Now it is down to two. No female this time. Arguably the two worst choices in current times. Whoever the Conservative party members decide, the UK is totally screwed (click on the memes to enlarge)…
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Conservative leadership contest- no real winners
In an earlier televised Tory leadership debate, Boris Johnson was mocked for failing to turn up.
The Conservatives will soon be electing their new leader, the third in five years, and will certainly become the Prime minister.
According to commentators and pundits, former Mayor of London and foreign secretary Boris Johnson is set to win. But he is not having his own way. Fellow cabinet members Jeremy Hunt and Michael Gove at the time of writing seem very determined to stop him. Sajid Javid is also in the running, but do any of them actually deserve to win? The candidates all have very dubious records in office, yet they expect the party’s members to vote for any of them.
We are in the middle of arguably the worst Conservative-led government in recent memory, with former PM Theresa May repeatedly hit by one crisis after another, particularly over how they handled the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union.
Despite recent heavy losses in both the local council and EU elections leading to a significant loss of support, there is still a perception, both in the media and the general public, that a Labour government led by left-winger Jeremy Corbyn would be a lot, lot worse. Voters simply don’t trust him, and even the mere mention of his name seem to have put even Labour voters off voting for them.
For now, having to fight a general election is the least of the Conservatives’ worries. The new leader, when elected, will still have to deal with the much-delayed EU withdrawal agreement.
Conservative party leadership contest: a race to the bottom
Following Theresa May’s resignation, listed below is a selection of manifestos of the leading candidates for the Conservative Party leadership.
Boris Johnson – A massive tax handout for the highest earners in society (like him and his mainstream media backers), paid for by the rest of us.
— Another Angry Voice (@Angry_Voice) 10 June 2019
Jeremy Hunt – Conduct an ideologically driven assault on women’s hard-won reproductive rights.
— Another Angry Voice (@Angry_Voice) 10 June 2019
Michael Gove – Continue hypocritically threatening cocaine users with 7 years in jail despite the fact he used to host lavish cocaine parties, and admits taking the drug on multiple occasions.
— Another Angry Voice (@Angry_Voice) 10 June 2019
Rory Stewart – Bring back conscription.
— Another Angry Voice (@Angry_Voice) 10 June 2019
Andrea Leadsom – Continue insisting that the best way to conduct a complex diplomatic negotiation is to threaten to shoot yourself in the head on a specific date if you don’t get exactly what you want.
— Another Angry Voice (@Angry_Voice) 10 June 2019
Esther McVey & Dominic Raab – Launch a political coup against parliamentary sovereignty to force through a ruinous “no deal” Brexit designed to enrich their wealthy mates who are busy speculating against Britain & British assets in anticipation of this Tory-engineered crash.
— Another Angry Voice (@Angry_Voice) 10 June 2019
(Via Another Angry Voice’s Twitter feed).
Remember, whoever wins out of this lot will become Prime Minister. You have been warned.
Tories and Labour kicked in the ballots- part two
Farage has the last laugh over his critics
The people have spoken…once again.
Both the Conservatives and Labour parties get yet another good kicking at the elections to the European Parliament, the last ones that the UK will participate in. The Brexit party, led by the controversial but charismatic Nigel Farage, were clear winners, winning a staggering 31 per cent of the popular vote and gaining 29 seats, way ahead of the resurgent Liberal Democrats who finished second on 20 per cent, winning 16 seats.
The PM resigns!
So, our embattled Prime Minister Theresa May has finally thrown in the towel. What’s taken her so long?
After three years of constantly fighting with her fellow MPs over how the UK should leave the European Union via what was a very discredited referendum, she announced that she will stand down on 7th June, after which, the Conservative party will begin the search for her successor.
Throughout her period in office, Mrs May had made a series of misjudgements, mostly dominated by brexit. She flip flopped on many of the government’s policies, mainly to pacify her critics. She held a general election which led to the Conservatives losing their overall majority she inherited from her predecessor David Cameron. She has been criticised for her response to major tragedies, such as the Grenfell Tower fire, and the controversial actions over the treatment of the Windrush generation and Syrian refugees. Commentators have argued that her only real success was to keep the Labour party led by the hard-left Jeremy Corbyn out of power.
Mrs May’s reign will soon be over, but for the British people, the nightmare continues.