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  • HYUFD said:

    HYUFD said:

    You have to hand it to the ERG, they backed a Remainer, Truss over a Leaver, Sunak and ignored those who wanted to back Leaver Badenoch.

    They now have a Remainer as PM and Remainer Hunt as Chancellor, Boris' opponent from 2019 of course and a staunch May loyalist.

    One can't help but laugh at Mark Francois who is responsible for this!

    There is only one person responsible and that is your toxic hero Johnson
    No. Boris won the Tories this majority and ERG backers like Baker turning on him and Francois then ordering the ERG to back Truss has meant they have now seen a Leaver PM and Leaver Chancellor in Boris and Sunak replaced by Remainer Truss as PM and Remainer Hunt as Chancellor.

    This now looks more like it could be more like the old May government than the Boris government
    Boris toxic and irresponsible behaviour led us to today

    And by the way you voted remain
  • DriverDriver Posts: 4,963
    edited October 2022
    Selebian said:

    Selebian said:

    Scott_xP said:
    Unless I'm being daft, the sign off line is from Kwarteng 'The Right Honourable Kwasi Kwarteng MP' (no idea about the actual signature). 'Senior moment' from whoever did the actual typing up at No 10?
    No that’s the style of Downing Street letters I think. Addressee at bottom.

    Ah, indeed -see e.g. Johnson's to Sunak:
    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rishi-sunaks-resignation-letter-and-the-prime-ministers-response

    I'd never noticed that before. Looks odd (hasn't in the past normally appeared right under the signature, I think, which is why I noticed it this time)
    Shhhh, don't let facts get in the way of The Narrative.
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 52,568
    DavidL said:

    Heathener said:

    The funniest thing would be for Liz Truss, knowing her game's up, to say to herself 'fuck it', go to the Palace and call a General Election.

    What would tory MPs be able to do about it?

    Tell the King that her replacement has the Confidence of the Commons and can have a majority government.
    The only way that doesn't work is if the Truss loyalists are determined to rally round her and crash the Parliament.

    No idea how many there might be.

    Any other parties that don't want an election right now to help with the numbers? DUP?
  • SelebianSelebian Posts: 8,727
    Andy_JS said:

    Very depressed about Kwarteng's sacking.

    You had money on Truss first out of cabinet? :disappointed:
  • Jim_MillerJim_Miller Posts: 2,999
    According to the Washington Post, the real boss of Number 10 is doing his job, quite well: " A London fox is just the latest to learn what many animals in central London already know: Don’t mess with Larry the Cat.

    Larry, Downing Street’s “chief mouser,” made headlines in Britain this week when he chased off a fox prowling on his turf."
    source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/14/larry-cat-downing-street-fox/

    I suppose Larry isn't qualified to be Prime Minister, but perhaps he can be even more of a power behind the scenes. And, were I a British citizen, I would take some pride in this competent civil servant.
  • SlackbladderSlackbladder Posts: 9,773
    She sounds punch drunk
  • Pulpstar said:

    Remember if there's no crest....

    "But she's just appointed a new Chancellor". Yes, we have to have one of those during a general election...
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 71,073
    .
    kinabalu said:

    Has Truss signed off her letter to Kwarteng as..err.. Kwarteng himself?

    https://twitter.com/shippersunbound/status/1580901215722143744?s=46&t=s_ViaGSYR4mS1xWYRHGmAw

    At least Boris could organise a piss up and didnt even need the brewery.
    For me this removes any last vestige of missing him. The one and only plus was he could be "entertaining" - well I'm sorry but this from Truss is entertainment par excellence. There'll be a blockbuster movie and maybe some oscars if they cast it well. Johnson was a great big tedious yawn of a bore by comparison.
    Who would play Truss ?
  • londonpubmanlondonpubman Posts: 3,639
    Energy help mentioned on 1 minute...
  • Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 35,990
    Chris Philp confirmed to have been "moved to another job". Home Office sources tell me he was "vile to work with" and his ambition "wreaked of desperation". Few will be sad to see him go.
    https://twitter.com/NicolaKelly/status/1580907007640743938
  • numbertwelvenumbertwelve Posts: 6,813
    edited October 2022
    Ding ding ding energy costs

    Ding ding ding Putin’s War
  • funereal black
  • RazedabodeRazedabode Posts: 3,028
    This is such a bloody odd press conference. It is a bit like.. nothing has changed?!
  • Is this the first appointment by the King?
  • LeonLeon Posts: 55,339
    kinabalu said:

    Leon said:

    Come on @Heathener you say you have the post. In front of you. So just cut and paste. Takes seconds. And link, please.

