Next Conservative leader

Gutted they got caught....sorry is not in their vocabulary 

Excellent post 

I think it's convention. They're asked to resign and by convention they offer that via a letter. In effect they've been sacked.

Totally agree. The so called constitution of the UK is entirely not fit for purpose. The UK is and always has been a class based state and it is rigged in favour of the wealthy. If you want to know why Wales, the west and north of England are beset by poverty, it's because it suited the wealthy class to disinvest from industry and focus instead on financial services, just as at one time, it suited the capitalists of the day to employ workers in brutal conditions to their benefit. Not much has changed in the dynamic between Britain's classes except that workers gained concessions through the unions and through them, a Labour Party to represent them. Sadly, the State is still so heavily rigged that in order to gain power, Labour are forced into small-c conservativism in order to be electable. IMHO they've not achieved any real permanent change in the UK. Every Labour reform, every construct is eroded and unpicked by the Tories. We're in danger of losing the NHS now. The greatest of all the Labour govts (1945) will soon have no remaining legacy - that is how the UK operates. Anything worthwhile is washed away like castles made of sand (Beautiful Hendrix song btw). This is why, whenever I hear the British Left (speaking as a Liberal Lefty) use the word "radical", I laugh out loud. Only ever a matter of time untill the Tories get in power and bin Labour's changes.

This is a State rigged in the Tories favour. They've been in power for 90 out of the past 120 years. Wales has not once elected these b's since working men were first given the vote 170 years ago. Most people in Wales moan like hell about the Tories but when people like me say that we could be rid of them if we voted to establish a Welsh State it's all "oh we're too poor, too small, not good enough for that." Iesu Grist, Welsh people need to grow a pair.

Sorry Legend - not aimed at you. Just me ranting in frustration.

If Labour were to campaign on electoral reform - and abolishing the HoL is at least one small step to this - I do wonder just how successful this would be at present. I say this because another part of our current situation is that: 1) voting percentage rise with age and so the issues parties campaign on are therefore targeted accordingly. 2) there is a tribal nature which I will speculate also increases with age and it is pretty clear the Conservatives gain the majority of their votes from the 60+ category. 3) And then the population of the UK is aging as life expectancy increases, at a greater level for higher income groups.

There are, however, indications that current 30s/40s are not drifting right to the Conservatives. After what I have witnessed in the last 13 years it is simply impossible that I will ever vote for them. Many feel similar. This trend is newer and may mean the Conservative party is in deep trouble in 10 or 20 years time.

There is an inherent age generalisation within my post, I know (and do apologise for but we are taking majority here), but you can examine the data and things such as voting percentage and particularly Conservative vote do indeed increase with age across the UK. Take this as a quick 2019 example (plus another quid to Zahari's company):

I also put forward that the UK, current parties, political system, population distribution, class system whatever you wish to nominate, is currently unsuited to any forward-looking reform-based government.

And, if so, this is why the decline of the UK appears unsolvable in the near future. And I include a new Labour Government in that. Even with a majority, I just am not sure they will be able to get much done, nor will be elected on any pledge to get much done. We've seen Starmer back out of PR already, for example. It's perceived as too high-risk, for reasons I suggest above.

Agree first past the post should have  has had its day . Think the Uk and USA are the only major democracies left where a party can get control with a minority share of the overall vote.