Thread 18, Big Dog Halloween Edition

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Watching the MPs all standing around getting ready for a photo with the sound down. Taking aaaaaaggges. So many faces you normally barely see. Some looking jolly. Some glum. Some bored. Must be extremely boring and legs must be aching

It is a bit weird that Sunak's barely said a word to anyone in the outside world.

Ohhh of course it's for welcoming Sunak.

"Hooray! We've always loved you!"

Maybe Sunak is just really shy

A bit of good news

Right now, this is/should be the biggest story in Europe.

The price of natural gas is falling very fast again, thanks to growing stockpiles & expectations of warmer weather.

If this sustains, then electricity prices & inflation should fall quickly too

twitter.com/sunny_hundal/status/1584528059734327296?t=IPtDOReIqxL24B_5EEqwyw&s=19

Someone text into BBC silent earlier.

"Southampton beats Portsmouth again" 🤣

Ooh! That's close to the bone!

(Some of Dh family from Portsmouth)

Speech was a bit wooden. I suppose we will hear a bit more from Sunak after he is officially declared PM.

Wooden a contrast to Johnson.

I haven't watched it but the reactions on twitter are very much 'that was weird'

So am I

I'm prepared to give him a chance
I loath the conservatives and want a GE , but it is what it is :(
I might change my mind in a few days though
He is a bit wooden with his speeches

I wasn't watching at the time but caught a bit of a replay with sound down. Why was he looking off to the side slightly?

Autocue

He is a bit wooden with his speeches
Next to Truss he looks positively verbose and flowing.

I thought they have autocue on the camera? Usually people talk to camera in situations like that. Although quite a few documentary type shows have people talking off to the side. I suppose it's meant to look less confrontational or less didactic but it just looks odd.

I wasn't being horrible about his delivery : he just sounds a bit stoic , but yes, he is better at speaking than Liz truss

Talking to camera = sincerity

Or

Talking to camera = patronising

I'm sure most MPs, ministers etc have some sort of media training these days

How's he rate next to Johnson? 🤔

Sorry, I wasn’t pulling you up on it, if it came across that way. Truss’s voice and delivery was like nails on a blackboard to me, anyone is an improvement.
Sunak reminds me mostly of Will from The Inbetweeners. I fondly imagined him stating a flat “Brilliant” at being beaten by Truss in the first place.

Johnson was unlistenable. No train of thought left on its tracks long enough to form a coherent sentence.

Boris Johnson was much more bluster with his speeches.

Well, yes. Or contrasted to Truss' rabbit in the headlights gormlessness.

Clearly hadn't had time to read his speech before he read it. So did quite well considering. Like I said, we will probably hear a bit more after he's actually sworn in or whatever they do tomorrow.

I just want it all to be over and them to get on with actually governing, for a change. If we could have a few months of stability, that would be nice. I'd quite like the new PM to be as boring as possible, actually.

No, I know!! I couldn't do public speaking either
I don't like what the conservatives have done here , but I wish him luck and have to see how it pans out. It will be austerity Mark 2 and that worries me

The King's first time to invite anyone to form a government