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  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 79,235
    Pagign @rcs1000

    EC1M - Currently gauging investment interest in central London property at a low LTV.
  • ReggieCideReggieCide Posts: 4,312

    Bit like Boris, then.
    Normally a bloke problem.
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    Sean_F said:

    It's a pretty unusual constituency. You have Totnes, and the Dart Valley leading up to Buckfastleigh, which as Marquee Mark puts it, is now twinned with Narnia. It's also the European centre of witchcraft.

    The South coast, leading from Dartmouth round to Thurlstone, has perhaps the most beautiful coastal scenery in England.
    Agatha Christie's favourite part of the country. David Dimbleby also has a house there.
  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 62,484
    Mr. StClare, invasion, regicide, Labour Party internal politics involving Corbyn.
  • tpfkartpfkar Posts: 1,569
    PlatoSaid said:

    Steen said his house looked like Balmoral...
    Who was the person who cleaned their moat on expenses, or had the duck house? Will these be what they're remembered for? What an outcome for years of public service, as Cameron reminded us at lunchtime.
  • david_herdsondavid_herdson Posts: 18,214
    ydoethur said:

    I don't know. Gladstone brought in secret ballots in national elections precisely to make them less open to bribery and bullying. It's also why Thatcher brought in secret strike ballots. I would have said those moves made them more democratic as people would then vote without fear for their lives. I can't see, by contrast, why a ballot on labour membership rules needs to be public.
    I think there is a distinction to be drawn between knowing how a representative has voted - in parliament, on an NEC, at a conference etc. - when that individual might need to be held to account for their decisions, and knowing how an individual has voted at an election, referendum or vote of whatever kind, where the voter doesn't need to be accountable for their action and so should have maximum freedom.
  • eekeek Posts: 29,739
    Unless I am reading betfair incorrectly Hammond is CoE...
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 38,518
    tpfkar said:

    Who was the person who cleaned their moat on expenses, or had the duck house? Will these be what they're remembered for? What an outcome for years of public service, as Cameron reminded us at lunchtime.
    tpfkar said:

    Who was the person who cleaned their moat on expenses, or had the duck house? Will these be what they're remembered for? What an outcome for years of public service, as Cameron reminded us at lunchtime.
    Douglas Hogg claimed for cleaning his moat; Peter Viggers for his Duck House; James Arbuthnot for his helipad.
  • ReggieCideReggieCide Posts: 4,312
    stjohn said:

    When Cameron resigns at 5 pm do all the cabinet lose their jobs with him or does Osborne, for instance, remain C of E until May appoints his replacement?

    I can see why you might be concerned but what's his religion got to do with it?
  • PlatoSaidPlatoSaid Posts: 10,383
    tpfkar said:

    Who was the person who cleaned their moat on expenses, or had the duck house? Will these be what they're remembered for? What an outcome for years of public service, as Cameron reminded us at lunchtime.
    Douglas Hogg - but he didn't. One of those urban myths that are so damaging.

    I liked Gerald Kaufman's attempt to spend £9000 on a TV. He blamed his OCD...
  • Sean_F said:

    It's a pretty unusual constituency. You have Totnes, and the Dart Valley leading up to Buckfastleigh, which as Marquee Mark puts it, is now twinned with Narnia. It's also the European centre of witchcraft.

    The South coast, leading from Dartmouth round to Thurlstone, has perhaps the most beautiful coastal scenery in England.
    The 'alternative' part accounts for about 15% of the electorate. Brixham, Dartmouth and Kingsbridge are more conventional blue rinse retirement areas.
  • SimonStClareSimonStClare Posts: 7,976

    Mr. StClare, invasion, regicide, Labour Party internal politics involving Corbyn.

    Ah, in that case, all quiet on the western front Mr Dancer. – Eagle signed a pledge to stop smashing windows, but that’s about it.
  • The_ApocalypseThe_Apocalypse Posts: 7,830

    Rashford came on in 86th minute vs Iceland and 73rd minute vs Wales! Nuff said!
    And in that short time period versus Iceland had more of an impact than many of the players who had been playing most of the match.
  • ReggieCideReggieCide Posts: 4,312

    Define ‘shocks’ – We’ve got to the point where Tom Watson thumping Len wouldn’t shock :lol:
    Sky could put that on pay per view
  • Bob__SykesBob__Sykes Posts: 1,179
    Sean_F said:

    It's a pretty unusual constituency. You have Totnes, and the Dart Valley leading up to Buckfastleigh, which as Marquee Mark puts it, is now twinned with Narnia. It's also the European centre of witchcraft.

