Kemi Badenoch- power crazed and self-obsessed

She has apparently launched a personal attack on Rishi Sunak during the first cabinet meeting. So much for loyalty.
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[@MrGavinBoyd]

Power crazed and self-obsessed. You forgot self-serving and immoral.

[@DeannaAllison]

And possibly evil.

[@pauljeffrey1181]

@mrgavinboyd He isn't talking about Keir Starmer, the man who is releasing a horde of child rapists from prison. That is not only immoral, it is wicked and evil.

[@NicolaKehoe]

​@pauljeffrey1181, how could he release a hoard of rapists when there has hardly been one convicted in the last 14 years.

[@TooDarnSoulful]

Listen to yourselves, fighting each other to get more name calling in. Pathetic and hardly incisive political debate.😆 All happy calling any person in the country that wants to control immigration and limit the numbers a racist. I will ask again tell me what your immigration suggested policy is ? Do you have the courage to say you want open borders and unlimited numbers, come on discuss policy, not think up a nasty names 😆🤣

[@annepoitrineau5650]

@@pauljeffrey1181 So he is singling child rapists out. Where do you get that from? They have to release some inmates and are choosing the ones who are no danger to the public. Child rapists won't be among them. You are not well. Prescription: avoid the Murdoch press at any cost. Your sanity depends on it.

[@markcrocker8645]

Badenoch, Braverman, Truss, Patel,....all truly horrible people. Don't worry, prof, you are NOT being misogynistic.

[@matthewn1805]

The far right and those close to the far right have a tendency to be very unpleasant people, its part of the belief system they have and also why they will desperately insist they are not far right, just that everyone else are radical lefties.

[@mn7024]

Yep

[@grantcunningham2481]

Badenoch is an arrogant, rude person... of course she insulted Sunak.

[@ScruffyTubbles]

Nasty vicious-tongued Serpentine individual. Bring her on though.

[@greggbisgrove7499]

It’s said Kemi could start an argument in an empty room they are wrong she’d start a riot.

[@BoredomIncarnate1]

I find the Conservative party disturbing in general.

[@gavinparry5426]

Tories need to be kept out for at least 10 years

[@bigkdog5091]

And then what? Will we be in a better place to deal with their madness or will the lunatics realise that we really need a hard right brexiteer band of upper class twits that think the electorate is to be manipulated rather than served?

[@keithhigh7773]

@@gavinparry5426 I'd settle for 100 years.

[@terrymann1341]

Fear not, the way this lot go on they'll manage to keep themselves out of office without any help from anyone else. Might've been best all round had the Lib Dems come second, because as sure as hell this lot are going to be just as crap in opposition as they were in Government.

[@TooDarnSoulful]

They will be.

[@RayWint-od9uj]

She typifies right wing politics, nasty, intolerant, immoral etc. etc.

[@jsd8981]

She's just what Cons / Tory Party needs, sunak No 2...the tory's just love swimming in the s*it pit they just can't help it, it like watching the chaos theory in action...

[@Lettersfromhome18]

BAD-Enoch.

[@therepublicofcynica]

Calling Edwina Currie principled is a bit of a stretch.

[@user-em3vl6li5w]

As a woman I think it is patently obvious that some of the nastiest people in the Conservative Party are women. I think that there are some dubious women in the Labour Party too. What about the far right Leaders in Italy and France .Gender isn’t the issue, maybe the truth of the matter is that put quite simply, in recent years women have had the opportunity to get into these positions. I would say that there have been a lot of inept male politicians in the Conservative Party too, but they don’t seem as nasty for some reason.

[@keithhigh7773]

@@therepublicofcynica Compared to the 3 witches may be not, just a poor judge of bedfellow.

[@jsd8981]

I was thinking that myselfe,, to each their own 😅 ..

[@mn7024]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@saskiamoni1417]

So kemi badenoch is talking about sunak negatively now why she didn't before the election that tells me that she is born angry rude arrogant she has contempt for everyone

[@peterzapp2091]

Kemi has the perfect skill set for a career politician in the Tory party, i.e. the ability to effortlessly lie off the cuff when pressed to bring forward an argument or to at least block her opponents' airtime with idle talk.

[@paulwilson7234]

Inspired by exPM Johnson.

[@terrymann1341]

Someone who kicks off at the speaker in Parliament like a second rate Mcenroe on centre court is neither leadership nor Prime Ministerial material. Anger issues like hers could spark off a war. How in God's name did this woman ever get re elected is beyond me?

