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Post by northlondon83 on Sept 5, 2022 12:32:30 GMT
Liz Truss is the new Prime Minister After nearly 3 months of Boris being on a farewell tour she will need to really need to get a grip! This winter is going to be a nightmare for us all. Worse of the two awful candidates but now I will abstain from voting in the next election, I will never vote for Dis Trust. Keir starmer arguably isn't great but is a better option
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Post by richard on Sept 5, 2022 13:08:24 GMT
Liz Truss is the new Prime Minister After nearly 3 months of Boris being on a farewell tour she will need to really need to get a grip! This winter is going to be a nightmare for us all. I was dreading this but at least its not Boris
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Post by SILENCED on Sept 5, 2022 13:13:33 GMT
After nearly 3 months of Boris being on a farewell tour she will need to really need to get a grip! This winter is going to be a nightmare for us all. Apparently she is presenting a multi-billion pound energy plan on Thursday. Hopefully it willl involve splitting gas from electricity as gas is where the real cost increases are coming from. I will pass judgement then. This definitely needs to happen ... why is the green/nuclear generated electricity going up when generating costs are not.
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Post by SILENCED on Sept 5, 2022 13:27:04 GMT
After nearly 3 months of Boris being on a farewell tour she will need to really need to get a grip! This winter is going to be a nightmare for us all. I was dreading this but at least its not Boris Politicians give the members a choice of 2. When one option is so unpalatable to the members, why bother? Rishi was never going to win, miles too toxic. Why nominate him ... put up 2 people who stand some kind of chance against each other. The past 2 months have been a circus! Not a fan of Truss either, but will give her a chance.
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Post by vjaska on Sept 5, 2022 17:39:09 GMT
I’ll await a snap election instead - the two candidates presented essentially was a lose lose no matter who won. How Rishi could even be allowed to stand despite breaking rules is beyond me
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Post by northlondon83 on Sept 5, 2022 17:45:14 GMT
I’ll await a snap election instead - the two candidates presented essentially was a lose lose no matter who won. How Rishi could even be allowed to stand despite breaking rules is beyond me would be ideal but will unlikely happen, though if Truss did call one and lose it would be funny because she would most likely be Britain's PM with the shortest time in power. Unfortunately for us there's not much else to vote for.
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Post by ServerKing on Sept 5, 2022 18:16:29 GMT
Liz Truss is the new Prime Minister After nearly 3 months of Boris being on a farewell tour she will really need to get a grip! This winter is going to be a nightmare for us all. Priti Patel has resigned as Home Secretary, leading an exodus. These lot have had more dodgy cabinets than Argos
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Sept 5, 2022 18:26:45 GMT
Judging by today's reception to Truss, Labour must be feeling like they've hit the jackpot. Her low vote margin today will increase pressure on her for a General Election which while I don't see it this year, I could very well see it next year.
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Post by TB123 on Sept 5, 2022 18:59:44 GMT
Judging by today's reception to Truss, Labour must be feeling like they've hit the jackpot. Her low vote margin today will increase pressure on her for a General Election which while I don't see it this year, I could very well see it next year. Not quite. This tweet reflecting what Starmer said nails it. Liz Truss is a different kettle of fish to Boris and for Labour, shouldn't be underestimated. Like her or not, she is a hard worker with huge determination who has gotten to the top of the greasy pole by switching between fashionable political narratives. She will be the same as PM and regrettably, like Boris, many will fall for this. Complacency is the enemy of success. I'd expect a general election next year at the earliest. Probably 2024. They'll stretch it out in the naive hope of the economy picking up, although the writing is on the wall for a deep and long crash.
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Post by WH241 on Sept 5, 2022 19:05:34 GMT
After nearly 3 months of Boris being on a farewell tour she will really need to get a grip! This winter is going to be a nightmare for us all. Priti Patel has resigned as Home Secretary, leading an exodus. These lot have had more dodgy cabinets than Argos Priti Patel's resignation is the only good thing to come out of Liz Truss becoming PM.
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Post by TB123 on Sept 5, 2022 19:08:15 GMT
Priti Patel has resigned as Home Secretary, leading an exodus. These lot have had more dodgy cabinets than Argos Priti Patel's resignation is the only good thing to come out of Liz Truss becoming PM. Although Suella Braverman, her expected replacement, is said to be even more extreme!😳
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Post by northlondon83 on Sept 5, 2022 19:16:11 GMT
Don't worry everyone, people will realise that the Tories have failed the nation and therefore at the next election they'll get booted out. Only problem is can the opposition do any better?
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Sept 5, 2022 19:17:17 GMT
Don't worry everyone, people will realise that the Tories have failed the nation and therefore at the next election they'll get booted out. Only problem is can the opposition do any better? Hard to do any worse.
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Post by northlondon83 on Sept 5, 2022 19:28:22 GMT
Don't worry everyone, people will realise that the Tories have failed the nation and therefore at the next election they'll get booted out. Only problem is can the opposition do any better? Hard to do any worse. True, therefore I'm not handing my vote to the Tories any time soon
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Post by ServerKing on Sept 5, 2022 20:32:15 GMT
Judging by today's reception to Truss, Labour must be feeling like they've hit the jackpot. Her low vote margin today will increase pressure on her for a General Election which while I don't see it this year, I could very well see it next year. To be honest, it was choosing between Malaria and Yellow Fever... Rishi never set the world alight, but you could read the room when she said Boris had fans from Kyiv to Carlisle (obvs no friends in Scotland with SNP) which was met with a very long awkward pause before forced applause. This is like trying to crack a joke to a girl who's not really into you on a disastrous date. She will be pwned by Kier every Prime Ministers Questions, they are already lining up her successor. She's Nuno Espirito Santo at Spurs, they are already interviewing managers in the background Like a slipboard on a 318 bus, she'll disappear quickly
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