    The South coast, leading from Dartmouth round to Thurlstone, has perhaps the most beautiful coastal scenery in England.
    I think large chunks of the borough of Torbay (including for example Paignton and Brixham) are actually in the Totnes seat rather than in the Torbay seat...
  • nunununu Posts: 6,024
    AndyJS said:

    Labour MPs today: yes clap, no rise.

    That's what Cameron should have done for Blair tho.
  • FrankBoothFrankBooth Posts: 10,022
    Out of interest is there any OFFICIAL reason to believe Theresa May will be the next Prime minister. Has the Palace said anything? It's all well and good the Tories choosing a new leader but it's up to her Majesty to decide who she thinks can command the authority of the House.
  • stjohnstjohn Posts: 1,898
    stjohn said:

    When Cameron resigns at 5 pm do all the cabinet lose their jobs with him or does Osborne, for instance, remain C of E until May appoints his replacement?

    Anyone? Jack W? Sean F? David H?
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395

    Out of interest is there any OFFICIAL reason to believe Theresa May will be the next Prime minister. Has the Palace said anything? It's all well and good the Tories choosing a new leader but it's up to her Majesty to decide who she thinks can command the authority of the House.

    In a parallel universe she might consider appointing Larry the Cat as prime minister.
  • logical_songlogical_song Posts: 10,033
    PlatoSaid said:

    Douglas Hogg - but he didn't. One of those urban myths that are so damaging.

    I liked Gerald Kaufman's attempt to spend £9000 on a TV. He blamed his OCD...
    The duck house was owned by Peter Viggers, tory MP for Gosport.
  • PongPong Posts: 4,693
    eek said:

    Unless I am reading betfair incorrectly Hammond is CoE...

    I'm expecting to get well and truly shafted on this, but I laid the £2100 available @ 1.01

    Nothing is confirmed until its confirmed.
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,362

    Out of interest is there any OFFICIAL reason to believe Theresa May will be the next Prime minister. Has the Palace said anything? It's all well and good the Tories choosing a new leader but it's up to her Majesty to decide who she thinks can command the authority of the House.

    No, but that would indeed be a shock.
  • Carolus_RexCarolus_Rex Posts: 1,414
    stjohn said:

    When Cameron resigns at 5 pm do all the cabinet lose their jobs with him or does Osborne, for instance, remain C of E until May appoints his replacement?

    No. They are appointed by the Queen, not the PM.
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 39,823

    Out of interest is there any OFFICIAL reason to believe Theresa May will be the next Prime minister. Has the Palace said anything? It's all well and good the Tories choosing a new leader but it's up to her Majesty to decide who she thinks can command the authority of the House.

    Yes, Graham Brady has confirmed her as leader of the Conservatives and the party is able to command a majority in the HoC.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 121,682
    stjohn said:

    Anyone? Jack W? Sean F? David H?
    Yes. Technically the whole government resigns as well.
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,362
    stjohn said:

    Anyone? Jack W? Sean F? David H?
    I'm 90% sure that the Cabinet continues, since they are all technically appointed by the Queen.
  • FloaterFloater Posts: 14,207
    So, various reports of intimidation and threats including physical abuse from within Labour.

    CLP's being closed for duration due to the above.

    Labour mp's talking on TV quite clearly pointing fingers as to where the blame lies.

    RIP Labour.

    Hope you Corbynites think it was all worth it.
  • Danny565Danny565 Posts: 8,091

    Out of interest is there any OFFICIAL reason to believe Theresa May will be the next Prime minister. Has the Palace said anything? It's all well and good the Tories choosing a new leader but it's up to her Majesty to decide who she thinks can command the authority of the House.

    One wonders if Liz is sometimes tempted to dismiss all the politicians and "rule" herself.