[@alanhowe7659]

Do these Tories think that politics is some sort of power game?

[@russellbaston974]

They certainly do.

[@Barbarapape]

Yes, and a very easy way to improve their bank balance.

[@KoffieMoffie]

The Tories have watched too many episodes of the Kardashians and are now living it. If Baden9ch becomes party leader the Tories will certainly not be re elected.

[@biggerthanacadillac]

Errrr......mmmm.....yes.

[@tonib5899]

Short answer, Yes. Long answer, Yes…

[@annenunney9907]

This country truly does not Need Badenoch as a Prime Minister

[@paulwilson7234]

Understatement

[@Mounhas]

Last four words unnecessary.

[@terrymann1341]

Dosen't need any of them, it was badenough having to endure Truss for 44 days.😂😂

[@acooper8910]

The bigger picture is that the particularly cynical approach to politics that the Tories have taken in the last 8 years no longer washes with the middle ground electorate.

[@Paul-k6h]

It certainly does still wash,where do you think the Reform and Tory votes were arrived at? This shower will get returned again at next opportunity due to natural right wing leanings of English voters.Mores the pity.

[@jonzu217]

@@Paul-k6h Labour needs to address the lack of appeal they have amongst large sections of the white working class.

[@CuriousCrow-mp4cx]

That wasn't from the middle. There are always outliers in any group. That's why the Bell Curve is shaped like a bell. The majority is in the centre, and not to the extremes. If it was, the plutocrats funding this effort wouldn't have to spend so much money trying to create the conditions where they can take over power. In fact, this is nothing knew. The same thing happened when Liberal economics failed in the first half of the 20th century. And we realised then, as we will pretty soon realise again in the near future, that being skilled at making money, doesn't mean you are qualified to run a community or a nation. And we will not turn to extremists at either end to clean up the mess, but very much closer to the centre. When you govern a nation, you have to represent everyone. If you don't, and sow hate and division, you won't hold on to power for very long.

[@boota1979]

@@CuriousCrow-mp4cx Your last sentence is interesting, considering the Tories did precisely this and somehow remained in power for 14 long years.

[@Paul-k6h]

@@CuriousCrow-mp4cx labour didnt get voted in because of any centre ground ideals,people just wanted a change in Govt The centre ground is an absolute myth,people on the right or on the left dont think they are anywhere but the centre,its down to their own perceptions

[@davefave4351]

Lady Astor told Churchill that 'If I were married to you I would poison your drink' to which he replied '...and if I were married to you I would drink it!'

[@ivanconnolly7332]

Hyper sensitive using PC to screen herself while disregarding it where all others are concerned, how did such an obvious hypocrite live with herself.

[@julianshepherd2038]

Google psychopath. They have no guilt.

[@ivanconnolly7332]

@@julianshepherd2038 Sure enough.

[@paulwilson7234]

Brass neck?

[@davidmcintyre8145]

Of course Badenoch is power crazed and self obsessed: She is on the political right of centre and a Tory to boot. Q.E.D.

[@jonzu217]

I think she is another whose cultural roots are in the USA and whose politics derives from the far-right Republicans, which is not surprising as she was brought up in the USA.

[@davidmcintyre8145]

@@jonzu217 I think the roots of her version of right wing thinking go back further than the last few decades; certainly as far back as the 1930s in the UK where Tories and other right wingers along with Mosley as well as the usual suspects in the press; the Daily Mail,Daily Express and Telegraph were complaining about the number of immigrants(mostly Jewish refugees fleeing the NAZIs)arriving in the UK

[@wattyler6075]

What right minded woman would want to join that old public school boys club.

[@GaiusSonofGermanicus]

The question is why women with these character traits proliferate in the higher ranks of the Conservative Party. Not to excuse them as individuals, but you need to look at the overall culture of the institution to find answers to why women like these are the only ones to get the necessary support to climb to the top of the midden.

[@Paul-k6h]

They are spotted by the 'right people' and found to be malleable,so they are fast tracked into these parliamentary positions,where they do the bidding of the 'right people'.

[@jeremymerrifield219]

@@Paul-k6h Right Wing men tend to like powerful ,nasty women . Reminds them of mater and Matron

[@therepublicofcynica]

@@Paul-k6h Good point.

