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[Guest]

As we saw with Johnson in the summer we can’t have interim Prime Ministers. If someone steps in they just become the Prime Minister. 

Edited October 14, 2022 by Ozanne

[steviewevie]

11 minutes ago, lost said:

As in he’s got his hands on the economic controls and that’s all that matters currently.

apart from ukraine and NI protocol and refugees and fucked NHS and fucked mental health and crime and poverty and all the other fucked up things.

But, in the end doesn't it always come down to it's the economy stupid, which is why chancellor is always the 2nd most powerful person in govt, sometimes maybe the most powerful.

Edited October 14, 2022 by steviewevie

[Guest]

Keir Starmer has called for a general election!

[steviewevie]

5 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Keir Starmer has called for a general election!

I'm sure it will happen now.

[steviewevie]

meanwhile this c**t.

 

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, steviewevie said:

I'm sure it will happen now.

Only if Jamie Oliver is onboard 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, steviewevie said:

I'm sure it will happen now.

I think it’s pretty important when the LOTO calls for an election, it’ll only just add pressure though. 

[Neil]

16 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

How does that work ? Surely when truss goes the interim will be coffee ? Unless she stays untill the next one is voted in ? Whoever that might be 

if that's correct, than Raaaaab was interim after spaffer.

[Crazyfool01]

2 minutes ago, Neil said:

if that's correct, than Raaaaab was interim after spaffer.

But spaffer was desperate to hang on … that’s the difference … can’t see truss hanging about if she’s forced out … 

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, Neil said:

if that's correct, than Raaaaab was interim after spaffer.

We don’t have interim PMs, well that was the reason that Johnson stayed on anyway. Any new leader would just be the PM.

[steviewevie]

12 minutes ago, Neil said:

if that's correct, than Raaaaab was interim after spaffer.

he was when Johnson was in hospital with covid wasn't he?

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

he was when Johnson was in hospital with covid wasn't he?

I think Raab just covered various tasks but Johnson was still PM. 

[Guest]

Wow. 

[steviewevie]

8 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Wow. 

yeah, this continues she gets kicked out.

[Guest]

On that map LD on 36 is pretty good. 

[Crazyfool01]

7 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

yeah, this continues she gets kicked out.

Hadn’t we decided she’s off next week ? 

[steviewevie]

4 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

Hadn’t we decided she’s off next week ? 

I have not agreed to that, and I own the consensus on this thread.

(but she may well be)

[steviewevie]

all the tory heads can talk it up as much as they like...but they've fucked it and they know it....good and proper.

[steviewevie]

if they want growth uturn on brexit ffs. w*nkers.

[Guest]

It took them forever to get rid of Johnson, I think they’ll give her till the 31st. 

[steviewevie]

at least the libertarian, right wing, neo-lib think tanks like IEA and TPA had their little chance and they totally fucked it. Maybe they could go get an actual job now.

[lost]

1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

apart from ukraine and NI protocol and refugees and fucked NHS and fucked mental health and crime and poverty and all the other fucked up things.

But, in the end doesn't it always come down to it's the economy stupid, which is why chancellor is always the 2nd most powerful person in govt, sometimes maybe the most powerful.

Lots of  countries don’t have free healthcare and extreme poverty and other bad things, this isn’t because their politicians are worse than ours it’s because they don’t have the economy to sustain those things.

If no one wants to lend us money anymore there is no NHS it’s that simple. That’s why restoring market confidence is the most important job right now and why decisions around that will over rule all other departments 

[steviewevie]

11 minutes ago, lost said:

Lots of  countries don’t have free healthcare and extreme poverty and other bad things, this isn’t because their politicians are worse than ours it’s because they don’t have the economy to sustain those things.

If no one wants to lend us money anymore there is no NHS it’s that simple. That’s why restoring market confidence is the most important job right now and why decisions around that will over rule all other departments 

Yes,ok..we appear to have lost control.

Again.

 

[steviewevie]

We're like one of those horrid southern European countries...without the beautiful people and nice food and weather.

[Guest]

How much more can the Tories ruin our country? They’ve done so much damage, we need them out asap.