    I've got to be honest, with politicians held in such low public regard, I actually wouldn't be surprised if the public approved of such a thing were it to happen...
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,362

    Yes. Technically the whole government resigns as well.
    Oh right, but if they weren't to tender their resignation (I take it Cameron resigned for the entire government?)
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,559
    GIN1138 said:

    May and Hammond - Duller and duller! :smiley:

    It does rather make John Major's term look like The Shiny Spangly Excitement Years...
  • RodCrosbyRodCrosby Posts: 7,737
    MTimT said:

    In accidents where people were not deliberately trying to cause harm, it is simply unhelpful to focus on blame, and particularly so if it leads you to stop the accident investigation at the human behaviour that was the proximate cause of the accident. A more pertinent question is always 'what aspects of the system set the person up to fail, rather than succeed.' Even if the 'human error' is down to poor decision-making of one individual, which it almost never is, you should ask what contributed to the poor decision-making.

    Focus on blame is a bad way to proceed - it will never achieve safety, just silence and cover up.

    In the case of the Titanic, you might as well blame those who labelled it unsinkable as the Captain.
    She was never labelled "unsinkable", but "practically unsinkable."

    And that was accurate. I would estimate the catastrophic encounter with the iceberg to be of the order of a 5-sigma event.

    She almost survived it too. A few yards of plating missed by the berg and she might not have sunk.

    Other large ships with far less damage went to the bottom in minutes.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 121,682
    RobD said:

    Oh right, but if they weren't to tender their resignation (I take it Cameron resigned for the entire government?)
    If the PM resigns, I believe constitutionally they are also resigning on behalf of the entire government.
  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 73,567
    edited July 2016
    RobD said:

    Oh right, but if they weren't to tender their resignation (I take it Cameron resigned for the entire government?)
    Cameron resigns for the government, ministers send their resignations in to May as the new PM.

    However, they usually remain in office until successors are appointed. Exceptions would be Seely in 1913, Asquith taking that Ministry himself (silly decision, left the War Office completely rudderless when a Civil War was threatening and the whole of Europe was seething with tension) and 1834, when Melbourne and all his ministers were forced to quit by the King and Wellington had to temporarily hold every office until Peel returned from Italy to form a new government.
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 39,823
    edited July 2016
    Just got a call from the Conservative Party. :open_mouth:

    Bloody missed it though.
  • SimonStClareSimonStClare Posts: 7,976
    It is not quite the Highland Clearances, but....

    The Evening Standard had a peek into the office in the Palace of Westminster where he will start his new life as a backbench MP and discovered that it boasts a medieval-style stone staircase, oak panelling and painted ceilings.

    Staff were sprucing up the hastily emptied suite in St Stephen’s Tower for its new occupant, cleaning a stain from the green carpet, after four Tory MPs were kicked out to make way for him.

    Crates with Mr Cameron’s name on were stacked outside, while the names of three of his key staff were written on notes attached to some of the desks.

    The suite, which is 20ft wide and 24ft long, has commanding views of Westminster Abbey and the ancient Jewel House — part of the original Royal Palace.

    Until yesterday it was home to at least four Welsh MPs who, colleagues say, were given 24 hours’ notice to move out.
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,362
    MaxPB said:

    Just got a call from the Conservative Party. :open_mouth:

    Was it to head to your constituency, and to prepare for government? :D
  • PlatoSaidPlatoSaid Posts: 10,383
    RodCrosby said:

    She was never labelled "unsinkable", but "practically unsinkable."

    And that was accurate. I would estimate the catastrophic encounter with the iceberg to be of the order of a 5-sigma event.

    She almost survived it too. A few yards of plating missed by the berg and she might not have sunk.

    Other large ships with far less damage went to the bottom in minutes.
    Are subs him or her?
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 39,823
    RobD said:

    Was it to head to your constituency, and to prepare for government? :D
    I don't know I missed it!
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 121,682
    edited July 2016
    MaxPB said:

    Just got a call from the Conservative Party. :open_mouth:

    Bloody missed it though.

    I remember my first call from the Tory Party, it was more fun when Downing Street called me, ditto Matthew Parker Street
  • ToryJimToryJim Posts: 4,192
    MaxPB said:

    Just got a call from the Conservative Party. :open_mouth:

    Bloody missed it though.

