Current Affairs The next Tory (strong and stable) leader is Boris Johnson

[dublinbluenose]

Doesn't the HOC have to approve any new PM? Would Johnson have enough votes to pass, presuming the DUP would approve of him? Would every Tory give him a pass?

Constitutional crisis anyone?

 

[dwightschrute]

Doesn't the HOC have to approve any new PM? Would Johnson have enough votes to pass, presuming the DUP would approve of him? Would every Tory give him a pass?

Constitutional crisis anyone?

Nope, whoever Tory MP's vote as next PM is next PM until either an election or no confidence loss

 

[Aberblue]

Doesn't the HOC have to approve any new PM? Would Johnson have enough votes to pass, presuming the DUP would approve of him? Would every Tory give him a pass?

Constitutional crisis anyone?

Nope, whoever Tory MP's vote as next PM is next PM until either an election or no confidence loss

That's right; Jim Callaghan and Theresa May both became PM without a General Election win or a vote of confidence in the Commons.

 

[cooperman]

That's right; Jim Callaghan and Theresa May both became PM without a General Election win or a vote of confidence in the Commons.

But DUP are effectively kingmakers in this situation as the government have no majority. So without their support, the winner of the Tory leadership election will be a sitting duck to any motion of no confidence.
Interesting how Leadsom mentioned the commitment to the Union in her statement. It's clear who she is trying to court.

 

[summerisle]

Truly is the country of the absurd.



I'm going mad.

 

[Eggs]

....everybody says the next Tory leader has to be a Brexiteer, so I had a few quid on Rory Stewart @ 25-1 a few weeks ago because he’s not a Brexiteer.

 

[goodisonopheliac]

Truly is the country of the absurd.



I'm going mad.

How can you respect the family if the family reject you?

Boris of course.....he will be perfecting his Churchillian speeches as we write.....delivering us from the yoke of EU oppression, fighting them in the corridors of power, we will never surrender our sovereignty......

I legit wish I was dead.

 

[Tubey]

Barrel. Scraping the.

 

[Blues Harp]

The only league Johnson is in is the Evo-Stik League. He has the charisma of last Friday's kebab hiding at the back of the fridge. To be endorsed by Jacob Rees-Mogg says it all really.

Ha ha one elitist out of touch snob endorses another.....ldiots who think these 2 have their interests at heart need to take a look at themselves......

 

[Connor]

 

[Joey66]

He's the one to dread - stab himself in the back if he could......... ex Labour picket line merchant.........He briefly joined the Labour Party in 1983 back in Aberdeen,

 

[goodisonopheliac]

I dread to think what it would mean for LGBT people if Leadsom gets in. She hates us.

 

[Gwladysstreetlad]

I dread to think what it would mean for LGBT people if Leadsom gets in. She hates us.

She's not getting anywhere near the PM job mate. There's absolutely no chance of that happening.

 

[johnblue23]

Step forward the next bunch of buffoons to drag the country further into the mire.

 

[goodisonopheliac]

She's not getting anywhere near the PM job mate. There's absolutely no chance of that happening.

Even if she doesn't, there's JRM, who's a hardcore Catholic, or Johnson. It's bad news either way. I am legit scared of having to fork out thousands of pounds, which I do not have, for healthcare. Or the next time I take an overdose and someone calls out an ambulance and if I don't end up dead I'll have to pay for that too.