Tory Leadership Contest

I suppose with all of Rory Stewart's weird behaviour last night being a shiny floor show was quite appropriate.

Here we go!

ITV is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the first head-to-head debate between the two candidates hoping to be Prime Minister. The debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt will take place on 9 July and will be hosted by Julie Etchingham. pic.twitter.com/cBNOeU3Ar2

— ITV Press Centre (@itvpresscentre) June 20, 2019

Johnson Vs Hunt. Buffoon Vs ****!

Julie Etchingham: good choice.

She's come a long way since Newsround.

She can quiz Jeremy on the success of Local tv...

I tweeted something very similar to that a short while ago . . .

What a choice for our next PM ... a ridiculous, bumbling Etonian idiot, versus a man whose name is basically rhyming slang!

— Greg Mitchell (@TheGregmeister) June 20, 2019

Jeremy Hunt has never been so popular.

Can’t believe nobody has pointed out that this tweet uses the old five colour logo. I thought this was a major point of contention on here

And then somebody usually comes along and says it's the corporate logo. The itv channel logo is the 3 part.

But they’re talking about a programme on the ITV channel using a Twitter account whose avatar is the ITV channel logo

With this not being a public election do the general rules regarding impartiality stand. Whilst I'd expect news programmes to be impartial and fair in their coverage, considering the impossible choice nature of it and the fact the vast majority of viewers don't have a vote you'd expect entertainment shows to be able to show their cards a bit. The Last Leg for example have spent the last 7 years quite rightly criticising Jeremy Hunt at every turn - but if they were to declare for a candidate right now I expect they'd back him over Boris.