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« Reply #1750 on: October 20, 2022, 06:12:23 AM »
Apparently Truss is the one who has requested the meeting.
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« Reply #1751 on: October 20, 2022, 06:15:32 AM »
Liz actively waving goodbye to ERG support:
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« Reply #1752 on: October 20, 2022, 06:21:41 AM »
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« Reply #1753 on: October 20, 2022, 06:28:51 AM »
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« Reply #1754 on: October 20, 2022, 06:37:28 AM »
From the briefings it seems that Truss aides didn't know of the meeting until Brady was seen walking in. Lines such as "measuring the temperature of the party" are being put about. Coffey, meanwhile, would probably be the top choice for caretaker PM if that scenario arises.
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« Reply #1755 on: October 20, 2022, 06:39:43 AM »
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From the briefings it seems that Truss aides didn't know of the meeting until Brady was seen walking in. Lines such as "measuring the temperature of the party" are being put about. Coffey, meanwhile, would probably be the top choice for caretaker PM if that scenario arises.
It’s wild that they’ve called Brady in to do the whole “taking the temperature of the party” stuff, given that’s the Chief Whip’s role. Speaks to just how powerless the whips are after yesterday.

Personally, I think it’s very hard to see Coffey as caretaker, given her alleged role in the MP bullying incident last night (not to mention the stream of gaffes she’s made as Health Secretary).
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« Reply #1756 on: October 20, 2022, 06:43:59 AM »
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« Reply #1757 on: October 20, 2022, 06:59:09 AM »
Jake Berry, the Chair of the party, has also entered Number Ten.
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« Reply #1758 on: October 20, 2022, 07:00:49 AM »
Quote from: Cassius on October 20, 2022, 03:12:37 AM



In honour of our new status as Wet Italy after last night’s shenanigans.

The footage of the Cabinet trooping out of No. 10 en masse the other day was so similar to that scene with the faction going to meet Andreotti at the start of the film that I actually laughed.
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« Reply #1759 on: October 20, 2022, 07:01:38 AM »
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« Reply #1760 on: October 20, 2022, 07:10:11 AM »
Police escort vehicles now idling at the Downing Street back entrance, according the pool photographer. Same vehicles that escort the PM to the Palace. Things getting very febrile.
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« Reply #1761 on: October 20, 2022, 07:12:32 AM »
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Police escort vehicles now idling at the Downing Street back entrance, according the pool photographer. Same vehicles that escort the PM to the Palace. Things getting very febrile.

The human hand grenade calls a general election?
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« Reply #1762 on: October 20, 2022, 07:13:08 AM »
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« Reply #1763 on: October 20, 2022, 07:13:55 AM »
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Police escort vehicles now idling at the Downing Street back entrance, according the pool photographer. Same vehicles that escort the PM to the Palace. Things getting very febrile.

The human hand grenade calls a general election?
I’d assume a resignation is more likely - but I’m not even sure if the King is back in London yet. Who knows in this environment though…
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« Reply #1764 on: October 20, 2022, 07:15:23 AM »
Beat me to it. It’s a bruising editorial - definitely worth a read. It appears MPs were actively lied to, regarding the confidence vote. And it ends with this:
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I made my views known to Sir Graham Brady earlier this week. The Prime Minister has shown breath-taking economic and political incompetence during her short tenure in office. It is not responsible for the party to allow her to remain in power. Not when her actions can have such detrimental consequences for our constituents.

So I add my small voice to the groundswell of others. Step aside, go, and let someone who is up to the task take on the great privilege and responsibility of leading our great country and party.
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« Reply #1765 on: October 20, 2022, 07:18:42 AM »
Statement at 13:30, or about a dozen minutes.
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« Reply #1766 on: October 20, 2022, 07:29:08 AM »
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« Reply #1767 on: October 20, 2022, 07:32:50 AM »


44 days, like Brian Clough at Leeds in 1974.
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« Reply #1768 on: October 20, 2022, 07:33:47 AM »

This will be one hell of a movie too.
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« Reply #1769 on: October 20, 2022, 07:34:42 AM »
Talk about an ending to a very thin book that nobody enjoyed reading.
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« Reply #1770 on: October 20, 2022, 07:34:55 AM »
It's official. She's resigning.

Don't forget this all started with Pippa Crerar unearthing Partygate.
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« Reply #1771 on: October 20, 2022, 07:35:18 AM »
NOTE: Truss died on the way back to her home planet
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« Reply #1772 on: October 20, 2022, 07:35:49 AM »
Leadership election to be completed within a week.
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« Reply #1773 on: October 20, 2022, 07:37:02 AM »
>be Liz Truss
>kill the Queen
>prevent Boris from giving the speech of a lifetime
>refuse to elaborate further
>leave

Godspeed BDSM necklace lady
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« Reply #1774 on: October 20, 2022, 07:39:03 AM »
I wonder if Boris Johnson will contest
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