Liz Truss’s time is up

[Calamity1971]

as Joe Lycette said, 'They really are scraping the barrel' or something like that.

Backwash
I think the haters will say that we’ve had 12 years of the Tories and that we’re sort of at the dregs of what they’ve got available and that Liz Truss is the backwash of the available MPs. I wouldn’t say that because I’m incredibly right wing, but some people might say that.

During his appearance on the show, Joe also took aim at other PM hopeful Rishi Sunak and commented how "he’s not going to be Prime Minister, so you may as well have interviewed Peter Andre".

 

[teuchter]

She does but it was the confusion on her face about weather she had one or not

There was no confusion about whether she had one or not. She made the face when she was asked if she was worried about what would happen if she has to remortgage.

 

[Calamity1971]

I'm no shoe snob, but those trainers are super conspicuous.

They're crying out for velcro. Personally I would have gone addidas gazelles.

 

[Wilf]

My guess is the polls will settle back to 10-15 point Labour leads and the tories will plod on with her in power. The idea of another contest is just too traumatic for them. The moment to bin her off and get sunak in by 'acclamation', if it ever existed, has gone. If the leads do slip back, they'll realise kieth is an even emptier suit and there's little active support for Labour. They'll convince themselves there's no clear path to getting someone else in that doesn't worsen their position in doing so. It's a mixture of stasis and headless chicken stuff. Good.

 

[two sheds]

Johnson must be enjoying himself more than he has done for years.

 

[ruffneck23]

Johnson must be enjoying himself more than he has done for years.

So must Uncle Jezza, except he is probably more furious at the state of it all.

 

[Cerv]

So what would/ will happen? Another leadership contest (more lulz, and the country is far better off with no cunt sitting in Downing Street anyway, so I'm all for it), or Sunak getting coronated by default?

my guess, they would only pull the trigger on forcing Truss out if they were sure that only their one anointed MP would get enough signatures to be on the list for next leader, and win by default.

that'd look a bit better than changing the rules at short notice to stop a repeat of the association members ballot. then they can take their time to redraft the rules well in advance of the next change in leader.

 

[brogdale]

Proper blue-on-blue bombing here; members of the executive blaming the lobby fodder and accusing them of a coup.
Strong stuff.

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And some more blue-on-blue with BroJohn two-footing 'finger' Jenkyns; they're going for it today in the tory civil war:

 

[Tanya1982]

Johnson must be enjoying himself more than he has done for years.

More likely still smarting that he wasn't the PM an audience of billions saw deliver a soaring eulogy to the heavens from the glittering pulpit of the abbey. Christ, he missed his oratory pinnacle by a week, and had to watch Liz fucking Truss in his place.

 

[two sheds]

had to watch Liz fucking Truss in his place.

 

[brogdale]

And MadNad's kicking off again for team Johnson...

 

[ruffneck23]

More like still smarting that he wasn't the PM an audience of billions saw deliver a soaring eulogy to the heavens from the glittering pulpit of the abbey. Christ, he missed his oratory pinnacle by a week, and had to watch Liz fucking Truss in his place.

Yeah, it was lovely to see, Brenda had the last laugh, if by dying is laughable.

 

[Fuzzy]

The expression 'the lights are on but nobody's home' doesn't really apply because in her case the lights aren't on either. Maybe just the fridge light as she checks on the cheese.

Hehe that made me chuckle

 

[ruffneck23]

I don't think I can keep up, come back from the pub and found this gem (apologies if it's been posted before.)

 

[steveo87]

So must Uncle Jezza, except he is probably more furious at the state of it all.

Well he's an Arsenal fan, so he'll be loving life at the minute.
The bastard.

 

[elbows]

I guess where you work they're impressed by weird posh rich dudes.

Sunak's ratings were 100% down to his financial interventions during covid not some magic stardust - and they dropped like a stone as soon as people actually got his measure.

Plus the headbangers in the parliamentary tory party think they belong in the driving seat post-Brexit.

Plus the timing of the personal wealth stories about Sunak and his wife damaged his chances, they created a very awkward juxtaposition with the cost of living crisis.

 

[ruffneck23]

I've found myself listening to shows on lbc that I'd usually avoid, however listening to the calls of tory voters in meltdown, is really rather entertaining.

 

[emanymton]

as Joe Lycette said, 'They really are scraping the barrel' or something like that.

They are through through barrel and grubbing around in the dirt hoping to find a half dead worm.

 

[brogdale]

Going well...

 

[maomao]

My guess is the polls will settle back to 10-15 point Labour leads and the tories will plod on with her in power. The idea of another contest is just too traumatic for them. The moment to bin her off and get sunak in by 'acclamation', if it ever existed, has gone. If the leads do slip back, they'll realise kieth is an even emptier suit and there's little active support for Labour. They'll convince themselves there's no clear path to getting someone else in that doesn't worsen their position in doing so. It's a mixture of stasis and headless chicken stuff. Good.

I don't think so. They've put mortgages up and knocked pensions down. The financial damage done won't just dissolve, that's their voters with less money.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

Johnson didn't do many interviews, he sent out allies. As a new leader Truss is trying to front her govt and failing, that's all i can see.
Unless the MPs coalesce around a candidate, unlikely? she's stuck there.

 

[maomao]

Going well...

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If she was Putin she'd be firing a couple of tactical nukes off.

 

[alex_]

So what would/ will happen? Another leadership contest (more lulz, and the country is far better off with no cunt sitting in Downing Street anyway, so I'm all for it), or Sunak getting coronated by default?

The whole shitshow would start again and we’d risk the Tory members picking another numpty.

 

[Karl Masks]

I've found myself listening to shows on lbc that I'd usually avoid, however listening to the calls of tory voters in meltdown, is really rather entertaining.

The way this is going, one of those callers is going to be someone called Liz Truss

 

[maomao]

The whole shitshow would start again and we’d risk the Tory members picking another numpty.

They'd change the rules (to an MPs only vote) on the basis that the country can't afford another three month campaign. And then never ever change them back.

 

[Pickman's model]

The whole shitshow would start again and we’d risk the Tory members picking another numpty.

There's no risk. It's a certainty the next one would be another numpty

 

[SysOut]

no confidence vote and then the king instructs someone to form a new government?

 

[Tanya1982]

Plus the headbangers in the parliamentary tory party think they belong in the driving seat post-Brexit.

Plus the timing of the personal wealth stories about Sunak and his wife damaged his chances, they created a very awkward juxtaposition with the cost of living crisis.

I found Truss's publicly funded lunchtime bar bill to be a far more damning juxtaposition. I'm surprised Sunak's team didn't make more of it. His wife's tax affairs were a bit cheeky, but her actual fortune is neither here nor there.

 

[Sue]

If she was Putin she'd be firing a couple of tactical nukes off.

Christ, don't give her ideas.

 

[Tanya1982]

If she was Putin she'd be firing a couple of tactical nukes off.

If she was Putin, she'd be sitting back enjoying the damage Liz Truss is doing and breathing a sigh of relief over how she's knocked his own humiliations down the headlines.