Advantage Truss?
Quote from: andy popp on July 19, 2022, 06:12:58 pmAdvantage Truss?The sole benefit might be that she's more likely to lose an election than Sunak.
The Daily Mail is backing Truss, my money is on her. The Mail has huge influence over the 100k or so members that will be voting for the last 2, they will vote for Truss if she makes the last 2. Stop the bus, I want to get off!
I'm not remotely enthusiastic about any of the potential PM candidates but she's the worst by some margin.
Liz Truss as PM would be a uniquely depressing moment yes
Quote I'm not remotely enthusiastic about any of the potential PM candidates but she's the worst by some margin.It's horrifying.. She even dresses herself up in Thatcher copy outfits FFS!
Sunak or Truss. It's like being asked if you want to be stabbed or beaten to death.
Quote from: Andy F on July 20, 2022, 05:48:47 pmSunak or Truss. It's like being asked if you want to be stabbed or beaten to death.I'd go with Sunak every time, I'm not sure he's any good, but he's not mad.
Quote from: BrutusTheBear on July 20, 2022, 09:36:41 amQuote I'm not remotely enthusiastic about any of the potential PM candidates but she's the worst by some margin.It's horrifying.. She even dresses herself up in Thatcher copy outfits FFS! From an egotistical liar, to an Instagram obsessed image slave with an equally thin grasp on any actual policy, and, worryingly, Truss thinks we're going to defeat Putin and push Russian forces out of Crimea. It's certainly optimistic, but betrays a really special lack of understanding of the situation, unless all the actual experts on it are wrong.
Quote from: TobyD on July 20, 2022, 05:55:02 pmQuote from: BrutusTheBear on July 20, 2022, 09:36:41 amQuote I'm not remotely enthusiastic about any of the potential PM candidates but she's the worst by some margin.It's horrifying.. She even dresses herself up in Thatcher copy outfits FFS! From an egotistical liar, to an Instagram obsessed image slave with an equally thin grasp on any actual policy, and, worryingly, Truss thinks we're going to defeat Putin and push Russian forces out of Crimea. It's certainly optimistic, but betrays a really special lack of understanding of the situation, unless all the actual experts on it are wrong.It's less than 3 years since Truss said foreign policy was boring and that she couldn't understand why anyone would want to work in the Foreign Office.If only cabinet positions were chosen based on expertise, knowledge and effectiveness, rather than slavish loyalty to, and a perceived low threat to, an egotistical liar.
Simon Calder this am on Dover delays...they were inevitable and stuff all to do with the Frenchhttps://twitter.com/i/status/1550762787982528512
The foreign secretary called on France to act over “entirely avoidable” delays at the border, saying: “We need action from France to build up capacity at the border to limit any further disruption for British tourists and to ensure this appalling situation is avoided in future.”
The entire establishment these days seems to be built on absolving oneself of any responsibility and putting that on the head of something else. Border issues? France. Energy prices? Ofgen. Cost of living? Bank of England. Rail disruption? Up to Network Rail.It's government by excuses. They have no idea and no plan. There's nothing to it.