You would hope so, and it strongly looks to me that's what planned, but they are hamstrung by their own rules so need to find a way to arrive at what they want without breaking them.

If Johnson is one of two to go to the membership I suspect he would be chosen whatever the indicative vote by the MPs would be. Some now see him as I have always seen him, a blustering, self serving populist, so there is some hope. However, if he is forced on the MPs I can see the Party splitting. Some have already said they would resign the whip and sit as independents, whilst others would resign their seats and force a by election.

So if it is going to be served up to the membership to make the final choice I expect that choice to be Sunak and Mordaunt, with Johnson either not getting 100 backers or elbowed out after the first round. Maybe there will be agreement between Sunak and Mordaunt that who-ever gets the least votes will stand down, so involving the winds of chance implicit in a membership vote can be avoided.

In short I don't think Johnson is coming back.

We are laughed at now. Bringing him back would create ridicule and likely end the Tories.

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I've never heard you even mention the damage to working families your lot have done.

Does it honestly make any difference who is in charge anymore? We have this situation because a British Prime Minister wanted to just cut income tax. That is it. And was simply not allowed to.

Why do we even have the office?

I appreciate that those of you who support Labour are cheering this on and as somebody who holds no candle for the Conservative Party anymore it is all amusing but the real question we should all be asking ourselves is what do we actually vote for if a British Prime Minister is effectively crippled by people who were never voted for?

That is the real issue and one that has all kinds of long-term implications.

For those of you on the Left then I would really appreciate a genuine response because ultimately if they won't let a Tory Prime Minister fulfil what they were elected on, what chance does a genuine Left-wing candidate stand?

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

At a General Election the electorate have a role as to who governs them.

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Can you explain why so many will not accept Brexit that the electorate voted for?

Personally I think the Tories are toast and only have themselves to blame. The MPs who tried to manipulate Sunak into Number10, which obviously backfired big time, need sacking.
Maybe Starmer will start coming out with some policies for us to muse over before the GE he craves

Then you might like to answer my questions.

After all that's happened are you now feeling contrite?

Then you could tell us whether you still think it's appropriate for Tory Party members to be involved in choosing our PM if the need arises between GEs?

As I forecasted all of these consequences before Truss was even confirmed as leader, and argued that this system needed to be abolished, have you got the humility to now admit I was right?

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