BoJo banished - Liz Truss down. Is Rishi next for the toaster? **threadbans in OP**

The Tory party has an archaic system of voting that effectively means "royal Britannia" types with beige carpet and brown settees who drink warm ale and have been enjoying saga holidays for many years, make the decision.

They will not choose a progressive "brown" boy over one of their own.

And that means there is a strong likelihood of Johnson getting back in and a potential split in the party

I can't see Boris getting the job again as he was a complete disaster. It has to be Rishis to lose at this stage.

But, if oul Bojo did get in who the hell would he have on his cabinet?! They fled like rats the moment they realised they were on a sinking ship last time out.

Boris back in would guarantee Labour in the next election.

Labour are guaranteed the next GE no matter who the Tory leader is. With their record, this is not a party that can win a fifth straight general election.

The issue is how big the Tory loss will be. If there were to be an immediate general election, the likelihood is that the Tories would be annihilated. Their hope is that, by pushing out the election as far as possible, by the time it has to happen it won't be quite that bad.

So, they want a leader (a) who can hold together a party composed mainly of desperate, demoralised factions who are fighting like cats in a bag, so that we don't see scenes like the ones that have just brought down Truss, and (b) who won't piss off the public with outrageous awfulness, so doesn't manifest extreme policies or a basic want of competence and fitness. Johnson can't really tick either of those boxes.

Well in Sunak's favour is the equally racist view that "all Asians are good at economics"

That mandate disappeared when he took the UK public for imbeciles over the lockdown issues and appointed a known sex pest to a government position even when he was warned about him. Going back to that 3 months after they binned him would be an absolute joke of the worst type.

And in a normal democracy, that would have seen him as the easy winner 6 weeks ago and the UK would have a chance of their economy growing to better the majority.

But its a small group of 150,000 membership that, according to Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary University, in 2020 was more male, white, southern, Brexit-leaning and affluent than the population as a whole, as well as being older.

Basically 150,000 BoJo thinkalikes

He wouldn't resign, but he would very likely be recalled and lose the recall election.

For a laughing from afar at the chaos perspective, that would be hilarious. But we've a shared border with the country it would further destroy so it wouldn't be ideal.

You're surprised that JRM has gone for Boris? Sure who else would give him a job? Next you'll be saying that you're shocked that Nadine Dorries is backing him.

Public money given for cocking up a job and leaving is not someone's wealth.

Fair enough you didn't. That was my implication of what you had written - which doesn't make sense now that I read your post again!