Rishi Sunak’s time is up!

[Karl Masks]

That depends how much influence the ERG retains over the Parliamentary Conservative Party, post-the political demise of 2 PMs they supported.
I think Mogg & his rimjobs like Francois are on the down, with MPs thinking "what the fuck have they done, except cause turmoil, & profit from chaos?".

They're threatening to tank the government if they don't get their way re: Northern Ireland. I guess she's a sop

 

[iveivan]

Braverman wtf? I suppose it’ll shore up the racist vote when you have a brown skin PM.

Rishi is aligned with her on immigration according to Sky just now. Which swamp do they drag these people from?

 

[ViolentPanda]

Two more bite the dust Chloe Smith and Vicky Ford both quit Government

Who they?

 

[iveivan]

We are told that he is an enthusiastic support of the Rwanda policy, so its not really a surprise Braverman is back, especially given her support for him during the leadership contest.

The lack of new faces, making this cabinet mostly a remix of the Johnson and Truss eras, wont help them create the impression this is a new government, it will tether a big chunk of their reputation to the past regimes.

It’s a bit of a ‘best of’. Guess there’s no talent in the party.

 

[elbows]

Rishi is aligned with her on immigration according to Sky just now. Which swamp do they drag these people from?

The swamp of government figures that cannot and will not do to the bigger immigration picture what their racist etc supporters really want, so they have to come up with a big flagship bullshit policy that makes them seem tough on the issue without really changing the immigration picture.

 

[MickiQ]

Mrs Q who has just returned home is frothing at the mouth about the possibility of Gove being re-appointed Education Secretary she still hates him from last time he did the job

 

[iveivan]

The swamp of government figures that cannot and will not do to the bigger immigration picture what their racist etc supporters really want, so they have to come up with a big flagship bullshit policy that makes them seem tough on the issue without really changing the immigration picture.

In the meantime, refugees are treated appallingly

Refugees forced out of homes again in last minute move branded as 'cruel' | ITV News

People at the accommodation say it was not clear where they would have to move to, with concerns about the impact on children enrolled at local schools. | ITV News London

www.itv.com

 

[steeplejack]

Who they?

Chloe Smith is the hapless balloon who was once the bright new face of Cameronism and was then demolished by Paxman on Newsnight a couple of years later- the real life Ben Swain.



Liz Truss disinterred her from the political crypt for reasons best known to herself. Smith's time in government was an aberration in anotherwise uninterrupted flatline of inconsequence.

Vicky Ford is just a nonentity, ex-MEP, lietime political grifter, was a Minister of State

 

[littlebabyjesus]

And Starmer is falling over himself to appear as 'tough' on immigration as the tories.

 

[elbows]

It’s a bit of a ‘best of’. Guess there’s no talent in the party.

They are also still firmly stuck in the fake 'pro Brexit' era, despite the Truss administration accidentally demolishing what the headbangers thought could be achieved via the 'freedoms of Brexit'.

So while Truss killed a particular headbanger vision of post-Brexit Britain, the crisis she caused can now join the list of other factors which cause economic woe that can be used to disguise the impact of Brexit. That list is now post-Covid damage, Ukraine war, general global economic woe and inflation, and the Trussterfuck.

 

[agricola]

They're threatening to tank the government if they don't get their way re: Northern Ireland. I guess she's a sop

Not sure that will work a second time - it wouldn't have worked the first time, had May called their bluff (as in say it was her deal or no Brexit, not her deal or no deal).

 

[elbows]

Mordaunts role unchanged.

 

[Cid]

And Starmer is falling over himself to appear as 'tough' on immigration as the tories.

Even he knows all he has left is attack.

Starmer urges focused Sunak attack lines as Tories expect ‘poll bounce’

Labour leader says shadow cabinet should stick to tried and tested criticism of the new PM

www.theguardian.com

 

[agricola]

Even he knows all he has left is attack.

Starmer urges focused Sunak attack lines as Tories expect ‘poll bounce’

Labour leader says shadow cabinet should stick to tried and tested criticism of the new PM

www.theguardian.com

surely you mean he knows all he has is to attack the left?

 

[bimble]

The interesting fact I’ve learned today is that suella braverman is an active member of the triratra Buddhist community (biggest Buddhist org in uk). How that works for her or for them idk.

 

[Cid]

surely you mean he knows all he has is to attack the left?

Attack anyone tbh.

So long as he doesn't have to commit to any actual policies.

 

[8ball]

The interesting fact I’ve learned today is that suella braverman is an active member of the triratra Buddhist community (biggest Buddhist org in uk). How that works for her or for them idk.

The ones that had a massive sex scandal about a decade ago.

 

[bimble]

The ones that had a massive sex scandal about a decade ago.

Yes. And talk about lovingkindness and compassion a lot.

 

[RainbowTown]

I stand corrected but I think Sunak's voting record includes repealing the 1998 Human Rights Act, turning all primary and secondary schools into 'academies' (shifting control from local authorities to central government) and remaining absent when voting on same sex marriage and equal gay rights. He also signed off and funded the immoral Asylum Partnership Agreement deal with Rwanda. And, of course, let's not forget this:




Not my idea of a levelling up, kind nor trustworthy PM. Whatsoever.

 

[8ball]

Yes. And talk about lovingkindness and compassion a lot.

Yeah, and the ones I have met seem very sincere about that.
I can't see them welcoming someone like her.

 

[brogdale]

Social mobility.

 

[Karl Masks]

Fuck all of this

 

[agricola]

Social mobility.

I feel proud that I went to a University that has produced as many post-war PMs as Cambridge

 

[bimble]

Yeah, and the ones I have met seem very sincere about that.
I can't see them welcoming someone like her.

I’ve just sent a wtf query about it to my friebd in there. Does seem crazy, their one big idea is ‘don’t cause suffering’

 

[_Russ_]

The interesting fact I’ve learned today is that suella braverman is an active member of the triratra Buddhist community (biggest Buddhist org in uk). How that works for her or for them idk.

The goings on in Burma and Sri Lanka blew apart the 'Buddhists are all shiny happy people' dogma quite some time ago

 

[8ball]

I’ve just sent a wtf query about it to my friebd in there. Does seem crazy, their one big idea is ‘don’t cause suffering’

Maybe they're just welcoming and try to see the good in everyone.

 

[bimble]

The goings on in Burma and Sri Lanka blew apart the 'Buddhists are all shiny happy people' dogma quite some time ago

This is the western Buddhist order, so people who’ve decided to go learn to meditate and all that. Anyway, it’s a tangent but friend says she’s not a member just hangs out there but also says there’s several of them, she has supporters in there an anti-woke crew, who yield a disproportionate influence on the community.

 

[Cid]

Yes. And talk about lovingkindness and compassion a lot.

The absolute worst people are those who think their cruelty is a kind of kindness.

 

[bimble]

Anyway he had a brilliant excuse to not give her that job (remember ages ago last week when she did the email crime) and chose to not take it. Just shit. Nobody anywhere thinks she’s a good home sec and any claims to integrity and national interest blown up on day one.

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

"You've broken the ministerial code. I'm afraid this is a resignation matter."

"No Prime Minister, please, do I really have to do this???!!!"

"Don't worry about it, we'll put Shappsy in for 4 days then it's all yours again"