Who will replace Theresa May as Conservative leader?

[mvd10]

Damn, the Tories are screwed. I think it definitely would have been Davis if he were younger, but he's already almost 69. Still voted Davis, I guess he will be the compromise candidate.

[mvd10]

Anyway, if it's not Davis I think it will be Patel, Raab or some very right-wing politician nobody has ever heard of. The anyone but Boris faction is too strong, and I can't see someone like Rudd or Hammond winning.

[mvd10]

Osborne definitely won't succeed May. He's only been popular in the months after the 2015 election and even then he mainly was riding on the euphoria after the unexpected election victory. But he was a liability in 2010 (even before the austerity lol), he was a liability for the remain campaign, he was a terribly unpopular Chancellor (he always was much less popular than Cameron, I'm not sure whether this is common in British politics though) and a lot of his views are out of touch with the Tory grassroots. I don't say every single Tory member is a clone of Jacob Rees-Mogg but they're definitely not going to vote for Osborne.

And I say this as an Osborne fanboy (I agree with basically everything he's ever said lol, including the brutal takedowns of May).

[mvd10]

Gavin Williamson's promotion got a lot of criticism, but he's very young (41) and he already has a very important position (Defence Secretary). Perhaps he could be the next leader?