Bibliogryphon

Shapps has pulled out and is backing Sunak

For those that have Twitter accounts @peoples_pop is running a world Cup style series of polls on songs about death & dying.

Yeah has been banned from every Comic-con and e-sports event in the country....

I have just used the search function on the Daily Mirror website to find out who my local Conservative MP is supporting of the declared candidates and it is not good news he is supporting Suella Braverman who is currently close to the bottom of my list of preferences

This picture was posted on a TV fan site on facebook of her travelling first class Does not yet look ripe for inclusion here

May got in because when it got down to the final two Andrea Leadsom realised she was so far out of her depth she withdrew meaning that the 'rank and file' Tory membership did not get a say (which didn't help when it came to defending her). Whether the Tory faithful would have given the reigns of power to a raving lunatic when the other option was someone who had managed to survive 6 years as home secretary and was seen as a safe pair of hands (albeit not a very brexity pair). In the ballot of MPs May scored over 50% in the first round and 60% in the second. If Gove had edged Leadsom for second place it might have been very different

My wife frequently jokes that my family are hewn from stone as we seem to have greater longevity compared to her side of the family I am currently in my early 50s I am teetotal (lifelong) and vegetarian (26 years) which I think are both things that would potential improve my potential lifespan but I was diagnosed as prediabetic last year and so have had to make several adjustments to my diet to hopefully overcome that. Though no longer working in an office where the vending machine dispenses hot chocolate for 35p per cup will also probably help.

Considering all the awful press about the various candidate flying about at the moment is it actually possible that Tom Tugendhat is actually Jim Hacker and becomes PM because everyone else it too awful

Duke of Kent not at the final as far as I can see.

This list has been circulating on Twitter but not entirely sure of the veracity of it. Alleged that it is a secret whips list from 2019 but I am not sure they would ever have it in this format so it might be extrapolated from other sources

I meant 2024. Sorry

I did wonder whether he was keeping his powder dry for a big job elsewhere (how long as Stoltenberg got to go at NATO) or he is looking towards the Conservative defeat in 2023 and thinks that would be his time

Doing well

Benedict XVI

To be honest what myself, YW or TQR want will probably play little part in the decision making process but if they pick someone bat shit crazy it makes Starmer's job much easier as his Tory lite act can continue to work. Someone like Tugendhat will move his tanks onto Starmers lawn which means he might have to start working harder to keep the votes on the left of the party that might end up going to the Greens or even LDs if Europe is most important to them

#GoNads!

Unfortunately the MP's voting round is when I am on holiday so it will be interesting to see what happens. Sir Charles Walker has already said he hopes some of the without a chance brigade think again to streamline the process

At the moment I am saying Wallace. However many names on that list won't even make the first MPs ballot. So I will give a more reasoned commentary when the nominations close

After 25 hits and just over halfway through the competition here are the standings MariNisa - 6 Yvonne - 3 Bibliogryphon - 3 Hell - 3 Chilean Way - 3 Arghton - 2 Grimgrass - 2 Death Impends - 1 Lady Fiona - 1 Doorslammer - 1

Congrats @Grimgrass 1922 Rachel Robinson/John B Goodenough 1923 Gloria Whelan/ Ned Rorem 1924 Priscilla Pointer/Sheldon Harnick 1925 Ysanne Churchman/Pete Murray 1926 Georgia Holt/Timothy Dudley-Smith 1927 Leontyne Price/Kenneth Anger 1928 Queen Ratna of Nepal/Jean Marie Le Pen  1929 Imelda Marcos/John Woodvine 1930 Edna O'Brien/Bill Treacher 1931 Leslie Caron/Ken Bates

Larry Storch brings me up to 11 (QO dependent)

I am not starting the new round until there is a QO I am fairly certain this is correct but I am waiting for confirmation @Grimgrass

Not seen anything that looks like a QO yet

Larry Storch is a hit here for @ajlposh lots of people off the starting blocks now

I think the prospect of either Ben Wallace or Tom Tugendhat facing Kier Starmer at PMQs would hopefully bring the level of debate up to a much higher level. I worry that the influx of UKIP types into the Conservative party means that we don't get that when the choice comes down to just two