Believe me I typed it out twice, yesterday n today, n then panicked n went back n deleted before my 15 minutes were up that’s why my posts have been so short n weird! I can’t do it sorry im a grandmother with heavy childcare duties my family needs me goddammit
look if I get a bit more courage I will. But honestly by sounds of it it’s all gonna be out soon anyways so
Is PM's envoy for the regions and nations an actual position? Sounds like a made-up job to me to just keep someone on theThe alleged gossip is she wasBelieve me I typed it out twice, yesterday n today, n then panicked n went back n deleted before my 15 minutes were up that’s why my posts have been so short n weird! I can’t do it sorry im a grandmother with heavy childcare duties my family needs me goddammit
look if I get a bit more courage I will. But honestly by sounds of it it’s all gonna be out soon anyways soYes, he really really liked Jenny ChapmanSue Gray has quit. Kier can’t seem to keep his close female advisers in post can he? Before he had Sue, he had Jenny Chapman. Kier really liked Jenny Chapman. But Angela Rayner and other senior Labour people didn’t. So Kier moved Jenny Chapman to the Lords. And she is now Baroness Jenny Chapman. I wonder if Kier will advocate a similar arrangement for Sue Gray as he did for Baroness Jenny Chapman. And I wonder who his next close adviser will be.
Can’t you just say 'allegedly'?Just give us the details but refer to Kier as a made up name like Poohead and you'll be OK.
Do tell in your own words what is happening, then.
If Kier resigns, does Ange automatically become PM or do they elect a new one?
Can’t you just say 'allegedly'?
If Kier resigns, does Ange automatically become PM or do they elect a new one?
It's on twitter !Can’t you just say 'allegedly'?
If the name being mentioned re the alleged other person is correct, there could be a Jeffrey Archer-style perjury situation on the cards, too.
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No they will elect a new party leader which takes 2-3 months, similar to the Conservatives process but with more union say. There's no say by the general public, only party members and some union votes.
The party leader once elected becomes Prime Minister, however I can't remember if that is automatic or if they technically go to King Charles and ask for his approval to form a new government.
The way they would most likely do it is Two Tier Free Gear will announce that he is resigning as party leader but with effect 2-3 months afterwards, thus giving time for the leadership election process, that is how it was done for Tony Blair giving way to Gordon Brown, and nobody really contested that particular leadership election so it was able to be done quite rapidly in about 6 weeks, cutting out most of the initial nomination steps. Gordon Brown was the only one that got enough nominations.
Angie would almost certainly put herself forward for the leadership election, for that reason I would expect that she would resign as deputy PM on the same day as Sir Keir so as to be fully devoted to getting elected as leader. As said above Sir Keir would likely still be in charge during the leadership election process so they would need to appoint someone else as his temporary/caretaker deputy PM to replace Angie.
Certainly no guarantees that the current deputy PM becomes permanent PM, Gordon Brown was Chancellor before he took over as PM. I would expect that Thieves and Streeting would definitely challenge Rayner for it, maybe Cooper but who knows, maybe some old guard like John McDonnell could come forward again? He's still lurking in the background.
Ah now there is no way Kier would stand down. No way. We’ve had how many prime ministers since 2016?! Feels like a dozen. That would precipitate a highly amusing situation into a proper political crisis and Kier won the election on an explicit promise to bring an end to Tory chaos and misrule. Mind you he did also explicitly run on an “honesty and integrity” ticket. So…
Clearly not but the freedom of speech is at stake.No one is going to get locked up for posting gossip on Tattle. That's paranoid at best.
I thought your sort didn’t like the Human Rights Act?Clearly not but the freedom of speech is at stake.
If people acknowledge that no one will get locked up for posting here, then why not post what you know instead of teasing it? Obfuscate names if you're that bothered.Clearly not but the freedom of speech is at stake.
There seem to be various rumours. One involves a peer who has previously sued and won on this and also doesn’t have kids I thinkI don't even understand what the rumour is supposed to be, that Starmer had an affair and has another child?