General Election called for June 8th

Michael Fallon quits as defence secretary, saying his behaviour has 'fallen short'

wish certain other secretaries would ...fat chance that mr cxxt will go

The "Westminster List" makes for interesting reading. If it's accurate then Fallon"s resignation isn't only due to touching Julia Hartley-Brewer's knee.


The other interesting thing is that the list only features Conservatives. Either there is some serious shenanigans at play or there's more to come because there's no way the other parties are whiter than white.

It just feels like damage limitation and misdirection. Especially with Thezza going "any ministers will be sacked" which might as well have said "go ahead, Boris, make my day".

Fallon (and Damian Green for that matter) don't convince as sex pests, which suggests scapegoats to me.

I feel there could be more to tome it might just be the commons though....

Christ, when I saw this thread resurrected, I thought she'd called another bloody election

It probably could still happen the way she is handling Brexit at the moment

(02-11-2017 08:17 )The Silent Majority Wrote:  Christ, when I saw this thread resurrected, I thought she'd called another bloody election

Apologies for any near heart attack scenarios.

It didn't seem worth a thread of its own, but time will tell, I guess, in terms of 'separate thread worthiness' (and elections, for that matter ).

Maybe the two ronnies were only wrong about the date give it 10 years

I have to say that given the crisis at Westminster at present I would say the chances of another election next year or before completing Brexit are likely. If Mrs May lasts to spring next year or even May next year I'll be surprised but this current crisis could hasten things towards another election pretty quickly and I don't think she has shown any real sign getting to grips with the situation despite what she has been saying I have little doubt a government vote defeat would only add pressure on her and most likely force her resignation. And the Patel meetings only show how much real power she does have.