    Surprised to see you so animated about being accused of saying something a bit silly.
    I’m travelling around the world for free. Again. Always makes me feisty

    But, really, PB-era can’t go around accusing others of lying and saying “I have the proof right here” and then not actually provide the proof

    We have PB standards and it has always been up to me, in the end, to uphold them

    @heathener says she has the exact quote I made, unironically calling liz truss the “Tory saviour, a diamond in the rough” and much else. So all she has to is paste it and link it
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,191
    Crest. No GE.
  • Beibheirli_CBeibheirli_C Posts: 8,163
    CT is back!!!
  • TazTaz Posts: 14,405
    She needs to look into the camera more. It looks like she’s just reading a pre prepared statement, which she is.
  • londonpubmanlondonpubman Posts: 3,639
    Looks like just CT going up to 25%, no other changes, for now...
  • can't Downing Street afford an autocue?
  • numbertwelvenumbertwelve Posts: 6,813
    I was incredibly sorry to lose him but I sacked him.
  • RazedabodeRazedabode Posts: 3,028
    She bloody caused this storm - what a non statement
  • nico679nico679 Posts: 6,275
    Truss says she has acted decisively . Risible !
  • MexicanpeteMexicanpete Posts: 28,368
    Andy_JS said:

    Very depressed about Kwarteng's sacking.

    Understandable. Do you think it should have come four weeks earlier?
  • numbertwelvenumbertwelve Posts: 6,813
    Oh god questions. Cringe incoming
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 51,648
    News: Sweden has called off a „Joint Investigation Team“ with Germany and Denmark into the attacks on the Nordstream pipelines, referring to information too highly classified to share.

    https://twitter.com/fideliusschmid/status/1580895348910075905
  • numbertwelvenumbertwelve Posts: 6,813
    I acted decisively. Snort.
  • Has Liz played a blinder here? It's surely cemented in the public's mind that silly old Kwasi was responsible for the mayhem; Liz has simply done the sensible thing - remove her errant prodigy for the national good (albeit with a heavy heart) and install the striding messiah of Hunt. Liz revived!
  • Dura_AceDura_Ace Posts: 13,677
    Leon said:

    kinabalu said:

    Leon said:

    Come on @Heathener you say you have the post. In front of you. So just cut and paste. Takes seconds. And link, please.

    Surprised to see you so animated about being accused of saying something a bit silly.
    I’m travelling around the world for free. Again. Always makes me feisty

    But, really, PB-era can’t go around accusing others of lying and saying “I have the proof right here” and then not actually provide the proof

    We have PB standards and it has always been up to me, in the end, to uphold them

    @heathener says she has the exact quote I made, unironically calling liz truss the “Tory saviour, a diamond in the rough” and much else. So all she has to is paste it and link it
    Why does she have to? Fuck all will happen if she doesn't.
  • DriverDriver Posts: 4,963

    Council by-elections, 13th October

    Con GAIN from Green
    Con hold
    Lab hold
    Con GAIN from Lab
    Lab hold

    Good Week/Bad Week Index

    Con +65
    Grn +50
    LDm +48
    Lab +5

    Adjusted Seat Value

    Con +1.1
    Grn +0.8
    LDm +0.8
    Lab +0.1

    Cons: The Epping Forest result is a bit of a headliner, but in the round it's a win in a very safe Con ward that was serendipitously won by the Green on one occasion, so there's not much value for the Cons there. All the positive value for them comes from Leicester, with a very small negative in Gloucester.
    Lab: A bad loss in Leicester, but offset by reasonable result in Hartlepool and a mildly good one in Stockport.
    LDm: pretty positive scores in Stockport and Gloucester
    Grn: Although they lost the Epping Forest seat, because of the same factors that downplay the Con win they get a somewhat positive score, about the same as the score in Leicester.

