She’s gone ?

[johnofgwent]

So the new leader of the conservative party will be selected by MP's without any public say so, (even if it would only be party members )  democracy is dead .

Actually, Sir Graham Brady is quoted by the BBC as saying the parliamentary party should complete their selection inside a week and he went on to say he hoped party members would have a say thereafter.

[johnofgwent]

It's as it was.
It's as it should have continued to be.
And, at last, sense has been seen, and it's reverted to a natural order.

The past few weeks have shown how dangerous a cut-down pseudo-democratic selective enfranchisement can be...

If only labour abandoned the very same mechanism eh ....

[Streetwalker]

Isn't letting the electorate sack and choose Prime Ministers what you've been advocating — or have I misread your posts?

There are probably more than a couple of dozen people across Parliament "fit to lead the country" — and Johnson was never one of them.

So it's to be hoped the Tory MP's will recognise someone from among their ranks, and back them...

The Tories are damaged goods Posty , anyone with any ambition will be keeping their powder dry till the next leadership election which will be about two weeks after Labour win the next election . And yes the electorate should be the only people to hire and fire PM's ,nothing has changed on that score . 

[patman post]

No , what the last few weeks has shown is how dangerous sacking a PM elected by the public can be . The Conservatives didnt and still dont have anyone else fit to lead the country . Johnson may have been a lying toad but its better than a dead frog

Isn't letting the electorate sack and choose Prime Ministers what you've been advocating — or have I misread your posts?

There are probably more than a couple of dozen people across Parliament "fit to lead the country" — and Johnson was never one of them.

So it's to be hoped the Tory MP's will recognise someone from among their ranks, and back them...

[Sampanviking]

Good riddance, policy cringes aside, it was always clear that she was over promoted as Foreign Secretary and only ever going to be a disaster as Prime Minister

Thank god is was all done and over with very quickly.

I will repeat a point I have made previously. Irrespective of who is leader, the party and Government were elected under the 2019 manifesto and this manifesto should have been respected until such time as a new one was presented to the public at the next General Election.

In the event, a woman with a mandate from 0.2% of the Uk's population took it on herself to introduce a lunatic economic policy that no one outside of a small clique had agreed too and so suffered a quite deserved utter and total rejection and humiliation.

Lets hope the lesson is learned by whoever comes in next.
Although after this, its difficult to see the justification for not having another General Election at the earliest possible moment.
She has trashed Democracy and so some kind of credibility needs to be restored. If that delivers Starmer, then you can all blame her for that as well.

[Good old]

So the new leader of the conservative party will be selected by MP's without any public say so, (even if it would only be party members )  democracy is dead .

Democracy as we practise it ,is not necessarily dead yet. But this Tory regime has been provoking its end for six years now. This isn't over just yet, when it is , there will be a question as to the whole future of the U.K. Will it be truely the U.K.? Will it be financially damaged beyond repair? Will it's democracy be intact.?

[Streetwalker]

It's as it was.
It's as it should have continued to be.
And, at last, sense has been seen, and it's reverted to a natural order.

The past few weeks have shown how dangerous a cut-down pseudo-democratic selective enfranchisement can be...

No , what the last few weeks has shown is how dangerous sacking a PM elected by the public can be . The Conservatives didnt and still dont have anyone else fit to lead the country . Johnson may have been a lying toad but its better than a dead frog 

[patman post]

Boris on the way back!!

Perhaps — if Tory MP's believe the electorate really enjoys being amused by a clown as the country sinks further into the mire...

[patman post]

So the new leader of the conservative party will be selected by MP's without any public say so, (even if it would only be party members )  democracy is dead .

It's as it was.
It's as it should have continued to be.
And, at last, sense has been seen, and it's reverted to a natural order.

The past few weeks have shown how dangerous a cut-down pseudo-democratic selective enfranchisement can be...

[Streetwalker]

So the new leader of the conservative party will be selected by MP's without any public say so, (even if it would only be party members )  democracy is dead .

[Borchester]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news

Well, that didn't last long.

Poor cow. Still, being PM is not much of a job and I am sure she will be happier not doing it.

And we will have a leadership election to look forward too in the run up to Christmas and how bad is that

[Nick]

Boris on the way back!!

[Barry]

Expected to resign in the next few minutes, presumably a general election must follow?

Yes, she's gone. But no election.

[Streetwalker]

Not another leadership election 

[Nalaar]

Expected to resign in the next few minutes, presumably a general election must follow?

Confirmed - Resigned.