Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 2016

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RIP pigdiddler

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Leadsom vs Corbyn is like Thatcher vs Foot with both sides on steroids and no Alliance for the moderate heroes. Gonna be a mad couple of years - can't blame the Scots for scarpering.

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One small relief is that Priti Patel didn't join in the race. (Well it would be a relief in that elexting her would destroy the Tories for good in huge swathes of the country, but alas she'd zealously take everything else down with her)

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In a normal situation I'd be amused that the Tory base will almost certainly make the worst choice and pivot off the limits off electability to match us, but the fact that Leadsom will be our PM till 2020 and is probably going to immensely screw up the Article 5 nomination (including Nargle The Fargle being included in the official negotions and the serious consideration of just trading with the EU under WTO rules) is just too much.

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In a normal situation I'd be amused that the Tory base will almost certainly make the worst choice and pivot off the limits off electability to match us, but the fact that Leadsom will be our PM till 2020 and is probably going to immensely screw up the Article 5 nomination (including Nargle The Fargle being included in the official negotions and the serious consideration of just trading with the EU under WTO rules) is just too much.

Well, you know it's not just your country that's getting screwed up here, no?

I have acquaintances and friends who work in companies (foodstuffs) exporting to the UK who are worried about their jobs at the moment because of sterling plunging off a cliff.

well we've ed your country over for centuries, it's no surprise we continue to do so.

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Leadsom demanded The Times to release the full audio of the interview. Dunno why cause she actually sounded worse than it seemed on the headline.