Kemi Badenoch elected as Tory leader

[Locutus2000]

This will be entertaining.

And I have already replied, so you sift through and find it my friend.

Off topic, but this thread is making me feel like jam roly-poly.

No party elects a leader other than for the reason that they think a) they are competent b) they can win.
Are you sure? Six leaders in nine years (including Truss and Johnson)??

@Rummly @User37482 Labour may well have said that too. I agree that expecting well constructed detail is unrealistic and impossible but, if I were voting for a leader, I would want to understand their political ideas fully and the direction in which they wanted to take the party. Her campaign mainly seemed to be political and involved throwing a lot of red meat at Tory party members, a lot of whom are racist. I somehow doubt she is going to support cutting WFA, again for political reasons, because Tory voters tend to be old, statistically. So I don't see any substance, I see spin and playing politics. Actually, I also see a good deal of nasty, divisive behaviour!

She was born in the U.K., Wimbledon to give a location ;

Oh for crying out loud.

Now I want jam roly-poly.

We know what Kemi stands for - she has made that abundantly clear! As for actual policy - she was only appointed a few hours ago give her a chance - jeez.

Just Kemi, Suella and Rishi were ok to come over here then? Pull up the drawbridge behind you and all that.

It must be the Britishness of it all.

Where did you read this?

Neither Kemi, Suella or Rishi were immigrants to this country.

However, having worked with younger people, they are more likely to take time off sick etc.

"According to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data, employees aged 50–64 are most likely to take sick leave, calling in sick 125.9% more than those aged 16–24"

Fair enough. At least we can disagree politely! Frankly, I will be thrilled if she does a great job but my instinct is to be very frightened by the direction of both main political parties in the UK.

Gen Z seem to take a lot less shit in general then we did at their age.

Whether that is good or bad is another matter.

Racist post.

They were all born here. They are British. But nice try. I am reporting your posts if you continue.

You still haven't been able to explain what she stands for, except that she is anti immigration. They all are, apparently!

Seconded.

I asked @EvangelicalAboutButteredToast that too. If they can't provide a link I think that post should be deleted. Making stuff up about people taking their own lives is a dreadful think to do.

Racism is vile in all its forms, she has become leader on merit.

But its a shame that so many people on the 'right on MNs have called Angela Rayner a "Diversity Hire"

As far as i can see, all women in politics get hate, its disgraceful.

Thinking a leader is good doesn’t make them good. And Boris did actually win. Look at corbyn, he was selected because his members thought he was good and could win, he wasn’t and he didn’t.

The point is the members will vote for someone who resonates with them and they think can carry an election. Plenty of leaders haven’t managed it but no-one votes for someone to lose.

She doesn't need any policies! Labour didn't have any until getting closer to the GE. She's in opposition, her job is to hold the government to account.

She's got a bloody tough job ahead of her

I can provide a link but I’m making dinner and you are going to have to hang on.

They all benefitted from their family having immigrated the previous generation (think it was the previous generation) but they also don't want others to benefit or have the same advantages that they had. It's not a very pleasant attitude. @Zonder's post makes this point. Stop crying racism.

It’s on The Sun website. It’s picked up from a post on a farming forum.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/31462864/farmer-suicide-labour-budget/

It’s treating britons of colour like they aren’t actually british, they must always hold themselves to a different standard as white brits they can only care about certain things, they must support other things.

Common sense says you can’t have zero immigration or open borders. The question is at what point do you set the dial. Neither party supports open borders does it?