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In the words of Brenda from Bristol “you’re joking, not another one!”
No idea how much substance there is to this.
In the words of Brenda from Bristol “you’re joking, not another one!”
No idea how much substance there is to this.
Serious question here. Aside from presiding over the obvious end of a tired administration, what’s Sunak done that’s so horrific to the rank and file Tory MP that they’d submit a letter of no confidence when BoJo was seamingly allowed to get away with significantly more before they ultimately decided to hit send on the email.
Sunak likely can’t win the election, but are there people in the CPP that genuinely believe anyone could win this election right now? It’s the end of days for their time in government, and if they truly cared about the governance of the country, they’d be pushing for a GE.
These are likely people who got where they are today, not through skill or competence, but ruthless ambition and they have no loyalty to anyone but themselves (although they’ll tug the forelock to whoever could give them more power). A lot of them are going to be losing their seats in the next election so probably feel that rolling the dice on a new leader can’t hurt them at this point.
There was a good FT opinion piece by Janan Ganesh last year that argued that Sunak has a liberal ‘vibe’, and that’s what they hate him for. In other words, it doesn’t matter to the Tories that he’s one of the most right-wing prime ministers we’ve had, he was an OG Brexiter long before the referendum or before Johnson or Truss was, very socially conservative, he’s presided over a sharply illiberal shift in the immigration system, etc - because he dresses smart, sounds educated, studied abroad, worked in finance, etc, and that all gives him the ‘vibe’ of a much more liberal politician.
Whereas Truss voted Remain, used to be a Lib Dem and served in the Coalition cabinet, yet they saw her as having a conservative ‘vibe’ because she grew up in the North and came across as proudly unintellectual. And that’s why she beat him in the Tory leadership election.
For these Tories now, it’s not about what Sunak has done in government, much of which is actually profoundly conservative; it’s about who he is, since so much of his identity marks him out as someone who does not come across as tribally ‘one of them’.
This rings of conspiracy. But ah well.
Lets remember even a failed PM who got kicked out on their first election. Tends to gain power among the big corperations.
People in the party may literally just be trying to push him out because this will be their last chance to try and win leadership. With out needing to win an election.