UK Politics Thread part II

[Skybird]

Party before country.

Elections should happen, but will not happen, the Tories would get sunk, too many precious and lucrative mandates and careers are at stake. So: no elections. Mandate and career, power and party go before country, economy, the common good.


Its all a carricature of how it once was meant to be.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

115k per year pension but I'm not sure if her stint in office was long enough for her to qualify.

[Jimbuna]

There's currently a political discussion going on downstairs on my tv and there is initial speculation that Boris will indeed put himself forward

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

There's currently a political discussion going on downstairs on my tv and there is initial speculation that Boris will indeed put himself forward

I'll double that

[Subnuts]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

There's currently a political discussion going on downstairs on my tv and there is initial speculation that Boris will indeed put himself forward

Wouldn't that be like reinstating CastleBravo and Kraut as forum moderators at this point?

[Moonlight]

Rishi Sunak should get the job this time, although he isn't my choice, or even the ideal choice, at least he knows something about economics which is needed urgently. Unlike the other muppets I think he'd be prepared to implement some drastic cuts up and down the country for the benefit of the country.
Unless he bottles it at the last minute.

[mapuc]

My son has lived through four chancellors, three home secretaries, two prime ministers and two monarchs.

He's four months old.

https://twitter.com/Alan_McGuinness/...80559989739522

Markus

[Jimbuna]

We should all know who the new PM is by next Friday and I fear it may well turn out to be Boris.

[Jimbuna]

Tory leadership race: Who could replace Liz Truss as prime minister?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63332047

[Moonlight]

^Bozo Johnson, Again!, the most unlikeliest candidate amongst the probable front runners to try for PM again, they've just got rid of the corrupt pillock, why would they want him back again?.
I'll stick my neck out and say it again, if these stupid Tory MPs try to elect anyone else they'd be shooting themselves in the head. Sunak should get the job without any opposition, he's as shifty and dodgy as a snake but that bite he should deliver to the country, if it is spread about evenly will calm the nerves of the bankers. The Tories can't keep on the way they're going, they're showing signs already that they're unelectable and another leadership contest will come back and bite them in the butt.

How I see it if they elect anyone else but Sunak, you will see the rise of the LibDems once again with Labour probably winning a lot of their Red Wall seats back as well, a possible 70 to 130 seats could be lost by the Tories in the biggest political bloodbath they've ever been involved in, that's what this contest is about, the Rise or Fall of the Tory Party.

[Skybird]

CNN writes: "Liz Truss quit her post as Britain’s prime minister just 45 days into the job, but she will be able to claim expenses of up to £115,000 ($129,000) a year for the rest of her life."

Hey Britons, what must I say or do that you make me your prime minister for 6 weeks? I have a deep sympathy for Britain, speak English without the much-feared coarse German accent and can promise you to be as entertaining with daily typo-enriched tweets while being more funny than Johnson, and I am confident that I can manage in these just 6 short weeks that I must smash even less porcellaine as the previous four PM's have smashed within just one week inclusive weekend party. For just 115 thousand coins per year, you get all this from me, and everything in it is an improvement over what you have gotten in the past five years. Doesn't that sound like a steal for you? Skybird for PM!

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Skybird

CNN writes: "Liz Truss quit her post as Britain’s prime minister just 45 days into the job, but she will be able to claim expenses of up to £115,000 ($129,000) a year for the rest of her life."

Hey Britons, what must I say or do that you make me your prime minister for 6 weeks? Skybird for PM!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_...United_Kingdom

Markus

[mapuc]

In a comment on a friends wall about UK citizens want Boris J. Back as Prime Minister I thought I will make a search for it

The firs one-Was behind registration wall-Sadly cause it fit my search parameter "does the British people want Boris Johnson back"
Here is the first link google gave me

Does Britain want Boris Johnson back? No. The promises he made remain attractive, but the personality has run out of road

https://sotn.newstatesman.com/2022/1...s-johnson-back

So I continued and found this.

And there’s at least a chance that the new tenant of No. 10 Downing Street could be the same as the old one. While Johnson has not yet formally thrown his hat in the ring, his backers and some right-leaning newspapers say his return would be in the “national interest” — a prospect that immediately generated intense reactions.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...-run-again-pm/

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Definitely time for a general election I reckon.

[Jimbuna]

Penny Mordaunt has become the first Conservative MP to say they will run to replace Liz Truss as prime minister.

The Commons leader said she was standing to "unite our country" and win the next general election.

Rishi Sunak is yet to confirm he is standing, but he has already amassed 83 of the 100 endorsements from MPs he would need to take part.

Boris Johnson has not ruled out a comeback, months after being forced out of No 10 after a Tory revolt.

The former prime minister - who is currently out of the country - has 43 MPs backing him. Ms Mordaunt currently trails both Mr Johnson and Mr Sunak, with only 21 public supporters.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63348370