    Whatever they want you to do say no ;)
  • SquareRootSquareRoot Posts: 7,095

    Out of interest is there any OFFICIAL reason to believe Theresa May will be the next Prime minister. Has the Palace said anything? It's all well and good the Tories choosing a new leader but it's up to her Majesty to decide who she thinks can command the authority of the House.

    Huh

    Do you think she might send for Corbyn.?
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    Danny565 said:

    One wonders if Liz is sometimes tempted to dismiss all the politicians and "rule" herself.

    She does.

    In the period between Cameron resigning and May being appointed, she is in charge
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,362
    MaxPB said:

    I don't know I missed it!
    LOL.
  • FF43FF43 Posts: 17,884

    What the hell is gruesomely undemocratic about a secret ballot? Your concept of democracy seems seriously flawed.
    There is an argument that where you are representing many people that you should justify your choices to those you represent. It's the reason why MPs votes are open .
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 39,823
    edited July 2016
    ToryJim said:

    Whatever they want you to do say no ;)
    I don't know, Lord Maximilian of Shepherds Bush has a nice ring to it!

    Well it had a nice ring to it, I missed the call and now we'll never know.
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @JohnRentoul: Kremlinologist watching #PMQs says Amber Rudd seemed to take special interest in SNP Q re Brain family deportation. Headed for Home Office?
  • TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633
    CoTE Hammond - I am seriously underwhelmed.
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,362
    TGOHF said:

    CoTE Hammond - I am seriously underwhelmed.

    Confirmed?
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,362
    MaxPB said:

    I don't know, Lord Maximilian of Shepherds Bush has a nice ring to it!
    Dukedom or nothing.
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,559

    I think large chunks of the borough of Torbay (including for example Paignton and Brixham) are actually in the Totnes seat rather than in the Torbay seat...
    Yes, Torbay loses parts of Paignton (a big council estate) and round to Brixham which fall within Totnes.

    Torbay USED to be twinned with Narnia, for several years, but the council finally got annoyed and painted over it.

    http://legacymedia.localworld.co.uk/275798/Article/images/17246809/4284313.jpg

    Then for a while it got twinned with Area 51... :lol:
  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 73,567
    edited July 2016
    RodCrosby said:

    She was never labelled "unsinkable", but "practically unsinkable."

    And that was accurate. I would estimate the catastrophic encounter with the iceberg to be of the order of a 5-sigma event.

    She almost survived it too. A few yards of plating missed by the berg and she might not have sunk.

    Other large ships with far less damage went to the bottom in minutes.

    The builder said 'practically' the advertisers left it out. So you are both right.

    Agree with the rest, although it is worth noting the Great Eastern suffered far more significant damage than the Titanic without sinking, because it was constructed with a double hull. If that had been applied to all ships, the Titanic would not have been lost.

    It is also very sobering to think that it is less than 30 years since all oil tankers has to be double hulled, and how many oil spills we would have been spared if they had been built that way from the start.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 79,235
    Scott_P said:

    She does.

    In the period between Cameron resigning and May being appointed, she is in charge
    You're getting Liz and Larry mixed up.
  • TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633
    Scott_P said:

    @JohnRentoul: Kremlinologist watching #PMQs says Amber Rudd seemed to take special interest in SNP Q re Brain family deportation. Headed for Home Office?

    Can't they apply for their visa online ? Dragging them to London seems harsh.
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    So exciting for AA Gill to be this close to the top, via Amber Rudd.
  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 43,715
    MaxPB said:

    I don't know I missed it!
    Are you allergic to cats?
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,362
    Pulpstar said:

    You're getting Liz and Larry mixed up.
    Any extraordinary Privy Council meetings happening in the next hour? :p
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 79,235
    FF43 said:

    There is an argument that where you are representing many people that you should justify your choices to those you represent. It's the reason why MPs votes are open .
    Everyone involved in the most senior ranks of the Labour party are either mendacious or thick as a brick though.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 121,682
    Priti Patel as Tory Chairman, interesting
  • Richard_NabaviRichard_Nabavi Posts: 30,822
    Danny565 said:

    One wonders if Liz is sometimes tempted to dismiss all the politicians and "rule" herself.