[@CuriousCrow-mp4cx]

Egoism and narcissism are human traits not exclusive to one gender or the other. Indeed, despite feminism, females with this tendency still lag their male peers in accessing the opportunity to indulge themselves. However, that's irrelevant in dealing with the power-hungry. They mad, bad, and dangerous to tolerate. These aren't politicians out of any conviction to help their country. As has been demonstrated over 14 years, they actually despise anyone who isn't like them, including their fellow countrymen. That's the irony of working class Conservatives voting for people who wouldn't give them the time of day if they didn't need to. Boris Johnson during his time at the Bullingdon Club reportedly tore up a £50 mote in front of a tramp. Liz Truss and the other authors of Brittania Unchanined, wrote about how British workers were lazy good for nothings. Kemi Badenoch claimed that Nigeria was better than the UK. Need I go on? The British public needs to remember that when people show you who they really are, believe them. How these blowhards treat people they think don't matter, is how they will treat you. They don't respect you, or what you have given them in any meaningful way. As some say on the street, "they wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire."That's why they lie to you easier than silk rubbing on your skin. They are deeply cynical, and dangerous people. And we shouldn't turn to them out of fear for the future. Instead, we should face the future head on, and work together to rebuild and repair our country. We should leave no-one, or nowhere behind. We need to stop and reverse poverty and ill health, as you can't pull up your socks if you don't have any. And most importantly, we need to be more sceptical of quick and easy answers to complex problems and those that offer them, whether they are wealthy or posh. Really. We need to get over our issues with class. And we need to trust ourselves more. Instead of listening to crackpots, we need to use evidence. Real evidence to helps us decide. And stop listening to crackpots, chancers, and rabblerousers. And we need courage too, because what decision we make, there are always consequences. We want the best, and we might just get it, if we don't succumb to fear. Good Luck everybody.

[@DebatingWombat]

Well, it’s not like you can’t find oodles of male counterparts among the Tories as well. And from both “old British” and “diverse ethnic” backgrounds as well. No matter any preference one might have in gender and personal background, there’s a Tory right winger for you. They are, ironically, quite a diverse bunch.

[@vronw5782]

Badenoch should never have been re elected I hear there is a issue ref the ballots in her constituency 😮

[@davefave4351]

Self obsessed with a total lack of self awareness. Badenoch. Braverman. Honest Bob. The Tóridehe really are buggered aren't they? And I'm all here for it! 😂🍿🍿🍿

[@chriswright3179]

She seems to be intent on ensuring the Tory party remain disunited, extreme and, consequently, in opposition. What a contrast with Keir Starmer who made sure that Labour presented itself to the electorate as united in rejecting the extreme. I believe the electorate demonstrated considerable maturity in giving Labour a large majority, in electing Jeremy Corbyn as a good local MP and in rejecting Liz Truss for not representing her constituents or their interests.

[@DebatingWombat]

As I noted on a prior Prof. Wilson video, there is a plausible way to power for a Badenoch (or similar Tory right wing culture warrior leader). If Starmer doesn’t or isn’t seen to attempt serious economic reforms, but merely runs an “austerity light” economic regime (citing his “fiscal rules”), he will effectively remove economic policy as a feature of the next election, due to essentially continuing what has been Tory policy for the last decade. In that scenario, a culture warrior Tory leader might be able to “energise the base” (to use a US term), whereas Labour is likely to face dejection and disappointment among their voters and thus an uphill battle vis-à-vis turnout. And Starmer can’t bank on being as lucky next time as he was this time around, when he got a landslide victory, despite marginal, overall gains in voting share (and a significant drop in turnout) on 2019. Starmer’s incredible luck in facing simultaneous meltdowns in both the Tories and SNP, as well as Reform UK fracturing the right (wing) vote in this election, while also avoiding getting into too much of a head to head competition with the LibDems or significant defection to Greens/Independents is something that Labour really shouldn’t be banking on in future elections. As for the “responsible electorate” thesis, the current outcome is mainly due to ridiculously lopsided FPTP results when you compare vote/seat shares, and that’s even without accounting for tactical voting and turnout/apathy.

[@chriswright3179]

@@DebatingWombat I agree that Starmer's Labour have to perform or suffer the consequences. I also agree that the results were dependent on first past the post and tactical voting but that's the system isn't it? How and why does that make the results less responsible? Do you think Labour will change this system? After all it has gifted them a massive majority.

