Tories must oust Sunak now to minimise general election defeat | Tim Montgomerie

“I don’t know how much worse it could get.”
Tim Montgomerie, founder of Conservative Home says the Conservatives are “deluding themselves” if they think the Tees Valley results indicate they’re still on course.
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[@dj_cakes]

"to minimise general election defeat".. As always Tories will be looking to serve and protect themselves rather than serving and protecting the UK people.

[@Ajalemes]

these client journalists forget who politicians are meant to serve, and end up treating it like a soap opera. meanwhile, people are dying at the hands of negligence by politics

[@DaveGC-cy7cz]

The same applies to all political parties because that’s the definitition of a polititition

[@vinvin1715]

So you imply that Labour politicians don't have their nose in the trough? Such nievivty?

[@BlyatimirPootin]

​@@DaveGC-cy7czTories are the worst for it though

[@ozzie2612]

@@vinvin1715 like what?

[@markd1516]

As ever, Tim Montgomerie gives not a single **** about the good of the country, but just the survival of his party. Why can't we get rid of this miserable, stinking government now?

[@garyturner5739]

Cos PM calls it.

[@garyturner5739]

Which it shouldn't be.

[@jonm7272]

Tim Montgomery seems incapable of recognising that the problem is the entire tory party, not the leader.

[@archiesmum8601]

I think it's a case of "not JUST the leader" They need to cut out the "bully boy brigade" that enforce the views held by the PM & his/her backers however ridiculous & anti British they are. It's the very core of the party that's rotten & those apples have DEFINETLY soured the entire barrell

[@debb6393]

@@Northstander😂😂

[@TrevorBarre]

He's a Tory 'grandee'. What do you expect? He thinks Sewer-Nacked is a decent person, ffs.

[@wickharr]

It’s funny when pundits say, “Rishi Sunak is a decent man, a good man” No he isn’t. He’s an ex-banker billionaire PM that has ignored people’s needs and blamed the sick, the vulnerable, the homeless, the poor, foreigners, the disabled etc etc for all of his downfalls. He’s a failure on so many levels, but his failure to have any humanity is most obvious.

[@karlosthejackel69]

When has he ever blamed those people?

[@JevansUK]

​@@karlosthejackel69he's basically said people need to get back to work when it's the failing health system that means they can't work because they are waiting for treatment.

[@karlosthejackel69]

@@JevansUK ok, but when has he ever blamed these people?

[@garrysinclair9767]

Again, "He's a good man, a decent man" How many times have I heard a Times commentator say this? Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Sunak advocate fining the destitute and homeless? His victim blaming has no bounds. He and and his wife are tax dodgers, and don't tell me that she was the one. They're married!

[@philallen7626]

To install another unelected PM would be farcical. Call the election and the Tories can sort themselves out on their own time, in opposition, not when they should be busy running the country.

[@xtroguyver]

yep we can't have more unelected prime ministers we need an election now

[@Shsjier]

Yeah people would just take them even less seriously

[@johnmorris2414]

Indeed!

[@petyrkowalski9887]

Its beyond farce anyhow at this point

[@BlyatimirPootin]

Hear bloody hear

[@redlightmax]

At this point the Tories replace the PM just out of habit.

[@samuelfawell9159]

He’s the 6th(?) in 11 years after all

[@ozzie2612]

out of panic

[@johncheetham4607]

Just hold the General Elections and get that clown out before he does anymore damage.

[@michaelsrowland]

What and get a worse clown into no 10

[@TheVicar]

@@michaelsrowland Labour landslide incoming 😃

[@ozzie2612]

@@michaelsrowland no.

[@ozzie2612]

@@TheVicar great

[@shaunhurst7638]

there is no one in that messed up party thats capable of doing the job, Rich kid was the last of a bad bunch, they are done for good, Good bye Tories

[@bkray26]

Penny, and even then it's a big ask.

[@OneEyedWheeler]

Why are people tipping Mordaunt so much? I don’t get it. What does she have to offer?