    I've got to be honest, with politicians held in such low public regard, I actually wouldn't be surprised if the public approved of such a thing were it to happen...

    .. until the first decision.

    Politicians are held in low public regard only because they can't please everyone all the time. In fact, they can't please everyone any of the time. That's in the nature of governing; all the easy decisions, which no one much disagrees with, hardly get noticed in the first place.
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,362

    Priti Patel as Tory Chairman, interesting

    Does someone have a spreadsheet/website to track these things? I suspect a lot will get lost in the chaff.
  • Richard_NabaviRichard_Nabavi Posts: 30,822
    edited July 2016
    So, does the new PM have to have an audience with Larry the Cat or Her Maj first?
  • TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633
    RobD said:

    Confirmed?
    Very confident tweet from Peston.
  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 43,715

    Priti Patel as Tory Chairman, interesting

    Apart, ahem, from here - where is a good place to see these?
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,362
    TGOHF said:

    Very confident tweet from Peston.
    Like he was very confident that Corbyn would lose the NEC vote? titters....
  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 62,484
    Mr. Nabavi, HM asks Larry for guidance on who the new PM ought to be.

    Are appointments being confirmed prior to May being PM? Seems a little out of order [quite literally].
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 39,823
    TGOHF said:

    Very confident tweet from Peston.
    He confidently said Corbyn wouldn't be on the ballot yesterday.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 121,682
    Looking like a cabinet of the Valkyries
  • ThreeQuidderThreeQuidder Posts: 6,133
    TOPPING said:

    What's the vote this evening? Will we see Dave back for it? Could seriously interrupt the phone-watching.
    Nothing contentious by the look of it.

    http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmagenda/ob160713.htm
  • HurstLlamaHurstLlama Posts: 9,098
    "... has commanding views of Westminster Abbey and the ancient Jewel House — part of the original Royal Palace ..."



    Mr. Flaming Picky, would like to point out that the Jewel tower was built in the mid fourteenth century and could not therefore have been part of the original Palace of Westminster which was built about three centuries earlier.

    </ pendant alert>
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,362

    Mr. Nabavi, HM asks Larry for guidance on who the new PM ought to be.

    Are appointments being confirmed prior to May being PM? Seems a little out of order [quite literally].

    Well, Patel hasn't yet been appointed to the Cabinet. She may be Minister w/o Portfolio though.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 121,682
    Osborne gawn too.

    :Epic sad face:
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,559
    AndyJS said:

    In a parallel universe she might consider appointing Larry the Cat as prime minister.
    I wouldn't trust him not to use Trident on the mice....
  • RodCrosbyRodCrosby Posts: 7,737
    PlatoSaid said:

    Are subs him or her?
    It's a bit confusing, isnt it?

    She can be a merchantman or a man-o'-war.

    But always a she...
  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 43,715

    Nothing contentious by the look of it.

    http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmagenda/ob160713.htm
    Thx
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 79,235
    edited July 2016
    Paging @TheWhiterabbit

    Rumour mill...
    Chancellor: Hammond
    Home: Rudd
    Foreign: Osborne
    Brexit: Grayling
    Party chair: Priti Patel
  • The_ApocalypseThe_Apocalypse Posts: 7,830
    edited July 2016

    Osborne gawn too.

    :Epic sad face:

    *Happy face*

    EDIT: If @Pulpstar's post is right we may have to swap faces.
  • Are we likely to get the full cabinet this evening?
  • TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633

    Looking like a cabinet of the Valkyries

    Amazonian.


    and Hammond.
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 39,823

    Osborne gawn too.

    :Epic sad face:

    Where are the live updates, or do you have the inside line?
  • TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633
    O/T

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/13/hollande-accused-of-shampoo-socialism-as-it-is-revealed-he-spend/

    "His hair may be thinning, but French President Francois Hollande employs a barber on a fat salary of £99,000 a year, it has emerged.

    The revelation in the weekly newspaper, Le Canard Enchaîné, on Wednesday sparked jibes about “shampoo socialism” — and speculation that the president has had implants to stop his hairline receding further."
  • old_labourold_labour Posts: 3,238

    There's another aspect to May - she's from a slightly older generation than the Bullingdon boys - no 'effortless superiority' - just hard work....I wonder what her opinion of that clique is.........not very high, if I had to guess.....