    Surely not? What about The Narrative?
  • TazTaz Posts: 14,405
    I can’t believe I stopped watching an episode of the classic TV series, Special Branch, to watch this crap. She’s hopeless
  • Big_G_NorthWalesBig_G_NorthWales Posts: 63,063
    edited October 2022
    She is utterly terrible and has to go

    Indeed this is embarrassing to the extreme
  • HeathenerHeathener Posts: 7,084






    etc. etc.
  • This is like a hostage video...
  • Luckyguy1983Luckyguy1983 Posts: 28,437
    edited October 2022

    Hunt is of course now unsackable, holds the purse strings, and is by a country mile the most experienced minister in the government. He's also ruthless, tough, and someone who really masters detail. The PM, in contrast, is the most busted of all flushes. This will be an interesting dynamic, but I think it's likely that he will fulfil the role Lod Mandelson fulfilled when Gordon Brown swallowed his pride and brought him back into the cabinet to effectively run the government.

    Tory MPs should accept this ugly mess as probably less ugly than any of the alternatives.

    There's a satisfying amount of bitterness in this post that La Truss has survived. Hunt is no leadership threat, we saw how much support he has from MPs in the leadership election. He's been given a lifeline from obscurity; he won't run the Government and it'll probably be quite a few months before he even tries to run the Exchequer. He will in time develop his owm power base and leadership ambitions again, but for now, job's a good 'un.
  • Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 60,457
    OllyT said:

    Andy_JS said:

    Scott_xP said:

    CONFIRMED:

    Jeremy Hunt is the new chancellor

    He'll be announced shortly at Liz Truss's press conference https://twitter.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1580890171213766656

    Don't understand this decision.
    The penny has finally dropped that they need to get the sensible remainers back in to sort out the mess. I am relieved, was dreading it being Redwood or Rees-Mogg. Truss is back-tracking so fast you can see the sparks flying.
    This has absolutely nothing to do with Brexit.

    Don't be a dick.
  • numbertwelvenumbertwelve Posts: 6,813
    “The mission remains the same”.

    NOTHING HAS CHANGED.
  • londonpubmanlondonpubman Posts: 3,639
    Not sure CON will win the next GE now!
  • MikeLMikeL Posts: 7,706
    Her answer to every question is the same.
  • Beibheirli_CBeibheirli_C Posts: 8,163
    She needs to stay to provide economic stability????
  • SlackbladderSlackbladder Posts: 9,773
    She has no credibility at all...

    GO NOW
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 122,969
    edited October 2022

    HYUFD said:

    HYUFD said:

    You have to hand it to the ERG, they backed a Remainer, Truss over a Leaver, Sunak and ignored those who wanted to back Leaver Badenoch.

    They now have a Remainer as PM and Remainer Hunt as Chancellor, Boris' opponent from 2019 of course and a staunch May loyalist.

    One can't help but laugh at Mark Francois who is responsible for this!

    There is only one person responsible and that is your toxic hero Johnson
    No. Boris won the Tories this majority and ERG backers like Baker turning on him and Francois then ordering the ERG to back Truss has meant they have now seen a Leaver PM and Leaver Chancellor in Boris and Sunak replaced by Remainer Truss as PM and Remainer Hunt as Chancellor.

    This now looks more like it could be more like the old May government than the Boris government
    Boris toxic and irresponsible behaviour led us to today

    And by the way you voted remain
    No, the likes of you forcing him out over partygate led to today and a bigger Starmer lead than ever there was under Boris.

    Yes I did vote Remain and will remain loyal to this government (as I was to the May government) and Hunt is a serious figure for the Treasury and a proper Tory but I also respected the Leave vote and it was only Boris who delivered Brexit
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 22,286
    Taz said:

    I can’t believe I stopped watching an episode of the classic TV series, Special Branch, to watch this crap. She’s hopeless

    I wouldn't stop watching an episode of Tom and Jerry for loopy Liz...
  • Brutal question from Harry Cole - these are your policies from your campaign and you and Kwazi were in lockstep. How can you stay?
  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 71,397

    Is this the first appointment by the King?

    No, because he had to swear in the rest of the cabinet as his first official act!
  • Ishmael_ZIshmael_Z Posts: 8,981
    Economic stability is the new energy package.

    She even sounds dithery as fuck nominating journos to ask questions.
  • HeathenerHeathener Posts: 7,084
    As I say, we all make mistakes (I did on Putin not being stupid enough to invade).

    But @Leon you do get it badly wrong a lot of the time. It's not helped by being so acerbic to anyone who disagrees with you.

    A learning experience for you.
  • Not sure CON will win the next GE now!