[@bkray26]

@@OneEyedWheeler popular within the party, military background, seen as a moderate within the party and acceptable to the party as a whole.

[@degaulle30]

​@bkray26 and zero appeal to the wider electorate. Yes you're eight, the perfect choice for yet another unelected Tory PM

[@gerardmackay8909]

@@OneEyedWheeler she’s generally a confident and forthright debater in the HoC. She doesn’t always know what she’s talking about but she SOUNDS like she does which is most of the battle. Starmer routinely makes mincemeat out of shrill Rishi at PMQs but Mordaunt wouldn’t be such a pushover. On top of that she’s neither hated by the left nor the right of the party which, given how fractured and dysfunctional the Tory party is right now, is no mean feat.

[@kaydoubleyou6203]

Sunak thinks he’s still going to win the GE!! 🤣

[@timonsolus]

No he doesn’t. He understands numbers, unlike Truss and Johnson. All he’s fighting for at this point is his own political survival until the election. He doesn’t want to be ousted by his own party, so he’s telling them what they want to hear.

[@stewartellinson8846]

He's just focusing on ensuring his personal wealth is benefitted now. I imagine he'd probably like to stand down at the GE given a choice

[@samuelfawell9159]

It won’t matter, they could put Paddington bear in as their leader and it won’t change how people feel about them.

[@matthewcook9404]

Yeah, but Paddington Bear is just another forriner ……

[@breamoreboy]

Not a chance, he's all ready on his way to Rwanda.

[@vinvin1715]

Yes but they did actually get a landslide under Boris didn't they!! Don't forget that.

[@davidmccann9811]

I'm enjoying watching them desperately trying to win votes by appealing to the Reform lot, "We'll send the boat people to Rwanda for you......promise." It's so pathetic, it's hilarious.

[@andrewfanning3280]

Why would anyone vote Tory?

[@yuchoob]

Quite a few old and rich people, the cognitively challenged and the nutjobs. For starters. Climate change deniers, people obsessed with "boats", people who believe lies about Labour and people who are deluded enough to still believe Brexit was a good thing or that human rights are a bad thing. Such types are never really in short supply.

[@secreteman205]

Won't make any difference 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 tories are finished

[@Helen-nl9lv]

Hope so. And my family have been conservative for as long as I can trace back. An Indian has wiped out the UK. Astonishing.

[@Helen-nl9lv]

Useless chancellor. Even worse p.m

[@chrisl1854]

And this bloke was an investment banker, hide your money under the mattress while you still can!!!!!!

[@vinvin1715]

You obviously have a memory problem. You seem to forget when Gordon Brown sold off this country's gold at the bottom of the market. He was obviously not the best chancellor out there was he or prime minister as he didn't last long either.

[@BlyatimirPootin]

​@@vinvin1715he wasn't great but he handled the global Financial crisis fairly well.

[@vinvin1715]

@@BlyatimirPootin may i refer you to an interview on the 11th April 2011 and the comments as below Gordon Brown has admitted he made a "big mistake" over the handling of financial regulation in the run-up to the banking crisis of 2008. The former prime minister told a US conference he had not realised the "entanglements" of global institutions. He said: "We set up the FSA [the City regulator] believing the problem would come from the failure of an individual institution. That was the big mistake. "We didn't understand just how entangled things were." Mr Brown said he had to "accept my responsibility"

[@BlyatimirPootin]

@@vinvin1715 fair enough. Did Rishi Sunak forsee the banking crisis? Probably not

[@paulanderson7338]

The vast majority of people are poorer, feel poorer, can't see an end to high costs and high tax, we are all feeling a sense of hopelessness in this current government. 14 years is enough, a new leader can't fix what the last 4 broke, The party has nothing to offer us, time to lick your wounds and take time to recover whilst the country tries to heal the damage inflicted. Move to the side now. let the opposition step up and try to fix the country.

