The rules for election are not the same as saying an MP does not have confidence in the leader. A party does have to have a connect with the membership (I'd be pretty pissed off in the 1960s if as a … (View Post)

Glad to see you're on PB on the laptop. (View Post)

Agreed. It relied on the sitting leader playing ball and realising it was over. It was the unspoken rule if you lost about 30-35% of the MPs you quit, despite the written rules saying something else.… (View Post)

Because no one really believes the rules would actually be followed. Any other Conservative Prime Minister who 'won' a VoNC by the margin Johnson did would've resigned. Thatcher did, and Major had hi… (View Post)

I do view the Monarch as the last line of defence. Perhaps they shouldn't, but I hope they would. The National Bocialist German Workers Party (NBGWP) somehow wins a GE in 326 seats, potentially with … (View Post)