It's all falling apart alarmingly fast for Boris Johnson across the water. How long you reckon he has left as British Prime Minister? Hours surely?
How many parties are they talking about now? I've lost count.
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Not if he wants to continue the gravy train that is the monarchy.
I remember an early episode of The Crown which suggested Queen Lizzie was getting ready to chuck out Churchill over a smog crisis in the capital. Just a drama of course but is there any truth that the crown had that power and could King Charlie step in and take Truss out?
The fact that one of those times he also got fewer votes than a dolphin is also worth mentioning and emphasising.
Scapegoat. It was either him or her. A head had to roll and none of these careerists believe in service or sacrifice so she made the obvious call.
She needs to be ousted and replaced by someone fit for the job. It won't stop them losing the next election but it should reduce the gap in the polls as Tory voters come home.
Failed 7 times. Worth mentioning and emphasising IMO.
I don't think the twisted self-serving words from a professional troll who couldn't manage to get elected to WM are worthy of quoting!
Some odds news (which is meaningless obviously, but might be of interest).
Starmer has taken a walk in the next PM market, out to 3/1 from odds-on last week. Not because he's done anything wrong, more just the market expecting that a different Tory will take the role before a GE. Sunak now fav at 2/1, but various other candidates are Mordaunt 5/1, Hunt 7/1, with Johnson, Wallace and Gove at 12/1. British Politics Next Prime Minister After Liz Truss Betting Odds | Politics | Oddschecker
Year of Truss exit, 2022 is now narrow favourite at Evens ahead of 2023. 2022 3/1 was available yesterday. Sigh. British Politics Liz Truss Exit Date Betting Odds | Politics | Oddschecker
I don't understand the thinking behind getting rid of Kwasi. Sure, it probably lifts the direct pressure off Truss for a short time, but she sold this as her policy and even in her speech she said she would continue pursuing it in the medium term.
So why get rid of him?
The problem is they never really pay any real price though imo....not the kind of price that acts as any real deterrent.....I'm not sure mogg et Al sit up at night and worry about not being popular....wouldn't surprise me if they might see it as something they can leverage or just wait until a vacuous news cycle moves on...
If renumeration/access to further goodies/jobs etc were at least to some extent dependant on the economic performance of country and/or sustainability and/or making a measurably more democratic society then you might not have such colossal messes created in the first place.
As it is they will probably get greater reward for doing what they've done than if they tried to do it right...
Part of the problem as I see it is the way the game has evolved and its not as if the players are going to change the rules and cut a stick for themselves.....they have after all found a way to win at the current rotten game they play.
Every time she opens her mouth she is costing her country tens of billions of pounds
Her press conference has caused the GBP to crash by another 1%
Thank God we chose sense and stability.
She shouldn't mention Putin anymore.
If Putin had put a puppet government in Downing Street, they could scarcely be more damaging than this actual one.
Absolutely glorious moment.
The TUC doing some excellent trolling 🤣
Wow. Fecked off after 5 questions
Edit: 4 questions!
Love how she called on the Telegraph and Sun reporters for the first questions and they basically asked her why she wasn't stepping down - Ooof!
I'm assuming this chancer is thinking of relaunching his political career.
Theres nothing formidable or anything to admire about her, she’s utterly useless, clueless and corrupt. She’s on now lying through her teeth again, something something Putin something something, what a fool.
The impact all of this is having on Brexit.
Think it's more a case of "The Impact Brexit is having on all of this"
And who exactly would Nigel Farage like the Tories to be replaced with?
Labour??
His posturing at the last GE helped get the Tories the majority they have.
EDIT: How is Brexit not complete? The UK left the EU; that is the definiton of Brexit and Bojo got it done
Nigel Farage is furious about what's going on, and the impact all of this is having on Brexit.
Haha. What’s the sheep doing there!?
Kwarteng saying he was asked to step aside and Truss saying he resigned. They can't even get their story straight. Its hilarious!
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This is all so entertaining.
She was foolish not to get some of the Sunak loyalists onside after the leadership race.
Ploughed on dogmatically and has snookered herself.
In sacking Kwasi she has essentially given herself a vote of no confidence as she was playing both PM and Chancellor.
I daresay Mr. Speaker will give her a tongue lashing to boot.
Disaster averted
Jeremy Hunt has been announced as the new chancellor
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