Breaking news: Liz Truss is the next PM

[ErmagerdtheQuern]

God help us all.

Whether you think people were stupid or even if it were possible to come up with some abstract standard to assess them is neither here nor there. It's pure self-indulgence to imagine that millions being unable to pay their spiralling energy bills could somehow be not the state's problem.

You're talking about the society you wish you lived in, not the one you do. Don't make the mistake of confusing your own ideological take with reality.

@PerfectlyPreservedQuagaarWarrior you are right but it might be out of his hands - a lot depends on the outcome of the Privileges committee inquiry into his misleading Parliament, which could result in a by-election. I suspect the good people of Uxbridge would kick him out given the chance.

There really won't.

They must have caught it from all those woke rabbits that are hopping around. I hear 'loosing' your ability to form a coherent sentence is one of the first symptoms of rabies.

Aww look at all the rabbit woke lefty looser`s quoting me, its just a shame that a majority does not agree with any of you do they! That is obvious as labour never seem to get in power

There really ought to be

@MissHavishamsMouldyOldCake best one-word answer this thread.
@Nancydrawn sheer poetry of the damned.

👏👏👏👏

Yes agreed, although if he survives the committee enquiry and did somehow manage to worm his way back into office before the next GE I expect a safe seat would be found. If he doesn't then I also wouldn't be surprised to see him step down then, rather than face the realistic possibility of losing his seat.

This is a genuine question but there’s lots of comments on here saying there lots of better MPs out there who could have had the job so who would you have picked and why? I sadly no nothing much about Liz so can’t comment either way but a lot of you have very strong negative views ( either rightly or wrongly) so who would be better

Liz Truss is Boris Johnson without the charisma. Another who'll go wherever way the winds of populism blow. Another immoral blonde haired liar at the helm. Just what the country needs.

4 PM's in 6 years...anyone know what the world record is for the most PM's in that time? We've got to be close surely.

It’s losing.

If this is the standard of political debate you think best represents your political views, then please carry on. You’re saying more than you think.

I don't know what the hell that weird and creepy picture you used in your post is, but it's summed up my feelings about the situation perfectly 😩

Rishi sunak would have been better than LT
He knew what he was talking about

You know she's been a politician for a while, right?

It's plainly obvious from her track record that she is completely unfit to lead a lunch queue, let alone the UK.

I think there’s no way at all he’d be re-elected in Uxbridge, leader or not. But it’s hard to project an air of confidence in your party and its ability to win and govern while simultaneously doing something that suggests you are that vulnerable. It would be a really hard call.

And look where they all got us 🤦‍♀️

The only positive is that she’s a woman and that no white males hold major office.

But that’s literally it.

From Billy Bunter to Philomena Cunk.

Truly, we are blessed.

Be hard to beat Italy -

Since the end of World War II in 1945, Italy has had 69 governments, at an average of one every 1.11 years.

Politics of Italy

prime ministers of Italy

But I do agree it's worrying.

So living next door to Kwasi with his wife and 2-year baby. Imagine that thread on Mumsnet with the personalities taken out of it.

www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6957107/SEBASTIAN-SHAKESPEARE-Amber-Rudds-ex-Kwasi-Kwarteng-marry-City-lawyer-Harriet-Edwards.html

@hamustro

"It 100% sounds like something JRM would be interested in but I thought I'd read that KK was against reducing workers' rights, though of course his opinions on this could have changed."

Article on a review of existing employment protections from the Sunday Times yesterday -

"The policy is expected to be led by Jacob Rees-Mogg, who is being lined up by Truss to become business secretary. It is also understood to be backed by Kwasi Kwarteng, who is expected to become chancellor. He backed away from similar reforms last year when he was business secretary."

"Changes to the labour laws proposed last year were rapidly dropped by Kwarteng after a leak, which angered unions and had muted support from business. One Conservative source said that Boris Johnson vetoed the plans because they would have gone against his pledge in the Brexit referendum not to strip workers of rights, but that Truss was not bound by such pledges."

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/truss-eyes-bonfire-of-workers-rights-to-boost-economy-3dmpf0gfg

Looking forward to HIGNFY on Friday

As a labour supporter of many many years I will never vote for them again whilst Kier Starmer and his cronies are there. After 12 years of Tory shite…I despair for all of our futures. There isn’t even a viable alternative if we are lucky enough to get a GE next year.

What's your point? As much as I hated Thatcher and her policies she did her job. May was handed a poisoned chalice over Brexit and hampered at every turn by her own party and Truss has taken the wheel when we are experiencing the worst cost of living crisis for a long while. not exactly taken their roles during good times have they?
In the meantime, we have had 52 male prime ministers. If you're somehow trying to make out that female PMs are rubbish, then please explain why that doesn't apply to male PMs when they screw up.

In a world where I would welcome Thatcher and May over the last 2 is truly a world gone mad or maybe it's just me. 😮