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Not So Clverley
It is suggested that “tactical voting” may have led to the downfall of James Cleverley in the Tory Leadership contest:
(It’s a Telegraph article so hit “escape” as the page is loading to avoid the paywall)
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Or even Cleverly!
Mr Cleverly had 39 votes in round 4 of the ballot. In the final round he needed just 2 of the 20 votes which had been cast for Tom Tugendhat (who was eliminated in that round) to be sure of making It to the members’ ballot. However, not only did he not gain those two votes, he actually lost two.
It is believed that MPs were more interested in eliminating Mr Cleverly’s closest rival than they were in ensuring he went through. So who is the architect of this fiasco? Step forward none other than Grant Shapps, former MP and Secretary of State for most things before being unfrocked in the GE. He was the chairman of the Cleverly campaign, supposedly “master of the spreadsheet”, whose job it was to make sure this sort of thing could not happen.
Mr Shapps didn’t need a spreadsheet. All he needed to do was to ensure Mr Cleverly secured 41 votes. How do such idiots make it to the top tier of government?
"This grovelling bunch of defeated Tory politicians couldn't even organise a pee up in a Brewery🤣"
D'ya know what gully? I absolutely agree with you on this occasion (but don't go thinking I'll make a habit of it).
I'm off to the hospital now to have whatever tests they deem necessary to diagnose the condition that has caused this unusual activity in my brain. Meanwhile have a BA! 🤣
Well if the useless Shapps (liberal) is trying to show horn in Notso (liberal) why should we be surprised?
//And now the moderate Tory members are binning their ballot papers because Kemi & Jenrick are both too right wing//
And I wonder exactly waht the number that did this was?
Perhaps they would be better off in the Lib-Dem Party anyway?
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