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Title: Sunak
Post by: Alex on May 12, 2023, 11:57:00 AM
Will he be out by Christmas ? Rumour has it 50 odd MPs are "poised" to send in letters of no confidence, the plot thickens  :grin:
Title: Re: Sunak
Post by: klondike on May 12, 2023, 12:03:33 PM
May faced a no confidence vote and survived it. The Tories have zero chance of winning the next election now whatever they do. They have run out of time to come anywhere close to fixing the mess they have got us into. OK so Labour will likely be worse but the Tories need more than that to survive.

I would like to see them wiped out. Maybe a proper party could rise from the ashes.
Title: Re: Sunak
Post by: Diasi on May 12, 2023, 12:08:37 PM
Quote from: Alex on May 12, 2023, 11:57:00 AMWill he be out by Christmas ? Rumour has it 50 odd MPs are "poised" to send in letters of no confidence, the plot thickens  :grin:
Before I left the Conservative Party I said to our MP that Sunak would spark a wipe out & he didn't disagree, so I wouldn't be at all surprised if he's one of the 50.

I'm certain that he'll vote against Sunak.
Title: Re: Sunak
Post by: Diasi on May 12, 2023, 12:25:49 PM
That non-ethnic waste-of-space Badenoch needs to be got rid of, double quick too.
Title: Re: Sunak
Post by: klondike on May 12, 2023, 12:28:28 PM
IMO the whole bloody lot need to go.
Title: Re: Sunak
Post by: Ashy on May 12, 2023, 02:29:51 PM
Makes you wonder why they just voted him in if they're going to vote him out.
Title: Re: Sunak
Post by: JBR on May 12, 2023, 04:14:41 PM
Quote from: klondike on May 12, 2023, 12:03:33 PMMay faced a no confidence vote and survived it. The Tories have zero chance of winning the next election now whatever they do. They have run out of time to come anywhere close to fixing the mess they have got us into. OK so Labour will likely be worse but the Tories need more than that to survive.

I would like to see them wiped out. Maybe a proper party could rise from the ashes.
Many will be aware of my suggestion that Reform (or a union of them and other minor parties) would be the country's only saviour.  Sadly, that would rely on many more people being brave enough to vote for them, rather than the 'two main parties'.
We shall get what we deserve!
Title: Re: Sunak
Post by: klondike on May 12, 2023, 04:38:02 PM
There is also the danger that the money men would scupper such a government. Remember what happened to the financial markets after the Truss/Kwarteng budget which differed slightly from what they were prepared to allow.
Title: Re: Sunak
Post by: Michael Rolls on May 12, 2023, 04:50:22 PM
only too well
Title: Re: Sunak
Post by: Diasi on May 12, 2023, 05:13:36 PM
Quote from: JBR on May 12, 2023, 04:14:41 PMMany will be aware of my suggestion that Reform (or a union of them and other minor parties) would be the country's only saviour.  Sadly, that would rely on many more people being brave enough to vote for them, rather than the 'two main parties'.
We shall get what we deserve!
It worked in 2014 for the EU elections when UKIP swept the board, so I just can't understand why people don't give Reform a chance.

I'll be voting for them if we have a Reform candidate.   
Title: Re: Sunak
Post by: GrannyMac on May 13, 2023, 06:54:28 AM
I've seen the term 'politically homeless' used a few times recently. For the first time I didn't bother with the local elections, but I will vote for Reform in the GE if we have a candidate. The last boundary changes meant that although the council ward I live in has returned Lib Dem councillors in the past, Greens at the moment, the parliamentary constituency has a big Labour majority.  

Title: Re: Sunak
Post by: Michael Rolls on May 13, 2023, 07:09:31 AM
just been listening to a version of 'Pomp and Circumstance' - 'Land of Hope and Glory'. Those words always stir me, but I wonder what Edward Elgar would make of the Britain of today
Title: Re: Sunak
Post by: dextrous63 on May 13, 2023, 08:20:00 AM
Quote from: Michael Rolls on May 13, 2023, 07:09:31 AMjust been listening to a version of 'Pomp and Circumstance' - 'Land of Hope and Glory'. Those words always stir me, but I wonder what Edward Elgar would make of the Britain of today
He would have regretted that someone had already composed Chinese chopsticks or three blind mice.
Title: Re: Sunak
Post by: Michael Rolls on May 13, 2023, 08:49:48 AM
 :grin:  :grin:  :grin:
Title: Re: Sunak
Post by: JBR on May 13, 2023, 04:53:33 PM
Quote from: dextrous63 on May 13, 2023, 08:20:00 AMHe would have regretted that someone had already composed Chinese chopsticks or three blind mice.
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Title: Re: Sunak
Post by: GHF on June 20, 2023, 12:33:41 PM
Quote from: Michael Rolls on May 13, 2023, 07:09:31 AMjust been listening to a version of 'Pomp and Circumstance' - 'Land of Hope and Glory'. Those words always stir me, but I wonder what Edward Elgar would make of the Britain of today
He'd despair.
 Like me.
Title: Re: Sunak
Post by: Diasi on June 20, 2023, 12:49:14 PM
Quote from: klondike on May 12, 2023, 04:38:02 PMThere is also the danger that the money men would scupper such a government. Remember what happened to the financial markets after the Truss/Kwarteng budget which differed slightly from what they were prepared to allow.
The financial market today is more or less that same as it was under Lis Truss & Kwarteng.
Title: Re: Sunak
Post by: klondike on June 20, 2023, 01:08:50 PM
Yep. Disaster then. Ignored now.
Title: Re: Sunak
Post by: Diasi on June 20, 2023, 03:34:22 PM
Quote from: klondike on June 20, 2023, 01:08:50 PMYep. Disaster then. Ignored now.
Exactly, but the money-men system works on the basis that 80% of people are too stupid to see it.