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Who will be the UK's next PM?

Poll ended at Thu Jul 25, 2019 12:01 pm

Michael Gove
4
11%
Jeremy Hunt
3
8%
Sajid Javid
0
No votes
Boris Johnson
19
50%
Andrea Leadsom
2
5%
Esther McVey
0
No votes
Penny Mordaunt
2
5%
Dominic Raab
7
18%
Amber Rudd
1
3%
Liz Truss
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 38

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Poll - who will be the UK's next PM?

#1 Post by Capetonian » Fri May 24, 2019 1:46 pm

How do I create a poll?

I don't see the option anywhere although I'm sure it's come up in the past.

This is probably one for Alison to answer, please!

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#2 Post by ian16th » Fri May 24, 2019 2:05 pm

Capetonian wrote:
Fri May 24, 2019 1:46 pm
How do I create a poll?

I don't see the option anywhere although I'm sure it's come up in the past.

This is probably one for Alison to answer, please!
How do I create a poll?
When posting a new topic or editing the first post of a topic, click the “Poll creation” tab below the main posting form; if you cannot see this, you do not have appropriate permissions to create polls. Enter a title and at least two options in the appropriate fields, making sure each option is on a separate line in the textarea. You can also set the number of options users may select during voting under “Options per user”, a time limit in days for the poll (0 for infinite duration) and lastly the option to allow users to amend their votes.
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#3 Post by Capetonian » Fri May 24, 2019 2:17 pm

Thanks Ian, as I don't see the option I appear not to have permission, so maybe when daylight returns to the Antipodes, Alison will grant me that favour!

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#4 Post by Pontius Navigator » Fri May 24, 2019 2:22 pm

Cape, looks like Alison has reserved that option. A poll could be quite complex as we would not be voting for a closed option. Better to have a list of candidates and then we could pick one. If you were to let Alison have a little list :)

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#5 Post by AtomKraft » Fri May 24, 2019 2:23 pm

It's going to be Boris.

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#6 Post by Capetonian » Fri May 24, 2019 3:01 pm

Here's my list (alphabetical by surname)

Michael Gove
Matt Hancock
Jeremy Hunt
Sajid Javid
Boris Johnson
Andrea Leadsom
Esther McVey
Penny Mordaunt
Dominic Raab
Amber Rudd
Liz Truss

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#7 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Fri May 24, 2019 3:02 pm

Boris

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#8 Post by 4mastacker » Fri May 24, 2019 3:03 pm

As long as it's not Corbyn, McDonnel, Abbott, Thornberry or any other of those who sit on the Opposition benches. Mind you, there's not much choice on the Government's side either. Perhaps it's a job for the head cleaner at the Commons.
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#9 Post by om15 » Fri May 24, 2019 3:11 pm

Penny Mordaunt seems to have avoided disgracing herself so far, I think that they need an intellectual deep thinker who will approach this problem with reason and foresight, but instead they may well go for Boris because they think he will pull the Party together, if they do he will let them down.

Rory Stewart looks rather strange but speaks common sense, who knows, if they go for charisma over IQ then we are stuffed.

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#10 Post by Capetonian » Fri May 24, 2019 3:12 pm

We know that until there's an election the awful prospect of any of the above listed scum as per 4mastacker is not an option.
Thankfully.
If the new PM delivers Brexit it may stave off the appalling prospect of a Labour government.

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#11 Post by om15 » Fri May 24, 2019 3:39 pm

Capes, I just have a feeling that we are in an acute state of insecurity at the moment, anything could happen over the next few months.
Did anybody think that we would get into the mess that we are currently experiencing? the norms seem to be out of the window at the moment, did you imagine that Corbyn would still be here after May had gone?

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#12 Post by llondel » Fri May 24, 2019 3:41 pm

You missed Larry the cat. He'd be a front runner.

If Boris doesn't bottle it then it'll probably be him. I think Gove would turn out to be a fairly strong PM - you might not like what he does but he'll have thought it through and will do it, a bit like Maggie before she went off the rails.

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#13 Post by OFSO » Fri May 24, 2019 4:07 pm

In suggesting appointing a cat as Prime Minister I would draw your attention to Mark Twain's novel "A Connecticut Yankee at the Court of King Arthur" and his suggestion therein of appointing a family of cats as the English Royal Family....at least a cat would be an attractive PM.

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#14 Post by AtomKraft » Fri May 24, 2019 4:44 pm

And another thing.

I think we've had enough of girls doing the job, for a while.

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#15 Post by Pontius Navigator » Fri May 24, 2019 4:53 pm

llondel wrote:
Fri May 24, 2019 3:41 pm
. I think Gove would turn out to be a fairly strong PM - you might not like what he does but he'll have thought it through and will do it
Mrs PN thinks is Sarah Vine is the power behind the mouth.

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#16 Post by 4mastacker » Fri May 24, 2019 6:40 pm

When a country is wracked in internal turmoil isn't the usual form to go and attack another country and start a war to "unify" the population and take their minds off the political mess?

OK folks, place your bets, who should the UK have a go at?
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#17 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Fri May 24, 2019 6:44 pm

Given the state of the armed forces, including a single aircraft carrier with no skipper or aeroplanes, I would suggest Redonda.

Or, if a 'proper' country is insisted upon, then Belgium would seem appropriate.

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#18 Post by G-CPTN » Fri May 24, 2019 8:04 pm

Couldn't we appoint a Pole?
They seem capable of doing most jobs in the UK.

OTOH, what about Anne Widdecombe?

She is, apparently, a Privy Councillor

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#19 Post by compo » Fri May 24, 2019 8:08 pm

Go with Gav! Restart the opium wars

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#20 Post by Pontius Navigator » Fri May 24, 2019 8:18 pm

G-CPTN wrote:
Fri May 24, 2019 8:04 pm
Couldn't we appoint a Pole?
They seem capable of doing most jobs in the UK.

OTOH, what about Anne Widdecombe?

She is, apparently, a Privy Councillor
Probably be an MEP.

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