BBC: Boris Johnson has clear lead for Tory Leadership

[brooklynite]

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[Eyeball_Kid]

1. Boris is nearly the worst choice. He'd come in second to Beelzebub. n/t

[comradebillyboy]

3. There's not going to be a general election any time soon.

The Tories control Parliament and Tory MPs will select the new prime minister in the near future.

[brooklynite]

4. Labour plans to call for an immediate Confidence Motion when the new PM is named

If Johnson is sufficiently unpopular -- or the remain Tories are sufficiently disloyal -- they might lose and go to an election.

FWIW -- DUP won't support someone who's a pro-Hard Brexit leader.

[comradebillyboy]

5. Labour has been awfylly inept. Do you think Corbyn

has what it takes for Labour to oust the Tories? Labour opposition to Brexit has been pretty mild IMHO. Personally I don't see much to be optimistic about.

But hey I am thousands of miles away from the action and far from an expert in British politics.

[brooklynite]

6. Absolutely not, but they may be able to force an election.

[comradebillyboy]

7. I feel bad about what the UK is doing to itself.

[Johonny]

2. Boris Johnson's job is to fail. His job is to be the face of the disaster he helped create

In some ways, I see it as a perfectly good outcome.