Thread 39 Sunak - Government by Gaslight

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https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5016708-thread-38-sunak-soooo-square-one-is-an-option-then?page=40&reply=133647875

No. Because the deep state is full of transactivists, as everyone knows
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2024/02/22/liz-truss-donald-trump-cpac-blames-trans-state-blame/

I ill be away for a week either late September or early October. This is getting worrying. Although it would be nice to celebrate with son and daughter-in-law but this year everywhere I'm going has expensive booze.

Money, money, money

"More Rwanda-related costs have been published on the government contracts website - without, of course, any mention of Rwanda

💷£6.4m for "provision of facilities for Use of Force training"
✈️£671,090 for "aircraft fuselages for Use of Force Training"
🍔£315,000 for catering"

x.com/lizziedearden/status/1768689535016165676?s=46&t=Uw4lJNwxFZFnX0Xs3doHYg

Spent when public services are faltering.

If you want to be really depressed read Sam Freedman's thread on the state of SEND.

x.com/samfr/status/1768272621320204730?s=46&t=Uw4lJNwxFZFnX0Xs3doHYg

Councils take 18 months - 2 years to give EHCPs to kids who need constant one to one care. Hopelessly inadequate funding for those who do have plans. Zero special school places available for years into the future in large parts of the country.

And the government response has been to introduce a "safety valve" system to help councils manage costs in return for further reducing the number of plans they're giving out / related support.

Which I don't think can even be legal.

Good example of what I'm talking about.

Essex is the worst in England for completing children’s special educational needs assessments, a senior council officer confirmed.

1% of children in Essex county get an assessment for an educational health care plan within 20 weeks 👇

x.com/sidedman/status/1768547848650387773?s=46&t=Uw4lJNwxFZFnX0Xs3doHYg

https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/1bffzpz/breaking_downing_street_sources_tell_the/
reckon it’s true ? 🤔

Another deflection tactic.

yes I agree its an attempt to divert and try and manage truculent Conservative MPs.

Sunak will hold out as long as possible. Unless forced by his own party.

A Tory I know at "my hobby group" was saying some weeks ago that Sunak will be gone soon. And replaced by Badenoch who is very popular in the Tory party apparently.

Although her name doesn't jump out in these word clouds. Where Sunak is described as
"Weak, useless, rich idiot’:

apple.news/Az7ms608RT9KtggDGO7bMsA

From The Independent

Are you a cyclist tobee??!!
I think Mordaunt was top of recent Conservative Home polling.

Those Lizzie Dearden and Sam Freedman threads

And what a surprise (from the Lizzie Dearden tweet)

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/two-ex-tory-donors-profit-32360246

A pair of wealthy former Tory donors are set to profit from a £6.4million Home Office contract to practice forcing asylum seekers onto planes to Rwanda.

Yes Mordaunt I'd say. Badenoch has a loud drum. That is not the same as leading the pack.

Still it's a terrible job whoever does win in the end: a decade of trying to get people's attention. Opposition is hard. You have literally nothing to resource your policy

I understand also that everything that happens in the country is the oppositions fault too.

@tobee i don't think Sunak is going to last much longer considering the grumblings from the party. He'll be out after the May locals. (if not before).

Today I had a Tory dropping off election leaflets (Mayoral) He tried to hand them to me when I was coming home. I took one look at them and politely handed it back with a no thank you. You have thought he'd got the message with my "Don't vote Tory" tote bag.

If it is Mordaunt she is going to struggle to keep her seat.

@JessS1990 / well clearly someone had better tell all those Tory MPs who are not standing again because opposition is literally just you, an unpaid intern and a pencil.

No resources. The Government has thousands of civil servants, lawyers and economists to help it.

Badenoch is doing such a great job as Business and Trade minister

Yeah no one wants to see me in Lycra

Fabulous!

I need to know where to get such a tote bag!🙂

@Cheguevarahamster - interesting. I did not know she was vulnerable.

Have we reached a point where Project Sunak Spins has made every Tory seat vulnerable?

You are right @Cheguevarahamster
But amazing to think a majority of 15,000 isn't safe these days.

I somehow got a top contributor diamond badge or something that my Tory MP Chris Green awarded me on his facebook page. I’ve only posted twice on it and it wasn’t very controversial ! Thing is I have to accept it to be able to post again. Not sure I really want an award off him….

😂

Sadly the lovely talented lady who made it died a few years ago.

You can get similar bags from etsy. They also do some very sweary earrings.