The General Political Thread

[StevenChilton]

Labour is now letting back Holocaust deniers (and god know's what else) into the party after Momentum won all those seats on the NEC...
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/734eae6c-091c-11e8-8182-8ccf9f50529e

Corbyn is really burnishing his alt-right credentials. I know this started off as a joke but I can now kinda foresee a lot of alt-right people voting for Corbyn over May because of this.

[Toffee]

Can you link an article that isn’t a subscription?

[StevenChilton]

Can you link an article that isn’t a subscription?

Good quality journalism costs money guys 

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[Toffee]

This is genuinely worrying

[Edwin]

I doubt Corbyn will feel any consequences in the polls, considering his voting demographic.

[StevenChilton]

Anyone got a prediction for when May will be forced out? Looking very perilous for her again. I dunno, there's been several points where she was inches away from a leadership challenge but managed to save herself at the last minute. Not sure she can pull that off this time. My prediction: she'll be gone by June and probably even sooner. At the moment she's only being saved by the local elections in May (results are predicted to be extremely bad for the Tories and I'm guessing none of her rivals want the blame, so they're keeping her on as a kind of punch bag).

[Duuring]

I hate it when local elections are used as some sort of a referendum on the national government. You see the same thing here (we have local elections in March).

Who's the most likely successor to May?

[Toffee]

I doubt Corbyn will feel any consequences in the polls, considering his voting demographic.

What do you mean?

[Norwegian13]

Who's the most likely successor to May?

From the Conservatives? Probably Rees-Mogg.

[Toffee]

Who's the most likely successor to May?

From the Conservatives? Probably Rees-Mogg.

Nah they won't choose him because they know he'll never be elected. He's not well liked.

[Norwegian13]

Who's the most likely successor to May?

From the Conservatives? Probably Rees-Mogg.

Nah they won't choose him because they know he'll never be elected. He's not well liked.

Who do you think then? He seems to be a favourite among tories.

[Toffee]

Who's the most likely successor to May?

From the Conservatives? Probably Rees-Mogg.

Nah they won't choose him because they know he'll never be elected. He's not well liked.

Who do you think then? He seems to be a favourite among tories.

It's hard to say because none of them seem great but I have a hunch Johnson will make a move for it

[Duuring]

Jacob Rees-Mogg is a meme, not a potential prime minister.

[StevenChilton]

I'm hoping it'll be Gove. He's actually pretty competent but unfortunately also a bit unpopular given he was Education Secretary and shook things up. But most likely? Probably Johnson though he's not as popular among Tory grassroots as people think and has too many enemies. Also he's the current front runner, and the rule about Tory leadership contests is that the front runner almost never wins!

I hate it when local elections are used as some sort of a referendum on the national government. You see the same thing here (we have local elections in March).

Yeah that sucks but unfortunately that'll happen and Momentum will get a load of antisemites/communists/loons elected as a result.

[Samu]

As a conservative myself I am hoping for a competent leader, I don't really think Johnson offers that. Gove is probably my favourite but I dislike him as person. Rees Mogg could be an interesting surprise but I don't see him as leader, he is my personal favourite but I don't think he's leadership material.

I am more worried about the growing support that Labour is gaining and at this rate they will win the next general election. I would rather have May over Corbyn, even though I don't particulary like May.