If they can choose a leader in a week, why on earth didn't they do that last time, and then we would have had Mr Sunak and avoided all this nonsense.
Ask the little people who they want, and they will choose the person that offers the most cake, even if it is fantasy. The vast majority of the previous losers were unqualified overambitious fantasists, and they got rid of Mr Johnson for a reason, which reason still applies.
It was amusing tonight to see the interviews with Conservative party members who said that they obviously got it wrong with Ms Truss, but they should be involved in the choice of her replacement. What was it that Einstein said about doing the same thing again and expecting a different result being madness?
No doubt these Tory members who admit they got it wrong but demand to be involved in the new vote, are exactly the same ones who tell us people aren't allowed to change their mind over Brexit.
If they can choose a leader in a week, why on earth didn't they do that last time, and then we would have had Mr Sunak and avoided all this nonsense.
Ask the little people who they want, and they will choose the person that offers the most cake, even if it is fantasy. The vast majority of the previous losers were unqualified overambitious fantasists, and they got rid of Mr Johnson for a reason, which reason still applies.
It was amusing tonight to see the interviews with Conservative party members who said that they obviously got it wrong with Ms Truss, but they should be involved in the choice of her replacement. What was it that Einstein said about doing the same thing again and expecting a different result being madness?
No doubt these Tory members who admit they got it wrong but demand to be involved in the new vote, are exactly the same ones who tell us people aren't allowed to change their mind over Brexit.
Lest we forget: the Brexit decision was made by a referendum of the whole country, not by Tory members (or even Tory voters) alone. At the risk of repeating myself, the average Joe "will choose the person that offers the most cake, even if it is fantasy", and that applies to referenda as well as anything else.
... and I think that the Brexit problem is what on earth do we do even if people have changed their minds.
If they can choose a leader in a week, why on earth didn't they do that last time, and then we would have had Mr Sunak and avoided all this nonsense.
We wouldn't. Sunak has never been favoured by the Party membership. Sunak started closing the gap towards the end of the campaign but by then most members had already voted.
I'm fundamentally opposed to Party members voting for the leader of any governing Party when that person would become PM. Members are unaccountable to the electorate. They tend to be on the extreme wings of a Party and unrepresentative of the people that voted for that Party at the General Election.
I raised this at the last leadership ballot and will do so again.
Any foreign national can join as a Tory member and vote in the Leadership election. They don't have to live in the UK or be a British citizen. I get the 'three month' rule, but if anyone signed up last time so that they were ready for future elections, they are now eligible to vote.
How can a system allow someone to choose a country's Prime Minister if that person is not even registered to vote in a GE. That is so open to corruption.
I raised this at the last leadership ballot and will do so again.
Any foreign national can join as a Tory member and vote in the Leadership election. They don't have to live in the UK or be a British citizen. I get the 'three month' rule, but if anyone signed up last time so that they were ready for future elections, they are now eligible to vote.
How can a system allow someone to choose a country's Prime Minister if that person is not even registered to vote in a GE. That is so open to corruption.
Hello, this is Moscow calling. Our votes go to Mr Johnson.
I raised this at the last leadership ballot and will do so again.
Any foreign national can join as a Tory member and vote in the Leadership election. They don't have to live in the UK or be a British citizen. I get the 'three month' rule, but if anyone signed up last time so that they were ready for future elections, they are now eligible to vote.
How can a system allow someone to choose a country's Prime Minister if that person is not even registered to vote in a GE. That is so open to corruption.
And to be clear as to comparisons, the Labour Party website has this:
Am I eligible to join?
If youre 14 or over, not a member of another political party, and are a British citizen or have lived in the UK for a year or more, then absolutely; come on in. We need your passion, your experience and your voice in our movement.
I raised this at the last leadership ballot and will do so again.
Any foreign national can join as a Tory member and vote in the Leadership election. They don't have to live in the UK or be a British citizen. I get the 'three month' rule, but if anyone signed up last time so that they were ready for future elections, they are now eligible to vote.
How can a system allow someone to choose a country's Prime Minister if that person is not even registered to vote in a GE. That is so open to corruption.
Theres a company called Tortoise Media, and it has signed up as Conservative Party members a tortoise, an American, and a Ukrainian, and they pay 25 pounds each; reported on BBCs flagship weekly political debate program, Question Time.
The way we treat migrants is terrible - whether it be Manston, Rwanda (and now other countries) it doesnt feel like a country that represents my values.