Bye Bye Big Dog. Who is going to take over? Truss V Sunak Thread 12

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Here we are.

Thanks @Roussette and all (well, most) commenters

I've been here for more than 10 years, always under this name.

Come on troll farms, show me the money!

You could be a sleeper agent Bore

why Truss

She is the bookies favourite
The polls put her ahead of Sunak
She is backed by the ERG
She is backed by the Mail

Ofcourse everything can change between now and the vote.

Ah sorry @BoreOfWhabylon, the acceptance of the name changing nature of this site means that there’s no particular value attached to user names here. Same with places like 4chan (or am I showing my age?).

Trolls, professional or otherwise, have free reign on here. We tend to accept ‘name changer here’ pretty much straight away.

I am looking forward to some awkward questions to them both - economy, inflation,, energy prices...Truss's school

I miss Mystic Bore, @BoreOfWhabylon , with the natty superscript TM.
Do you have a prediction for the outcome of the leadership election, perchance? I fancy a trip down the betting shop.

FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY
MysticBore™️ accompanied by her trusty 🔮leaves the environs of Ambridge to prognosticate on matters political

Cross my palm with silver, ask your question and prepare to be amazed...

What is with Liz's dress with the golden bits on it ? She has a lovely figure though but I'm only jealous.
Team Sunak here , I think he just has the edge on the economy , but it is Hobson's choice

How do you do the superscript?

If the mail are backing her then it's going to be Liz T then
Might even put a bet on then

Mystic Bore England or Spain?

Thanks for the new thread

That's how I feel about the 2 of them.

I don't think I can bear her voice for two years and I have a terrible Essex : East London accent myself !
Still , I'll give her a chance. I couldn't do that job ! I just hope she gets a bit of support

The Tories do have a track record or being prepared to be more adventurous in their choice of leader than you might expect. Not only did they appoint the first female leader, they also had the first one who had been born a Jew, at a time when anti-semitism was rife - though Disraeli did become an Anglican as a child. So I suspect that Sunak will still get significant support, particularly given his nice acceptable public school background and accent, to say nothing of his loadsamoney. However, I suspect the betting odds are correct.

Ooh, I’m very late catching up, so I completely missed Janiie having a go at me. I can now bask in a warm glow of achievement 😊

I’m now watching C4 News talking to Jonathan Gullis, Liam Fox, Desmond Swayne…..oh yes, all the talents are being paraded for our delectation tonight!

@borntobequiet

Do you have a prediction for the outcome of the leadership election, perchance? I fancy a trip down the betting shop.

I see a very tall, very thin man accompanied by a blonde woman of slurred speech and staggering gait
They waylay the pretender to the throne on the pretext of a triumphal photoshoot, stuff her into a box and load her onto a container vessel bound for China.
Her place is taken by a considerably larger looky-likey whose unruly blonde hair pokes from beneath an ill-fitting wig...

And I'm back in the room!

I think they might vote Sunak .. let's hope !
Or get an octopus to predict it !

How do you do the superscript?
If I told you I'd have to kill you (it's in the emotithings)

Mystic Bore England or Spain?
Tchah! It's obvious!!!

Thank you Bore

God, she’s just… awful.. and he lives in a millionaire’s bubble. What a miserable choice. Can whichever of them be forced to call a GE when they get in?
How the fuck has Boris been able to pull this number on us anyway, at a time when the country is so fucked? I still can’t believe he’s behaved as atrociously as he has done and is still able to dictate the terms of him leaving, himself.
And as a consequence we will probably now have PM Liz ‘Continuity Boris’ Truss to look forward to.😱
At least Sunak sounds vaguely plausible on things like not going straight in for massive tax cuts. Truss is just putting out one vacuous sub-Johnsonian soundbite after another.

Truss has got this wrapped up. The Tories have got their eyes on the next GE, rather than just the leadership. Personally, I don't think UK voters will put an Asian man at their helm, no matter how good he is, compared to the opposition.

The public want an election , but that isn't happening for years ! As that's the rules
It is so depressing really
I don't envy a new leader , they will tear Liz about like they did to Theresa May
They don't like Sunak much either
It is a mess :(
Meanwhile the rest of us suffer

Sunak has a better grip on the economy.
They might not vote for him.
It's bad timing too as many members will be off on the annual cruise! It's all a bit of a shambles tbh