trooper 940 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 (edited) Tory MP for Harrow East Bob Blackman, who is joint-executive secretary of the 1922 Committee, has said the threshold for support to enter the first round of the Conservative Party leadership race is likely to be 20. He told Sky News: "The view is that candidates to get on the ballot paper should demonstrate a broad swathe of support amongst Conservative MPs. "So we're looking at a proposer, a seconder and either 18 supporters or possibly more supporters in order to reduce that list. He then says the "first ballot is likely to have a threshold of 10% of the votes, i.e. 36 MPs, supporting a candidate for them to go through to the second ballot. That once again is not confirmed yet, but I suspect that will be the case. "After that we probably won't need thresholds because the list will shorten considerably." Blackman told Sky News: "The one thing that we're committed to do is to achieve getting to two candidates by Thursday 21 July. Edited July 11, 2022 by trooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 5068 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 (edited) As I was going around picking my dogs shit out of the garden this morning my mind immediately likened this painful job to picking a Tory Leader. Some logs pick up better than others and some soggy ones stuck to the grass. But at the end of the day its all just shit. Edited July 11, 2022 by Holden McGroin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6321 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Alex said: So he’s refusing to publish them, as I suspected Yep, that's his leadership campaign fucked. Not even the Tories are that dense to elect someone suspect in the wake of all the scandal that's gone on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 5068 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 They can do anything Craig. They could literally have a party in the height of pandemic when you can't see your new born Grandson and they'd get away with it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6321 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 15 minutes ago, trooper said: Tory MP for Harrow East Bob Blackman, who is joint-executive secretary of the 1922 Committee, has said the threshold for support to enter the first round of the Conservative Party leadership race is likely to be 20. He told Sky News: "The view is that candidates to get on the ballot paper should demonstrate a broad swathe of support amongst Conservative MPs. "So we're looking at a proposer, a seconder and either 18 supporters or possibly more supporters in order to reduce that list. He then says the "first ballot is likely to have a threshold of 10% of the votes, i.e. 36 MPs, supporting a candidate for them to go through to the second ballot. That once again is not confirmed yet, but I suspect that will be the case. "After that we probably won't need thresholds because the list will shorten considerably." Blackman told Sky News: "The one thing that we're committed to do is to achieve getting to two candidates by Thursday 21 July. This almost feels like they know who they want and are they're manipulating the thresholds to ensure they get it, and quickly. I never like that populous shite. The best candidate should be considered based on their campaign and pledges they make, NOT how many fucking mongs are patting their backs in return for a crack at a ministerial job. 20 supporters, even from 358 MPs is a high threshold. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 3643 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 1 hour ago, ewerk said: 😆 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14911 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30802 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 32 minutes ago, Craig said: Yep, that's his leadership campaign fucked. Not even the Tories are that dense to elect someone suspect in the wake of all the scandal that's gone on. I was taking the piss really. As I don’t see him having a realistic chance of winning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35571 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 I think it'll come down to Sunak vs Truss or Mordaunt. I think Truss/Mordaunt will end up winning cos the membership is largely 60+ white males. In terms of Labour's prospects against the three, I think Sunak and Truss are eminently beatable - him because he's dodgy, he's been Chancellor for the last 3 years, and he comes with Partygate/non-dom baggage, her because she's thick as pigshit. Mordaunt is the one I really don't know much about. She might get by on that as long as she doesn't do anything stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 5068 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Whatever happens it sounds like there is going to be a lot of mud thrown at each other. Should be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 5068 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 These promotional leadership videos are something like out of an A level media Studies project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4014 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 38 minutes ago, Gemmill said: Mordaunt is the one I really don't know much about. She might get by on that as long as she doesn't do anything stupid. She's been quite LGBT friendly in the past supposedly but now seems to be joining the rest in throwing the Ts under the bus to prove her anti-woke credentials. Even Hunt and Tugendhat have gone all out appease the nutters, supporting the Rwanda thing as another example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26827 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 11 minutes ago, NJS said: She's been quite LGBT friendly in the past supposedly but now seems to be joining the rest in throwing the Ts under the bus to prove her anti-woke credentials. Even Hunt and Tugendhat have gone all out appease the nutters, supporting the Rwanda thing as another example. This is what happens when you have 200,000 old white men deciding the next Prime Minister of the U.K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35571 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 The right wing of the party is up to something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35571 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Corn Rows not happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Oh dear, this is hilarious Johnson hints he won't back any of the contenders - because it might damage them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6321 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 18051 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Has this been posted yet? Quite disgusting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14136 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30802 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Apparently Starmer bought his Mam some land so she could use it for a donkey sanctuary and the Heil is trying to use this against him. Claiming it is worth £10m (according to them) even though it’s green belt land without planning permission. This is one of the papers that sat on the story about Johnson protecting a sexual predator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26827 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Wasn't that a 'scandal' about two years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30802 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, ewerk said: Wasn't that a 'scandal' about two years ago? Maybe it was but it’s doing the rounds on Twitter. I haven’t actually seen links to the article, just screenshots of it. Edited July 11, 2022 by Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 10144 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Aye, that was floated ages ago. Was bollocks then too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26827 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30802 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Anyone think the company producing Mourdant’s promo might have a sense of humour? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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