    Lol! Yes, SKS in with a bit of a squeak now.... :wink:
  • Is this what is meant by A1 intelligence

    She is robotic and absurd

    Just walked off
  • numbertwelvenumbertwelve Posts: 6,813
    Ishmael_Z said:

    Economic stability is the new energy package.

    She even sounds dithery as fuck nominating journos to ask questions.

    “Robert Pest-On”
  • MikeLMikeL Posts: 7,706
    This is the most pathetic and embarrassing performance by any PM in my lifetime.
  • RazedabodeRazedabode Posts: 3,028
    Was that it? Total shit
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 51,648

    Brutal question from Harry Cole - these are your policies from your campaign and you and Kwazi were in lockstep. How can you stay?

    To be fair she was against throwing money at the energy problem during the campaign.
  • paulyork64paulyork64 Posts: 2,507

    CT is back!!!

    Was that the only change? Barely worth the sacking.
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 53,839

    Oh god questions. Cringe incoming

    Think that was a mistake. Eventually ran away as every question is why are you still PM?
  • PaulSimon said:

    This is like a hostage video...

    We asked for proof of life. And the hostage takers have refused to give it, instead sticking this political corpse up instead.

    She can't even get questions asked from the crowd. Jesus.
  • MikeLMikeL Posts: 7,706
    edited October 2022
    Con MPs must meet NOW - RIGHT NOW - and get rid NOW.
  • kinabalukinabalu Posts: 42,159
    Andy_JS said:

    The next time a Labour government complains about "the markets" preventing them from implementing their policies they probably won't get much sympathy.

    We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. But (big) hats off for unearthing an angle about all this that Labour need to worry about!
  • Ouch.

    If that's the best she can do, she's gone.
  • Luckyguy1983Luckyguy1983 Posts: 28,437

    News: Sweden has called off a „Joint Investigation Team“ with Germany and Denmark into the attacks on the Nordstream pipelines, referring to information too highly classified to share.

    https://twitter.com/fideliusschmid/status/1580895348910075905

    Americans. If it were the Russians, they'd be squealing it from the rooftops.

    At some point, people need to start having serious conversations (preferably in non-bugged rooms) about US overreach. Destroying European infrastructure (if that's what has happened) is not cool.
  • HeathenerHeathener Posts: 7,084
    Leon said:

    Heathener said:



    etc. etc.


    "She is the real deal."
    "She has the empathy"
    "[She has the] cleverness to win the next election for the Tories."
    "Somehow, not by merit, purely by luck, the Tories have unearthed a star."
    "She espouses rightwing beliefs with humanity and humour."
    "Articulate woman."
    "Fascinating."


    It's fine. We all make mistakes from time to time. The fool fails to admit it.

    QED

    lol. OK fair enough I said that. You somewhat exaggerated my remarks - but it doesn’t look like I was joking either

    I shall eat humble pie and grits for breakfast
    Cool. Well done.

    I shall leave it there ;)

    x
  • Beibheirli_CBeibheirli_C Posts: 8,163

    Ouch.

    If that's the best she can do, she's gone.

    And deservedly so.
  • nico679nico679 Posts: 6,275

    Brutal question from Harry Cole - these are your policies from your campaign and you and Kwazi were in lockstep. How can you stay?

    She was expecting a nicer question from what would normally be one of the Tory arse licking journalists and Cole stuck the knife in ! Lol
  • paulyork64paulyork64 Posts: 2,507
    Heathener said:



    "She is the real deal."
    "She has the empathy"
    "[She has the] cleverness to win the next election for the Tories."
    "Somehow, not by merit, purely by luck, the Tories have unearthed a star."
    "She espouses rightwing beliefs with humanity and humour."
    "Articulate woman."
    "Fascinating."


    It's fine. We all make mistakes from time to time. The fool fails to admit it.

    QED

    It got 3 likes. Wonder who they were.
  • SelebianSelebian Posts: 8,727
    Leon said:

    Heathener said:



    etc. etc.


    "She is the real deal."
    "She has the empathy"
    "[She has the] cleverness to win the next election for the Tories."
    "Somehow, not by merit, purely by luck, the Tories have unearthed a star."
    "She espouses rightwing beliefs with humanity and humour."
    "Articulate woman."
    "Fascinating."


    It's fine. We all make mistakes from time to time. The fool fails to admit it.

