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    Bye bye IDS?

    BBC NEWS | UK | Politics | Duncan Smith faces leadership vote
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3221105.stm
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    Duncan Smith faces leadership vote


    Iain Duncan Smith says he will fight a vote of confidence in his leadership of the Conservative Party.

    The poll comes after the Tory leader challenged plotters to get in line or submit the 25 names they needed to trigger a vote of confidence.

    It was shortly after lunchtime on Tuesday that it became apparent the necessary number of letters calling for a confidence vote had been sent to the chairman of the 1922 committee, Sir Michael Spicer.

    Mr Duncan Smith then appeared on the steps of Conservative Central Office, with wife Betsy, to welcome the chance to end weeks of speculation about his future as Tory leader.

    He called on Tory MPs to back him in the vote - to take place on Wednesday - rather than plunge the party into a "fractious leadership election" which could last for months.




    The result is announced at 7pm tomorrow. His chances are said to be slim. The most common word to be used by MPs to describe his impending loss is 'humiliating'.



    Thanks Torys, I needed that. What are you playing at? At least pretend to put up a fight against the coming tide of Lib Dems.

    Farewell IDS, youve always made us laugh.
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    My God, Blair must be creaming himself over what the Tories are doing. His backbenchers are putting up more of a fight against the Government than the Opposition is.
    Exult in your existence, because that very process has blundered unwittingly on its own negation. Only a small, local negation, to be sure: only one species, and only a minority of that species; but there lies hope. [...] Stand tall, Bipedal Ape. The shark may outswim you, the cheetah outrun you, the swift outfly you, the capuchin outclimb you, the elephant outpower you, the redwood outlast you. But you have the biggest gifts of all: the gift of understanding the ruthlessly cruel process that gave us all existence [and the] gift of revulsion against its implications.
    -Richard Dawkins

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    • #3
      The Tories are in the same position as Liverpool FC, ie. who else is avaliable that could do the job better?

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      • #4
        What I can never understand is how they voted him in in the first place - he is a pale imitation of that other famous slap-head, Hague...

        It amazes me in this country that when we have real ****ers for PMs, the main opposition party leaders are even bigger tossers!

        e.g. Thatch-B*tch & Michael Foot
        Is it me, or is MOBIUS a horrible person?

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        • #5
          Bye-Bye Baldie.
          One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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          • #6
            Ah, but Hague was so chubby. Didnt you just wanna reach and grab his liddle widdle cheek?

            The torys implemented a new voting system whereby the party membership vote for the leader, and thats how IDS got in. I find it unsuprising that the MPs have done everything they can to **** this system up the arse so they can hold onto the power.
            Safer worlds through superior firepower

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            • #7
              They must have known he was the wrong man..
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              • #8
                Originally posted by Snotty
                Ah, but Hague was so chubby. Didnt you just wanna reach and grab his liddle widdle cheek?
                Erm...no

                Well who are the Tories going to replace him with? They seem to have an uncharismatic bunch. The only one that would probably have any kind of public appeal would be Kenneth Clark, but he wouldn't be a popular choice internally. So they are screwed. No sad loss really It's not that I am a particular fan of Labour, but I just don't like what the Tories stand far: conservatism and upper/middle class privelege.
                Speaking of Erith:

                "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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                • #9
                  I would possibly be interested if the tories became a socialy liberal fiscaly conservative, midly eurosceptic party. However they appear to be only 1 of those things so I am not sure there is a party for me.
                  Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
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                  • #10
                    The coming tide of Lib Dems? Well thats certainly right in that every General Election they end up a washed-up party.

                    As for IDS - good riddance. The latest in a long line of rubbish.
                    It is better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt

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                    • #11
                      People keep ringing me up and asking questions. I've got Minster FM coming to interview me in an hour... it's surreal.
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                      • #12
                        They want someone who is in touch...christ knows why they are asking you
                        Speaking of Erith:

                        "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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                        • #13
                          Conservatives should drop Iain Smith, then go to Zimbawbe and drag out the real article - Ian Smith. Now there's a dynamic, experienced leader for you, especially on race relations issues. He'd probably go over better than Iain Duncan Smith, too. Victory is assured!
                          "Spirit merges with matter to sanctify the universe. Matter transcends to return to spirit. The interchangeability of matter and spirit means the starlit magic of the outermost life of our universe becomes the soul-light magic of the innermost life of our self." - Dennis Kucinich, candidate for the U. S. presidency
                          "That’s the future of the Democratic Party: providing Republicans with a number of cute (but not that bright) comfort women." - Adam Yoshida, Canada's gift to the world

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                          • #14
                            Bye bye IDS?

                            I certainly hope not... it's the best place to eat around here
                            This space is empty... or is it?

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by *End Is Forever*
                              People keep ringing me up and asking questions. I've got Minster FM coming to interview me in an hour... it's surreal.
                              The weird spelling of "Ian" is baffling them. They think you and IDS are the same person.
                              If I'm posting here then Counterglow must be down.

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