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Will Liz Truss really last only 17 more days?

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Uninspiredusername · 14/10/2022 07:28

Newspaper reports as scathing as ever, and The Times suggesting Tories are lining up Sunak and Mordaunt as a duo.

can’t stand the woman but surely she’ll hold on for a bit longer - everyone was saying Boris would go much earlier than he did. And why on earth did they vote her into power in the first place 🙄

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Croque · 14/10/2022 14:06

Oh, the other Red Jeremy. I don't suppose the first twenty choices even bothered to take the call.

TheHouseonHauntedHill · 14/10/2022 14:11

Beth rigby had the absolute Gaul to talk about Boris party gate in the same fashion as she's now describing an actual full blown meltdown of no 10.
And she had the Gaul to do it after her own party gate disgrace Which earned her a suspension. (And that's the party we were aware of who knows what others were).

EnjoythemoneyJane · 14/10/2022 14:12

Mercurial123 · 14/10/2022 07:44

That's what happens when the Tory party members get to decide the leader. Didn't they also vote Ian Duncan Smith over Ken Clarke?

Yes, and in a fairly short period allowed Clarke and every single other senior and experienced politician to be purged from their own ranks, a stupidly short-sighted strategy that precipitated the slide all the way down to Liz sodding Truss.

In the same way that labour overlooked their only electable prospect in years, David Milliband, in favour of his brother Wallace, and fucked their own chances for almost another decade.

We’d all be better served if card carrying party members were automatically banned from voting for anything. Ever.

God alone knows where we go from here. I dread to think how much worse things could potentially get 😪

SleeplessInEngland · 14/10/2022 14:13

TheHouseonHauntedHill · 14/10/2022 14:11

Beth rigby had the absolute Gaul to talk about Boris party gate in the same fashion as she's now describing an actual full blown meltdown of no 10.
And she had the Gaul to do it after her own party gate disgrace Which earned her a suspension. (And that's the party we were aware of who knows what others were).

You ok hun?

LetMeSpeak · 14/10/2022 14:14

I want all the tories out? How many more tory pms do we need. They need to put the country first and hold a general election. We are on the brink of collapse

MissHavishamsMouldyOldCake · 14/10/2022 14:16

I think Beth Rigby is a native of Essex rather than of ancient Gaul.

theworldhas · 14/10/2022 14:16

Boris Johnson is on the way back as predicted

Its funny that the guy seen as the “safe pair of hands” for the Tory Party is none other than the least competent PM in history (ok, pre 2022) who also happened to be the most hated man in the country when he resigned all of six months ago. Just call a general election ffs.

Notonthestairs · 14/10/2022 14:17

Beth Rigby didn't sign off the lockdown legislation or lie to Parliament.

But by all means blame the news on journalists rather than those in power.

I find Andrew Marr quite jolly.

the80sweregreat · 14/10/2022 14:18

Wiki said Beth Rigby was born in Colchester
She sounds too posh to be an Essex girl ( I'm one myself and her accent isn't very essex!)
I had her down as north London

theworldhas · 14/10/2022 14:19

They need to put the country first and hold a general election. We are on the brink of collapse

The trouble with that is that the idea of the Tory Party facing the electorate at this juncture is ridiculous - what would be their manifesto slogan? We’ve wrecked literally everything, now how about 5 more years?

balalake · 14/10/2022 14:20

Sadly I think Liz Truss will still be Prime Minister in number 10 in 17 days time. I'd prefer it to be having been forced into a general election, but that won't happen.

girlmom21 · 14/10/2022 14:20

LetMeSpeak · 14/10/2022 14:14

I want all the tories out? How many more tory pms do we need. They need to put the country first and hold a general election. We are on the brink of collapse

There's not a single political party I would trust right now.

Hold a general election now and Scotland will get their independence vote.

MarshaBradyo · 14/10/2022 14:23

Croque · 14/10/2022 14:06

Oh, the other Red Jeremy. I don't suppose the first twenty choices even bothered to take the call.

Yeh I can’t say the prospect of Hunt was that great

pointythings · 14/10/2022 14:23

I'm not sure how a journalist's lockdown shenanigans are in any way relevant to the crisis joyfully engulfing the Tory party, but here, have a Gaul.

Will Liz Truss really last only 17 more days?
the80sweregreat · 14/10/2022 14:23

The independence vote came up on QT last night. It wouldn't surprise me if the Scots go for it next time around
It's very divisive though. I would be sad to see us split , but it feels on the cards though

TheCatsPyjamas1 · 14/10/2022 14:24

theworldhas · 14/10/2022 14:19

They need to put the country first and hold a general election. We are on the brink of collapse

The trouble with that is that the idea of the Tory Party facing the electorate at this juncture is ridiculous - what would be their manifesto slogan? We’ve wrecked literally everything, now how about 5 more years?

@theworldhas maybe a ‘Back to Basics’ campaign where they repeat the lies they told at the mini-budget and claim only they can solve the economic Armageddon that’s hit us? Not sure who would believe them though. They’ll probably get a leader who’s an unknown, so they can claim they have no connection to what’s gone on in the party thus far - or someone like Penny Mordaunt, who can just go on about things that’ll please core voters - e.g. defence, the Army, family, traditional stuff.

TheCatsPyjamas1 · 14/10/2022 14:25

This whole country is going to the dogs.

CapMarvel · 14/10/2022 14:25

the80sweregreat · 14/10/2022 14:23

The independence vote came up on QT last night. It wouldn't surprise me if the Scots go for it next time around
It's very divisive though. I would be sad to see us split , but it feels on the cards though

Anyone in Scotland who doesn't want free of this absolute shitshow needs their heads examined.

Ifartglitterybaubles · 14/10/2022 14:27

I saw this on Twitter earlier it sums it up for me. The sooner they all go the better. We need a general election.

Will Liz Truss really last only 17 more days?
SleeplessInEngland · 14/10/2022 14:28

Farage on twitter saying we need 'a realignment'.

I guess brexit didn't solve everything.

Yes, I'm as shocked as you are.

TheHouseonHauntedHill · 14/10/2022 14:31

They aren't,it's an Aside on irritating Beth rigby.

I think she would be better to take over that serious jocking show on radio 2. The one without the g. She's. Natural at the no g.

Thanks for the Gaul.

LetMeSpeak · 14/10/2022 14:32

TheCatsPyjamas1 · 14/10/2022 14:25

This whole country is going to the dogs.

We aren’t going to the dogs we are already there. We have been for quite some time now

TooManyPlatesInMotion · 14/10/2022 14:33

MissHavishamsMouldyOldCake · 14/10/2022 14:16

I think Beth Rigby is a native of Essex rather than of ancient Gaul.

😂

the80sweregreat · 14/10/2022 14:33

Liz truss is on now.

Whammyyammy · 14/10/2022 14:33

We are a global laughing stock

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