[@debb6393]

Well said 👏

[@davidmccann9811]

That would require them to have a sense of integrity and dignity that they simply don't have.

[@brenglover72]

The answer from a former home secretary only this morning on the beeb was to leave the ECHR.

[@davidmccann9811]

​@@brenglover72 They hate the ECHR, as it protects the British people from them. Any Brit that wants out of the ECHR is a mug.

[@maccagrabme]

Trouble is they wont improve anything, every single Labour government has resulted in people being far worse off so prepare to get poorer, far poorer.

[@davidpalmer4672]

It won't matter who's in charge. ppl are fed up with the tories and want someone else

[@jesush.tap-dancingchrist7328]

Montgomerie has a serpentine demeanour. I wouldnt buy a car off him.

[@yuchoob]

I just spoke to him and he said he wouldn't sell you a car, so you're safe, mate.

[@johnspencer3621]

I refrained making such a comment suspecting him to be a specially abled person.

[@Knappa22]

Not a single word about the people of this country, the hardships and uncertainties *we* fave because of Tory ineptitude and vindictive policies. Like every other Tory the *only* thing he cares about is prolonging the life of the fetid carcass of a Tory party.

[@davidkidd3975]

Pack your bags rishi you have been squatting in number 10 and nobody voted for rishi sunak sling your hook

[@kalexander9225]

I can’t wait to see the back of this inflatable arm-flailing tube-man.

[@steverichmond7142]

Sunak is stealing money every day - the latest £800 million from Shell has gone missing. For goodness sake somebody stop him.

[@glyn6170]

? Explain please. Has this gone into Sunak's pocket, without Shell's permission?

[@lewis123417]

Pmsl, where do people get these conspiracy theories 😂😂😂get out and seek some mental health support

[@vinvin1715]

It's probably going the same way as our gold did when Gordon brown sold it at the bottom of the market! Ah you forgot that one didn't you.

[@steverichmond7142]

@@vinvin1715 Hindsight is the best kind of sight. A the time it was felt that gold could fall further. I was there. I didn't forget it. Sunak and his mates made a fortune out of treachery - i.e. working against the interests of the UK.

[@steverichmond7142]

@@lewis123417 I worked for Shell as a consultant on computer systems and still have friends working at Stanlow. We have tried to get this information published and Shell threatened us with the police. I now have the resources to chase these polluters. There are none so blind as those who will not see.

[@davidmccann9811]

The average British person is 22% financially worse off than we were 14 years ago. Meanwhile the top 1% richest Britons now have more money than the bottom 70% of the UK population combined.

[@joelenzi6985]

Sunak is far too rich to make contact with anyone, he has a total disdain or anyone with a job.

[@grumblewoof4721]

I think it's fine that Sunak stays. Anything that ensures a devestating defeat of the Tories is welcomed.

[@grahamturner1290]

Torygeddon. Glorious. 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿

[@johnproton259]

You call a leadership vote, he'll call an election, you'll get battered. ❤😂

[@timonsolus]

Absolutely. That’s what I would say to the Tory rebels if I were Sunak. “Don’t try and get rid of me, or I’ll call the election immediately, and you’ll lose your seats.”

[@georgehughes5703]

Hello @jhonproton When you say "you'll get battered" who are you responding to?

[@georgehughes5703]

​@@timonsolus Who are the Tory rebels? The Conservative party (I am not a member) voted against and did not elect Sunak to be their leader. I suspect the reason being his disloyalty to their party and the UK. A PM planning emigration (holding a USA Green Card and assisting his wife's substantial tax avoidance) from the UK clearly demonstrates a ridiculous level of disloyalty. I'm further confused as to why you, a UK citizen (I take it you are), would offer advice to such an anti UK individual as Sunak.

[@robinmcara793]

It's a win win 😂😂😂

[@timonsolus]

​@@georgehughes5703 : Sunak won the October 2022 Conservative leadership election by default, after Boris Johnson withdrew from the contest, and Penny Mordaunt failed to get the required 100 Tory MPs to back her as a candidate.

