STARTING GUN: Tory leadership starts today.

A seriously talented pool has been assembled but who will you vote for out of this lot.

Assuming you're a party member of course.

It's pointless voting, Boris will win by a landslide due to his announcement to reduce tax for high wage earners.

For once I will side with xmiles on this one.

Boris is the logical choice. The others are dreadful from what I've seen so far.

Who voted for McVey?

Not a bad list, if you're planning the most incompetent bank heist in history.

@Natasha Whittam wrote:It's pointless voting, Boris will win by a landslide due to his announcement to reduce tax for high wage earners.

For once I will side with xmiles on this one.

Anybody thinking of voting for Boris needs to remember that not only is he a serial liar and cheat but he wastes money in a way only exceeded by Grayling. The garden bridge over the Thames was supposed to cost the public nothing but the actual bill is just under £59m. Other examples include the ludicrous cable car across the Thames (£24m) and the three unusable water cannons (£300,000).

Boris pledging to lower income tax for the wealthy is the most unsurprising and most Tory like pledge ever. The man has no clue about the likes of you and me.

That list is like being given a choice of which body part you can have hacked off, none very appetising but if i had to choose one it would be Sajid Javid if only to see meltdown from the likes of Tommeh two names because we would have a Muslim PM.

@Norpig wrote:Boris pledging to lower income tax for the wealthy is the most unsurprising and most Tory like pledge ever. The man has no clue about the likes of you and me.

That list is like being given a choice of which body part you can have hacked off, none very appetising but if i had to choose one it would be Sajid Javid if only to see meltdown from the likes of Tommeh two names because we would have a Muslim PM.

You have to be kidding Norpig! Javid wants to abolish the top rate of income tax!

Didn't know that xmiles, back to the drawing board then 

He did seem quite sensible compared to the rest as well. In that case Rory Stewart, no one knows him and he has no chance but he seems like a decent chap, think Tim Nice but Dim from Harry Enfield.

I don't think Javid is a Muslim.

@Hipster_Nebula wrote:I don't think Javid is a Muslim.

In 2010 he said: My own family's heritage is Muslim. Myself and my four brothers were brought up to believe in God, but I do not practise any religion. My wife is a practising Christian and the only religion practised in my house is Christianity.

@karlypants wrote:Who voted for McVey?

Yeah KP but you'd give it one right?

GOVE and his pathetic admission of having taken coke had killed his chances. 

What a loser.

Boris a logical choice hahaha

@Hipster_Nebula wrote:GOVE and his pathetic admission of having taken coke had killed his chances. 

What a loser.

Let's not forget that Boris Johnson admitted to taking cocaine while a journalist in the 90s. How does that make him the logical choice and yet Gove pathetic.

Double standards?

WHY only eight contenders on the list?   

Hunt is second favourite and not listed above, plus two rabbits.

@finlaymcdanger wrote:Let's not forget that Boris Johnson admitted to taking cocaine while a journalist in the 90s. How does that make him the logical choice and yet Gove pathetic.

Double standards?

The closer to Donald the more he's going to like them.

@Cajunboy wrote:WHY only eight contenders on the list?   

Hunt is second favourite and not listed above, plus two rabbits.

Cleverly and Malthouse have already pulled out.

Hipster must either have some dirt on Hunt to know he won't win or left him off to see if anyone would notice (I didn't!).

I wouldn't vote for any of them myself - I don't particularly want to exit the EU and I don't believe any of them supports that position.


I've added Hunt to the list now btw.

The list is still incomplete as Mark Harper is not on it. Probably not worth updating as he is most likely to be eliminated in the first round anyway.

Oops sorry I did forget hunt. 

Sneering remainer Sam Giymah has already pulled out.

What an almighty mess British politics is in. I dread to think where we’ll be in 5 years

@okocha wrote:MPs voted for a man guilty of serial adultery, lying, failing to reveal property details to Parliament, excessive expenses' claims, homophobia, racism, being involved in a GBH attempt, wasting public money, saying openly: 'Fxxk business' , endangering the lives of British citizens abroad by comments as Foreign Secretary etc. He is a man who has no moral foundation to his private or public life.

An accurate description of one of the most despicable people in politics today and yet much loved by brexiteers - which tells you all you need to know about the kind of people that want brexit.

Deary me. more thinly veiled personal insults.

Pick literally any MP that backs remain. Look at their appalling history of lies and incompetence. Oh that must mean everyone who voted remain is the same.

This topic really has ruined political debate in this country.

@Hipster_Nebula wrote:Deary me. more thinly veiled personal insults.

Pick literally any MP that backs remain. Look at their appalling history of lies and incompetence. Oh that must mean everyone who voted remain is the same.

This topic really has ruined political debate in this country.

So name one remain MP with a crime sheet as long as Boris'.

Great article about Boris by Max Hastings former editor of The Daily Telegraph in The Guardian dated 10 October 2012. The highlights include:

Boris is a gold medal egomaniac. I would not trust him with my wife nor – from painful experience – my wallet.

He is also a far more ruthless, and frankly nastier, figure than the public appreciates.

I would not take Boris's word about whether it is Monday or Tuesday.

He is bereft of judgment, loyalty and discretion.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjo19bbkOniAhVdQhUIHSE0C3sQFjAAegQICRAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fcommentisfree%2F2012%2Foct%2F10%2Fboris-johnson-unfit-to-be-prime-minister&usg=AOvVaw1pjrHabE9--26jLUaI8c4H

@xmiles wrote:

@Hipster_Nebula wrote:Deary me. more thinly veiled personal insults.

Pick literally any MP that backs remain. Look at their appalling history of lies and incompetence. Oh that must mean everyone who voted remain is the same.

This topic really has ruined political debate in this country.

So name one remain MP with a crime sheet as long as Boris'.

Fiona Onasanya

@Hipster_Nebula wrote:

@xmiles wrote:

@Hipster_Nebula wrote:Deary me. more thinly veiled personal insults.

Pick literally any MP that backs remain. Look at their appalling history of lies and incompetence. Oh that must mean everyone who voted remain is the same.

This topic really has ruined political debate in this country.

So name one remain MP with a crime sheet as long as Boris'.

Fiona Onasanya

 Love it.