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Post by johnloony on Jul 8, 2024 23:01:01 GMT
FWIW I think Rishi Sunak will stay as MP for Richmond & Northallerton for the whole parliament. he has basically said he will. Nor will the Conservative Party want a by-election here, even if it is one that they ought to be able to win. I remember at the time of the leadership election in 2022, there was an endorsement video for Rishi Sunak by William Hague, saying that Sunak was good at getting to know all sorts of different people and getting involved in things, e.g. going to farms around his constituency milking cows and whatever, rather than just going through the motions and pretending. That’s what makes me think that he will stick with it and do a reasonably good job of being a backbench MP, even though he was a rubbish PM.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2024 1:25:53 GMT
FWIW I th8nk Rishi Sunak will stay as MP for Richmond & Northallerton for the whole parliament. he has basically said he will. Nor will the Conservative Party want a by-election here, even if it is one that they ought to be able to win. Well given that in 1989 the Tories only survived due to split opposition, I don't fancy their chances of holding Richmond (Yorks.) just now. Cf. Skipton & Ripon FWIW.
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Post by Andrew_S on Jul 9, 2024 14:06:56 GMT
I think he (Rishi Sunak) may stand down as an MP shortly after the Tory conference.
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Post by greatkingrat on Jul 9, 2024 14:14:20 GMT
Well as far as Hackney South and Stoke Newington is concerned, I just hope that Abbott proves wrong those who wanted her to stand aside on health grounds. She just spoke now to congratulate the Speaker but she doesn't look at all well.
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Post by southernliberal on Jul 9, 2024 17:05:54 GMT
Shall we create a brand new thread for the new parliament?
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Jul 9, 2024 17:10:30 GMT
Only if we vow not to report every speeding ticket and new directorship..
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Post by johnloony on Jul 9, 2024 17:38:02 GMT
Shall we create a brand new thread for the new parliament? No, because this thread has been functioning well already through five parliaments.
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Post by Crimson King on Jul 9, 2024 20:22:16 GMT
I think he (Rishi Sunak) may stand down as an MP shortly after the Tory conference. he has said in pretty unambiguous terms that he won’t
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Post by minionofmidas on Jul 9, 2024 20:51:51 GMT
I think he (Rishi Sunak) may stand down as an MP shortly after the Tory conference. he has said in pretty unambiguous terms that he won’t didn't he say the same thing about a summer election though
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Post by Wisconsin on Jul 9, 2024 21:12:11 GMT
I can’t believe Rishi Sunak would ever lie.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2024 0:54:36 GMT
I think, in all honesty, Sunak will hop it to New York or California if he gets a good job offer. I think we almost had a Tatton by-election in 2017 for similar reasons.
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Post by eastmidlandsright on Jul 11, 2024 0:01:43 GMT
he has said in pretty unambiguous terms that he won’t didn't he say the same thing about a summer election though He said that the election would likely be in the second half of this year, which it was.
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Post by The Bishop on Jul 11, 2024 12:12:28 GMT
didn't he say the same thing about a summer election though He said that the election would likely be in the second half of this year, which it was. Indeed, the same sort of "technically correct" statement as "I will still be Prime Minister on Friday (morning)" that he used at the start of last week.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2024 14:29:03 GMT
I still can't believe Sunak actually went for a July election - I know he's got some form for ambitious bets, but a part of me still expects to wake up in January 2025 to an election klaxon.
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Post by nodealbrexiteer on Jul 11, 2024 14:33:08 GMT
I still can't believe Sunak actually went for a July election - I know he's got some form for ambitious bets, but a part of me still expects to wake up in January 2025 to an election klaxon.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2024 16:30:15 GMT
I still can't believe Sunak actually went for a July election - I know he's got some form for ambitious bets, but a part of me still expects to wake up in January 2025 to an election klaxon. Sunak went from betting against the UK economy in 2008 to seemingly betting against himself in 2024. It's funny people called. Sunak the p-word - if he was that, he would know that gambling is haram.
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Post by Andrew_S on Aug 4, 2024 22:29:51 GMT
Tamworth?
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Aug 4, 2024 22:45:32 GMT
Having just searched tw*tter for Sarah Edwards I can see people calling for her to resign. She won’t btw. But could I make a request that when this thread is used people name the MP and the reason why there might be a by-election rather than just saying “Birmingham East” and leaving it there?
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Post by Andrew_S on Aug 4, 2024 23:34:28 GMT
Having just searched tw*tter for Sarah Edwards I can see people calling for her to resign. She won’t btw. But could I make a request that when this thread is used people name the MP and the reason why there might be a by-election rather than just saying “Birmingham East” and leaving it there? I thought about doing that but didn't want to post the same information twice, since I posted it in the Crime and Punishment thread. Apologies for not posting this link on here. vote-2012.proboards.com/post/1535285/thread
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Post by Harry Hayfield on Aug 6, 2024 16:09:42 GMT
Following the formal adoption of Eluned Morgan in the Welsh Senedd today we now have two former First Ministers who are now backbenchers in the respective Parliaments. Humza Yousaf MSP (SNP, Glasgow Pollok) and Vaughan Gething MS (Lab, Cardiff South and Penarth), therefore the question is "Do they resign their seats before the next election or stand down at that election?"
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