Weirdly that's the same list you'd get if the system was that the party members elected each other's leaders instead of their own. (View Post)

There's no mechanism to skip a generation. If you don't want Charles the only way to avoid it is if we make Dame Judi Dench the next monarch by general acclamation. No need to be weird about it or an… (View Post)

The great strength of the Tory system is that once elected the leader can ignore all those lunatics and concentrate on impressing the voters. (View Post)

I don't think it is. The way to win the contest is to be the first choice of the maddest 1/3 of MPs after eliminations. If you're getting lots of MPs in the first round that's a sign that your positi… (View Post)

He's got another two years, who knows what the oil price will be in two years. (View Post)