Hey Phibes! Whaddya think about a Truss?
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At least BoJo offered comic relief to his government’s sinking ship. Truss appears to be a muggins tossed out as a forlorn hope in the face of certain annihilation by who knows what.
Perhaps an application to rejoin the EU would be a good start at recovery.
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Seen on twitter:
"My son has lived through four chancellors, three home secretaries, two prime ministers and two monarchs.
He's four months old."
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Seen on twitter:
"My son has lived through four chancellors, three home secretaries, two prime ministers and two monarchs.
He's four months old."
Brexit’s going well. I remember them telling us how it would let Britain fully govern itself at last.
Should have stuck with the Germans.
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U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss Resigns After Six Weeks
U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss said she would resign, after a risky plan to cut taxes and boost spending caused turmoil on financial markets, forcing her to backtrack and her political authority to disintegrate.
The 47-year-old will become the shortest-serving prime minister in British history and the third Conservative Party leader pushed out of office in as many years. Ms. Truss said that a leadership election would be held within the next week to find her replacement.
“I recognize that given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party,” she said standing outside Downing Street on Thursday.
The resignation comes months after rebel lawmakers forced outBoris Johnson as prime minister following a series of scandals.
Ms. Truss’s successor must now navigate a political crisis and economic turbulence, with Britain dealing with stagflation—the combination of slow growth and high inflation. The new leader is almost sure to face a long winter of discontent, with real wages forecast to fall, labor unions promising a series of strikes and many voters demanding elections.
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@Axtremus said in Hey Phibes! Whaddya think about a Truss?:
“Liz Truss fights for survival as even allies say she could have only days left”
LOL. And they say the US is dysfunctional.
She's been PM for, what, 10 days?
I may be wrong, but even Jeffrey Epstein lasted longer than that.
@George-K said in Hey Phibes! Whaddya think about a Truss?:
“Liz Truss fights for survival as even allies say she could have only days left”
LOL. And they say the US is dysfunctional.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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They really ought to call a general election now, and let the people vote to decide the leader of the country, rather than a very small group of Tories.
Obviously, that would lead the Conservatives trying to find a leader who can win an election, which might be a bit of a struggle.
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This is pretty much David Cameron's fault.
Of course, he's off somewhere raking in the money for doing sweet FA.
Governing by referendum is a really bad idea.
I was only joking
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This is pretty much David Cameron's fault.
Of course, he's off somewhere raking in the money for doing sweet FA.
Governing by referendum is a really bad idea.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Hey Phibes! Whaddya think about a Truss?:
This is pretty much David Cameron's fault.
Of course, he's off somewhere raking in the money for doing sweet FA.
Governing by referendum is a really bad idea.
I think you are right.
As far as I’m concerned referenda have no place in Parliamentary governance.
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In Cameron's case it was him trying to placate the right wing of the party in case they defected to UKIP. He should have told them to FOAD.