[@marksimons8861]

It was great to see reduced NI contributions having zero effect on voting intentions.

[@kipdynamite4164]

How are there still votes for Tories

[@timonsolus]

There are a lot of pensioners who won’t vote for anyone other than the Tories.

[@davidpearson243]

@@timonsolusyes but as biology takes its course they are getting less every day

[@davidmccann9811]

Many Brits simply have a blinkered loyalty to Tory or Labour and will never vote any other way.

[@smallflamesx]

oh yes because the last 14 years of the tories has been an utter tone deaf delight. So out of touch, its embarassing!

[@davidgormley7990]

This man Montgomerie is a tool.

[@georgesdelatour]

... he explained.

[@EdwardLowe-qv6yk]

He likes to hear his own voice. Talks but is saying nothing.

[@vidiadhur]

@@EdwardLowe-qv6yk Let me translate what he said. He said the Tories are doooooooooooomed! Opposition beckons. Political irrelevance shall be your closest companion.

[@EdwardLowe-qv6yk]

Vidi when you say opposition , who are you imagining.

[@neilmorris6046]

Sunak should go asap

[@SlowhandGreg]

It's pointless the problem is your trying to polish a turd

[@user-re2bw2wm4l]

how can you call Rishi Sunak a good man when he was one of the investment bankers who caused the banking crisis in 2008

[@Nemothewonderfish]

Well no, je was a low level desk clerk. Only employed as his fiancee was well connected.

[@davidmccann9811]

He is good. He's good at making the rich richer at the expense of the rest of us. Which was pretty much their aim.

[@bob___]

It's too late

[@yuchoob]

Go to bed, then. Politics will still be here in the morning.

[@robertford532]

'For some reason he hasn't been able to connect with the electorate' I've seen the video of Sunak bragging about having no working class friends.

[@davidmccann9811]

He didn't even know how to fill up a car and pay with a debit card. He's like an alien that's just arrived on Earth from the planet Zod.

[@user-js3rg9sj1k]

GONGO GO GO FOR GOD SAKE GO😢😢😢😢😢

[@stephenswales8940]

Here we are again. Talking personalities not politics. What all parties need to concentrate on is the growing gap between the rich and poor. Talk politics and policies. No Party is currently dealing with the most important issues. And we the electorate are fed up with the lot of them.

[@georgesdelatour]

And Times Radio categorically refuses to put any difficult questions to Labour's front bench. At this point, Labour is virtually certain to be the next government, so Times Radio really needs to start asking those questions.

[@debb6393]

@@georgesdelatourpossibly not until Sunak calls election as Tories just pinch their policies ( childcare just recently and messed it all up). They’ve had 14 years and couldn’t think of anything theirselves except Brexit which has made us all worse off and Johnson purged them of any Tories with half a brain for not supporting it. 🙄

[@davidmccann9811]

A Labour government will be a complete dead loss, just like the Tories have been. The trouble is many younger voters have grown up with the Tory government, so a Labour government is exciting to them because it is all shiny and new. Give it a few years and we'll all be sick of them again.

[@georgesdelatour]

@@davidmccann9811 It feels as if people are going to vote for Labour just to kick out the Conservatives, and will only find out what Labour policies are afterwards. In such an environment, we need thoughtful journalists asking senior Labour figures important policy questions now.

[@davidmccann9811]

​@@georgesdelatour I agree. We always elect Labour to get rid of the Tory government we're all sick of, and then a few years later we elect the Tories to get rid of Labour. And then we complain that nothing gets any better.

[@AngelaWard-zb7xn]

Wonder if sunak give me 3000 to vote for him 😊

[@claresmith-hill9417]

I'm tired of the Conservative Party only caring about Conservative voters and most importantly Conservative party members. Here lies the problem, Conservatives only care about themselves.

