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Sunak vs Truss - Leaders debate

276 replies

cakeorwine · 25/07/2022 21:01

Anyone watching?

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Grimoven · 25/07/2022 21:59

Well I didn't know Stoke on Trent was in the West Midlands .
Theres me thinking it was in Staffordshire. 🤣
That was a massive gaff.

Whataplanker · 25/07/2022 22:00

What did Sunak's mum do for work again? I'm not sure I caught it...

Elevenerifebruv · 25/07/2022 22:00

I think she was a pharma- chemist

7eleven · 25/07/2022 22:00

He was a sly fucker at the end there, refusing to answer that question, after she had.

Grimoven · 25/07/2022 22:00

Gaffe lol.

SierraSapphire · 25/07/2022 22:01

Grimoven · 25/07/2022 21:59

Well I didn't know Stoke on Trent was in the West Midlands .
Theres me thinking it was in Staffordshire. 🤣
That was a massive gaff.

It's in the West Midlands Government region I presume.

LadyJGrey · 25/07/2022 22:01

FFS - I’m watching this behind. What a rude bastard with his constant interrupting.
And then that rictus grin.

It’s almost like a sabotage tactic to prevent any flow to the debate.

BTW - was he chancellor? I really had no idea. 🙄

GreenLunchBox · 25/07/2022 22:02

Whataplanker · 25/07/2022 22:00

What did Sunak's mum do for work again? I'm not sure I caught it...

Ran some kind of local store I think

hotdogsjumpingfrogs · 25/07/2022 22:02

Well done to everyone who managed to stick that to the end! I dread our future

MomwasCasual · 25/07/2022 22:02

I wish they would stop being so cagey about their backgrounds, and tell us a little more about, I dunno, what their parents did etc.

GreenLunchBox · 25/07/2022 22:02

hotdogsjumpingfrogs · 25/07/2022 22:02

Well done to everyone who managed to stick that to the end! I dread our future

Me too 😭

TokyoTen · 25/07/2022 22:02

I turned off, I thought Rishi looked poor just trying to talk over her all the time tbh. She seemed more considered, him less so. Although I am not a.fan of either.

cakeorwine · 25/07/2022 22:03

Brexit has played a part in the queues at Dover - but they aren't allowed to say that.

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GreenLunchBox · 25/07/2022 22:04

Elevenerifebruv · 25/07/2022 22:00

I think she was a pharma- chemist

I love you guys for noticing this. Pharmacists DO NOT call themselves chemists

SpindleInTheWind · 25/07/2022 22:04

Sunak's mum was so humble and local that she sold bath salts all the way up and down the road

Elevenerifebruv · 25/07/2022 22:04

Can't say a bad word about Brexit they'll get cancelled by the Tory masses

Narwhalelife · 25/07/2022 22:05

OneFrenchEgg · 25/07/2022 21:58

He inherited humble beginnings

Arrh of course. Got confused with all the working as a waiter talk 🫠

Greensleeves · 25/07/2022 22:06

Has Sunak been at the old Colombian marching powder? He's always been obnoxious, but that was something else. It was like watching Zippy bullying George on Rainbow. Painful.

Elevenerifebruv · 25/07/2022 22:06

Greensleeves · 25/07/2022 22:06

Has Sunak been at the old Colombian marching powder? He's always been obnoxious, but that was something else. It was like watching Zippy bullying George on Rainbow. Painful.

Grin
Narwhalelife · 25/07/2022 22:07

GreenLunchBox · 25/07/2022 21:55

His humble beginnings are the fact that his parents had humble beginnings 🙄

Got ya, glad you caught it - know he only mentioned it briefly

7eleven · 25/07/2022 22:08

Why does nobody ever mention Sunak’s fixed penalty notice, especially when he talks about honesty and integrity?

cakeorwine · 25/07/2022 22:09

All this stuff they are saying about themselves is ammunition for Labour for the next election.

Truss just has to mention her education background in a future election debate and Starmer will mention that it was under a Tory Government - along with all the education cuts of that time.

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GreenLunchBox · 25/07/2022 22:09

Greensleeves · 25/07/2022 22:06

Has Sunak been at the old Colombian marching powder? He's always been obnoxious, but that was something else. It was like watching Zippy bullying George on Rainbow. Painful.

Mexican coke you mean

carefullycourageous · 25/07/2022 22:09

Luxa · 25/07/2022 21:57

I think Liz is being more measured and less slimy than Rishi. As she has said herself, she might not be the slickest, but she seems more genuine. I think if she becomes PM she will find her feet quickly.

Hahahaha no. Those who worked with her say she is genuinely mad.

OneFrenchEgg · 25/07/2022 22:10

MomwasCasual · 25/07/2022 22:02

I wish they would stop being so cagey about their backgrounds, and tell us a little more about, I dunno, what their parents did etc.

GrinGrinGrin it would really help get a sense of who they are

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