Liz Truss

Gabriel said:
Spare a thought for Harry Cole at the Sun who has this racy little stocking filler out for publication on Dec 8.

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‘It’s like Weetabix with warm milk on it’
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I suspect he’s not that bothered.

If the US is anything to go by, the entire political non-fiction genre exists for money laundering and bribes.

Someone who wants a few headlines from Harry Cole will buy 10,000 copies and they’ll sit in a warehouse for a few years before being shredded.
 
Vic said:
Of course it's a constitutional issue, but we don't have a constitution. Unprecedented times, and not been done for a hundred years (George V and Baldwin), but it would not be unconstitutional for Charles to appoint someone with some hope of unifying the Tories rather than Truss's idiotic choice.
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The monarch is the custodian of our unwritten constitution. Though not codified, the UK's constitution is written in hundreds of Acts of Parliament, court cases, and in documented conventions. Its essential principles are Parliamentary sovereignty, the rule of law, democracy and so on.

Right now the Conservatives have a healthy Parliamentary majority and don't need to go the polls for another two years. Larry the Downing Street cat could be PM if the governing party wished it so and Charlie boy would have no say in the matter.

I believe Truss is finished, but the mechanics of her downfall will only emerge once the political arm wrestling between the various factions in the Conservative Parliamentary Party ends. Once that's resolved, a mechanism will be set up to remove her and replace her.

When Johnson was ousted it wasn't a constitutional crisis and removing Truss won't be either, they'll just have to tear up the Tory rule book for this one but that's no business of Charlie boy.
 
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Gabriel said:
Perhaps the most depressing thing is that this is someone who has now served continuously in Government for ten years. That her failings are only appreciated once she rises to the top says as much about British politics and public scrutiny as it does about her.
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It is the most depressing thing, by far. And the most concerning too.

Her lack of talent, intellect and even political acumen will have been obvious to insiders, but she’s still ended up as PM, passing through as Foreign Secretary on the way. Cliques and fractures across the Conservative Party helped into the cabinet, and once she got there the constant flux around government appears to have prevented any genuine appraisal of her abilities. In a more stable environment her shortcomings would have become obvious, and a competent PM would surely have fired her, but none of that has occurred.

This is the person who, as a country, we’ve been happy to send around the world dealing with the most delicate diplomatic issues. She’s been the face of the country at major political summits, yet collectively as a nation we’ve waited until she was PM - and in a position to do genuine harm - to question her ability and suitability for high office.
 
Five minutes before coming out to give that speech running through it in her head Truss had no idea this was going to be the outcome

 
Bill said:
a disaster , was always going to be .
she needs to be gone , even if that means a Labour government .
it's a tragedy i've had to say that .
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Fuck me Bill when even you diss the Tories you know they are fucked.

Come Join us lefties Comrade
 
My worry is we thought anyone would be better than Boris. Who comes in if Truss walks out of Downing Street turns left and forgets where she is
 
asgoodasitgets said:
OK , I’m a self employed glazing contractor who probably earns £75 k .
My mate is a flooring contractor who earns over £100 k . I know joiners who earn 2500 a week .
I can’t speak for folk in the public sector as I’ve no idea what they are earning . All I know is that a person isn’t enticed to be an MP by the salary alone .
My point stands . Give them a competitive salary but no other jobs , At least then , you’ll get total commitment to their supposed role .
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I'd agree they aren't overly paid.
If they had a higher salary along with a better selection process we would get a much higher calibre.
Imagine how much better the MPs would be if they were former hospital leaders, ex headteachers, ex police bosses, retired business owners etc.
 
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