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Post by COBO on Sept 6, 2022 23:05:56 GMT
Loosely related, Shapps resigns as Transport Secretary. Something most enthusiasts can celebrate. Good though we'll likely end up with someone equally as inept... We’re all hoping for that 😂 🤞
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Post by ServerKing on Sept 7, 2022 2:08:59 GMT
Anne-Marie Trevelyan, most recently International Trade Secretary, is the new Transport Secretary. Starting to wonder if she picked these names out of a hat. With Jacob Rees Mogg in charge of Business, UK trade will move as freely as the manual blinds on a 318 bus
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Post by northlondon83 on Sept 7, 2022 5:25:38 GMT
Truly dire new cabinet and I thought the ones under Johnson were bad Shame about Suella Braverman replacing Priti Patel too
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Post by busman on Sept 7, 2022 12:54:45 GMT
Best PMQ showing from a Conservative leader against Labour for a very long time. Liz Truss will be formidable if she is successful in getting more money into the pockets of voters and saves small and medium business from ruin. If her ideological approach is successful in steering us through this crisis, Labour could be in serious trouble. I’m sure I’m in the minority here, but I think Truss will surprise many people who have underestimated her.
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Post by northlondon83 on Sept 7, 2022 13:11:26 GMT
Best PMQ showing from a Conservative leader against Labour for a very long time. Liz Truss will be formidable if she is successful in getting more money into the pockets of voters and saves small and medium business from ruin. If her ideological approach is successful in steering us through this crisis, Labour could be in serious trouble. I’m sure I’m in the minority here, but I think Truss will surprise many people who have underestimated her. Only time can tell. However one thing should be certain is that she'll take her job seriously unlike her predecessor who did little to help the country and only cared about himself
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Post by WH241 on Sept 7, 2022 13:19:53 GMT
Best PMQ showing from a Conservative leader against Labour for a very long time. Liz Truss will be formidable if she is successful in getting more money into the pockets of voters and saves small and medium business from ruin. If her ideological approach is successful in steering us through this crisis, Labour could be in serious trouble. I’m sure I’m in the minority here, but I think Truss will surprise many people who have underestimated her. Judging my social media she didn’t go down that well! But can’t say for sure as I never watched it. She has only been in the job a day and already talking of spending over 100 Billion! No windfall tax. I’m trying to be positive but think the next two years will be more of the same until a general election.
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Sept 7, 2022 13:45:37 GMT
Best PMQ showing from a Conservative leader against Labour for a very long time. Liz Truss will be formidable if she is successful in getting more money into the pockets of voters and saves small and medium business from ruin. If her ideological approach is successful in steering us through this crisis, Labour could be in serious trouble. I’m sure I’m in the minority here, but I think Truss will surprise many people who have underestimated her. Judging by the reaction on social media she's been turned into a variety of memes following PMQs so whatever she said probably didn't sit particularly well with the general public.
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Post by southlondon413 on Sept 7, 2022 13:51:20 GMT
Best PMQ showing from a Conservative leader against Labour for a very long time. Liz Truss will be formidable if she is successful in getting more money into the pockets of voters and saves small and medium business from ruin. If her ideological approach is successful in steering us through this crisis, Labour could be in serious trouble. I’m sure I’m in the minority here, but I think Truss will surprise many people who have underestimated her. Judging by the reaction on social media she's been turned into a variety of memes following PMQs so whatever she said probably didn't sit particularly well with the general public. Social media isn’t a reflection of the general public. It’s a reflection of a very specific group of vacuous egotistical morons.
