Anonymous
Post 10/20/2022 09:10     Subject: Liz Truss (UK Prime Minister) may be gone soon
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.
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2022 08:57     Subject: Re:Liz Truss (UK Prime Minister) may be gone soon
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.
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2022 08:50     Subject: Liz Truss (UK Prime Minister) may be gone soon
So do the Tories just pick someone else, or does the UK now vote?
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2022 08:45     Subject: Liz Truss (UK Prime Minister) may be gone soon
Anonymous wrote:She just resigned.

Is that a record? Probably not knowing England…


Actually I was right initially- a record by a lot! Wonder if they already had this written yesterday.

https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-7-shortest-serving-uk-prime-ministers-in-modern-history
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2022 08:43     Subject: Liz Truss (UK Prime Minister) may be gone soon
She just resigned.

Is that a record? Probably not knowing England…
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2022 08:42     Subject: Liz Truss (UK Prime Minister) may be gone soon
And she’s gone.
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2022 08:40     Subject: Liz Truss (UK Prime Minister) may be gone soon
Truss out

Lettuce 1

Truss 0

Anonymous
Post 10/17/2022 19:56     Subject: Liz Truss (UK Prime Minister) may be gone soon
Gone by end of week. Hunt gutted her today by rolling back the “plan” for unfunded tax cuts and a two-year freeze on energy prices. Stabilized bond market and value of pound. More austerity measures to be announced on 10/31. The UK economy is fully broken with devastating consequences for winter.
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2022 08:56     Subject: Liz Truss (UK Prime Minister) may be gone soon
Anonymous wrote:The Daily Star have set up a live feed of a photo of Liz Truss next to a head of Tesco lettuce to see which lasts longer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm-RE95lKJ0

The googly eyes on the lettuce are a nice touch.


There is now a blonde wig and a smiling mouth.

God bless the British sense of humour

The original Economist article was even more brutal. They called her “ the Iceberg lady”, a play on “ the iron lady” which was Margret Thatchers nickname. Liz Truss openly models her policy’s on Thatchers.
Anonymous
Post 10/15/2022 16:19     Subject: Liz Truss (UK Prime Minister) may be gone soon
Anonymous wrote:She is guiding England to the bring of economic disaster.

IOW doing what she was sent to do.


JFC, is this what all of conservatism has slid into, around the world? Far right wing lunatic antics to bring the whole thing crashing down?

The irony of calling this "conservatism."
Anonymous
Post 10/15/2022 16:16     Subject: Liz Truss (UK Prime Minister) may be gone soon
She is guiding England to the bring of economic disaster.

IOW doing what she was sent to do.
Anonymous
Post 10/15/2022 15:24     Subject: Liz Truss (UK Prime Minister) may be gone soon
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Meloni lasted longer than truss lol


To be fair, she hasn’t even been formally asked to form a governmemt yet.


She did that with the Queen who died? She died 2 days later but it still happened. Don't know if it has to be officially 'approved' if so -- what was the new Chancellor doing putting out economic policy without approvals?


Actually now that I think on it...that's a good question. The UK system of no written constitution is nuts. Who was in charge? Because Charles didn't meet Truss until days later, Queenie was dead, and the monarch is supposed to approve Prime Ministers. So how did they upend the UK economy with no official instatement?
Anonymous
Post 10/15/2022 15:16     Subject: Re:Liz Truss (UK Prime Minister) may be gone soon
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/oct/13/king-charles-greets-liz-truss-dear-oh-dear-uk-prime-minister-weekly-audience?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1665646285


That is why he shouldn't be king. How rude! He got his position for being born, she got her position by working for it. What a total smug @ss.


Although I don't really care for the monarchy one way or the other, this does make me appreciate the Queen so much more.

Typical rude ass British idiot male. So many are like him. That's been my experience.


Liz Truss's shortcomings have nothing to do with Charles or any other British male. I don't think you fully understand what she and Kwasi just did.
NP- Explain it to me, I don’t understand fully.


They tanked the UK gilt markets and brought a number of pension funds to the brink of insolvency. We all know how quickly a crisis in a major banking centre spreads to the rest of the world.
Anonymous
Post 10/15/2022 15:03     Subject: Liz Truss (UK Prime Minister) may be gone soon
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Meloni lasted longer than truss lol


To be fair, she hasn’t even been formally asked to form a governmemt yet.


She did that with the Queen who died? She died 2 days later but it still happened. Don't know if it has to be officially 'approved' if so -- what was the new Chancellor doing putting out economic policy without approvals?
Anonymous
Post 10/15/2022 14:47     Subject: Liz Truss (UK Prime Minister) may be gone soon
Anonymous wrote:Meloni lasted longer than truss lol


To be fair, she hasn’t even been formally asked to form a governmemt yet.