[@julieclonan2427]

True like Liebour, they Don't Resemble the Party's or Politics of Old Party's. They represent Globalist's.

[@davidmccann9811]

​@@julieclonan2427 Who was it that said, "The biggest Thatcherite in the commons is the leader of the opposition." (Blair)

[@threecheers4obama]

Let's face it PM Richie is pulling the Conservatives under. So yes I agree they are deluded.

[@thecheesefactor]

The public wanted a GE soon, with or without Sunak at the helm. The central Conservatives said no. The local Conservatives have paid the price.

[@BlyatimirPootin]

Yep

[@davidjscox1]

Titanic must rearrange the deck chairs now to minimise impact of iceberg! 😂

[@janebain2941]

I agree with everything Tim Montgomerie says. Sunak hasn’t a political bone in his body

[@fennellbeh]

Only issue is if there’s a new leader, then I can’t see how we don’t have a GE straight after

[@mikeydread62]

Get rid of another prime minister? Who do you think you are - Australia??

[@adgeyuk9803]

All of them need to go all party’s they’re all the same, I havnt watched tv in 5 years these people don’t exist to me. Never felt better.

[@davidmccann9811]

None of them are worth the effort it takes to walk to the local polling station.

[@MurphyOCP-001]

Oh yeah, great idea Tim. Show the public just how divided, chaotic and unfit for Government the Tories are before heading into a General Election.

[@johnbriggs3916]

They actually dodged the insight about Rishi Sunak being hopeless at politics.

[@willhall4037]

Sunak may just walk away. Why would he stay? What does he need? Until the slaves we have encouraged to be here, are all in work, it is going to be a right mess. Sewage mess in our rivers, Sleeping messers on the streets, Holey mess in our roads, Palestinian mess on the Media, Recorded mess of the last 14 years, and worst of all, the embarrassment of our missing military power ( and no, we don't have any soft power left either!).

[@jeffsmith3392]

If you’ve ever thought the media is woke??? Look at the age of the production team in the background. There’s your problem!

[@Pdmc-vu5gj]

Goofy comment

[@davidmccann9811]

That's not the production team, it's some kids on a school trip.

[@OneDigitalSoul]

Times Radio deleted my earlier comment about wishing the Tories electoral annihilation. Here it is again. Rejoin the EU!

[@elizauksamad304]

14y Toris following USA and sending UK money supporting world war zones, including supporting genocide, well, the children in the UK children and families don’t have funds for education, social services, after school activities, facilities cut horrendous

[@lewis123417]

After 10 years of labour following the USA and commiting genocide in Iraq. Don't know what genocide the tories have supported 😂

[@davidmccann9811]

True. Having said that though, many Labour councillors were using events in Gaza as one of their top issues. And don't forget, it was a Labour government that took us into an illegal war in the Middle East.

[@andrewmcewan8081]

i've seen tim montgomery 5 or 6 times on screen in the last couple of weeks . does anyone else think he needs to chill on the stimulents before he has a heart attack .this apperance is the calmest he's been , in the last one he was rocking back and falwards manicly for three quarters of it .

[@yuchoob]

falwards manicly?

[@andrewmcewan8081]

@@yuchoob spelling mistakes i was eating my dinner at the time

[@ManGoatHamburger]

Of course they must - so that they can cram the House of Lords with more vote-to-order ex-MPs.

[@Glasgow_kiss]

tim montgomerie is a damning indictment on the tories care in the community failures

[@user-sd3ik9rt6d]

Nobody wants the job... and the blame.

[@user-cf3cr8ki7e]

Delusional😂😂😂😂😂

[@wellreally5854]

Only a third of voters turned out, Voting should be made compulsory, if you don't vote you pay £500 fine, that money will go to the NHS, wonderful 🤗

[@davidmccann9811]

Keeping electoral promises should also be compulsory.

[@jameshodges1496]

What is the matter with this guy?

[@willrobertsmith]

Aside from being a Tory?

