Who will be the next permanent manager of the Conservatives?

[Donathan]

1 minute ago, O'Kelly Isley III said:

The problem with Braverman, apart from her odious views, is that whilst the Parliamentary party has no problem with appointments from across the racial spectrum, the Tory rank and file might not fancy a candidate of colour emerging as party leader or PM.

Ditto Sunak, Javid, Zahawi, etc.,

This is utter nonsense.

 

The reason the Tories have had two female PMs and multiple people of colour in senior cabinet positions is because they don’t bother with diversity quotas. Everyone who rises to a senior position in the Conservative party has done so on merit and not as a result of tokenism.

 

The party will happily elect a person of colour if one proves to be the best person for the job and this might well be the time. 

[Bully Wee Villa]

Yeah, the Tory Party always picks the best person for the job regardless of background. It's just coincidence that about twenty of their Prime Ministers have been a white bloke who went to Eton or Harrow.

Edited July 9, 2022 by Bully Wee Villa

[Granny Danger]

5 minutes ago, Donathan said:

This is utter nonsense.

 

The reason the Tories have had two female PMs and multiple people of colour in senior cabinet positions is because they don’t bother with diversity quotas. Everyone who rises to a senior position in the Conservative party has done so on merit and not as a result of tokenism.

 

The party will happily elect a person of colour if one proves to be the best person for the job and this might well be the time. 

The Tory membership don’t appoint the cabinet.  You’re living in cloud cuckoo land if you don’t think there’s a fair sized racist element in the grass roots Tory membership.

[Bully Wee Villa]

Well, of course there is. Why do you think they quashed the investigation into Islamaphobia within the party?

Edited July 9, 2022 by Bully Wee Villa

[John Lambies Doos]

Bob Nobilo

[bennett]

Absolutely staunch, what more can you ask for...

 

 

 

[Granny Danger]

Just now, bennett said:

Absolutely staunch, what more can you ask for...

 

 

 

No, what more can you ask for?

[Dawson Park Boy]

1 minute ago, Granny Danger said:

No, what more can you ask for?

Toby Young founded the Free Speech Union.

Wonderful organisation which has saved numerous people from the pernicious effects of wokeness and cancel culture.

[Cairn Terrier]

Will need to do some research on Wallace before throwing my weight behind him.

I'm sure all the candidates are on tenterhooks waiting to see which way you'll swing.

[dirty dingus]

Most of the Tories polled don't want someone from a different ethnic background to be leader.

[GTG_03]

15 minutes ago, Dawson Park Boy said:

Toby Young founded the Free Speech Union.

Wonderful organisation which has saved numerous people from the pernicious effects of wokeness and cancel culture.

Is that the boy who had a stag do and nobody turned up ? 

[tamthebam]

Mordaunt and Wallace have parents who were in the Forces. Truss's parents were suspiciously left leaning 

Truss was President of the Liberal Democrat students at Oxford before joining the Tories two years after graduating. She was a remainer who embraced Brexit after the vote. Also wants a loosening of employment laws. Sounds like a careerist chancer to me so will likely get elected.

Mordaunt was educated at an RC school which might lose her the staunch vote. 

Wallace was an MSP so might actually have half a clue as to how devolution works. Or he might just decide to abolish the Scottish Parliament, who knows?

Edited July 9, 2022 by tamthebam
Spellung

[Bully Wee Villa]

Wallace rules himself out.

[Granny Danger]

23 minutes ago, tamthebam said:

Mordaunt and Wallace have parents who were in the Forces. Truss's parents were suspiciously left leaning 

Truss was President of the Liberal Democrat students at Oxford before joining the Tories two years after graduating. She was a remainer who embraced Brexit after the vote. Also wants a loosening of employment laws. Sounds like a careerist chancer to me so will likely get elected.

Mordaunt was educated at an RC school which might lose her the staunch vote. 

Wallace was an MSP so might actually have half a clue as to how devolution works. Or he might just decide to abolish the Scottish Parliament, who knows?

Truss as Tory leader is on a par with Jess Philips as Labour leader.

Both vacuous gobshites who have convinced themselves (maybe with the help of others) that they are capable.

They aren’t.  They’re both standing jokes. 

[Granny Danger]

3 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said:

Wallace rules himself out.

I’m surprised at that, and reasonably pleased.

Makes me wonder what’s hidden in his closet.

[Jacksgranda]

44 minutes ago, Cairn Terrier said:

 

 

I'm sure all the candidates are on tenterhooks waiting to see which way you'll swing.

 

[dirty dingus]

Wallace doesn't fancy the shitty stick.

[Bully Wee Villa]

Saw some suggestion before that he really wants Home Secretary. So maybe he waits until there's a few candidates left and then backs one in exchange for being promised that.

Edited July 9, 2022 by Bully Wee Villa

[Jacksgranda]

31 minutes ago, tamthebam said:

Mordaunt and Wallace have parents who were in the Forces. Truss's parents were suspiciously left leaning 

Truss was President of the Liberal Democrat students at Oxford before joining the Tories two years after graduating. She was a remainer who embraced Brexit after the vote. Also wants a loosening of employment laws. Sounds like a careerist chancer to me so will likely get elected.

Mordaunt was educated at an RC school which might lose her the staunch vote. 

Wallace was an MSP so might actually have half a clue as to how devolution works. Or he might just decide to abolish the Scottish Parliament, who knows?

Shock, horror!

[Granny Danger]

6 minutes ago, dirty dingus said:

Wallace doesn't fancy the shitty stick.

Maybe he does and that’s why he doesn’t want to run.