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I can't help but feel the only reason the Tory's are resigning and taking a stance now is that they have an opportunity to blame it on the brown guy.
And also, lol at Nadine Dorries resignation letter where she basically lists all the awful things that she thinks RIshi Sunak should have been doing more awfully. Like "hasn't drowned enough immigrants", "hasn't nuked france" (actually, that one is ok), "hasn't invaded scotland"...
No, they just don't want to fight elections they know they'll lose. They're not taking a stance. It entirely self serving, the same as the rest of their political careers. Just avoiding the humiliation on election night.
Well that parses too
Well, yeah. That's also why there was a curious shortage of white men in the last round of leadership elections (was it just Tugendhat?). Glass cliff phenomenon.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_cliff
oooh TIL. That's a good one. Definitely covers Theresa May.
yeah he's basically the human shield in the same way that Theresa May was for the ERG nutjobs. Paving the way for a "true" English nationalist to lead the zealots.
The Tories are renowned for their gender bias. They treat female MPs and leaders very differently to males. There has never been any indication of institutional racism. I despise the current batch of Tories. They are nothing but a bunch of con merchants. They use racism for the populist vote, but unfortunately you cannot really accuse them of institutional racism against Sunak.