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[TD1]

Don't worry. The Mogg weaves as the Mogg wills.

[Frumple]

Huh. Looks like the UK is down a foreign secretary (?) as bojo resigns.

[Loud Whispers]

Huh. Looks like the UK is down a foreign secretary (?) as bojo resigns.

Aw yiss it's happening
Foolish leadership, time to change it

[TD1]

Indeed. I only hope someone better is appointed...
_{Mogg. Mogg. Mogg. Mogg. Mogg}.

[smjjames]

I wonder if Trump is thinking 'maybe this isn't a great time to visit them?' At this rate, Theresa May is going to resign just as Trump gets there.

[hector13]

Ahh the Tories. They didn’t choose the start of the negotiations to deal with May, when she said they required strong and stable leadership as she punted a 20-point poll lead into the long grass over a six week period, so they choose 15 months in when they still haven’t figured out wtf they actually need to do to potentially trigger a no confidence vote in parliament.

This White Paper is going to shit things right up.

I guess the only question is are Labour going to be stupid (ballsy?) enough to call for a vote of no confidence.

I don’t even know how that works *furiously googles*

[TD1]

Wonder what Gove is thinking at the top of his tower...

[smjjames]

This White Paper is going to shit things right up.

It sounds like things were already 'shitted right up', given that it's Mays leadership, or lack thereof, that led to this point.

[hector13]

Aye, but we have Mogg’s group not-particularly-secret cabal of 40-ish Tory MPs waiting on that White Paper to properly disagree with their leader on her compromise that really just shits on both sides of the issue.

[Loud Whispers]

I guess the only question is are Labour going to be stupid (ballsy?) enough to call for a vote of no confidence.

I don’t even know how that works *furiously googles*

Labour can, but they're waiting for the Conservatives to call it instead, so they don't inadvertently force the Conservatives to unite in the same way that Theresa May forced Labour to unite. Vote of no confidence is a matter of last resort, as it is the nuclear option and the real objective is to get May to reconsider her wheatfield ruining life choices

Wonder what Gove is thinking at the top of his tower...

He offered to fill Bojo or Davis's job posts as a "leaver remainers can work with," in one of the weakest sells of an opportunistic climber I've ever heard. Man just wants the money

[ChairmanPoo]

Going by the writing on the wall it seems likely the Conservatives will split over this.

Does anybody know if there is precedent of this in British politics?

[Loud Whispers]

Going by the writing on the wall it seems likely the Conservatives will split over this.

Does anybody know if there is precedent of this in British politics?

There is a rather ironic comparison to be made between PM Theresa May and PM Margaret Thatcher
PM Margaret Thatcher got ousted in a leadership contest spawned after she dismissed her rebellious cabinet demanding that she sign the UK up to the European Exchange Rate Mechanism & sign up to the Euro currency
PM Theresa May's just dismissed her rebellious cabinet demanding that she withdraw the UK from the European Union

So whether leadership contest or vote of no confidence, the threat to her career is real. Don't think the Tories will actually do anything unless Theresa May holds steadfast to her white paper, as it will dramatically boost the chances of Labour dominating UK politics. That said, more than three quarters of Tory voters voted to leave, and are getting real sick of the fact that the MPs elected to represent them keep supporting remain. So if they do nothing, they're guaranteeing Labour dominating UK politics as long as Corbyn sticks to his euroscepticism. I'd rather not go to gulag but I'll take it if it means leaving the EU

*EDIT

And finally... the return of Farage?

Nigel Farage has said he will consider standing for the UKIP leadership for a fourth time when it becomes vacant in March next year, if Brexit is not "back on track" and the Chequers agreement still stands.

Guess who's back back
Back again
Nigel's back
Tell a friend

*EDITx2

Spoiler: Daily Mail did a funny image showing Theresa May's cabinet formed last year, with everyone who has resigned since coloured in red (click to show/hide)

[redwallzyl]

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/09/626095187/spains-socialist-leader-sets-a-new-course-on-migrants-gender-and-catalonia

Interesting, I was not aware that Spain was under new leadership. This looks significantly better then the clusterfuck that was going on before.

[smjjames]

Indeed. I only hope someone better is appointed...
_{Mogg. Mogg. Mogg. Mogg. Mogg}.

Nope, Jeremy Hunt, whoever that is.... https://www.axios.com/jeremy-hunt-replaces-boris-johnson-as-foreign-secretary-a9c5833d-b5cc-4e51-a79c-7268737c674f.html

edit: The long running health secretary apparently, go me speedreading. Seems like a fast patch bandaid to put in a loyalist for the position regardless of experience.

[Loud Whispers]

Nope, Jeremy Hunt, whoever that is.... https://www.axios.com/jeremy-hunt-replaces-boris-johnson-as-foreign-secretary-a9c5833d-b5cc-4e51-a79c-7268737c674f.html

edit: The long running health secretary apparently, go me speedreading. Seems like a fast patch bandaid to put in a loyalist for the position regardless of experience.

Wow
Theresa May just replaced Boris Johnson with perhaps the 4th least popular politician in the entire country
Jeremy Hunt is infamous for having used his time as health secretary to say he wasn't all about privatising the NHS (even though he wrote a book about privatising the NHS) and spent his whole time as health secretary awarding commercial contracts to private companies to provide Healthcare... Theresa May is made out of NEOLIBS