The car's on fire and there's no driver at the wheel - The Tory leadership elections

Look, the EU is the most important thing in the world except for pwning the Left

will be vaguely interested in what desperate delusion centrist rory stans will cling to next

the latest thing I saw (before these votes so there are probably some hot new takes already) is that Rory wasn't trying to win, just show that he's an adult ready for next time to clean up after any Boris-induced mess

and if that is his thinking, well, that means he isn't going to do anything to stop Boris making a mess, no? def no resigning the whip, prob still no voting to stop No Deal, only VONCing if sure it won't go through - do the bare minimum to keep the "finally a sensible Tory" murmurs going but the bigger the mess, the more chance he must see of capitalising on it

tears will ensue, excuses will be made (again), etc

brb, gonna become an opium addict

honestly smoking opium at a wedding in iran sounds like a good laugh

Kwasi Kwarteng's defence of Boris against accusations of racism seems to be that he's been accused of that before - like there's some sort of statute of limitations in operation or a limit on the number of times you can criticize someone on the same subject.

xp. pass the fesenjan please, Ali. *nods off*

Who is Kenneth Clarke going to back now?

Hunt started as Remainer then went crazy for the Brexit. Maybe Gove's crossed him going the other direction, I've lost track.

Sajid Javid voted Remain.

Ha, yes I'd forgotten that. What a world.

He's relying on everyone else forgetting about it.

Kwasi Kwarteng's main responsibility seems to be appearing on C4 News, sighing and saying "Look..." in a condescending manner in defence of whatever shit his leader/future leader is up to.

BREAK: Round 4 Results
Johnson 157
Hunt 59
Gove 61
Javid 34

JAVID OUT

— Beth Rigby (@BethRigby) June 20, 2019

Boris Johnson - 157

Jeremy Hunt - 59

Michael Gove - 61

Sajid Javid - 34

xp

Should have put some money on boris in early june, nothing whatsoever has changed but he's gone from 3/1 to 1/10

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2019/may/28/tory-leadership-contest-odds-tracker-whos-up-and-whos-down

ah 2 spoiled ballots - dick move at this juncture

look, Rory's a passionate guy

One spoiled ballot obv May, the other...?

xxxp
you can still get 7/4 on next GE in 2019, isn't that buying money?

Kenneth Clarke (xp)

johnson, gove and cunt - perhaps the most challenging marry/fuck/kill lineup in history

it was saj, he was a politician

Pretty sure Ken Clarke will vote Boris tbh.

B-but he is the father of the commons wtf

Really, Tom?

Last week he was pretty damning. Spoiled paper sounds about right.

On Boris Johnson, Clarke is withering in a way that borders on contempt. He says he was a “disaster” as foreign secretary, and when asked if he could be equally terrible as prime minister, he answers in an instant. “Yes, he certainly has the potential to be. Unless he suddenly starts taking it seriously. I am not sure he knows what he would do to get us through the crisis.

Yes, really.

c'mon he listens to miles davis, you've got to take his word as bond!

when boris is anointed and calls a snap GE with BP standing aside to give the CON’s a free run... do we reckon CONs win that election? or are they losing from column B (social liberals who leak to LDs) what they pick up in column A (hard case BP wingnuts)... and thus being hurt in the marginals required for success?

If Boris Johnson wins the leadership race it will be the first time we've had an openly racist Prime minister since the beginning of the month.

— Ed Poole (@edwardpoole1975) June 20, 2019

"one helluva finale"

40 minutes to go in the final ballot, and it’s one helluva finale. Senior Gove team source says they’re confident they have half of Sajid’s backers, with most others going to Boris: “Hunt only beats us now if Boris lends him votes, and that’s a really bad look”.

— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) June 20, 2019

his whole party's a bad look

If my ambition and conduct in this contest has set an example for anyone, then it has been more than worth it. My message to kids like me: pic.twitter.com/jaa2cMxM4z

— Sajid Javid (@sajidjavid) June 20, 2019

Sajid did it for the children

for the kids with just a few private tutors, not many

Boris Johnson 160
Jeremy Hunt 77
Michael Gove 75

Bozza v. the Cunt

oh shi

I am a man who would fight for your honour
I'll be the hero you're dreaming of
We'll live forever, knowing together
that we did it all for the glory of Gove

ussy

http://www.matthewhunt.com/cunt/

Actually considering now if Johnson lent him a vote or two there

Really disappointed that I missed my few hours window to make a "cock, muff or bumhole" joke

8/1 on Hunt is tempting.

making BJ the party leader is big last throw of the dice energy

shamima begum’s baby died in vain then. nice one sajid

8/1 on Hunt is tempting.

Worth a cunt, sorry, punt.

Working for Jeremy Hunt, a memoir by Luke Turner: https://thequietus.com/articles/08944-jeremy-hunt-levenson-enquiry-hotcourses
(apologies to those who've already snickered lengthily at it)

“Cunt to win” too ambiguous a bet

Can’t believe Gove couldn’t snake his way into the final...we can only hope he invests his pent-up energies in flinging tons of shit

Wonder who the spoiled vote was?

in a way, they're all losers

https://www.enca.com/sites/default/files/WEB_PHOTO_SPOILTVOTE.jpg

stephen crabb is still an MP !