[@DebatingWombat]

​@@chriswright3179 Just because “it’s the system” doesn’t mean scrutinising a completely lopsided result (votes/seats) is out of bounds, because it raises serious questions about whether the results produced by this system can be said to reflect the actual popular sentiment as reflected by the votes cast to at least some degree of accuracy. When the result is so far from reflecting the actual ballots, it’s hard to argue that the results reflect a “responsible electorate”, given that the actual votes of said electorate differ so widely from the distribution of seats. The most absurd example is arguably Wales where Labour suffered a 3.9 point loss in vote share (on a lower turnout), compared to 2019, but nevertheless gained roughly 85% of the seats on a 37% vote share. Meanwhile, a slightly larger proportion of almost 40% of Welsh voters were entirely unrepresented, given that neither the Tories, Reform UK or the Greens gained a single seat in Wales. And no, I don’t think Labour will change the system, because they either naively think that they aren’t going to be in the position their main opponents (the Tories and SNP) are in now, or they’re willing to be equally squelched in the future, as long as they can enjoy the benefits like this once in a while.

[@MoraqVos]

What are these 'high ideals' of the Tories?

[@supergustavus1503]

So, Badenoch has “ risen to the top “ by being outspoken on woke issues ( CRT ) but wants to play the gender card when it suites her - is this what’s known as both siding an argument?

[@lokischildren8714]

Professor I think your comments were correct

[@Dylanesque]

Let's talk about Labour and the near and coming future of the country and its people, not those who have damaged the future of the country and its people. Tories have had their time, let them pass.

[@therepublicofcynica]

It's not possible for Wilson to do that.

[@Dylanesque]

@@therepublicofcynica Everything is possible providing it adheres to community guidelines. 🤫 The problem with today's world is, it focuses itself on those who have undermined everything that's good and proper about this world thus neglecting, completely forgetting, the things that give us hope for a brighter tomorrow. Example; Diddums Donny and the GOP are consuming everything that was once great about America and doing likewise, the Conservatives in the UK. And they have the brass neck to call themselves patriots.

[@user-pw6ei2mn7x]

👏👏👏👏🍀🍀🍀🍀

[@wendymoney2043]

👏👏👏 Bravo Prof T… I’m delighted not to be alone in assessing Badenoch…+ I’ll say no more on the matter! 😉

[@micecollective7555]

Gambling scandal destroyed the Tory campaign. D day thing happened because Sunak is a workaholic, and his advisor didn't have his back they were more interested in placing bets, those loathsome creatures. Tory Party also indebted to Channel 4 who exposed reform.

[@heliotropezzz333]

I can't see the Tories ever uniting. So many of them are not capable of compromise 'for the sake of the country' and they are divided ideologically.

[@TooDarnSoulful]

Yes quite why people do not accept this is strange, the ideological divide is HUGE ! It is beyond rescue.

[@almafrith778]

You have every right to call out Badenoch Professor, The woman is positively vile. I don’t think I’ve heard a kind word about that woman.

[@NickyT-su1bl]

You forgot one of the greatest of all, Betty Boothroyd - now there was a formidable wonderful lady / speaker.

[@keithhigh7773]

I would add to that a labour MP for Liverpool "Bessie" Braddock, who served as an MP for 25 years.

[@oghamstone5964]

DEI...Didn't earn it. As good as it gets...take away reason and accountability.

[@archiebald4717]

Aren't they all?

[@nickryder9669]

Enough cabinet consultation for them to place bets on the date !

[@fulham1958]

Badenough is right. The D-Day debacle was horrendous. As bad as Partygate.

[@thomasmoore1499]

Men, particularly those from public schools, are often afraid of women and so let the tough ones lord it over them, this has been a plague recently in the Conservative party.

[@boota1979]

@thomasmoore1499 Recently, Thatcher comes to mind.

[@10whiten99]

Badenoch loves to put on a performance. Her spat with the chairman of the Post Office earlier this year was a great example. Pure grandstanding to show some authority and control over the situation.

[@paulb6394]

When the tories were in power, hold them to account, like we should, but to do that when they’re out of office… hmmmm 🤔 Now let’s hear holding Labour to account and scrutiny for the next 4 or 5 years, hmmm 🤔

[@BobPsomiadis]

An sad and pathetic serial liar .She thinks she has done nothing wrong .It's time for her parents ,grandparents, or siblings to have a quiet chat with her asap .

