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Re: This is looking like a coronation and a new PM by July – politicalbetting.com
@rolandmcs.bsky.socialI don't really agree with that. For all the talk about having a stonking majority the Labour government had a poor vote share, and that means that there are a hell of a lot of backbenchers with vulnerable seats. Note that I am not claiming I expected trouble to arise so soon. What we are seeing is a party putting it's own future ahead of the country, and a bit like the way the Tories did they have decided that a big personality is what is needed. I'll be surprised if it's that easy. So far it's looking worryingly familiar to me.
Imagine predicting today's events in July 2024. Now that would have been a take.
glw
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Re: This is looking like a coronation and a new PM by July – politicalbetting.com
I would be content with Wes as Chancellor. It's more good experience and a stepping stone for him, he still, at 43, as time to become leader/PM at a later date.
For Andy (56?) it needs to be now.
For Andy (56?) it needs to be now.
Re: This is looking like a coronation and a new PM by July – politicalbetting.com
Stanley Baldwin was the last PM who went to Cambridge University.
Andy_JS
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Re: This is looking like a coronation and a new PM by July – politicalbetting.com
Why does Sadiq Khan sign his statements at the top?
https://x.com/sadiqkhan/status/2068981264921592049
https://x.com/sadiqkhan/status/2068981264921592049
Re: This is looking like a coronation and a new PM by July – politicalbetting.com
The best sort of postgrad! I say that as someone who teaches lots of postgrads.I went as an 'elderly' post-grad in the 90's.It won't have been called Anglia Ruskin in your day though!I went to university in Cambridge. I didn't go to Cambridge University, though.I am feeling optimistic about the UK and the future.The first Cambridge PM since Stanley Baldwin. The first Cambridge CoE since Kwasi Kwarteng.
Cambridge men as PM and Chancellor.
Trying to find a market on Burnham to win more seats than Starmer in 2024.
Anglia Ruskin; Almost (a) Real University!
Re: This is looking like a coronation and a new PM by July – politicalbetting.com
I've been on some research projects looking at doctors struck off for incompetence. They're nearly all men. One of our best theories for why this is is that the women caught being incompetent apologise and accept re-training; it's only the men who fight the system and end up being struck off.A driving instructor told me the best pupils were women and teenage boys, and the worst were middle-aged men because they knew it all and wouldn't learn, whereas women were more amenable to instruction and teenagers were so desperate to pass that they'd put their egos aside for one hour a week.The best sort of postgrad! I say that as someone who teaches lots of postgrads.I went as an 'elderly' post-grad in the 90's.It won't have been called Anglia Ruskin in your day though!I went to university in Cambridge. I didn't go to Cambridge University, though.I am feeling optimistic about the UK and the future.The first Cambridge PM since Stanley Baldwin. The first Cambridge CoE since Kwasi Kwarteng.
Cambridge men as PM and Chancellor.
Trying to find a market on Burnham to win more seats than Starmer in 2024.
Anglia Ruskin; Almost (a) Real University!
Re: This is looking like a coronation and a new PM by July – politicalbetting.com
Rayner is as close to a Burnhamite as it is possible.The Tories would have himTruss to Sunak was five days, that’s how quickly it can be done.crownedelected by the end of June
So who else in the PLP might be close to getting 81 nominations? Will someone like Al Carns or Ang Rayner have a go?
Re: This is looking like a coronation and a new PM by July – politicalbetting.com
Labour, stop fannying around. Get Burnham in Downing Street pronto.
The current Cabinet should see to it. Their chance to show loyalty to the new Dear Leader.
The current Cabinet should see to it. Their chance to show loyalty to the new Dear Leader.
Re: This is looking like a coronation and a new PM by July – politicalbetting.com
A driving instructor told me the best pupils were women and teenage boys, and the worst were middle-aged men because they knew it all and wouldn't learn, whereas women were more amenable to instruction and teenagers were so desperate to pass that they'd put their egos aside for one hour a week.The best sort of postgrad! I say that as someone who teaches lots of postgrads.I went as an 'elderly' post-grad in the 90's.It won't have been called Anglia Ruskin in your day though!I went to university in Cambridge. I didn't go to Cambridge University, though.I am feeling optimistic about the UK and the future.The first Cambridge PM since Stanley Baldwin. The first Cambridge CoE since Kwasi Kwarteng.
Cambridge men as PM and Chancellor.
Trying to find a market on Burnham to win more seats than Starmer in 2024.
Anglia Ruskin; Almost (a) Real University!
Re: This is looking like a coronation and a new PM by July – politicalbetting.com
Starmer played a large role in ousting Boris by slowly piling up the charge sheet, week after week at PMQs. Against Kemi recently he has largely given up and does not even pretend to answer questions.The more I think about it, Sir Keir Starmer is a bit like Sir Winston Churchill.He did well against Rishi Sunak but struggled against Kemi.
Churchill was a brilliant wartime PM but a terrible peacetime PM.
Starmer decent LOTO but woeful PM.