[@jameshodges1496]

@@willrobertsmith that's bad enough yes but I'm referring to the gurning this guy is always doing.

[@timonsolus]

Who cares?

[@Lesliepa07]

Looks like Parkinson’s

[@monkeyboy8424]

Nowhere man Ritchie Sunak is waxing his surfboard and big splash Penny Mordaunt is deciding on wallpaper. No matter, the Tories face extinction at the general election.

[@larynOneka8080]

Too late. Kim Jong Sunak has already done the damage. Not that the Tories needed that much more help.

[@Dani20240]

PLEASE replace rishi now.

[@user-oh7jb1fx1b]

Tories.... its realy yvery bad.... so let's go into a GE with a campaign/debate liability.... great idea! Stick with the plan!

[@davidmccann9811]

Another leader? This lot change Larry the Cat's housemate more often than they change his litter tray.

[@80sknightrider]

Cathy “got ya”. “So what you’re saying”. Always good to see her gives me a chuckle.

[@danielmoran9902]

It wouldn't matter if Elvis reappeared and led the blue team. They are going to get avalanched.

[@richardtuxford1812]

How any one can think that changing leader will do anything other than enrage the electorate at this stage, is quite simply thick as mince. The damage this government with all its leaders, has caused is so undeniable now, the Tories are done, no moving of chairs on the deck will change that

[@archiesmum8601]

With or without Sunak the Tories are done. Too many disaster's, too long (if at all) in acting on issues important to our country & the absolute disregard for the British public has taken it's toll. Since May was dismissed & Brexit, COVID, Cost of living crisis, Just Stop Oil protest's, various policing issues (or lack of) & the IMMIGRATION nightmare, Sunak has been either in charge or in the top tier & played a significant role in the demise of the country No one has made a move to oust him despite public opinion to the contrary ... We can only conclude that either the entire Conservative party is Frozen in fear of making things worse or just going along with Sunak's plan to please Europe & drag us back under EU control. It's time for a complete change of government now, sadly as currently the only viable option it's likely to fall to the Labour party but I feel it will be a case of a win by default with so many former Tory voter's staying away from the poll's than an outright win. Starmmer is still for many the "unknown factor" as he turn's the party into nothing more than a watered down version of the Tories... I have a feeling if they do win, he won't be their leader for long

[@rogerwilco2]

The Tories don’t have anyone better unless they bring Rory Steward back.

[@HomeGrownVeg]

Staying focused on delivering for the people. Isn't that what the captain of the Titanic said? Staying focused trying to deliver a fast Atlantic crossing even with a fire raging below!

[@timonsolus]

The fire in one of the Titanic’s coal bunker wasn’t an issue. It went out by itself before Titanic hit the iceberg.

[@ozzie2612]

these torys would jump in the life boats before women and children

[@petyrkowalski9887]

The nasty party wont get rid of Sunkak. He will cling on to the bitter end… then an autumn GE and it will be a rout.

[@neilrobson3064]

Little Tim - the client journalist.

[@rogerwilco2]

Those Tory MPs DO know what would be needed to turn their fortunes around. But those are policies they are ideologically opposed to: Fix the NHS, fix the backlog in the judicial system, fix the housing market, increase people’s wages, lower trade friction with the EU, emd the cost of living crisis, reduce CO2 emissions, invest in public transport and infrastructure, invest in education and a healthy workforce, regulate polution and bad workplace practices, etc.

[@willhall4037]

change title to tories must minimise. Works for me. Reform regardless, gotta start someplace.

[@tootsrr1]

BYE BYE SUNAK 😭😭😭 GOOD-RIDDANCE

[@michealmackintosh4502]

Let's all wait and see...elections are funny things and have a life of their own.Lots of variables out there in the mix.

[@natsdaley9615]

The very definition of madness.Repeating the same behaviour and expecting a different result

[@pip1723]

Torie losses oh dear, how sad ,never mind.