    The fall of the "fops.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 121,682
    Pulpstar said:

    Paging @TheWhiterabbit

    Rumour mill...
    Chancellor: Hammond
    Home: Rudd
    Foreign: Osborne
    Brexit: Grayling
    Party chair: Priti Patel

    Greening to the FO, Ozzy out.

    I'm on at 20/1 on Rudd for Home Sec
  • SouthamObserverSouthamObserver Posts: 40,017
    Looking for positives today I found one:

    A grown-up Prime Minister and an utterly irrelevant opposition hopefully mean that we are going to see the end of JCR politics - no more traps and japes designed solely to catch the other side out. Wouldn't that be good?
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,362
    edited July 2016

    Greening to the FO, Ozzy out.

    I'm on at 20/1 on Rudd for Home Sec
    Wonder what that means for Heathrow...
  • TheWhiteRabbitTheWhiteRabbit Posts: 12,454
    Pulpstar said:

    Paging @TheWhiterabbit

    Rumour mill...
    Chancellor: Hammond
    Home: Rudd
    Foreign: Osborne
    Brexit: Grayling
    Party chair: Priti Patel

    Let's hope so! But she could easily be a close second for the role. And there are no prizes for that.
  • KentRisingKentRising Posts: 2,917
    edited July 2016
    Pulpstar said:

    Paging @TheWhiterabbit

    Rumour mill...
    Chancellor: Hammond
    Home: Rudd
    Foreign: Osborne
    Brexit: Grayling
    Party chair: Priti Patel

    That's pretty good - Osborne stays in Cabinet, woman in a big job (Rudd), and Priti inside the tent.

    Not sure some Brexiters would be happy though.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 121,682
    MaxPB said:

    Where are the live updates, or do you have the inside line?
    Have a source who worked for CCHQ, been fairly accurate in the past.

    He was the one who told me, and I shared it on here, that Gove would retain Osborne as Chancellor, several hours before the media reported it.
  • SouthamObserverSouthamObserver Posts: 40,017
    MaxPB said:

    He confidently said Corbyn wouldn't be on the ballot yesterday.

    ITV must be so regretting his hire. He is absolutely terrible. That Sunday morning show he does is unwatchable. I bet the BBC could not believe its luck.

  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 62,484
    Mr. Llama, pedant* alert.
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    Rudd for chancellor !!!!

    50/1
  • ThreeQuidderThreeQuidder Posts: 6,133
    tpfkar said:

    Who was the person who cleaned their moat on expenses, or had the duck house? Will these be what they're remembered for? What an outcome for years of public service, as Cameron reminded us at lunchtime.
    The moat cleaning was never claimed for, and the duck house claim was refused.
  • Richard_NabaviRichard_Nabavi Posts: 30,822
    I'd imagine Theresa Villiers will a promotion. She's surely done her time exiled to NI by now.
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,362
    What's the new Brexit ministry actually going to be called? Think I might have to kill myself it is actually "Ministry of Brexit"...
  • taffystaffys Posts: 9,753
    Not sure some Brexiters would be happy though.

    Even more remain than the last cabinet? discuss.

    Rudd. Jeez. There go two million votes. The tory Harman.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 79,235
    Scott_P said:

    Rudd for chancellor !!!!

    50/1

    Is this a confirmation or a hope.

    Some of us have a bet on "Mr spreadsheet" :)
  • Richard_NabaviRichard_Nabavi Posts: 30,822
    Scott_P said:

    Rudd for chancellor !!!!

    50/1

    Pong fishing?
  • TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633
    Scott_P said:

    Rudd for chancellor !!!!

    50/1

    That would be a good move - first female CoTE would be newsworthy.

    And she isn't Hammond.
  • david_herdsondavid_herdson Posts: 18,214
    RobD said:

    Dukedom or nothing.
    I'm sure it'll be one or the other.
  • oxfordsimonoxfordsimon Posts: 5,845
    Can we pass an emergency by-law banning the use of megaphones on Parliament Square?

    It is getting ridiculous
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