[@Tom_murray89]

If they elect her or braverman then the tories will be out of power for a long time

[@dooley-ch]

No, Constance Markievicz (née Gore-Booth) of Sinn Féin was the first woman elected to Westminster. Also the first woman elected to Dáil Eireann (the Irish Parliament) and first woman appointed a government minister - Minister for Labour. All back in 1918.

[@peterjhillier7659]

Thanks Tim, what a very balanced Examination of a very turbulent period in British Politics.

[@alandean2]

Blame is a characteristic of dysfunctional systems

[@petercorbett3794]

Ah, Gorman, nonono I can’t have Gorman! You’ve got to draw the line somewhere.

[@jackpayne4658]

The only qualification currently needed for a Tory MP is to believe in Brexit - anything else is trivial. But as an ever-growing majority of voters decide that Brexit was an enormous mistake, this brand of Tories will increasingly seem like an irrational, irrelevant, self-destructive cult.

[@finlybenyunes8385]

Couldn't agree more! Bad Enoch drips self-regard, arrogance and bile. Rishi did the country a favour by losing the election and stripping the likes of Bad Enoch, Cruella Braverman, and Jacob Really-Smug of their status!

[@ScruffyTubbles]

Bad Enoch ha ha

[@PassiveAgressive319]

Braverman and Badenoch believe their own toxic hype such as to be cruel, nasty and and intolerant

[@lydiabarber8931]

Hello Pa Prof Wilson. Thank you again for your truth. We agree that Kemi Badenoch is self serving, has a vaulting ambition which will destroy her, even ashamed of her root where she originated from & very pompous. May that day never come when she will lead any party except her own family 🤣🙏Amen. Kemi Badenoch is evil. Thank Hid there all been chased into the abyss🤣. Regards Papa.

[@keithhigh7773]

Ambition should never trump ability.

[@markjlewis]

It was the fact that the British public were totally fed up it the tories not just gamblegate. Labour were polling 20 points higher than the tories as Sunak called the date of the GE.

[@annishilcock4587]

Kemi Badenoch blaming Sunak for his terrible decisions ..forgets one thing their terrible decisions of the last 14years.The elctorate voted them out, the timing of the elction just meant they could do it sooner rather than later.

[@peterarthur3380]

Well said, Professor Tim. As usual, you hit the nail on the head in your inimitable way.

[@markrhoden68]

Badenoch, Bravermen we just need Patel now then it'll be the three witches in clash of the titan's fighting over the eye of the Tory party "the eye, the eye, we must have the eye"

[@keithhigh7773]

Don't forget Prittstick was the author of the Rwanda scheme and, obtw a recognised bully.

[@normasarsby1350]

How can braverman attend opening of parliament when she has no constituent?

[@markcrocker8645]

Lack of intellect is no barrier to rising in the Tory party; in fact it seems presently to be a positive advantage.

[@merecliffe1]

A government and it's MP's should look after the common good and common wealth and try to serve everyone!! Narcissistic groups favour a select few who make their lives better and more enriched from the exploitation of the less fortunate and or vulnerable! Kemi Badenoch is a part of the latter group.

[@paulawakefield7869]

🤯 Self interest, greed, narcissism, cruelty, knows no gender. Men eg Richee & co seem 'reasonable' because rules were writen by them for them, they don't have to 'shout'. Forget gender, Prof ' its Tory politics that's wrong.

[@talideon]

The first female MP was Constance Markievicz, but she was an abstentionist.

[@stevenhoward3358]

You are infatuated with Penny Mordaunt. As LoH she couldn't organise ministers to show up in parliament to announce policy instead she was booking them an interview with the Spectator. Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces? That went well, no equipment and the fewest soldiers to operate it. Work and Pension? Austerity

[@rrstows3522]

Well that's described most of the Tories

[@old_seadog]

Watching the tories implode even further just goes to show how very deep the divisions have been in the party. I think these divisions go back to Cameron, maybe even before. It was his fear of Farage and the need to settle an internal tory party argument gave us brexit. It seems that the tories have gone from party first, country second to me first, maybe party second, screw the country. It would not surprise me to see Badenoch, Braverman, Jenrick et al join Farage's company if they cannot drag the tories even further to the right &/or if they cannot get Farage into the tories (or whatever the desires of 55 Tufton Street are). However, I must admit to considerable Schadenfreude at watching what's left of the tories eat themselves.

[@ScruffyTubbles]

They go back before with Europe and Thatcher.

