Johnson has dropped out, thank the Lord 🙏

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Just that, pulled back from the edge hopefully for now

Also Braverman. That woman should never be allowed anywhere near government ever again.

It baffles me when people complain about our PMs being Oxford graduates. Why?

There are several arguments. One is that the Oxford graduates we have a certain training which is good for being elected but less good for running the country. Many of the politicians studied PPE, which some say give the impression of knowledge and verbal and written fluency, without the depth of knowledge and attention to detail needed. Second, focusing on Oxford as a great university means that more talented people are overlooked. Do we really believe that Liz Truss and Jacob Rees Mogg are the cream of the crop?

If we had a GE and Labour won, how do you think you would be better off and if you were, how do you think they would pay for it?

Hopefully Rishi by tomorrow then ....
I really want a Labour government to invest in public services, but Rishi is certainly best the tories have

and dare I say it, he’s also quite dishy, is Rishi

For the posters feigning surprise that racism is a factor...

What do you suggest was the reason that the Conservative party membership chose the eminently unqualified, demonstrably stupid Liz Truss over the more experienced, sensible, capable Rishi Sunak?

The Tory party member who called in to Sangita Myska's show - see my previous post with the video link- told us VERY clearly why he wouldn't want Rishi. He's not 'English' enough.

I don't think grades counted for Cambridge at that time, did they? I think it was all down to the entrance exam and the interview. I knew someone who got in that way despite getting two Ds, and he subsequently went on to get a 2:1.

Closing tax loopholes, windfall tax?

Barack O'Sunak.

Everyone take out your bibles, we need prayers for boris, boris boris

Closing tax loopholes and offshore nonsense. But ..Gordon Brown was on about that before he was Chancellor. Believe it when you see it.

We don't need Sunak to understand how the other half lives. We need him to calm the fucking markets and make some money (or at least stop haemorrhaging it) so that some other dickheads he anoints as Health Secretary and Chancellor can then understand the little people and maybe, in an ideal world, try to make life bearable for the next 5 years. It wouldn't matter if we had Mother Teresa in charge if we've got no money and no more access to borrowing!
It has to be him. Nobody else has a fucking goddamned clue.

He doesn't need money or power. He's not as needy as the others. I hope he'll get on with the job and that we somehow survive the next few years. He doesn't appear to be power hungry and he doesn't have anything to prove really.

What a wonderful institution.

I can just see NHS being privatised asap now, wasn't that what he was quietly considering in his previous role?

Comparing a black man, who was born in 1961 when many black people were banned from attending certain schools and colleges, raised by a single mother, an academic,who went on to a landslide election and became the most powerful man on Earth, with an Indian origin man who had two parents and is set to be made leader by a 102 people....to govern a country slipping down the G7 by the hour......how very white of you.

Unfortunately, the NHS will be privatised as this will be a provisos to securing a trade deal with the US.

Oxford had an entrance exam, that was scrapped along with Cambridge's as it favoured public schools who swotted pupils for the exams, while bright kids at state school had teachers who didn't.

Once you passed entrance you were offered minimum grades to enter usually, i.e 2 E's.

@Doubtmyself

It was meant as a positive comment towards those non racists in the Tory party who would select the first non white PM. Just like Obama was the first black US president. I'm well aware of their backgrounds.

But knee jerk away.

@TheFairyCaravan 😂

I'm only taking the piss @greenhousegal

@notdaddycool 👏 👏
nailed it 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

So, despite being distinctly unre n ar I able his o and a levels, you truly believe he aced his entrance exam and interview, and being heir to the throne had nothing to do with it!!?
I've got a bridge for sale...

None of them could work with johnson which is why they were resigning like rats from the sinking ship the UK currently is. Short memories some people have....

'May you live in interesting times' is a curse. The majority would love some boring times that don't make them destitute.

It’s true that Oxbridge entrance used to be via their own exam and interview, followed by a 2E offer if you passed muster. But they certainly expected you to do a lot better than 2 Es and from all I’ve heard, would give you a hard time if you didn’t.

Sunak was also found guilty of a criminal offence and fined under partygate scandal 🙄