Do not bet on a members' ballot at all, but if that delivered anyone other than whoever had topped the poll of MPs, then there would be another coup in this Parliament, this time with only one candidate. Rishi Sunak has already passed the hundred mark. But no tie? If Dr Sunak is still alive, then he needs to be straight onto Winchester to demand his money back.
No matter how many grouse moors and salmon rivers their families may own, the London media remain convinced that Kemi Badenoch's married surname is exotically African and difficult to pronounce. Nothing could make me a supporter of Scottish independence, but even I can occasionally see the other side of the argument.
It is clear from the Register of Members' Interests that Penny Mordaunt is not being paid by the Royal Naval Reserve, for which she does not currently fulfil the requirements. Tom Tugendhat was officially deployed to Afghanistan as a TA schoolie before being openly acknowledged as a spook 13 days later. When he was "helping to set up the National Security Council of Afghanistan and the government in Helmand Province," then he was classified as a civilian. He has the strong whiff of Captain Darling in Blackadder Goes Fourth. All that this election is lacking is someone who pretends to be in the RAF.
Do employees of the British Security Services ever really retire? Has a former spook ever served as a British Prime Minister?
ReplyDeleteNo. And many, many times.
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