General British politics discussion thread

True my main hope is still with the investigation that may suspend him from parliament for misleading MPs over party gate.

However my hope of common sense ever winning the day is at most neutral.

If they pick him, we could be back rehashing the leadership discussion before the year is out

I've said on other Politics threads that I'm a centrist; fiscal conservative, social liberal, never been what you'd call a militant extremist, more into dialogue than protest etc etc.

However, if I were British right now - especially English maybe - and I was watching the Country circle the drain and my costs skyrocket and the Tories were seriously suggesting an attempt to put back in the guy who is very directly responsible for much of the trouble going on and without any prospect of a people's mandate for any of it, I think I'd be going out this weekend to burn some s**t to the ground.

I'm literally gobsmacked that the utter state of Britain today hasn't resulted in massive civil unrest. I mean, Jesus, in the 70s and 80s they tore the place up over arguably far less.

I don't think it could happen quickly enough to not have to someone else as PM in between. But yes.

A stunt like that would probably have their vote down to the 0.3% of party members though.

There's only a handful of seats currently safe, though. Whittingdale has one of them, he might be swayed by a peerage. Boris made him a Knight last week

Certainly not. But they might drop out to avoid personal humiliation.

There’s Buckley’s chance Sunak would call an election once he gets in

The killer clown? The Tories could do worse..

He actually makes me sick.

Poster boy for the benefits of violent revolution.

Will the new PM but stuck with Hunt as Chancellor given how little time there is left to announce a budget for next year? Or if someone else is brought in, will they actually have any influence at this stage?

Perhaps Hunt was chosen by senior Tories and the new PM will be expected to keep him as Chancellor for some continuity.

Rees-Mogg married advantageously. His mother-in-law is the only child of the 8th Earl Fitzwilliam, and at the age of 13 she inherited the Fitzwilliam estates in England and Ireland, which were vast, and extremely valuable because land they owned in Yorkshire turned out in the nineteenth century to have a lot of coal under it. She regularly appears in the Sunday Times Rich List. She in turn has only one surviving child, who is Rees-Mogg's wife. He himself was one of the founders of Somerset Capital Management, a fairly discreet private investment firm that doesn't seek publicity and is selective about the clients it takes,. He is no longer involved in operating the business but is still one of the owners. Somerset Capital has about GBP 5 billion under management. Between the two of them, JRM and his wife are thought to be worth about GBP 100 million.

Nitpicky, but even 100 million isn't all that wealthy by modern standards. Dyson's worth 27 billion.

5 billion under management isn't his money; he collects fees off of it. AFAIR from that video he still owns 15% of Somerset Capital.

Not saying his wealth is anything to sneer at - I'd love to have a few percent of it myself - but he's far from top-tier rich. Never mind the crazy wealth of some of the US types like Gates, Bezos, and Buffett.

Somerset capital management appears to invest a lot in Asia-related holdings. $5 billion under management is nice, but again a small player in a big ocean.