    QED

    lol. OK fair enough I said that. You somewhat exaggerated my remarks - but it doesn’t look like I was joking either

    I shall eat humble pie and grits for breakfast
    Who wants to own up to liking the pictured post? And who wants to go back and unlike asap? :wink:

    Can't be bothered to go and find it, but I'd guess maybe LG and our piratical friend on current form, struggling for the third to be honest. Liz Truss fans please [come forward and] explain?
  • MikeLMikeL Posts: 7,706
    2022 Exit back to favourite again in the last minute!
  • darkagedarkage Posts: 5,398
    This is the first outing of Zombie Truss.
  • Leon said:

    Heathener said:



    etc. etc.


    "She is the real deal."
    "She has the empathy"
    "[She has the] cleverness to win the next election for the Tories."
    "Somehow, not by merit, purely by luck, the Tories have unearthed a star."
    "She espouses rightwing beliefs with humanity and humour."
    "Articulate woman."
    "Fascinating."


    It's fine. We all make mistakes from time to time. The fool fails to admit it.

    QED

    lol. OK fair enough I said that. You somewhat exaggerated my remarks - but it doesn’t look like I was joking either

    I shall eat humble pie and grits for breakfast
    Move over Rogerdamus.
  • HYUFD said:

    HYUFD said:

    HYUFD said:

    You have to hand it to the ERG, they backed a Remainer, Truss over a Leaver, Sunak and ignored those who wanted to back Leaver Badenoch.

    They now have a Remainer as PM and Remainer Hunt as Chancellor, Boris' opponent from 2019 of course and a staunch May loyalist.

    One can't help but laugh at Mark Francois who is responsible for this!

    There is only one person responsible and that is your toxic hero Johnson
    No. Boris won the Tories this majority and ERG backers like Baker turning on him and Francois then ordering the ERG to back Truss has meant they have now seen a Leaver PM and Leaver Chancellor in Boris and Sunak replaced by Remainer Truss as PM and Remainer Hunt as Chancellor.

    This now looks more like it could be more like the old May government than the Boris government
    Boris toxic and irresponsible behaviour led us to today

    And by the way you voted remain
    No, the likes of you forcing him out over partygate led to today and a bigger Starmer lead than ever there was under Boris.

    Yes I did vote Remain and will remain loyal to this government (as I was to the May government) and Hunt is a serious figure for the Treasury and a proper Tory but I also respected the Leave vote and it was only Boris who delivered Brexit
    I didn’t force him out

    Boris behaviour became so toxic he was unacceptable to the vast majority of ordinary people
  • Beibheirli_CBeibheirli_C Posts: 8,163

    CT is back!!!

    Was that the only change? Barely worth the sacking.
    I think that they have undone everything else...
  • UnpopularUnpopular Posts: 883
    How long was that? Started a smidge late (they always do), three questions, four questions? It's not yet quarter to and she's finished after a not particularly good performance.
  • SlackbladderSlackbladder Posts: 9,773
    Well thats not really saved her at all....
  • StereodogStereodog Posts: 698
    edited October 2022
    On a presentational point she needs to not look round to find the next journalist, it just looks dithery. Just announce the name and wait for them to stand up.
  • MalmesburyMalmesbury Posts: 50,269

    News: Sweden has called off a „Joint Investigation Team“ with Germany and Denmark into the attacks on the Nordstream pipelines, referring to information too highly classified to share.

    https://twitter.com/fideliusschmid/status/1580895348910075905

    German intelligence is sometimes referred to as a branch of the FSB....
  • Fuxsake that was brilliant.

    Shit statement off a piece of paper read in a dazed monotone.

    "I'll take questions. Errrrrrrrrrr....."

    3 questions of how the fuck can you stay in your job.

    And she pulls the plug and walks off stage.

    She is the worst person I have ever seen in a senior political job. Even worse than Jeremy.
  • Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 35,990
    🚨NEW Westminster Voting Intention🚨

    📈28pt LABOUR LEAD

    🌹Lab 51 (+1)
    🌳Con 23 (-2)
    🔶LD 10 (-1)
    🎗️SNP 4 (+1)
    🌍Gre 4 (+1)
    ⬜️Other 8 (=)

    2,036 UK adults, 7-9 Oct

    (chg from 30 Sept - 2 Oct) https://twitter.com/SavantaComRes/status/1580917172310003712/photo/1
  • nico679nico679 Posts: 6,275
    No remorse , no apology for the shitshow . Pathetic .
  • MexicanpeteMexicanpete Posts: 28,368
    HYUFD said:

    HYUFD said:

    You have to hand it to the ERG, they backed a Remainer, Truss over a Leaver, Sunak and ignored those who wanted to back Leaver Badenoch.

