Will Liz Truss resign today? Part 2: PMQs

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Well she's staggered on to PMQs today. Get the popcorn ready.

In the very recent leadership contest, they were split all over the place, nothing has changed.

You ve still got the Kwarteng/Braverman wing vs the more moderate left of the party, though who exactly is to the left of the far right Tories is anyone's guess.

Tbf to her, that's a hell of a pension in exchange for dragging your own reputation through the mud and a few days work. Not so stupid after all.

Did she actually "serve" long enough to qualify for the pension though?

Brexit is absolutely the problem, it’s part and parcel of the hard right ideology

And what Brexit did is rather than see off the threat of the party’s hard right, is fatally fragment the Tories in a way that may not be recoverable

Absolutely this. It opened up a split in the party that grew larger and larger, and realistically will need to carry on splitting until they are two separate parties.

Which was only how it all started anyway.

We sadly havent see the last of Braverman, she is bound to be back in Cabinet to shut the right wingers up.

Well we’ll have dear old Starmer & Co soon and a high tax, low growth (or zero growth) economy. Get ready to celebrate with cakes and ale!

Brexit was the consequence of a Tory party embracing the hard right policies. The problem with UK politics and the Tory party goes a long way before Brexit.

I shouldn't be surprised but no visble sadness, shame, embarrassment or humiliation for making such a mess of things in 5 weeks. Gives the impression she still believes her 'plan' is right and it's all the fault of everyone who failed to back her. There should be a general election but no way are the tories going to risk that now.

Fingers now uncrossed!

Are you crazy? Johnson hard right? He is centre left wrt the Tory party. For goodness sake put The Guardian down.

Perhaps you'd like to list all the things that have improved in the UK since 2010?

12 years in and we ve had low growth and the highest taxes for 70 years under your beloved Tories.

Brilliant 😁

What are Penny’s credentials? Been said that she is a bit work shy.

What are we really all in for??

It must be a lonely place - supporting a dying chaotic system and bashing out 2019 tropes on the internet. Have you got a good support network in place?

Of course they won’t call a general election by choice as they will lose . But what we are seeing is not democratic at this point. We are going to end up in a position where a public mandate was given to the PM before last. They have shown they can not form a stable government. Though there is an MP calling for Johnson to come back as he has a mandate from voters.

All will calm down now during the interregnum. I don't know who we will end up with, but if it is someone with brains, emotional intelligence, and honesty I think they will limp on. Any suggestions as to who has these qualities?

That would be good, but I'm pretty sure it has to be a Tory.

she’s off her trolley that one

Correct Kellie, Bojo was slightly to the left of centre of a far right Tory party that is more extreme than le Pen's RN.

What are Penny’s credentials?

I’d say she isn’t as disliked as Sunak by some of the elements in the Tory party.

She also actually wants the job, Sunak it’s less clear he does.

And she’s not completely insane like Braverman.

So I think she’s more likely, by default if nothing else. Just my 2p.

Sunak PM, Hunt Chancellor, Mordaunt Foreign Secretary, feels a solid bet. But I’ve read it would need Boris backers to get over their Rishi rage.

There is talk of an expedited members vote online, which I dread because if Braverman or Badenoch get on the ticket they could win and that would mean more right wing chaos.

Might stick a bet on Boris coming back, would pay for Christmas ! and another bet saying we will have 4 PM's by the end of the year, wonder that odds they would give me on that ?

Graham Brady is really bad at pretending he doesn't love all this increasingly frequent attention.

At least it's not chaos with Ed Miliband

@Lonelycrab - yes, but is she reasonably up to it?

This personality contest rubbish must stop.