chosen by their bloody members can they? Surely?

This concrete crisis might actually precipitate a General Election

Oh please! 🙏

This concrete crisis might actually precipitate a General Election once word gets around that schools have been dangerous for years and the Tories just kinda "shrugged" and said nothing whilst dangerous crumbling concrete hung above our children's heads.

The smart Tories have left or are sorting out new jobs. Currently their value is declining. Insights into Labour policy is what business will want.

The shelf life of Tory advisers is now about that of a lettuce. Expect lots of bs proposals for the next six months, none of which will be delivered.

The Tories are finished.

And they know they're finished.

Sunak was like a yappy little dog just making noise at PMQs today.

And Penny Mordaunt was making her "I could do a SO much better job than him" faces on the front bench.

They are finished. People have stopped listening. Starmer got it right today; he's channelling what people feel, and Sunak's bitty little defence while technically okay went nowhere.

I know, Rishi’s answer to everything is always “Keir Starmer hasn’t fixed it either”. But he can’t, can he? He’s in fucking opposition! Feel free to step aside and let him have a go Rish.

Starmer at PMQs ' the Prime Minister has failed to . . .' Rishi, contemptuously, 'All the hon gent can do is make cheap political points'. That's HIS JOB Rishi. As far as I know, he's not busily topping up the family coffers whilst making international trade deals, unlike some.

Of course.

Which is why she hasn't been able to explain it.