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Next British Prime Minister?
- Thread starter JIMMY12345
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Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
Altfish
Veteran Member
And so the clown show carries on.
I have read he is a true Brexiteer,
is that true?
is that true?
I seriously doubt it.He'd have a shorter term than Liz TrussRishi Sunak?
Altfish
Veteran Member
Allegedly, one of the bunch still in denial about how much of a failure it has beenI have read he is a true Brexiteer,
is that true?
Even the Daily Telegraph and Financial Times are saying we've got to change course and at least rejoin the single market.
Perfect. Because our new government supports Britain and Brexit.
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exchemist
Veteran Member
Yes, and they - or rather the Bozo groupies, who are nearly the same crowd of fruitcakes - are already threatening to make it impossible for Sunak, just as they did for May, by rebelling on measures they don't like. One early task for Sunak will be to split them, by offering some jobs to enough ringleaders that they can't threaten his majority in the Commons.
He'll need to do that because the only way to restore some economic growth is to make it easier to trade with the EU, which is anathema to the Brexitty zealots.
Altfish
Veteran Member
A race to the bottom.
All of what the Brexiteers called "Project Fear" is coming true
exchemist
Veteran Member
Hang on, the FT has been strongly and consistently against Brexit from the very start. The FT is not a right wing newspaper. It is centrist. That is why I buy it.
And I don't believe the Brexograph is calling for rejoining the Single Market. They may, just possibly, have one columnist advocating this but most of their stable of commentators are hard Brexit zealots like Allister Heath, Roger Bootle, the imbecile Sherelle Jacobs, the barking mad Janet Daly, the antediluvian Charles Moore, etc.
There are hard Souverainists here that hope that someday there will be a Italexit too.
Altfish
Veteran Member
What you mean is that you have a nutjob right wing fascist as PM
exchemist
Veteran Member
There was an article in the Brexograph by Jeremy Warner, who used to write a business column for the Indie in days gone by and is not a nutter, saying exactly that a few days ago. It's behind a paywall but here is the gist of it: Telegraph admits: Project Fear was 'right all along'
This, however, is not the editorial line of the Brexograph.
Altfish
Veteran Member
Agreed, but 2-years ago it wouldn't have seen the light of day in the paper.
exchemist
Veteran Member
That's true. It may slowly be dawning on the less ideological of the Brexiters, one by one.
It may be that by the time of the next election Labour will be able to argue that Brexit was sold to the people on the basis of little change in trading arrangements (the Norway model, for instance), but it was subsequently hijacked by the Tory far right into an extreme and damaging form. That would fit with what @Rival has told me about her own vote for Brexit, for example.
Carney gave an extended interview to the FT a couple of weeks ago in which, while he refused to be drawn into saying overtly that Brexit was a terrible idea, he simply addressed the issue by observing that in 2016 the UK economy was 90% the size of the German economy, whereas today it is 70%.
QED.
Altfish
Veteran Member
I'd like to see The Russia Report published
JIMMY12345
Active Member
We could always form a Religious forums party. Conservative values Mon, Tues, Weds. Labour values on the other days. This would be democratic and keep everyone happy. Failing that with either Mr. Sunak or Mr. Starmer (both good guys). Spending cuts and higher taxes. Length of office to be determined by strikes and if either can face down unions. True UK debt is lower than other countries. So is our carbon footprint. Thats no excuse for ramping up either.