    They now have a Remainer as PM and Remainer Hunt as Chancellor, Boris' opponent from 2019 of course and a staunch May loyalist.

    One can't help but laugh at Mark Francois who is responsible for this!

    There is only one person responsible and that is your toxic hero Johnson
    No. Boris won the Tories this majority and ERG backers like Baker turning on him and Francois then ordering the ERG to back Truss has meant they have now seen a Leaver PM and Leaver Chancellor in Boris and Sunak replaced by Remainer Truss as PM and Remainer Hunt as Chancellor.

    This now looks more like it could be more like the old May government than the Boris government
    Well that's no bad thing is it? Let's get rid of Braverman and JRM before we get too carried away though HY.
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 52,568
    Nigelb said:

    .

    kinabalu said:

    Has Truss signed off her letter to Kwarteng as..err.. Kwarteng himself?

    https://twitter.com/shippersunbound/status/1580901215722143744?s=46&t=s_ViaGSYR4mS1xWYRHGmAw

    At least Boris could organise a piss up and didnt even need the brewery.
    For me this removes any last vestige of missing him. The one and only plus was he could be "entertaining" - well I'm sorry but this from Truss is entertainment par excellence. There'll be a blockbuster movie and maybe some oscars if they cast it well. Johnson was a great big tedious yawn of a bore by comparison.
    Who would play Truss ?
    Shelley Duvall in The Shining?

    http://thefilmexperience.net/blog/2020/3/31/horror-actressing-shelley-duvall-in-the-shining.html
  • MikeL said:

    This is the most pathetic and embarrassing performance by any PM in my lifetime.

    Sky are taking her apart
  • MalmesburyMalmesbury Posts: 50,269

    News: Sweden has called off a „Joint Investigation Team“ with Germany and Denmark into the attacks on the Nordstream pipelines, referring to information too highly classified to share.

    https://twitter.com/fideliusschmid/status/1580895348910075905

    Americans. If it were the Russians, they'd be squealing it from the rooftops.

    At some point, people need to start having serious conversations (preferably in non-bugged rooms) about US overreach. Destroying European infrastructure (if that's what has happened) is not cool.
    The Russian attempt to start selling gas via Nordstream 2 points to another possibility.
  • darkagedarkage Posts: 5,398
    Its going to be like this for 2 years, she is just going to be a figurehead zombie leader.
  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 71,397

    According to the Washington Post, the real boss of Number 10 is doing his job, quite well: " A London fox is just the latest to learn what many animals in central London already know: Don’t mess with Larry the Cat.

    Larry, Downing Street’s “chief mouser,” made headlines in Britain this week when he chased off a fox prowling on his turf."
    source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/14/larry-cat-downing-street-fox/

    I suppose Larry isn't qualified to be Prime Minister, but perhaps he can be even more of a power behind the scenes. And, were I a British citizen, I would take some pride in this competent civil servant.

    This line is gloriously badly thought through:

    Larry has also seen off several members of the animal kingdom. He’s currently on his fourth prime minister.
  • SelebianSelebian Posts: 8,727

    News: Sweden has called off a „Joint Investigation Team“ with Germany and Denmark into the attacks on the Nordstream pipelines, referring to information too highly classified to share.

    https://twitter.com/fideliusschmid/status/1580895348910075905

    Ok. I'm not saying it was aliens. But...
  • Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 35,990
    Wow. Truss leaves the stage after taking just FOUR questions.
    Sharp intake of breath as she walks off.
    'Aren't you going to say sorry?!' hack shouted as she left. https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/1580917874540978176/photo/1
  • LeonLeon Posts: 55,339
    Heathener said:

    As I say, we all make mistakes (I did on Putin not being stupid enough to invade).

    But @Leon you do get it badly wrong a lot of the time. It's not helped by being so acerbic to anyone who disagrees with you.

    A learning experience for you.

