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15. To be honest, I doubt the ERG fruitloops will beat Theresa May tonight

Wed Dec 12, 2018, 02:38 PM

Dec 2018

For the simple reason that as bad as Theresa May is as Prime Minister, none of the hardline anti-deal Tories look like they would be any better as PM.

Boris Johnson was a terrible foreign secretary and has all manner of baggage, Jacob Rees-Mogg has no ministerial experience, and is hugely extremist, not to mention ridiculous and alienating. Dominic Raab and David Davis both failed when put in charge of the project to leave the EU. And so it goes on. The alternatives to Theresa May are all even worse quite frankly.

Still, stranger things have happened than the PM losing a vote of confidence like this.

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Brexit in chaos as Tory MPs trigger vote of no confidence in May [View all] Denzil_DC Dec 2018 OP

Link to BBC nitpicker Dec 2018 #1

Backgrounder on potential candidates if May loses the vote: Denzil_DC Dec 2018 #2

"The one who didn't know we were an island 8-1" WTF? nt Javaman Dec 2018 #11

Probably the Sec of State for Exiting the EU's comments about the Dover-Calais route muriel_volestrangler Dec 2018 #12

I see Muriel's got it covered. Denzil_DC Dec 2018 #13

Link to live coverage from The Guardian nitpicker Dec 2018 #3

What are the chances it could trigger a general election? Tiggeroshii Dec 2018 #4

Probably not right away nitpicker Dec 2018 #5

More from Wikipedia nitpicker Dec 2018 #6

That depends on whether the Conservative party splits. T_i_B Dec 2018 #8

This is an internal Tory Party vote of no confidence in May. Denzil_DC Dec 2018 #10

More from The Guardian live thread nitpicker Dec 2018 #7

Been watching the debate Maxheader Dec 2018 #9

Labour's policy on leaving the EU is very similar indeed to the Tories T_i_B Dec 2018 #14

To be honest, I doubt the ERG fruitloops will beat Theresa May tonight T_i_B Dec 2018 #15