UK General Discussion: 2019 and onwards, The End of May

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What are we going to achieve in these extra months except more polarization?

I'm not very optimistic.

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Seems to me that an election is likely whoever takes over the Tory leadership.

If a Brexiteer takes over who can take a good chunk of Brexit party voters, they may feel the need to call an election to get a mandate for a harder Brexit. There wouldn't be that many other options for them. If they judge that as too much of a risk, they could either attempt to negotiate another Brexit deal, but this would almost certainly not pass, or they could let the October deadline lapse. As parliament has rejected no deal, this would be very controversial and likely a lot of Tory remainers would defect, potentially bringing the government down and forcing an election.

If a moderate takes over, I think it ultimately wouldn't end too much differently than if we kept May. Any deal they negotiate likely won't pass. This likely means another extension in October. That could lead to some Brexiteer defections from the Tory party. The Tories would continue to bleed Brexiteer voters, probably eventually having their government brought down by losing by-elections.

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PM Bojo. What on earth did we do wrong as a country? (don't answer that)

Many people have a delusion that a guy from a very wealthy background who talks confidently and charismatically makes a good leader.