UK political neepery

[calimac]

So it's Sunak and Truss. About what I expected.

If it were up to the MPs, or the general voters, the choice would surely be Sunak, who seems slightly less batty. But it's up to the party activists, who probably prefer Truss for the same reason. It's not looking well for the Tories. Remember when they picked IDS? And that was when they were out of office.

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[andrewducker]

The polls don't show a huge difference in their reception:
https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1549714924695437313
https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1549713161556791301

Which surprised me somewhat.

Mordaunt closed the gap by 3%, but she's now gone:
https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1549713896084328450

[calimac]

I didn't mean to imply that Sunak is Ken Clarke in this scenario. I wouldn't have called Clarke "slightly less batty" than IDS. That is to say, I don't mean that, if Truss is a disaster, Sunak wouldn't be. This is a bad deal no matter what happens. Have you read this article?

[andrewducker]

I hadn't. I'd seen the headline a few times, but not clicked through. Thank you for the suggestion.

I agree that the fundamental problem is Brexit, coupled with the ideology of the Conservatives. No Conservative will be able to successfully lead the country when they are tightly bound to Brexit. And Labour aren't willing to challenge Brexit in case it loses them the election.