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post Jul 3 2016, 09:02 PM
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Fascinating Spartacus, quite difficult to disagree with much there, but then the Tories do seem to be quite good at picking odd balls when in what they think is a fix. Ted Heath, and Margaret Thatcher herself being good examples. The Home Office is notorious for being a basket case. No, she hasn't actually covered herself in glory, but as far as the senior division in her Department is concerned, she's essentially not rocked their boat; rather protected them, probably because she has to let them tell her what to do. So for PM I'd argue she'd be Sir Humphries choice!


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post Jul 4 2016, 11:58 AM
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Any of the candidates would be better than Boris, but none fills me with optimism. Of course their real problem is that they are all Tories wink.gif
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post Jul 4 2016, 12:28 PM
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QUOTE (blackdog @ Jul 4 2016, 12:58 PM) *
Any of the candidates would be better than Boris, but none fills me with optimism. Of course their real problem is that they are all Tories wink.gif

Hitherto I would have favoured Boris than the others. Theresa May has 'something of the night' about her.
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post Jul 4 2016, 02:11 PM
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QUOTE (blackdog @ Jul 4 2016, 12:58 PM) *
Any of the candidates would be better than Boris, but none fills me with optimism. Of course their real problem is that they are all Tories wink.gif


Tony Blair passes muster then, but by the end of the week he'll be damaged goods.


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post Jul 4 2016, 08:43 PM
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And now nippy Nigel's called it quits, disaster for UKIP methinks! The rest of them can't even play catch without getting the ball in their face! Still, I expect all us racist, Xenophobic, Daily Mail reading little Englanders will have to look elsewhere. Sigh! ohmy.gif


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post Jul 4 2016, 08:56 PM
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QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Jul 4 2016, 09:43 PM) *
And now nippy Nigel's called it quits, disaster for UKIP methinks! The rest of them can't even play catch without getting the ball in their face! Still, I expect all us racist, Xenophobic, Daily Mail reading little Englanders will have to look elsewhere. Sigh! ohmy.gif


You could always join the Liberal Democrats to strengthen their Liberal (Cobdenite) wing which has taken a bashing in recent years from the Lloyd George Liberal / Gaitskell socialist axis presently calling the shots! After all, that's what Sked's UKIP looked like originally.

Yes, I'm being perfectly serious!


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post Jul 5 2016, 07:55 AM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Jul 4 2016, 01:28 PM) *
Hitherto I would have favoured Boris than the others. Theresa May has 'something of the night' about her.

Also she is from the "remain" camp. Is it right that she should oversee our exit? (If it ever happens after we have re- referrended a few times! rolleyes.gif )
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post Jul 5 2016, 08:22 AM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jul 5 2016, 08:55 AM) *
Also she is from the "remain" camp. Is it right that she should oversee our exit? (If it ever happens after we have re- referrended a few times! rolleyes.gif )

It was one of the problems with a Brexit: it may not be easily possible. Brexit doesn't have ovewelming support of parliament.
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post Jul 5 2016, 09:29 AM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jul 5 2016, 08:55 AM) *
Also she is from the "remain" camp. Is it right that she should oversee our exit? (If it ever happens after we have re- referrended a few times! rolleyes.gif )

Interesting point that. She was in reality just as active as Jeremy Corbyn. If you think about it, against the British constitution, a referendum is really an admission that politicians don't know the will of the people on a particular question. So arguably; the lead Government side should have been disinterested; if they took any other stance, why was the referendum held?


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post Jul 5 2016, 10:22 AM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Jul 5 2016, 09:22 AM) *
It was one of the problems with a Brexit: it may not be easily possible. Brexit doesn't have ovewelming support of parliament.


With the mutterings of curbing the House of Lords it's no wonder they were mainly against it, they don't want to lose access to the other gravy chain when they have finished messing the country up been voted out! rolleyes.gif


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