Liz Truss (UK Prime Minister) may be gone soon

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is the UK officially more of a hot mess than the U.S. politically?

I feel like they get a wide berth because of the accent, but this...this is too much. Especially coming after Boris.

No, the US is worse. We have qanon conspiracy theorists, insurrection supporters in Congress. The Conservatives in the UK just picked a leader who was probably out of their depth. They need Maggie back LOL. Only if we could have Reagan back instead of Trump as the R party leader.

[Anonymous]

That was a hot minute. Who’s in the pen?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So do the Tories just pick someone else, or does the UK now vote?

no, the people don't vote. Parliament will pick. The people don't vote for the PM, unlike here where we vote for POTUS. They vote for the parliament member (like the House) here.

It will be Hunt, the obvious choice.

Thanks. When is the next parliamentary election?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So do the Tories just pick someone else, or does the UK now vote?

no, the people don't vote. Parliament will pick. The people don't vote for the PM, unlike here where we vote for POTUS. They vote for the parliament member (like the House) here.

It will be Hunt, the obvious choice.

Thanks. When is the next parliamentary election?

possibly within the next week or so.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/20/uk-prime-minister-liz-truss-resigns-after-failed-budget-and-market-turmoil.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So do the Tories just pick someone else, or does the UK now vote?

no, the people don't vote. Parliament will pick. The people don't vote for the PM, unlike here where we vote for POTUS. They vote for the parliament member (like the House) here.

It will be Hunt, the obvious choice.

Thanks. When is the next parliamentary election?

it's the party, not parliament. The party (Torries) will pick a new leader.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So do the Tories just pick someone else, or does the UK now vote?

no, the people don't vote. Parliament will pick. The people don't vote for the PM, unlike here where we vote for POTUS. They vote for the parliament member (like the House) here.

It will be Hunt, the obvious choice.

I just read Hunt didn't want it. --PP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is the UK officially more of a hot mess than the U.S. politically?

I feel like they get a wide berth because of the accent, but this...this is too much. Especially coming after Boris.

I would definitely say so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So do the Tories just pick someone else, or does the UK now vote?

no, the people don't vote. Parliament will pick. The people don't vote for the PM, unlike here where we vote for POTUS. They vote for the parliament member (like the House) here.

It will be Hunt, the obvious choice.

Thanks. When is the next parliamentary election?

it's the party, not parliament. The party (Torries) will pick a new leader.

Thanks. When do the people next vote for their members of parliament, therefore perhaps dumping the Tories?

[Anonymous]

Shoulda gone with Rishi in the first place.

[Anonymous]

The UK is a mess because Tories are basically one-party rule of the country. There is no meaningful opposition, as Labor simply can’t get their act together.

I’d love to see Labor & the SNP combine into one United National Labor party and make Nicola Sturgeon the PM. It would be the ultimate slap to the face to the monarchy. And, frankly, she’s the best political leader the UK has right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shoulda gone with Rishi in the first place.

Rumor is that Rushi really didn’t want the job because the economic situation is so bad. He didn’t whip hard for votes.

[Anonymous]

Boris may make a comeback.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand. This is an intelligent woman, trained at Oxford, stints in accountancy, married to an accountant, and she still can't add up the numbers, familiarize herself with basic economics, and instead plops out a ridiculous finance plan?!? How on earth did she and her finance minister come up with such complete shite?!? Was pressure/inducement applied from somewhere, or were they morons all by their little own selves?

The mind boggles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I don't understand. This is an intelligent woman, trained at Oxford, stints in accountancy, married to an accountant, and she still can't add up the numbers, familiarize herself with basic economics, and instead plops out a ridiculous finance plan?!? How on earth did she and her finance minister come up with such complete shite?!? Was pressure/inducement applied from somewhere, or were they morons all by their little own selves?

The mind boggles.

There is absolutely nothing about about conservatism that works economically. Trickle down economics are utter fiction. Making the rich richer and the poor poorer does not help the economy and in fact kneecaps it. Racking up huge deficits on credit with no plan to pay it back is not a healthy economic strategy.

Smart people understand this, but smart selfish people disregard this when they see regressive politics as a path to power and wealth. To be a conservative politician you must at least pretend you believe these obviously disastrous policies are good for your constituents.

Some politicians go the path of Mitch McConnell or Boris Johnson and never truly buy the BS but are sociopathic enough that they don't care that their policies are poison to the vast majority of their constituents - their lust for wealth and power trumps all decency. Some go the path of Liz Truss and dive so deep into the BS it consumes them and they actually start believing it's true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I don't understand. This is an intelligent woman, trained at Oxford, stints in accountancy, married to an accountant, and she still can't add up the numbers, familiarize herself with basic economics, and instead plops out a ridiculous finance plan?!? How on earth did she and her finance minister come up with such complete shite?!? Was pressure/inducement applied from somewhere, or were they morons all by their little own selves?

The mind boggles.

She went to Oxford when it was a lot easier to get in.

Almost anyone who attended a top school from gen x would not be able to get in during millennial/gen z times