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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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IndigoC · 14/10/2022 14:42

She bailed!

MrsSkylerWhite · 14/10/2022 14:42

We’ll that was a complete waste of time, wasn’t it.

I don’t see how she can last into next week after that bloody useless performance.

the80sweregreat · 14/10/2022 14:42

She really left quickly
Maybe to be sick ?
She looked ill

the80sweregreat · 14/10/2022 14:43

She deserves to just go now
It's ridiculous

Kennykenkencat · 14/10/2022 14:44

MushMonster · 14/10/2022 07:45

They just chose her to be their leader. They should not get another go at it, they have proven enough times that they have no one suitable.
Elections are needed, now.
And I just pray that we get a decent opposition, with reasonable proposals, and not only tory versus labour debate. There are more parties out there. I mean the Liberal Democrats, they tend to sound reasonable to me but they seem to have faded away.

I posted about this pre Truss that the Tory’s would go for someone terrible, then when they cocked it all up hand over to Labour for the next 5 years which will be really shitty anyway as every other country is struggling to get up from Covid and Lockdowns.
Then when the world is starting to get on its feet again they are voted in again. Rescuing us from Labour.
Atm I don’t care for any party.
No one looks or sounds like a PM. To me we have a secretary v a couple of local authority planning officers than a PM and the Leader and Deputy Leader of the opposition

gingercat02 · 14/10/2022 14:44

50ftQueenieee · 14/10/2022 08:46

HIGNFU is going to be gold tonight!

Sadly it's recorded on Thursday

ChakaKhanfan · 14/10/2022 14:46

m.youtube.com/watch?v=uOU4uIXTngM

how did she get the job in the first place… 🙄

Maggiethecat · 14/10/2022 14:47

We didn’t love him but doubt we would’ve been in this predicament had Rishi been in charge (Prada and all).

What were you thinking you Tory members who voted for her? I’m seriously interested to hear.

TheCatsPyjamas1 · 14/10/2022 14:47

FourTeaFallOut · 14/10/2022 14:41

Haven't rtft, what's the significance of 17 days or is it just a Halloween curse?

@FourTeaFallOut it’s because Kwasi Kwarteng was due to present a medium term growth plan for the economy on 31st. Agree it’s an unfortunate date to choose though 🤣

myexisawanker · 14/10/2022 14:47

Shes aged massively in a month. She looks 10 years older today

Kennykenkencat · 14/10/2022 14:49

PickAnyName · 14/10/2022 13:37

Christ almighty, the last person we need is partygate PPE shag-anything-in-a-skirt Boris Johnson! Corrupt as they come!

And you think what we have got is better.

I don’t really care about Partygate eyc

I care about what we have now. Do you honestly think that Boris and Rishi would have been worse than Liz and Kwarmi

Maggiethecat · 14/10/2022 14:52
  • Judgement - poor
  • Original ideas - none; happy to adopt the politically expedient
  • Bright - nope

So, how did she get voted in?

CapMarvel · 14/10/2022 14:52

Maggiethecat · 14/10/2022 14:47

We didn’t love him but doubt we would’ve been in this predicament had Rishi been in charge (Prada and all).

What were you thinking you Tory members who voted for her? I’m seriously interested to hear.

Racism.

Idiots.

One of the two.

the80sweregreat · 14/10/2022 14:53

It's a tough gig for sure and she must know she's messed it up
I am an empath usually , but I'm struggling with her because she is clearly not listening to anyone and she allowed KK to wreck it all.

DoubleDinnurs · 14/10/2022 14:53

GottaGetOutofDairy · 14/10/2022 13:55

Boris Becker is currently at His Majesty's Pleasues in Wandsworth (I think) for defaulting on a loan then lying about his assets to pay it off.

So, sounds about right for the job, tbh Grin

That's why I made the suggestion.

Him and Johnson do look similar too, so people might go for it. I doubt some people who vote tory would even notice as long as BB talks enough crap.

PickAnyName · 14/10/2022 14:53

Kennykenkencat · 14/10/2022 14:49

And you think what we have got is better.

I don’t really care about Partygate eyc

I care about what we have now. Do you honestly think that Boris and Rishi would have been worse than Liz and Kwarmi

Why on earth would you think that? No. What we need is a General Election!

Sackeforbadhips · 14/10/2022 14:53

I feel so sad for this country.

Longerthanfiveweeks · 14/10/2022 14:54

Well all those racists who voted for Brexit set this whole shit show in motion. You got what you voted for. Eat it

Well all those on the 'progressive' Left who spent two years calling those who voted for Brexit racist, and thus made the Labour party unelectable, which got us to the shit show we are now. You got what you sowed. Eat it.

WatchoRulo · 14/10/2022 14:57

Kennykenkencat · 14/10/2022 13:38

Well all those who wanted rid of Boris you got what you wished for and you are still not happy

You want a General Election which will either bring back Liz or a Keir and Angela double act and at this point I don’t think there could be much worse.

No we are still not happy.
Boris was a lying lazy incompetent cunt - why would we be happy about him being in charge?

Now we have an even more useless PM but for different reasons - of course we are "still not happy".

Mannymoomin · 14/10/2022 14:58

Don’t know why I expected anything more of that speech, she’s done the absolute bare minimum.

Completely blamed the UKs economic shitshow on the markets reacting unexpectedly fast, as if she wasn’t warned it was what would happen.

Personally, I don’t think this will have as much impact on the economy as was predicted before she delivered her speech, she could’ve done more, but didn’t.

I really thought she couldn’t get any worse

SleeplessInEngland · 14/10/2022 14:58

Yeah, she's not going to last till Christmas. I was up in the air about it but you can't keep being that awful at comms defneding polices everyone hates and keep the job.

WatchoRulo · 14/10/2022 14:59

Do you honestly think that Boris and Rishi would have been worse than Liz and Kwarmi[sic]
Are you serious? It's the difference between shit and shite. Is that the only recommendation for Boris? Not as useless as Truss?

RustyBear · 14/10/2022 14:59

She needs to last another 83 days (to January 3rd) in order to avoid becoming Britain’s shortest serving PM. Current holder of the record is George Canning who lasted 118 days in 1827 before dying in office.

Kwarteng, at 36 days has already managed to avoid the tag of shortest- serving Chancellor, which is held by Iain McLeod who died in 1970 after only 30 days

Blossomtoes · 14/10/2022 15:00

Maggiethecat · 14/10/2022 14:47

We didn’t love him but doubt we would’ve been in this predicament had Rishi been in charge (Prada and all).

What were you thinking you Tory members who voted for her? I’m seriously interested to hear.

You’ll wait a long time. All the usual suspects are lying low now. What a fucking shambles.

the80sweregreat · 14/10/2022 15:02

She was warned in August by Rishi Sunak that the markets would go into meltdown
Yet here we are

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