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Tory MPs submitting letters of no confidence in Sunak (www.thelondoneconomic.com)

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I would be amazed if this actually came to fruition. It would paralyze the country yet again while they play party politics. That would be four PMs all from one election result. Four sets of resignation honours lists. yet another round of all change in ministerial positions. What would a new face actually achieve with so little time left in parliament time.

If this looked likely, I could see Sunak doing what Johnson threatened. That would be to call an early election. I firmly believe Sunak is in this for the money with the business interests of his family. If a VONC looked imminent then he has no interests in politics anymore. He knows he will not be the next PM. He will want a get out of jail free option, IMO.

According to polls, a GE would be a wipe out with the Tory party. If Labour step aside for the LD, there is even a possibility that Sunak would loose this own seat. He may not even have to go through the indignant process of resigning while in office.

I can easily see how there could be enough Tory MPs to trigger this. So many who have nothing to loose anymore. Many are stepping down as candidates, and many more who know they will be out of a job. I sincerely hope that if they do pull the trigger then Sunak sees the option of going to the ballot boxes. I can do without the last year of parliament being stagnated by yet more Tory in fighting.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I have no idea what their endgame is here? Get BoJo back?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

trust and believe the tories have no idea either, they just know there's a closing window in which they've got to exert any power whatsoever, so they're simply thrashing around hoping anything at all changes their trajectory

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Tory death throes! I'm up for that. Anything that makes it obvious what a bunch of backstabbing sociopaths they are.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

There is far too much in fighting with the Tories to run with a consistent theme. Consequently they keep bouncing from one strategy to another in an effort to appease the factions within.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

The idiot fascist wing of the Torie party is starting to manifest itself.

Seriously they have people in their own political party who are major threats to their own continuing government. Only an idiot would tolerate this, fortunately everyone involved in this story is an idiot.

With luck the Tories will render themselves politically irrelevant.

It's like watching Darth Vader cut his head off with his own lightsaber. You have to wonder what the hell they're doing, but at the same time, you're glad they're doing it.