[@Dmanz67]

Make it Kemi! PLEASE.

[@user-js3rg9sj1k]

useless

[@yuchoob]

The Tories are not useless! They can serve as a bad example.

[@jezlawrence720]

Copium oh copium, how i love to cling to you Denial is Seductively Grabbing hold Inside of me Oh copium, oh copium, how i love to cling to you The idea that changing leader will make any difference at all at this time is copium of the highest order.

[@musicman5075]

Another tory leadership contest? Buy popcorn futures.

[@rupes3618]

Hate everything Tim Montgomery says he’s a repeat of the boring critics of major in the 90s

[@steveholmes381]

No no no no no, leave him in place, he's doing a brilliant job.

[@GG-hu9dn]

Who is this crank?!

[@kayhussain8468]

Tories are done

[@billhamilton7066]

The English will bring back mojo ashols

[@degaulle30]

Tim Montgomerie needs to understand that parties aren't meant to be in charge indefinitely. It is time for the Tories to have a long period in opposition. It is the natural way

[@robinmcara793]

To minimise the GE defeat. That's gold 😂😂😂

[@luskvideoproductions869]

Sidebar: does Tim's tongue-action when speaking remind you of a lizard lol?

[@Godfrey_first_tarnished]

We need direct democracy it's the only way this country can be salvaged

[@jaybeebee9288]

Getting rid of Sunak isn't going to make any difference unless you have someone extremely charismatic to replace him, the nearest guy who fits the fill is JRM but I don't think he wants the job and he's incredibly polarising, ie would be very popular with Conservatives but deeply hated by others. Sunak has passed the 2 year mark and whatever his unpopularity, duration of service has a quality all its own. Frankly the best thing for the Tories is actually to KEEP Sunak, rather than introduce some 11th hour replacement, and hope for an unlikely upswing in the economy in the next 6 months or an almost as unlikely series of F-ups by Labour. At a minimum you are staving off a Labour government by 6 months.

[@mikedee171]

Tim Montgomerie is clearly deluded.

[@maneshipocrates2264]

Another one?

[@catherinemartin6258]

This time we are desperate for one

[@TysonBites]

Lool to little to late, who the f*ck wants to take his place, to only be embarrased by labour in a few months.

[@alastairwallace6153]

Minimising damage, is he for fkn real? After 14 years it dont matter how many times they change leaders

[@joegroup1]

People do vote in a political party to government but that is closely associated with the fact that the PM will last for at least 4 or 5 years. For the Tory party to oust Rishi Sunak and replace him with the third unelected PM is treating the public with contempt.

[@davidmccann9811]

If the people are voting for a party on the basis that the party leader will be PM for the next 5 years, then that's just an assumption by the person voting. There is no such rule, and there is no such thing as an "un-elected PM". Those in government (Tory or Labour) always treat the British people with contempt, mainly because no matter how badly they treat us we still vote for them anyway. We do nothing to demand their respect.

[@BlyatimirPootin]

Ludicrous

[@Deadjim17]

There isn't anyone "better" in the party, they just need to accept the kicking and get on with rebuilding the party and getting rid of the window lickers that have highjacked the party

[@Pdmc-vu5gj]

Brexit destroyed the Tories

[@Deadjim17]

@@Pdmc-vu5gj it really did

[@patscott8612]

Why not change PM every week. Sell peerages at 3m a pop. 24 weeks lest say. 24 resignation honour's lists. 5 each thats 15 m x 24. Nice little earner and they all end up in the HOLs after. Lets milk it to the last. 😆

[@DarrenJamiesonJamieson]

So. Is The UK ready to live without rules?

[@owencarlstrand1945]

Is that not has been happening since 2019 when Alexander Boris de Pfeffel got his hands on the levers of power?

[@davidmccann9811]

​@@owencarlstrand1945 They brought in plenty of rules, but those rules just didn't apply to the people that made them.

[@owencarlstrand1945]

@@davidmccann9811 Very true.