Conservative leadership election

[Velasco]

I'll give my two cents to say: go Rory Stewart!

The Tory leadership contest is entertaining as a show, but one can imagine it's something more serious than a vaudeville act. Are Tories going to elect Boris Johnson as leader? Really?

Trump & Johnson, what a pair of comedians!

[Velasco]

I'll give my two cents to say: go Rory Stewart!

The Tory leadership contest is entertaining as a show, but one can imagine it's something more serious than a vaudeville act. Are Tories going to elect Boris Johnson as leader? Really?

Trump & Johnson, what a pair of comedians!

If bojo is one of the two that goes to the membership, he will win. On some level then he might have already won because of the high first round selections.

Now is this really a bad thing for the Tories? Well, even though I hate the guy, I tend to be very bullish on his prospects. The man has that polarizing Teflon that is so common these days in nations that have progressed beyond the need to fight for the political center. He's, right now, popular with the leave voters. Despite the fact that this phenomenon is associated with Trump and other right-wingers, it is by no means unique to them or held exclusively by them. If the man can get the Brexit vote into his corner and the opposition remains divided then...

While polarizing figures can be electorally successful (and often that's the case), he may end disappointing hard Brexit supporters because his stance is untenable beyond rhetoric. Anyway he may be realistically the winner of the next general election and that's a terrifying perspective for the UK, as well as terrible news for Ed Miliband.

[Velasco]

Stewart = Buttigieg, painfully establishment figure who is so aggressively establishment it almost comes off as quirky and the media tries to make him seem like an outsider despite his connections

Rory Stewart is more akin to James Bond

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/06/17/did-rory-stewart-spy-mi6-intrigue-surrounds-tory-candidate-leadership/

Rory Stewart is facing scrutiny over his alleged past as a spy after he denied working for MI6 before becoming an MP.

[Velasco]

Why would being a spy in the past disqualify you from public office? Why would having close links with the intelligence services whilst you were vice-governor of an Iraqi Province disqualify you from public office?

Ask the Telegraph

[Velasco]

So sad about Rory

 

I'm glad Stewart was voted out - he's a good guy but I don't think he's right for the job at the moment.

This is very cruel and insensible!

More seriously, are you implying Boris Johnson and the others fit for the job, at this moment or at any time? I would consider someone with experience in the MI6...

[Velasco]

So sad about Rory

 

I'm glad Stewart was voted out - he's a good guy but I don't think he's right for the job at the moment.

This is very cruel and insensible!

More seriously (...)

Cruel? Give over (...)

I was kidding. I feel sad about Rory because his elimination makes the race much less interesting