Liz Truss’s time is up

[Bingoman]

Who are these 8%?

Die hard tories

 

[DaveCinzano]

Die hard tories

Making a ham-fist with a foot-in-mouth

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

"If you had to make the hard choice - big fish, little fish, or cardboard box?"

As leadership slates go it's not great but they're all an improvement on the incumbent.

 

[WhyLikeThis]

 

[steveo87]

In the bullshit of life, there is always sweetcorn of truth.

 

[WhyLikeThis]

 

[Sue]

The view from abroad is pretty agreed on that I think....especially in europe...even my friend in Istanbul (where Turkey is increasingly sinking into the mud, 83% inflation) takes pity when we chat on the phone.

I was at a work thing in Europe with a load of people from various countries this last week. I kept getting asked what was going on with our government/economy. All I could do was .

 

[SpookyFrank]

who's counting?

Nobody left in the tory ranks who can count that high.

 

[Elpenor]

Ironic Brady is in the birthplace of democracy and yet when he comes back our new prime minister will probably end up being chosen by a few hundred MPs

 

[bluescreen]

We'll see. I often call this stuff wrongly, but it feels like momentum is building. Hence I think she'll go on Monday.

I reckon you're right.
Not that her going will make anything better, mind.

 

[two sheds]

Have missed a page or two, but have we had this?

 

[Dom Traynor]

I was at a work thing in Europe with a load of people from various countries this last week. I kept getting asked what was going on with our government/economy. All I could do was .

Yep yesterday a Fijian and a Papuan were telling me how fascinated they are by British politics right now and how they feel sorry for me. I keep expecting my Ukrainian colleague to do the same.

 

[Sue]

So Cameron lasted longer than May who lasted longer than Johnson, who will have lasted longer than truss. Is this what they mean by accelerationism, that political leaders arrive and depart at an increasing speed?

This is like one of those 'If a train leaves Edinburgh at 12pm and travels at 60km and another train leaves London at 12:45 etc' problems.

 

[bluescreen]

According to Geri Scott of The Times, Kwasi Kwarteng learnt he was being dismissed after reading a report by ⁦
@thetimes ⁩ as he was being driven to Downing Street.

 

[Bingoman]

Well the Saturday Newspapers So far in is not good reading for the PM

 

[Jeff Robinson]

stone cold classic

 

[Lord Camomile]

According to Geri Scott of The Times, Kwasi Kwarteng learnt he was being dismissed after reading a report by ⁦
@thetimes ⁩ as he was being driven to Downing Street.

At which point he turned to his driver and said "we won't need to be stopping by Marks & Spencers after all, Kwasi's Friday Kupkakes is cancelled this week".

 

[Calamity1971]

Opening credits to newsnight was classic. Liz cackling pressing the demolition button with kwarteng being shown to the sounds of Its no sacrifice.

 

[steveo87]

According to Geri Scott of The Times, Kwasi Kwarteng learnt he was being dismissed after reading a report by ⁦
@thetimes ⁩ as he was being driven to Downing Street.

What did he expect?
No 10 is a bit public for Netflix and Chill.

 

[Duncan2]

What did he expect?
No 10 is a bit public for Netflix and Chill.

Newsnight again quoting gloomy unnamed Tory insider "you can't unburn toast".....true dat

 

[SpookyFrank]

stone cold classic

I feel OK about enjoying this because Truss is fucking vile.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Ironic Brady is in the birthplace of democracy and yet when he comes back our new prime minister will probably end up being chosen by a few hundred MPs

The ancient Greeks would absolutely approve of only rich landowners voting who to run the country, the issue would be the women voting.

They might also have questions about the good character aspect of all of them

 

[Raheem]

Newsnight again quoting gloomy unnamed Tory insider "you can't unburn toast".....true dat

I've seen it done on YouTube, so there.

 

[Wilf]

I've seen it done on YouTube, so there.

Damn you for leading me to youtube to look, but I was expecting some high tech solution, transforming the carbonised stuff to something less burnt. But no, instead we get this entirely unexpected, off the wall, once in a generation solution:

 

[stdP]

Avid readers of Dame Silvie Crin will no doubt be looking forward to the next instalment of The King of Troubles whereupon Sir Alan Fitztightly, bearer of the Regal Loofah, visits the bathing room of the newly anointed Sovereign and informs him that a head of state has died. On stage.

Q: "Ms Truss, do you agree with Mr Rees-Mogg that the mini-budget had nothing to do with the markets tanking?

A: "People were facing spiralling energy bills. This government has acted decisively to help these ordinary people facing spiralling energy bills."

Q: "OK, well that wasn't the question asked but moving on. Can you offer a guarantee that there won't be huge cuts in public sector spending?"

A: "People were facing spiralling energy bills. This government has acted decisively to help these ordinary people facing spiralling energy bills."

Q: "Are you OK? Would you like a cup of tea and a nice sit down?"

A: "People were facing spiralling energy bills. This government has acted decisively to help these ordinary people facing spiralling energy bills."

Zapp's post above re: PMQs is even more starkly relevant today as its the same fucking mantra every time her mouth moves. She'll be seen, wandering dazed around the fens for years to come like some sort of shambling ghoul, mumbling the same piffle.

Personally I'm just sad that she might not last long enough for any of the papers to use my Truss-DUP Turkey headline to become seasonally relevant.

 

[teuchter]

Damn you for leading me to youtube to look, but I was expecting some high tech solution, transforming the carbonised stuff to something less burnt. But no, instead we get this entirely unexpected, off the wall, once in a generation solution:

That youtuber is going to wonder why his video's views suddenly increased, maybe even doubled, on the 15th of October 2022.

 

[WhyLikeThis]

 

[Orang Utan]

In the bullshit of life, there is always sweetcorn of truth.

How fucking dare you

 

[Tanya1982]

Yep yesterday a Fijian and a Papuan were telling me how fascinated they are by British politics right now and how they feel sorry for me. I keep expecting my Ukrainian colleague to do the same.

I had the same thing in Mexico City in July 2016. The chaotic UK was the talk of the town, people were unanimously astonished. At one point, I was so fed up, I started responding to the question 'American?' (from bar staff or waiters etc) with a mid Atlantic 'yeah', just so I wouldn't have to get into yet more of the 'what is going on in your country?' commentary and the 'its like something in Mexico' observations. God only knows what they'll be saying in 2022.

 

[Calamity1971]

How fucking dare you

Yep, that's fucking fumed me how she's used that bollocks to further her career.
And if there's any deprivation in West Yorkshire her party is responsible.
Let's hope Steve's comment was sarcastic