Aaron
Monday 17th October 2022 10:20pm
Royal Berkshire
69,927 posts
Quote: lofthouse @ 17th October 2022, 6:02 PM
When Blair handed the keys to number 10 to Gordon Brown - the tories were in absolute uproar
HE WASNT TO ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE!!!!
Yet Boris goes and we have all this bollocks??
Hypocrisy on a humongous scale
And I'm sure Labour did it when Major replaced Thatcher.
Every party embarks on it when it's not them. It's total nonsense with no basis in how our democracy actually works, and everybody knows that. But it's part of the game as they seek to make political capital. It really should be totally ignored.
Quote: Firkin @ 17th October 2022, 7:47 PM
What were the reasons?
Different groups had different reasons. Some saw it as a chance to get Boris back on a ballot to members. Some saw it as the quickest route to a general election, loss, and mass reset of policy and direction. Some saw it as an ideological game to boost or hinder one or other wing of the party. There were probably a good dozen more.