[@RichardDKneller]

Unpopular today but I am with Asquith and many others who were against too many women in Parliament….

[@simongoodwin926]

Dear Professor, how unfortunate that any of your viewers would have ant sensibilities around that monstrous manifestation of arrogance. To them I say "What the hell is wrong with you?". Badenoch the Brexiteer, who then joined the Pacific partnership and saying how wonderful it was to be signed up to an economic union, one that no one voted for. To hell with her, and charges of treason for every single Brexiteer.

[@ScruffyTubbles]

A deep and abiding nastiness in the Tory Party. No you really aren't making an understatement ?

[@stevencharlton7693]

I recently watched a short out take of Thatcher that was filmed prior to her being interviewed on TV. Although, as a Scottish person I am most defenately not a fan, I do have to say the level of professionalism and statemanship she showed in something that was not even broadcast outweighs the behaviour and attitudes that the entire current Tory Party has shown over the last 14 years or so...

[@keithbleakley6567]

No MP is “controlled” by any Civil Servant, I am sorry Tim this is not how it is in reality. I am so disappointed.

[@paulmcavoy7878]

The Tories lost let it go are you going to spend the next five years slagging them off

[@Barbarapape]

Where have all the sensible people gone from the Conservatives. Yes some of the woman are bad, but so are some of the men. The fact that some of the worst are woman only helped to make the party not fit for purpose as was decided in the election. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and both Kemi and Suella certainly have a massive chip on their shoulders.

[@jsd8981]

Sensible people of the Conservatives !!!..when did this happen !!!

[@Barbarapape]

@@jsd8981 Not since Maggie Thatcher, and she left No. 10 in tears.

[@peterpower6397]

It’s been Blatantly Obvious for many years that Intelligent people with high morals No Longer go into politics.

[@normasarsby1350]

I am struggling to find just one endearing and or redeeming feature in Badenoch.

[@ProfessorTimWilson]

she is a scientist and engineer

[@RobynLeSueur]

Yes, equality requires holding women to equal standards. We can't make excuses and hide behind benevolent sexism whenever criticised if we want to play on an even field with men.

[@TooDarnSoulful]

Sadly we are firmly entrenched in the era of name calling, all very childish ! the actual policy is sidelined not a good look ! Just when are you going to be moving on to the important stuff like the Government in power ?

[@normasarsby1350]

Calling Ann Widdicomb principled is a bit worrisome.

[@steve26553]

I believe that she is principled. Unfortunately, her principals are those that the majority of people don't agree with. 😊

[@brianaltham1015]

BadEnoch will almost certainly destroy herself while admiring her own power of reason and strength or character 'so superior to those around her.

[@paulgibbons6170]

I think that it's amusing that all three of these "ladies" are attempting to appeal to the very people that would never vote for them in a million years 🤣

[@nl4064]

Kemi badenoch is saying what most are too scared to say, she is abrasive and honest as a true leader should be. She stands against the toxic woke and gender ideology that is tearing our families an society apart, she fights for women and children when most do nothing. We need a real leader like her

[@leannetrotter4414]

WELL SAID AND MORE !!!

[@pennywynn8716]

It's called kicking someone when they are down - petty and pointless. The only excuse would have been in Rishi had not taken any responsibility and was intent on staying as the leader. It makes me wonder what was happening when they were in power. I have a feeling that if Badenoch or Braverman had been leader then the results would have been even worse. Living in Africa for over 40 years I can only look from the outside at both the UK and America but is is disheartening to realise how close the leaders of so many governments are and how important are the curbs on their power.

[@sarahjaneross2918]

Her arrogance is staggering, she'd be a terrible leader

[@sarahjaneross2918]

@@oswaldmathias6371 Badenoch

[@SeanTube2099]

I’d say brexit and immigration race baiting were bigger issues for the tories. They were way behind in polls a longtime before the poll/betting scandal happened.

[@wonderland1985]

No Rishi called the election in July to specifically catch Farage and Reform off guard. He feared that if he waited till Autumn they would be ready to attack. He underestimated their ability to quickly respond. He gambled and lost.

[@Midland_Wolf_71]

The fools who are too quick out of the blocks will have expended all energy and CREDIBILITY long before any Leadership campaign actually starts. Wiser heads are NOT yet jockeying for position, they're sitting back biding their time. Patel, Jenrick, Cleverley, Tugendhat .... off the top of my head I'd imagine these will be the main runners when time comes, and you can throw in Shapps for the entertainment value.

