Wednesday, 13 July 2022

Undecided If I Want Best Or Worst Option For Leader

It is fair to say there are many things in this world that are way beyond my understanding, with being a Conservative being right up there and after a few minutes reading up on the kind of magic beans those remaining are offering (lower/higher taxes, complete change/no change from the Boris Johnson era) it’s fair to say i remain none the wiser.
Not only do i still have very little idea what Conservative values are offering (or perhaps more pertinently are not offering) beyond being a potential fast road to the poorhouse for most, after trying to learn more my eyes have glazed over and my head is thumping like a speaker at one of 10 Downing Streets infamous lock-down parties so i'm going with the look them in the eyes and go with your gut method.
Problem is my gut said: 'What you looking at those idiots for, just shove a baked potato in me' but what my gut doesn't grasp is my dilemma on which of those Conservative MP's will soon be the Prime Minister and therefore have an effect on my life?
On the one hand, as a Labour voter, i wanted to see Boris hang around until the next election where he would have been as roundly spanked as Chris Pincher at the Carlton Club but the Conservatives saw through that and he has resigned so they will now elect a new leader but do i want the very worst to win or the very best?
The worst will keep the Tories are rubbish momentum and it's all hail Angela Raynor (and of course Keir Starmer) but as the election could be two years away, Great Britain will be a basket-case by then or do i want the best Tory possible who will pick us up and shake off the crud Boris dragged us through which is beneficial for us all, but could mean less chance of Angela Raynor and her boss popping their feet under the Downing Street table?  
To make it even worse, the worst of a bad bunch have already fallen by the wayside with Nadhim Zahawi and Jeremy Hunt joining Grant Schapps on the sidelines which leaves only the terminally stupid Liz Truss and now that she has had her head surgically removed from Boris Johnson's backside, Suella Braverman, as the choice for the role of 'even worse than Johnson'.
The favourite is Rishi Sunak and he would be easy prey as his pitch seems to be to roll back the tax hikes that he was responsible for bringing in while Chancellor 'to spur economic growth and productivity' and that's before we even get to the fixed-penalty notice and his family’s financial affairs.  
The worst people for Labour would be Tom Tugendhat or Penny Mordaunt who are untainted by what went on before although with no cabinet or shadow cabinet experience, Tugendhat is expected to fall sooner rather than later so it's Penny Mourdant who would be the person Labour would least like to see sitting across from them at the dispatch box in September.
What has been good is the way the Conservatives have been ripping into each other as they scramble for the votes needed to progress so that's made it worthwhile and now that a baked potato is working its way through my intestines, my stomach seems more content also as we wait and watch the Tories tear each other apart to see which of them remains standing.

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