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Farage next?

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Joystir59 · 08/12/2021 09:52

Am I being unreasonable to think this is why so much is being made of the No 10 Christmas Party in the media right now? The powers that be have decided it's time for Boris to go, or indeed he's decided himself he has had enough.

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ErrolTheDragon · 08/12/2021 10:49

The PM is simply the head of whichever party is in government. So if Boris is got rid of then it would be whichever current conservative MP the Conservative party elects as its leader. That's how we went from Thatcher to Major.

Farage is an annoying side-show with no legitimate democratic power.

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Joystir59 · 08/12/2021 10:51

Farage on GB news saying Boris Will have to go because he has told too many lies.

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PurpleDaisies · 08/12/2021 10:52

@Joystir59

Farage on GB news saying Boris Will have to go because he has told too many lies.
And?
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Joystir59 · 08/12/2021 10:53

Yes ok I know really that it won't be Farage. But I also know there is only one reason why the BBC are making so much of the Christmas Party a whole year after the event- the Top Dogs want rid of Johnson.

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luckylavender · 08/12/2021 10:54

@Joystir59 - Farage isn't even an MP. Not fir want of trying. He tried 7 times.

DaisyNGO · 08/12/2021 10:54

@Joystir59

Yes ok I know really that it won't be Farage. But I also know there is only one reason why the BBC are making so much of the Christmas Party a whole year after the event- the Top Dogs want rid of Johnson.
What does any of that have to do with Farage?
pigsDOfly · 08/12/2021 10:56

@Joystir59

Farage on GB news saying Boris Will have to go because he has told too many lies.
A great many people have been saying that for a very long time; most of them people who didn't vote conservative and, probably the vast majority of them not MPs.

As far as I'm aware none of them is about to step up as the next PM.

minou123 · 08/12/2021 10:57

@Joystir59

Yes ok I know really that it won't be Farage. But I also know there is only one reason why the BBC are making so much of the Christmas Party a whole year after the event- the Top Dogs want rid of Johnson.
So did you write "Farage" as click bait?
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Joystir59 · 08/12/2021 10:57

I guess it's just the irony of Farage commenting on Johnson's morals after Brexit was delivered by Farage Gove and Johnson, designed by Cummings and funded by Aaron Banks.

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NightmareSlashDelightful · 08/12/2021 10:59

@Joystir59

Farage next for PM.
These are honestly four of the most frightening words I have seen constructed into a sentence.
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Joystir59 · 08/12/2021 10:59

We are constantly manipulated by the media, which is run by such cynical heartless indifferent morally bereft arseholes

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MsAgnesDiPesto · 08/12/2021 10:59

OP, I think you’ve been watching too much YouTube or something.

Farage can’t be PM unless he leads the party with a majority in the Commons. That’s never going to happen.

Nobody except the parliamentary party can get rid of Johnson. Especially ‘Top Dogs’ at the BBC.

You need to learn a lot more about our parliamentary system, and frankly, get out a bit more.

User378436 · 08/12/2021 10:59

@Joystir59

Farage on GB news saying Boris Will have to go because he has told too many lies.
Most of the country is saying that
LampLighter414 · 08/12/2021 11:00

Yes lets get him in ASAP we need some proper leadership Boris is awful almost as bad as Theresa

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Joystir59 · 08/12/2021 11:01

And we fall for it. Yes Farage isn't directly in politics right now but how far fetched is that he could be put in front of the nation as next PM? Or anyone of them could be fluffed up by the media and accorded the same celebrity gloss that's been given to Johnson and us never given to the likes of Corbyn?

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Joystir59 · 08/12/2021 11:02

Top dogs in government control what goes out on the BBC and have done for decades.

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NightmareSlashDelightful · 08/12/2021 11:02

Next Tory leader will be Liz Truss, I reckon. She's got that Thatcherian mad glint.

ErrolTheDragon · 08/12/2021 11:03

how far fetched is that he could be put in front of the nation as next PM?

100% impossible. HTH.

DaisyNGO · 08/12/2021 11:03

@Joystir59

And we fall for it. Yes Farage isn't directly in politics right now but how far fetched is that he could be put in front of the nation as next PM? Or anyone of them could be fluffed up by the media and accorded the same celebrity gloss that's been given to Johnson and us never given to the likes of Corbyn?
It doesn't fit Corbyn's image to do things that way.

I'd be careful of the term "fluffed" btw 😂

NoNotMeNoSiree · 08/12/2021 11:07

@PooWillyNameChange

What on earth are you talking about? How would Farage become PM? Hmm
This I'm so confused right now Grin How can farage become PM? He's not a Tory, he's just some gobshite on the telly lol
Mercurial123 · 08/12/2021 11:10

@Joystir59

And we fall for it. Yes Farage isn't directly in politics right now but how far fetched is that he could be put in front of the nation as next PM? Or anyone of them could be fluffed up by the media and accorded the same celebrity gloss that's been given to Johnson and us never given to the likes of Corbyn?
My cat has more chance of becoming the next PM. Seriously though anybody who thought BoJo was a good choice of PM after his past behaviour well that's on them.
sst1234 · 08/12/2021 11:13

@NightmareSlashDelightful

Next Tory leader will be Liz Truss, I reckon. She's got that Thatcherian mad glint.
You mean she gets shit done. Whether it’s popular or not. Being popular is overrated, we need a leader that is a doer.
Mrsjayy · 08/12/2021 11:13

Yabu just for watching GB news!

TheWhalrus · 08/12/2021 11:18

Farage next is simply not going to happen...for the reasons outlined by multiple posters.

What seems to be happening is that the tories are rounding on Boris Johnson (presumably owing to too many lies and because he seems to be becoming an electoral liability). It would still need a certain number of tory MPs (possibly 50 or 100) to express no confidence in order to trigger a no confidence vote....Boris would then also have to lose that vote in order to be ousted. Essentially that's quite a high bar to be crossed, especially given Boris remains fairly popular with rank and file members, who ultimately decide who leads the party.

Mercurial123 · 08/12/2021 11:22

I really hope it's not Liz Truss.

www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/24941/elizabeth_truss/south_west_norfolk/votes

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