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If the current CON leadership rules had been in place in November 1990 Maggie would probably have survived

If the current CON leadership rules had been in place in November 1990 Maggie would probably have survived

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November 1990 – Mrs. T leaves Number 10 A CON leader’s position is now much more secure than it was in 1990 One of the things that’s driving me crazy at the moment is the sheer level of of ignorance from parts of the media and even some MPs about how CON leaders can be ousted and the consequencial process for choosing a successor. So many are familiar with the downfall of Maggie in November 1990 that they are convinced…

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Betfair punters make it about an evens chance that TMay will be out next year – I’m not tempted

Betfair punters make it about an evens chance that TMay will be out next year – I’m not tempted

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A no confidence move is highly risky for any plotters One of the great jobs of returning from a longish holiday is reviewing how things have changed while you’ve been away and the biggest move over the past three weeks is how the Chequers Brexit plan is gathering support. Maybe the Mail was following rather than leading. TMay’s big gamble might just succeed. What is this going to do to her future career prospects? It is being widely said within…

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Ruthless People. The Conservatives lose a leadership contender

Ruthless People. The Conservatives lose a leadership contender

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https://twitter.com/MarkDiStef/status/1041072314769502208 I have an announcement to make. Sadly I do not foresee circumstances in which I shall be standing to be leader of the Conservative party. This is no doubt a great loss to them, despite my having no ministerial experience, not being an MP or even being a member of the Conservative party. But they will have to struggle on without me. The bemusement you are, I expect, feeling was not matched when Ruth Davidson similarly ruled herself out….

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Is Ruth Davidson the new Alec Douglas-Home?

Is Ruth Davidson the new Alec Douglas-Home?

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Video: Excerpt from a January 2016 episode of Newsnight We’ve been here before, the best hope for the Tory party winning the next general election is a Scot that isn’t an MP and yet the Tory Party yet somehow engineers the situation for that non MP to become Tory leader & Prime Minister and an MP shortly thereafter. Today’s Sun newspaper reports RUTH Davidson has told friends she may move to Westminster to become a Cabinet minister as a stepping…

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After delivering Brexit TMay’s follow-on objective will be blocking Boris4PM

After delivering Brexit TMay’s follow-on objective will be blocking Boris4PM

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TMay indicates she would fight Johnson leadership bid & suggests that she wants to lead the party at the next election https://t.co/Y21ZydMSWG — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) August 29, 2018 The Cape Town message is that she’s not going of her own accord With Mr Corbyn apparently totally secure as Labour leader for as long as he wants the main UK political betting activity, as we get ready for the conference season, is focused on the Tories particularly on Mrs May’s…

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Allies of Boris worried that Tory MPs will practice safe X to avoid waking up with a dumb blonde

Allies of Boris worried that Tory MPs will practice safe X to avoid waking up with a dumb blonde

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Tory bosses urged to change leadership rules so Boris Johnson will have a better chance of being next PM https://t.co/NJvTscWK9n — Sun Politics (@SunPolitics) August 19, 2018 As long as MPs exclusively control who the final two candidates sent to the members are the leadership ambitions of Boris are set to be unfulfilled. For me the most interesting political story this week from a British standpoint was the desire of some supporters of Boris wishing to change the Tory leadership…

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Mr Johnson’s fate might have been sealed when CON MPs decided to stick with the woman who lost the CON majority at GE2017

Mr Johnson’s fate might have been sealed when CON MPs decided to stick with the woman who lost the CON majority at GE2017

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TMay June 9th 2017 In retrospect this was a huge rebuff to the ex-Mayor If you want to get an idea of the challenges Johnson faces with his fellow CON MPs cast your mind back to those heady two or three days following the last general election when Mrs May looked certain to be replaced. She had made the decision to go to the country early, run a campaign based almost solely on herself and it was her then top…

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