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Denzil_DC

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6. "Denzil may possibly be preoccupied with the idea of Ruth Davidson as Tory leader"

Reply to T_i_B (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 08:05 AM

Oct 2017

Last edited Fri Oct 13, 2017, 04:31 PM - Edit history (1)

Not preoccupied so much, but bemused at how high her rankings are whenever her name's allowed in one of these intra-party UK-wide polls, on the basis of a very slim résumé.

She may have jockeyed the Tories into some seats in Scotland on the back of blatant unionism, but there's less scope for that tactic in the rest of the country. File her as another yappy current media-darling clown in a party of clowns.

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Labour pull clear of Tories as new poll shows voters prefer Corbyn over May as PM [View all] Ken Burch Oct 2017 OP

Here: Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #1

Thanks. Don't know why I wasn't able to do that. Ken Burch Oct 2017 #2

No problem. The Independent site's coding's always been odd. Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #3

Indeed. Ken Burch Oct 2017 #4

You've just hit the nail on the head there! T_i_B Oct 2017 #5

"Denzil may possibly be preoccupied with the idea of Ruth Davidson as Tory leader" Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #6

She cannot be the saviour of saner Tories.... T_i_B Oct 2017 #7

Well, of course, I agree! Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #8

I disagree about the "non-southern English/RP accent" bit as it happens! T_i_B Oct 2017 #9

I look forward to my hypothesis being disproven. Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #10

Heh. Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #11

There's also the "rhyming slang" issue with Jeremy Hunt. Ken Burch Oct 2017 #12

"there's the fact that most English Tories simply haven't heard of her" Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #13

I would say she's the 2nd most prominent Scottish politician... T_i_B Oct 2017 #17

Probably a fair assessment. She's been on "Have I Got News for You" and everything. Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #18

I wasn't speaking of her qualifications-just familiarity. Ken Burch Oct 2017 #19

I didn't say anything about Davidson's "qualifications", I was directly addressing familiarity Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #20

I stand corrected then. Ken Burch Oct 2017 #21

Nowadays, they have LeftishBrit Oct 2017 #15

Fair enough. Ken Burch Oct 2017 #22

Anyway, we sidetracked on to Davidson etc. because Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #16

Exactly LeftishBrit Oct 2017 #14

Ruth Davidson The King of Prussia Oct 2017 #23

Speaking as somebody with an openly gay Tory for an MP.... T_i_B Oct 2017 #24