Michael Gove

[dannyk13]

PM?

[ichkeria]

The reason IMO there are so many candidates is because the Tories are falling apart.
There are so many cliques and coteries among MPs and very little - as far as one can tell - come and go between them. And it’s hard to believe Dominic Raabid and Sam Gyimah, for example, are in the same party.

I feel like a passenger on a bus where the driver has gone and a crowd of replacements are fighting over who will take over the wheel. Most of them seem determined to drive on over a cliff and a small group of passengers at the front are egging them on ...

[Jackdaw33]

Having read his CV I'm very impressed with Rory Stewart.

[Cloverjo]

I’m impressed by RS too.

I love that analogy, ichtheria. So true!

[Cloverjo]

Sorry, ichkeria.

[Old_Geezer]

Stewart ? He that says that no-deal would be catastrophic, undeliverable and unnecessary in the face of evidence to the contrary (unless he's planning on keeping us in) ? Someone still trying to get May's existing deal through BECAUSE there is no evidence the EU will offer a different deal ?

Surely you jest.

[Maydup]

After tomorrow, the remaining candidates will probably be:

Johnson
Gove
Javid
Hunt
Hancock
Raab

Any others are unlikley to make the cut with more than 8 MPs publicly supporting them.

[mushroom25]

a little over 25 years ago, one Bill Clinton admitted to the use of cannabis, but went on to say that when he was doing it, he didn't inhale.

public knowledge of the fact he clearly had no clue how to toke a joint didn't do him any harm...…..

[jno]

Stewart wants to be the next-but-one leader. He's quite aware that the chalice gets more poisoned by the day so he's just getting himself known. I can think of few people (of either party) I'd rather have leading the country in 2022.

Though by then, having smoked a cigarette without a filter in the 1980s may disqualify him.

[ichkeria]

If Boris Johnson takes over “next leader but one” might be quite soon :-)

[agchristie]

People's preference of who should be PM from the 'longlist' will depend on the qualities that are needed for such a role.

The question I would pose is,what are those qualities? What should we expect?

I fear that whoever gets the job will once again leave the electorate short-changed.

[agchristie]

//If Boris Johnson takes over “next leader but one” might be quite soon :-)//

Like being on the subs bench.One has to be prepared to enter the field of play at ANY stage.That time could come much sooner than expected...

[Bazile]

Lol mushroom

I normally avoid political threads , as politics bores the pants of me

But on this dreary wet Saturday morning your officer Crabtree typo made me smile

[ichkeria]

Is Boris being sent in to fail?
You have to wonder.

[jno]

Stewart for me because he's had a life outside politics. The others seem mostly to have been in politics since they were in nappies - and still they can't sort out the mess.

[ToraToraTora]

PM? No! he's a slimey back stabber. My least favourite of the bunch.

[agchristie]

Ich,it's like being the UK entrant for Eurovision.

Doomed to failure...

[douglas9401]

'Deep regret' my bottom, wait for the rest from him and his fellow travellers when it's dragged from them at the five bar gate on the six o'clock news.

They'd all do better to shrug and move on than deliver these form letter statements of sincere repentance.

Pathetic.

[anotheoldgit]

Yes there have been some condemnation from some ABers regarding the choice of the next PM, but just to side-step a little, in the possibility that Labour might win the next election, who would you like to see become the next Labour PM?

[agchristie]

Wonder if he still reads VIZ magazine?

[jno]

that's not a side-step, aog, that's an attempt to push an uncomfortable thread off couse. Be off and start your own!