Loathsome to make a statement at noon

[NickFitz]

Yes! Raised from the (political) dead like Lazarus!

Why not?

He might try to actually go ahead with Brexit, and nobody in the government or the upper echelons of the party wants that. Far too risky

[OwlHoot]

There were originally 5 candidates.

One was eliminated and one dropped out.

Then there was 3.

One was eliminated and one dropped out.

Now there is one.

Wasn't there an Agatha Christie novel with a plot like that?

The title was slightly contentious I seem to recall.

[LondonManc]

Wasn't there an Agatha Christie novel with a plot like that?

The title was slightly contentious I seem to recall.

The butler did it. HTHBIDI

[GB9]

How is it democratic to have single candidate for election??? Same tulip was in USSR.

Because the democratic process whittled it down from 5 to 1. By voting. Like in an election.

[GB9]

He might try to actually go ahead with Brexit, and nobody in the government or the upper echelons of the party wants that. Far too risky

I'm pretty sure TM has always been a Brexiter.

[GJABS]

I reckon there's a right old hatchet job coming with regards to her family property rental empire. Writing was on the wall for her.

Maybe.
But I think it was simpler than that - She is too weak, and allowed the criticisms to get to her (you need to be tough to be a prime minister).

[jamesbrown]

I'm pretty sure TM has always been a Brexiter.

TM is a vessel, like most who make it to PM. She was focused on getting there, not on boxing herself into a set of beliefs that might be misread by a particular voting faction of Tory MPs or members. She'll now need to clarify some of her beliefs, and I think many people (that don't follow politics) are going to be surprised. Many have her pegged, wrongly, as a right winger, based on some of her maneuverings as Home Secretary (which must be seen in the light of her leadership ambitions). She's a pragmatist; a vessel on the sea of public opinion which, post-referendum, is focused on class and other divides.

So any contractors hoping for a benign tax environment should probably look away now

[AtW]

Because the democratic process whittled it down from 5 to 1. By voting. Like in an election.

A few hundred people voted tactically to lock out other candidates and pick nobody who had no chance of beating the candidate they want.

That's not democracy!

Party members don't even have rejection option, total undemocratic setup.

[Hobosapien]

A few hundred people voted tactically to lock out other candidates and pick nobody who had no chance of beating the candidate they want.

That's not democracy!

Party members don't even have rejection option, total undemocratic setup.

Which is why there are suggestions there may be a general election to legitimise May as PM, if Corbyn or whoever succeeds him doesn't manage to rally the Labour voters in time. Though they (the cons) may not want that to avoid giving UKIP a free run at doing an SNP this side of the wall.

Gordon Brown did same as May, unelected PM, and that all went as good as gold didn't it.

[Hobosapien]

So any contractors hoping for a benign tax environment should probably look away now

Some years too late. Though in the land of the blind we all ride unicorns, so we're told.