    We live in peculiar times when even I am slightly wrong on occasion. That is the scale of the meltdown we face
  • TazTaz Posts: 14,405
    Heathener said:

    Leon said:

    Heathener said:



    etc. etc.


    "She is the real deal."
    "She has the empathy"
    "[She has the] cleverness to win the next election for the Tories."
    "Somehow, not by merit, purely by luck, the Tories have unearthed a star."
    "She espouses rightwing beliefs with humanity and humour."
    "Articulate woman."
    "Fascinating."


    It's fine. We all make mistakes from time to time. The fool fails to admit it.

    QED

    lol. OK fair enough I said that. You somewhat exaggerated my remarks - but it doesn’t look like I was joking either

    I shall eat humble pie and grits for breakfast
    Cool. Well done.

    I shall leave it there ;)

    x
    TFFT
  • SlackbladderSlackbladder Posts: 9,773
    No change of direction. No mention of what she did wrong. Nothing about the principles of her economic base.


    Just leave it to Hunt....and run away

    Pathetic. I'm genuinely fed up with her.
  • TazTaz Posts: 14,405
    edited October 2022

    Fuxsake that was brilliant.

    Shit statement off a piece of paper read in a dazed monotone.

    "I'll take questions. Errrrrrrrrrr....."

    3 questions of how the fuck can you stay in your job.

    And she pulls the plug and walks off stage.

    She is the worst person I have ever seen in a senior political job. Even worse than Jeremy.

    Worse than Estelle Morris ?

    It was an utterly abysmal performance. She read from a script and did not look to camera. I appreciate most read from scripts but it is not usually that obvious.
  • Luckyguy1983Luckyguy1983 Posts: 28,437
    Selebian said:

    Leon said:

    Heathener said:



    etc. etc.


    "She is the real deal."
    "She has the empathy"
    "[She has the] cleverness to win the next election for the Tories."
    "Somehow, not by merit, purely by luck, the Tories have unearthed a star."
    "She espouses rightwing beliefs with humanity and humour."
    "Articulate woman."
    "Fascinating."


    It's fine. We all make mistakes from time to time. The fool fails to admit it.

    QED

    lol. OK fair enough I said that. You somewhat exaggerated my remarks - but it doesn’t look like I was joking either

    I shall eat humble pie and grits for breakfast
    Who wants to own up to liking the pictured post? And who wants to go back and unlike asap? :wink:

    Can't be bothered to go and find it, but I'd guess maybe LG and our piratical friend on current form, struggling for the third to be honest. Liz Truss fans please [come forward and] explain?
    I don't recall the post, but I'd happily like it now. I find it funny how everyone's predictions about winning the next election are being held up to ridicule; unless I miss my guess, we haven't had the election.
  • nico679 said:

    Brutal question from Harry Cole - these are your policies from your campaign and you and Kwazi were in lockstep. How can you stay?

    She was expecting a nicer question from what would normally be one of the Tory arse licking journalists and Cole stuck the knife in ! Lol
    Remember that Harry Cole practically used to toss off Boris Johnson at press events. Perhaps she isn't to his taste.
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 22,286
    edited October 2022

    Fuxsake that was brilliant.

    Shit statement off a piece of paper read in a dazed monotone.

    "I'll take questions. Errrrrrrrrrr....."

    3 questions of how the fuck can you stay in your job.

    And she pulls the plug and walks off stage.

    She is the worst person I have ever seen in a senior political job. Even worse than Jeremy.

    I predicted it back in July. What I don't get is how someone so terrible doesn't realize their own limitations? What on earth made her think she has what it takes to be PM? And even more ludicrously how did she get so many people on the Conservative Party voting for her?
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 52,568

    “The mission remains the same”.

    Impossible.
  • Fuxsake that was brilliant.

    Shit statement off a piece of paper read in a dazed monotone.

    "I'll take questions. Errrrrrrrrrr....."

    3 questions of how the fuck can you stay in your job.

    And she pulls the plug and walks off stage.

    She is the worst person I have ever seen in a senior political job. Even worse than Jeremy.

    I simply cannot remember anyone as bad and embarrassing as Truss is
  • Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 35,990
    Last week I said:

    "This is quite comfortably our largest ever Labour vote share and largest ever Labour lead - even back in the ComRes days, don't think @PigsAndPolling saw anything like this."

    And repeat. https://twitter.com/SavantaComRes/status/1580917172310003712
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