[@paulhammond6978]

Shapps lost his seat, though.

[@Midland_Wolf_71]

@@paulhammond6978 Did he, I honestly can't remember. Such a whirlwind we're still spinning.

[@PassiveAgressive319]

You forgot the mention the great Barbara Castle, who I believe was the first ever female cabinet minister? Transport (but correct me if I’m wrong)

[@ProfessorTimWilson]

you are right and I remember when she was defeated- that was a Portillo moment but not, I think caught on camera

[@johnryan7932]

Half way through and that is enough for me. There seems no need andlittle point in discussing the cons just now. There resembled a criminal gang for the last 4 years, it should have been no surprise to anyone that the last act of those closest to the top was the criminal "betting" scandal. Thank goodness we now have a UK government that do not resemble, do not act and speak like criminals.

[@philipmarsh2172]

“High ideals.” Lol.

[@paulgibbons2320]

Your crazy if you think that is unique to one side of the house. Starmer is serving Blair remember.

[@WaterShowsProd]

Cleverly wants the remaining flotsam of his party to be nice to each other. Is that so he can continue calling another party's constiuency "a shithole"? (Or a member of another party a "shithole" if we're going to listen to his pathetic lies.)

[@joegibbs448]

Braverman, Badenoch and Cleverly has better get used to the fact that they will not be the party leader.

[@stevieb6368]

This is typical of people that have been in power - and have abused that power - for way too long. They cannot abide a single moment knowing that they don't call the shots anymore. The malevolent ones of such a group stick together blaming and plotting to bring their former colleagues, or a chosen individual, down. The backstabbing Tories have a track record in this treatment of others in their ranks. It's always somebody else's fault. They need someone or something to stick their pins into. Their plates are half-empty now and they cannot abide it. I think out of the rancid debris of this fallen Tory government, Rishi Sunak stands as a decent bloke who was handed a plate of poison in a political game of pass the parcel by others before he became PM. I recall his damning of Liz Truss's financial forecast in the tv debates but she was voted in as Party Leader. He saw how much damage it would do and said so. Yes!, he contributed to the mess with drinkpoos at Partygate, we all know that, but I think he has been incredibly gracious in defeat and has spoken well, not just outside No. 10 after the Election result, but also in the House yesterday. What I've found quite hard to accept in recent days is how many appearances Kwasi Kwarteng has made on tv recently, he was on Newsnight last night, when the financial crash under Truss also had his hands on it as he was Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time. I guess he's been forgiven and yet the Tories still bang on about the financial crash when Gordon Brown was PM and that was not his fault as it was a global event which started in America. The Tories are dethroned now, mired in filth, lies, deceit and arrogance. I'm no supporter of them at all, but I do not think Rishi Sunak was in any way guilty of the sort of behaviour that some of his colleagues seem to revel in.

[@MikeWinz]

Nice hat Tim!

[@johnbowles679]

Nancy Astor was hated by the servicemen in the second world war due to her comments about the soldiers fighting in Italy. They wrote a song about her called D Day Dodgers, I like the version by Hamish Imlach.

[@wulla2]

You could add Justine Greening, Anna Soubry, Sayeda Warsi, Ruth Davidson and Amber Rudd as some recent examples of a quality of female Tories that has effectively disappeared. Brexit was part of the reason, but there’s an even deeper problem given the changing nature (and dwindling number) of Tory members.

[@peterarthur3380]

"Root out the nastiness!"

[@lennyrussell8954]

I am hoping Braverman or Badenoch become leader as it will lead the Tories to try and out Farage Farage and that path leads to oblivion.

[@mjja00]

Constance Georgine Markievicz née Gore-Booth was an Irish politician , and the first woman elected to the Westminster Parliament 1918.

[@michaellenehan1369]

Correct, thanks for pointing it out.Tim should know that.

[@elizabethpointing]

Agree

[@KevinMole-cj3kl]

This tory party are hated prof

[@stevendurrant1724]

The first female.MP was Sinn Fein. She didnt take her seat obvs, but it doesn't negeate the fact.

[@claireSE16]

At the end of the day the natural laws , karma and all that will sort it

[@perirgensolsson3673]

Tim could you show any proof that any civil servant was involved in decide the day of voting?as they a supposed to prepare for new directions of policies if change of government.

[@mikestory6023]

A succinct and accurate description. You could add lying megalomaniac.