Liz Truss is our new PM

[Altfish]

How low has our country gone??

At least it will assist Labour in getting in next time round.

 

[RestlessSoul]

May God have mercy on us all. It’s like a Russian doll of crap Tory leaders, each more clueless and morally bankrupt than the last.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

A cross between Thatcher and Johnson who is purported to have said:

"I want people to buy British because it's the tastiest food and the most exciting food."
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What could possibly go wrong with such an insightful leader at the helm?

 

[RestlessSoul]

A cross between Thatcher and Johnson who is purported to have said:

"I want people to buy British because it's the tastiest food and the most exciting food."
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What could possibly go wrong with such an insightful leader at the helm?

A woman so dense, light curves round her. We’re ****ed. Proper ****ed.

 

[Estro Felino]

At least Britain has female PMs.
Which is something you take for granted.
I hear they won't let a female politician become Prime Minister because of the sexist culture we have.

 

[Mock Turtle]

I'm sure she has at least one good bone in her body - like in her ear - and that is what we will be getting from her - a lot of earache.

First impressions (and second, etc.) often count, and she comes across as much like the rest. Thatcher Mk 2? Oh, how wonderful.

 

[Twilight Hue]

May God have mercy on us all. It’s like a Russian doll of crap Tory leaders, each more clueless and morally bankrupt than the last.

But you vote for them.

What does that say?

 

[Rival]

But you vote for them.

What does that say?

Liz Truss wasn't voted for in a GE but in an intraparty election.

Same for Theresa May, essentially.

 

[ChristineM]

But you vote for them.

What does that say?

Nope, the conservative party votes for it's leader. Almost as democratic as the American system of electoral college

 

[Rival]

Nope, the conservative party votes for it's leader. Almost as democratic as the American system of electoral college

I think we need to caveat this by saying that this only happens when a PM stands down halfway through his term and the party in power still has their mandate to rule, as far as the law sees it. They elect a new leader from the same party.

 

[ChristineM]

How low has our country gone??

And because of Brexit you poor sods have nowhere to escape to.

 

[ChristineM]

I think we need to caveat this by saying that this only happens when a PM stands down halfway through his term and the party in power still has their mandate to rule, as far as the law sees it. They elect a new leader from the same party.

It boils down to the electorate cannot vote for pm, that's always down to the particular party

 

[RestlessSoul]

But you vote for them.

What does that say?

Who votes for them? Certainly not me.

 

[RestlessSoul]

And because of Brexit you poor sods have nowhere to escape to.

UK citizens still have right of residency in Ireland, and vice versa. So there's a way out.

 

[ChristineM]

UK citizens still have right of residency in Ireland, and vice versa. So there's a way out.

Ah ha, an escape route. That's something, perhaps it won't become overcrowded,;-)

Actually you can come to mainland Europe too but the automatic right of residency for EU citizens has been withdrawn for UK citizens. Yes you can gain residency rights but it means jumping through hoops backwards.

I know of a few people who, delusioned with the failure of the stand alone UK, have navigated the bureaucracy.

 

[England my lionheart]

A wannabe Thatcher,don’t see her lasting long though and perhaps a good opportunity for labour.

 

[sun rise]

At least Britain has female PMs.
Which is something you take for granted.
I hear they won't let a female politician become Prime Minister because of the sexist culture we have.

I thought we in the USA had the market cornered for sexism given how women are judged/attacked more than men in politics.

 

[RestlessSoul]

Ah ha, an escape route. That's something, perhaps it won't become overcrowded,;-)

Actually you can come to mainland Europe too but the automatic right of residency for EU citizens has been withdrawn for UK citizens. Yes you can gain residency rights but it means jumping through hoops backwards.

I know of a few people who, delusioned with the failure of the stand alone UK, have navigated the bureaucracy.

I’ll probably die in London and have my son scatter my ashes off Waterloo Bridge, but on the other hand my partner is from Normandy, so who knows?

 

[ChristineM]

Is she bad?

oh yes. Though well have to see if she compares to boris

 

[Sand Dancer]

oh yes. Though well have to see if she compares to boris

This is a strange time in our world.