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Maybe it is time a Tory with a less centrist attitude and a firm brexiteer took over, I give you Jacob Rees Mogg.

David Davis was most impressive on Andrew Marr this morning, we are lucky to have such an experienced and accomplished negotiator for the UK.
I return him and want a full refund. This includes the millions paid by the taxpayer for the renovation of his rich wife's mansion.
 
I return him and want a full refund. This includes the millions paid by the taxpayer for the renovation of his rich wife's mansion.


false news.

The house is the ancestral home of his mother in law, she is now just one trustee in a family trust. The house will soon be sold to and owned by the Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust.
 
Rees-Mogg. Rather tall, isn't he? Leading me to wonder what size black shirt he would have worn.

As we exit the EU we need a PM who has consistently backed Brexit, someone who is also financially and fiscally literate. I did hope to move away from the Eton image for the Tory future but if he is clearly the best man for the job then his upbringing should not be a barrier. His success in business activities would certainly be advantageous in high office.

In contrast you wouldn't trust Corbyn with a burger bar, especially if Diane Abbott was taking the money.....:emoticon-0102-bigsm
 
I'm not a fan of Abbott but I'm more concerned about Rees Mogg's ability to empathise with the majority of the population. I don't think he's able to do this.
 
I'm not a fan of Abbott but I'm more concerned about Rees Mogg's ability to empathise with the majority of the population. I don't think he's able to do this.

He obviously sounds very posh but I've been quite impressed with him on some social issues. I think he might surprise a few people, he certainly has the intelligence, ability in front of the cameras and is quick witted. Appealing to all sections would be his challenge.
 
I think he is a walking disaster for the country.. sorry to be wishy wash but the PM has to be a figurehead for the entire country not just Etonians...

Mind you as a non-Tory if he gets in it might be good news for the next election ;)

Being Etonians did Cameron, Osborne and Johnson no harm at all. I agree it would be good PR not have an Etonian if appearance is important but ability should be the most important ability. The public do not seem to have the hang ups on education that some on here do.

The next PM is likely to be amongst the 2010 intake, Rees Mogg could be an excellent Chancellor if not PM, maybe Dominic Raab if RM is seen as too toxic.
 
Being Etonians did Cameron, Osborne and Johnson no harm at all. I agree it would be good PR not have an Etonian if appearance is important but ability should be the most important ability. The public do not seem to have the hang ups on education that some on here do.

The next PM is likely to be amongst the 2010 intake, Rees Mogg could be an excellent Chancellor if not PM, maybe Dominic Raab if RM is seen as too toxic.

Another sweeping generalisation
 
Another sweeping generalisation

Are you suggesting the fact that these three high profile politicians were blighted in any way by their schooling. ? One was PM, one was Chancellor and the third was a successful mayor of London and is now the Foreign Secretary. I am certainly not aware of any public disquiet against their schooling except maybe from the Momentum brigade and the Daily Worker.
 
Are you suggesting the fact that these three high profile politicians were blighted in any way by their schooling. ? One was PM, one was Chancellor and the third was a successful mayor of London and is now the Foreign Secretary. I am certainly not aware of any public disquiet against their schooling except maybe from the Momentum brigade and the Daily Worker.
I am not a member of Momentum, nor do I read the Daily Worker, but qualify as one of the public - I do find it disquieting that only one PM. in Britain's entire history went to a state school.
 
Are you suggesting the fact that these three high profile politicians were blighted in any way by their schooling. ? One was PM, one was Chancellor and the third was a successful mayor of London and is now the Foreign Secretary. I am certainly not aware of any public disquiet against their schooling except maybe from the Momentum brigade and the Daily Worker.
It doesn't seem to have fostered any understanding of ordinary people, their lives, expectations and hopes.
 
Interesting to see that almost no one expects May to survive for long. “If there is any more of this kind of nonsense from the prime minister or the whips then the feeling against her – which is already considerable – will grow to the point where her position is unsustainable.” Unnamed Tory MP.

William Hague suggests that the high profile names will not be electable, and you should look for a 500/1 outsider. Someone with government experience, but from the moderate centre of the party. The more that the fruit cakes from the right of the party continue to spout forth, the greater the chances for a Labour government.
 
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It doesn't seem to have fostered any understanding of ordinary people, their lives, expectations and hopes.

Millions of ordinary people voted in 2010, 2015 and 2017 to ensure they were governed by a Conservative government. The socialist party alternative in each election was clearly rejected as the best option. Something is wrong with your logic, the electorate generally have a different point of view. Perhaps they have chosen competence over party dogma.
 
Millions of ordinary people voted in 2010, 2015 and 2017 to ensure they were governed by a Conservative government. The socialist party alternative in each election was clearly rejected as the best option. Something is wrong with your logic, the electorate generally have a different point of view. Perhaps they have chosen competence over party dogma.
Perhaps many of them vote in line with the misinformation fed to them by the 80% of media titles owned by tax-dodging, superrich non-doms? And the 'rejection' as you put it was obviously not 'clear' - hence the Tories' inability to gain more than hung parliaments.
 
Perhaps many of them vote in line with the misinformation fed to them by the 80% of media titles owned by tax-dodging, superrich non-doms? And the 'rejection' as you put it was obviously not 'clear' - hence the Tories' inability to gain more than hung parliaments.

So are you calling them 'stupid' or 'gullible'. ?