Thread 17:. Big Dog returns?

[Fladdermus]

www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/4649983-thread-16-trussterfuck-big-dog-the-aftermath?page=40&reply=120843782

😮 woah

"Asked if he thought the Conservative party’s online members’ ballot could be fully safe and secure, Cyber security expert Prof Ian Brown, formerly Principal Scientific Officer at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, put it simply: “No.”

Ripe to be contested.

Ryan Air

twitter.com/ryanair/status/1583406161780670464?s=46&t=bCkKZFLZ8G8fS_Jz6opPLg

Sorry I'd this has been linked before but here is EXACTLY what the world thinks of us.
I'm furious as to what we've become

www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/21/liz-truss-global-media-reaction-uk-political-turmoil

Yes I laughed & winced at Trevor Noah's bit on The Daily Show last night. It's uncomfortable being laughed at.

www.yahoo.com/entertainment/trevor-noah-mocks-liz-truss-141322259.html

Ouch!

Someone asked where was Fabricant...he is all over Twitter like a rash backing Johnson

That’s made me feel a bit sick. It really illuminates how much of a mess we’re in.

Remember how we all looked aghast at what was happening in the US with Trump, and here we are

James O Brien said today that there was a headline today calling us ‘Britaly’.

it’s clever….

It was the Economist.

Quite offensive to Italians really.

Oh look, pizza shield and a forkful of spaghetti. Shame on The Economist for running with that cartoon.

Right who started this thread and did the title???? Hmm!!! Come on!!! Explain yourself!!!

And whilst this shitshow run, the country comes to another standstill

A civil servant texts: "I’ve had meetings with ministers cancelled because they are too focused on their infighting and leadership campaigns. This madness means that absolutely nothing can be done, and even if they get a new leader, we’ll get new ministers and every time
there’s a new minister all our work halts and we have to spend months getting them up to speed for them to decide whether."

Political paralysis leads to government paralysis.

Via Lewis Goodall

As I said I think we've been without a government for a year. Good thread from Lewis Goodall about the impact. Worth a read in full -

twitter.com/lewis_goodall/status/1583046531682140160?s=46&t=vygeO7k51V8O0T6yiZivBg

"Real world consequences of govt in paralysis significant. Whitehall seizes up. This has more or less been case since the start of the year. Partygate gave way to vacuum which gave way to crisis and more paralysis. UK govt hasn’t been anything approaching normal for nearly a year."

"A civil servant texts: "I’ve had meetings with ministers cancelled because they are too focused on their infighting and leadership campaigns. This madness means that absolutely nothing can be done, and even if they get a new leader, we’ll get new ministers and every time..."

Given the deep divisions within the Conservatives and the Privileges Committee etc this will continue.

Hilarious x post Duncin

great minds

Another thing I read but now can't find is the risk of pushing back the Halloween budget because new PN rejects Hunts maths.
Bank of England has a Monetary Policy Committee meeting on 3rd Nov. Ideally they'd see the OBR before then so they can coordinate policy. We know what happens when they don't...

It's just absolutely flaming marvellous. Makes you so proud.

Trussell Trust says the need for food banks has outstripped donations for the first time.

Locally the foodbank I run is getting busier.

And we are a supposed affluent area. Most of our clients work.

Guido Fawkes says:

Sunak 88
Johnson 67
Mordaunt 24.

So Sunak has pulled out in front. Johnson has picked up a paltry 20 MPs in 24 hours and I'm starting to think he won't get his 100.

The question is where it would redistribute to.

Mordaunt.

God help us.

None of em is good

Ahh! It's the hope that kills you.