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[Politics] Tory meltdown finally arrived [was: incoming]...



Greg Bobkin

Silver Seagull
May 22, 2012
16,076
Wasn't the Liz Truss thread good enough T&J?

The 1922 committee will have to change the rules because as it stands Truss is ok for 12 months.

That 'rule' didn't apply to "Boris" in the end...
 




A1X

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Sep 1, 2017
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Oct 8, 2003
56,257
Faversham






rippleman

Well-known member
Oct 18, 2011
4,988
Anyone think it is the right time for another Tory party leadership contest? :thumbsup:

Raises an interesting point. Clearly the old Tory toffs in the shires can't be trusted to elect a leader - and PM - who is competent and, well, sane. Are we really going to allow the same bunch of senile old duffers to elect our next PM? This madness has to stop.

Elect a new Tory leader by all means but that MUST be followed by an immediate GE.
 




Swansman

Pro-peace
May 13, 2019
22,320
Sweden
Boris back in charge before Christmas?

Surely it would be a new one instead?

Boris Johnson was the best politician in the Tory party, or they wouldn't have picked him right? But he made an oopsie so they had to go with the second best, this Truss alien. Who is the third best? Would be interesting to see the politicial decisions of someone who is considered just not quite as competent as Boris and Liz.
 












Westdene Seagull

aka Cap'n Carl Firecrotch
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Oct 27, 2003
21,530
The arse end of Hangleton
Anyone think it is the right time for another Tory party leadership contest? :thumbsup:

An interesting question - normally I'd say no BUT at the moment our choices are a. a Tory leadership contest that hopefully would return a sane PM or b. More financial fvck ups by the most incompetent government in history. As it stands I'd go fo option A.

What really needs to happen is a law passing that says if a party ousts it's leader who is the PM then a GE is automatically called.
 








Lenny Rider

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Sep 15, 2010
6,022
Simple question from a slightly cynical 50 something, whose voted for every major party BTW, is the situation being made far worse by the hourly updated shit storm in the media?


I saw Russell Brand on YouTube the other day questioning if we were actually taking ourselves into recession?
 




Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
Genuine question - would we have been better off with Sunak being PM?

I am not clued up enough to have a meaningful input, but I doubt he would have gone down the road we are currently in

Starmer does not inspire me in any way but I would be interested to see how he does as PM. he is talking the talk let's find out if he also does the walk. A GE sounds like the best solution to me.
 






Dec 29, 2011
8,205
Simple question from a slightly cynical 50 something, whose voted for every major party BTW, is the situation being made far worse by the hourly updated shit storm in the media?


I saw Russell Brand on YouTube the other day questioning if we were actually taking ourselves into recession?

No. Anyone with a good understanding of economics can corroborate what a truly dire position our economy is currently in. Russel Brand is not a person with a good understanding of economics.
 


stewart12

Well-known member
Jan 16, 2019
1,925
Simple question from a slightly cynical 50 something, whose voted for every major party BTW, is the situation being made far worse by the hourly updated shit storm in the media?


I saw Russell Brand on YouTube the other day questioning if we were actually taking ourselves into recession?

simple question with a simply answer- no

the media have to report it- I wouldn't call it a "shit storm"
 


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