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Post by busman on Sept 7, 2022 13:58:48 GMT
Best PMQ showing from a Conservative leader against Labour for a very long time. Liz Truss will be formidable if she is successful in getting more money into the pockets of voters and saves small and medium business from ruin. If her ideological approach is successful in steering us through this crisis, Labour could be in serious trouble. I’m sure I’m in the minority here, but I think Truss will surprise many people who have underestimated her. Judging my social media she didn’t go down that well! But can’t say for sure as I never watched it. She has only been in the job a day and already talking of spending over 100 Billion! No windfall tax. I’m trying to be positive but think the next two years will be more of the same until a general election. Judging by social media the Tories would have never won any general election and Jeremy Corbyn should be our dear leader by now. Come election time, people will remember the furlough scheme, vaccine roll out, and anything Truss manages to achieve. Many voters are not ideologues, they simply look at their own circumstances and if the government has helped them. I really didn’t think Truss would make a credible PM, but now she’s in I’m really hoping her approach is successful and proves all her doubters wrong - myself included. Lives and businesses are resting on her success.
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Post by YX10FFN on Sept 7, 2022 14:32:54 GMT
Judging my social media she didn’t go down that well! But can’t say for sure as I never watched it. She has only been in the job a day and already talking of spending over 100 Billion! No windfall tax. I’m trying to be positive but think the next two years will be more of the same until a general election. Judging by social media the Tories would have never won any general election and Jeremy Corbyn should be our dear leader by now. Come election time, people will remember the furlough scheme, vaccine roll out, and anything Truss manages to achieve. Many voters are not ideologues, they simply look at their own circumstances and if the government has helped them. I really didn’t think Truss would make a credible PM, but now she’s in I’m really hoping her approach is successful and proves all her doubters wrong - myself included. Lives and businesses are resting on her success. This is a good point, from the outset I'm incredibly anxious about a Truss premiership but it's not like I'm begging for the government to collapse and the country to go into crisis, actually governing and putting policies out is incredibly important in this tough period, so I'm hoping they can achieve at least something to turn around these desperate circumstances. I think it's rather selfish for these social media lot to go around trumpeting how much they want the Tories to fail and Truss to be humiliated (usually with a university degree and wealthy parents to fall back on). Criticism can come when these policies are released if they fall short, but we have to wait and see what the government chooses to implement. We probably still have 2 more years until an election
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Post by WH241 on Sept 7, 2022 15:09:51 GMT
Judging by the reaction on social media she's been turned into a variety of memes following PMQs so whatever she said probably didn't sit particularly well with the general public. Social media isn’t a reflection of the general public. It’s a reflection of a very specific group of vacuous egotistical morons. Ouch that’s a very narrow minded view of people in general . Guess I’m a moron for having social media accounts. So are only members of the public not in Twitter allowed views on politics.
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Post by southlondon413 on Sept 7, 2022 15:15:38 GMT
Social media isn’t a reflection of the general public. It’s a reflection of a very specific group of vacuous egotistical morons. Ouch that’s a very narrow minded view of people in general . Guess I’m a moron for having social media accounts. So are only members of the public not in Twitter allowed views on politics. I stand by what I said. I can only apologise if that’s how you feel but I won’t apologise for my opinion.
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Post by SILENCED on Sept 7, 2022 16:03:25 GMT
Best PMQ showing from a Conservative leader against Labour for a very long time. Liz Truss will be formidable if she is successful in getting more money into the pockets of voters and saves small and medium business from ruin. If her ideological approach is successful in steering us through this crisis, Labour could be in serious trouble. I’m sure I’m in the minority here, but I think Truss will surprise many people who have underestimated her. Only time can tell. However one thing should be certain is that she'll take her job seriously unlike her predecessor who did little to help the country and only cared about himself She will instantly go up in my estimation if she sacks Boris's chum Andrew Gilligan!
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Sept 7, 2022 16:07:39 GMT
Judging by the reaction on social media she's been turned into a variety of memes following PMQs so whatever she said probably didn't sit particularly well with the general public. Social media isn’t a reflection of the general public. It’s a reflection of a very specific group of vacuous egotistical morons. You've just called everyone on the forum an egotistical moron.
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Post by ronnie on Sept 7, 2022 16:11:23 GMT
Social media isn’t a reflection of the general public. It’s a reflection of a very specific group of vacuous egotistical morons. You've just called everyone on the forum an egotistical moron. I guess what was originally meant is that social media in general tends to be very left-leaning. Labour and left leaning agenda is treated as if it’s the best thing ever while anything right leaning is portrayed as evil
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