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Oct 24, 2022 13:23:22 GMT
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Post by benaj on Oct 24, 2022 13:23:22 GMT
Will the next PM do something immediately about the exPM who flew back
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Post by bracknellboy on Oct 24, 2022 13:37:40 GMT
So I guess as Penny M came second this time around, rather than 3rd, and Sunak was 2nd last time, that must mean it's hers next time around?
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Post by agent69 on Oct 24, 2022 13:59:17 GMT
At least LT won't have to go all the way to Balmoral to hand in her resignation. Just pop over to Buck House
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Post by michaelc on Oct 24, 2022 14:12:55 GMT
Betfair has Penny at 29/1. Surely thats a good bet (he says after loosing too much on BJ) Edit: OK couldn't resist. 22/1 by the time I got my cash there. got on Rishi at 3.6 with Betfair early on, he was better odds to be next Conservative leader than next PM you have to look for these value bets... Well done. Of course the (presumably small?) difference there was to take account of the small possibility of there being a GE.
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Post by michaelc on Oct 24, 2022 14:14:54 GMT
I don't think that holds up. The BBC throughout were clear that their count was "those that have PUBLICLY supported the candidates". And at certain times when I looked, they also had a link to the full list of names that they were attributing. They also made it clear that support would be higher than those numbers due to those who had not publicly declared. I thought they said those that had publicly informed the BBC. Anyway all academic now.
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Post by michaelc on Oct 24, 2022 14:34:16 GMT
With the BBC reporting that more than half the Parlimentary Party has publicly announced their support Sunak, one wonders why Mordant is still hanging on. If she gets 100 backers by 2pm her only way of becoming PM will be for the wider membership to go against the wishes of the Parlimentry Party meaning we get another lame duck PM and will potentially be back here again in a few weeks time Yes that's where I miscalculated I think with my bets on BJ and then PM. If either had decided to press on then a good chance of making PM but as you say would have been a bit of a lame duck (although perhaps MPs could have accepted PM more easily than BJ ?)
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Post by registerme on Oct 24, 2022 15:21:23 GMT
Heh, Sunak is Hindu. It's Diwali today. Not a bad present if being PM was what you wanted .
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Post by Badly Drawn Stickman on Oct 24, 2022 15:51:04 GMT
Heh, Sunak is Hindu. It's Diwali today. Not a bad present if being PM was what you wanted . Indeed the festival of light... Probably festival of lightweights may be more fitting. Good job it is a nice quiet time in the World.
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Post by mrk on Oct 24, 2022 16:05:51 GMT
If lighting some candles helps bring Government borrowing costs down then I'm all for it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2022 19:10:05 GMT
A noticeable shift in next GE betting as well. Labour still odds on 'Most Seats' but no longer odds on 'Overall Majority'. Next few polls should be interesting. Also still a non-zero chance of 'Boris Johnson Conservative Leader Next Election' edit: on the other hand, 'Liz Truss Conservative Leader Next Election' looks doomed
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Post by bracknellboy on Oct 24, 2022 20:35:42 GMT
after all of this, lets also celebrate the fact that Britain has its first Asian descent Prime Minister, or as Sathnam Sanghera writes in the times: "the first brown prime minister".
Sadly I have my doubts whether that result would have been achieved had it gone to the Tory Party membership. But it didn't, and regardless of their politics, the fact that there is a 'brown' PM will make a huge difference in terms of role model/outlook of a particular chunk of the British population.
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Post by bernythedolt on Oct 24, 2022 22:06:32 GMT
after all of this, lets also celebrate the fact that Britain has its first Asian descent Prime Minister, or as Sathnam Sanghera writes in the times: "the first brown prime minister". Sadly I have my doubts whether that result would have been achieved had it gone to the Tory Party membership. But it didn't, and regardless of their politics, the fact that there is a 'brown' PM will make a huge difference in terms of role model/outlook of a particular chunk of the British population. Shame on them if so, because any person or group discriminating on the basis of another's skin colour sounds innately racist.
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Post by michaelc on Oct 24, 2022 23:04:53 GMT
after all of this, lets also celebrate the fact that Britain has its first Asian descent Prime Minister, or as Sathnam Sanghera writes in the times: "the first brown prime minister". Sadly I have my doubts whether that result would have been achieved had it gone to the Tory Party membership. But it didn't, and regardless of their politics, the fact that there is a 'brown' PM will make a huge difference in terms of role model/outlook of a particular chunk of the British population. Celebrate that fact? You sound as if Indians in this country are generally poor or otherwise "disadvantaged". I'm sure others will google it but my anecdotal evidence is that Indians brought up here are doing extremely well. Certainly they are well represented in professions such as dentistry, law, medicine and IT. Until I read your post, I hadn't even thought about it in terms of there being a "brown" PM. Good luck to him and the country but certainly not because he is from Indian descent.
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Post by bracknellboy on Oct 25, 2022 0:58:01 GMT
after all of this, lets also celebrate the fact that Britain has its first Asian descent Prime Minister, or as Sathnam Sanghera writes in the times: "the first brown prime minister". Sadly I have my doubts whether that result would have been achieved had it gone to the Tory Party membership. But it didn't, and regardless of their politics, the fact that there is a 'brown' PM will make a huge difference in terms of role model/outlook of a particular chunk of the British population. Shame on them if so, because any person or group discriminating on the basis of another's skin colour sounds innately racist. Its called having role models, not discrimination. In the same way that having the first woman PM helped to provide role models. Or having Obama as President.
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Post by bracknellboy on Oct 25, 2022 1:02:59 GMT
after all of this, lets also celebrate the fact that Britain has its first Asian descent Prime Minister, or as Sathnam Sanghera writes in the times: "the first brown prime minister". Sadly I have my doubts whether that result would have been achieved had it gone to the Tory Party membership. But it didn't, and regardless of their politics, the fact that there is a 'brown' PM will make a huge difference in terms of role model/outlook of a particular chunk of the British population. Celebrate that fact? You sound as if Indians in this country are generally poor or otherwise "disadvantaged". I'm sure others will google it but my anecdotal evidence is that Indians brought up here are doing extremely well. Certainly they are well represented in professions such as dentistry, law, medicine and IT. Until I read your post, I hadn't even thought about it in terms of there being a "brown" PM. Good luck to him and the country but certainly not because he is from Indian descent. And nor had I particularly, until I started reading articles by Asian correspondents - such as Sathnam - celebrating the fact that it would provide a role model at the top of politics to Asians in Britain. Which just goes to show: sometimes it takes others from an ethnic group to point out how impactful something is to them.
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