Can’t be worse than the Conservatives right?
How’s that for schardenfreud?
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And how stupid would they look for doing so so soon after fucking him off?
They would lose almost all credibility that they still have with the public. Just let the bumble along from crisis to crisis and dig themselves deeper and deeper into pointlessness.
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If the Tories vote to back Liz until the budget, you are not stopping them from getting a leadership contest - if they are thinking of removing her now, they won’t want to be tied to her going into the election.
Could Labour issue a vote if the 1922 committee announce they have enough letters to signal a new leadership contest?
Also are the 1922 committee considering changing the timescale for raising letters of no confidence? I thought any new leader was given a grace period.
A year, would take a change of the rules.
Bloody worth it.
The 1922 Committee’s rules and procedures have no relevance other than tactical to the opposition. They could announce they have changed their rules and will allow a vote next week, Labour can still trigger a vote of no confidence if they can get it on the order paper.
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Cheers. So sit for now and if Truss looks like she’s being forced out, then move.
I think there is a basis for Labour to consider forcing a no confidence vote they don’t necessarily win. Force Tory MPs to hold their nose and vote for Trump for short-term survival, then pound them relentlessly with their own voting record. I am not sure of the UK rules on how often a non-confidence vote can be called however, so that might end up giving the Conservatives more time than they otherwise might have had.
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Exactly my thinking. I don’t see a downside to raising it, other than Truss stays and by some miracle her policies work.
Freudian slip?
Argh - autocorrect
I was being facetious, but clearly from those odds the joke isn’t far from the truth.
Think there a number of clear stand outs, e.g. Braverman, Gove and Boris - you could say an embarrassment of …