To intensely dislike Rishi Sunak?

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He has no backbone, no coherent policies (u-turns a dozen times a day)and no understanding of ordinary people's lives. Plus he wears all his clothes a size too small, which really irritates me.

Rishi Sunak suggests he could welcome Nigel Farage back into the Tory party.

Asked by @christopherhope whether he would, PM says: "Look, the Tory party is a broad church. I welcome lots of people who want to subscribe to our ideals, to our values."

Any brave Tories like to comment on how they would feel about this?

Bloody hell. Is Sunak angling to put Farage into one of the many vacant Tory seats for the next GE?

I think they'd be delirious with bleeding happiness. And start droning on about Tony Blair or even more predictably Jeremy Corbyn.

Yeah but Farage has said Thanks but no thanks

How embaressing

This doesn't surprise me. Sunak was very right wing in his teens and supported Farage"s campaign to leave the EU back in the 90's.

He is still extremely right wing today, it's just that it's become the norm in the Tory parry. Nigel would be at home there.

Apparently he said today nobody in the country wants an election that's why he is not calling one. I respectfully disagree !

'I ALWAYS think a dictator is a good idea, if they're a good dictator'

Lee Anderson CPC23

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I voted for Tory in 2019 so equally to blame for this mess as others that did because Corbyn was too left wing for me and Johnson more centrist which aligns more with my political standing.

I'm still able to realise Corbyn wasn't at fault for this when I don't even like him 🤣🤣

I hate this bunch of right wing Tory's.

I also don't agree with the way the RB thing was handled. Do I think he's guilty - yes. I think he's done stuff. I don't agree with trial by SM.

When it happened to a woman who was found to have evidence and found to court for DV loads of MNers were up in arms about it and the media reporting of her.

I'm very fair minded. I like things to be done properly.

I don't think those issues are the same.

Incidentally, didn't Rish! admit to LK this weekend that he had no mandate for his policies, but was going to press ahead with them as he knows best ?

And yes to it being valid that if you believe RB shouldn't have trial by SM until found guilty or at least charged with offences why decide Starmer who was found innocent after investigation - is guilty?

Peter Davies in Fareham was an amazing Conservative councillor. How he could bring himself to work under Braverman (he's retired now) is beyond me.

He set up our local hub cafe. It went when he did

These are all good Tory men, thoughtful people who were driven out. The fact that they are not in the party any more is not a good thing, imo.

There's no other trial available to women who've been raped and sexually assaulted in the UK. One woman had been to the police about him several times but they refused to take any action. Now all of a sudden they're investigating her complaints. Would they be doing that if the story hadn't broken in the media?

Strangely that wasn't a sentiment felt by Sunak in May/June last year.

How can a statement that Starmer broke lockdown rules be accurate when it was the subject of a number of investigations - to say nothing of incredibly strenuous efforts by the Mail et al to secure prosecutions - and people who actually knew the law agreed he didn't?

Are you able to tell us what the Conservatives have done (particularly with regard to the economy, the environment, education, social care, health care, housing, and the justice system)that makes them a good bet to stay in government?

@jgw1 Tobias Ellwood is a pretty ok guy too- clearly out of stance with this bunch of business illiterate ukip arses who reside under a Tory banner

Or in September/October last year.

Nope, he's just a more polished ignorant bullshitter.

Saw him on the news a while back sounding all inforned and sensible, talking about nuclear power and the small reactors Rolls Royce make, and how the only thing stopping us from buying them was that treasury rules on competition meant the money couldn't be released as RR were the only producers in the world. We just needed the money to be released and the energy crisis would be sorted.

As I said, very knowledgeable and sensible I thought. Until DH pipes up that it sounded great but was utter bollocks.

DH is a nuclear scientist so knows what he's talking about. Rolls Royce don't have a reactor ready to buy. They have a theoretical design. They haven't even built a prototype. There's nothing to buy, they're looking for research/development money to see if it works. If it does, you'd be looking at 10-20 years before it's ready to go to market.

The USA put a lot of money into their design but eventually gave up due to safety concerns.

China are around 5 years into developing theirs. They're hoping they'll have it working in another 5 or so years.

Russia have developed one that is up and running and on the market!

He came out with some crap supporting the Taliban, posted a video on how much Afghan has improved under their rule... riiiiight.

Sounds like another out of touch Tory.

Yeah SMRs are untried and tested tech... with one Tory minister suggesting the waste they produce is on par with a oil/gas power station.

I vaguely remember DH telling me once that the waste from coal powered plants is just as radioactive as from nuclear plants. But I may have dreamt it. I'll ask him tomorrow and about oil and gas ones.

Women don't matter to Tories.

What is it about -

• massively increased inflation
• massively increased debt, far far above what it was when Labour left power
• massively increased NHS waiting lists
• massively increased delays in bringing criminals to trial
• increased fuel costs
• schools closing because the government did nothing to stop them falling down till it was too late
• massive cuts to local authority spending
• massively increased sewage pollution
• massive staff shortages in service industries
• billions wasted on corrupt PPE contracts
• SEN decision making resulting from underfunding that is so poor that parents win over 90% of appeals
• widely acknowledged failure of the social care system
• appalling mental health provision
• government plans to add to environmental pollution
• widespread business failures

that makes you feel the Conservatives would be better at running the country in future?

Why? I just don't see how you can possibly have it both ways.

@Passepartoute I get that your view may not be mine but you missed off 400 billion spent on Brexit for very very few actual tangible benefits!!

You're quite right, I should have included it.