Liz Truss’s time is up

[Lorca]

What's wrong with Labour? How have the Tories been able to hang onto power for 12 years? Do they really have that much support from the British public or has Labour just been ineffective at getting their message out?

Labour haven't got a message beyond a vague 'we'll probably be slightly less immiserating than the tories.' Doesn't exactly stir the soul does it tbf.

 

[brogdale]

Sick man of Europe; and they said it would be back to the 70's with Jezza.

 

[moochedit]

It would be nice to have senior politicians that don't turn up for photo opportunities in hi-viz jackets. I don't know when it started but it's long past time to stop it.

Don't forget the hard hat!

 

[two sheds]

Starmer could intervene by promising to Unify the Country, then expel all the left wingers.

 

[MickiQ]

“This is the worst prime minister of my life”
“The worst prime minister of your life so far”

True but she is setting a bar that is going to take some work to beat

 

[Artaxerxes]

True but she is setting a bar that is going to take some work to beat

I’m not convinced we’ve hit the bottom of the doom spiral yet

 

[Karl Masks]

But, more importantly, they're not denying a BoE statement today. The markets want their pound of flesh and the shorters must be licking their lips...

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The Largesse of Lamont

(obscure tv beer commercial pun, it doesn't get better than this)

 

[Karl Masks]

Well, not always.

Perhaps this is how he keeps his cool the rest of the time. He attends funerals and laughs inappropriately to let out the darkness. Except this is a very public funeral and we saw him.

 

[elbows]

Black Wednesday has been trending on twitter.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Black Wednesday has been trending on twitter.

Everything gets a crap modern reboot

 

[Tanya1982]

It's just a costume. They want to pretend that they work for living and the really understand the problems of working people.

It fucks me off so much. They don't wear tabards when they go to supermarket photo ops, they don't wear stethoscopes when doing photo ops in GP surgeries, so I wish they'd drop the fucking hard hat and high viz shite.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Its usually site safety regs that everyone on site dons up.

 

[gosub]

Everything gets a crap modern reboot

This is a reboot of something far older than then if you ask me (and you didn't)

 

[killer b]

It fucks me off so much. They don't wear tabards when they go to supermarket photo ops, they don't wear stethoscopes when doing photo ops in GP surgeries, so I wish they'd drop the fucking hard hat and high viz shite.

I think in some cases they're wearing hi-vis cause they're on a site that it's a requirement aren't they?

 

[killer b]

It'd be pretty embarrassing if someone backed a forklift into the prime minister 'cause she wasn't wearing the right PPE and didn't get spotted by the forklift driver

 

[Artaxerxes]

It'd be pretty embarrassing if someone backed a forklift into the prime minister 'cause she wasn't wearing the right PPE and didn't get spotted by the forklift driver

As if the site gets any work done with the vips about

 

[killer b]

sure, but they have to pretend don't they?

 

[teuchter]

They should definitely refuse to wear hi-vis on sites where it's compulsory for everyone else. Absolutely bomb-proof PR decision.

 

[moochedit]

It fucks me off so much. They don't wear tabards when they go to supermarket photo ops, they don't wear stethoscopes when doing photo ops in GP surgeries, so I wish they'd drop the fucking hard hat and high viz shite.

Plenty of examples here. Not just hi viz...

Prime Minister Truss dressed as a...

1. Train Driver (not ASLEF)

www.urban75.net

 

[moochedit]

It'd be fucking great if someone backed a forklift into the prime minister 'cause she wasn't wearing the right PPE and didn't get spotted by the forklift driver

Ffy

 

[Pickman's model]

It'd be pretty embarrassing if someone backed a forklift into the prime minister 'cause she wasn't wearing the right PPE and didn't get spotted by the forklift driver

Until they thought about it and realised how popular they'd be, then they'd drive forwards over her to make sure

 

[killer b]

Ffy

also that

 

[elbows]

A variation on the crap theme of health and safety gone mad.

 

[gosub]

They should definitely refuse to wear hi-vis on sites where it's compulsory for everyone else. Absolutely bomb-proof PR decision.

well would show a commitment to cutting red tape on things like H&S

 

[brogdale]

The Treasury & BoE are flailing around; can't imagine the money markets will be too impressed with "we'll look at all this in November"!

 

[Artaxerxes]

Thank goodness we didn’t get chaos with Ed Milliband really

 

[brogdale]

lol; spot when the "calming" statements dropped...

 

[MickiQ]

Mrs Q and I sat and watched Blind Dominic giving his excuses about breaking lockdown and claimed he only drove to Barnard Castle to test his eyesight. When he said that Mrs Q turned to me and said "What did he just say, I can't believe he just said that"
At 1630 last Friday there must have been loads of bankers and hedge fund managers watching the (not)budget last week who had exactly the same moment.

 

[Pickman's model]

The Treasury & BoE are flailing around; can't imagine the money markets will be too impressed with "we'll look at all this in November"!

Natural party of government my arse

 

[cupid_stunt]

From a man at the FT.