maryportfuncity 10,645 Posted September 27, 2022 35 minutes ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said: This bears out what I have been saying for a while now. You either pile in on Labour candidates at the next election or you just don't bother. You cannot vote tactically or we could end up with a bigger shit show because the election ends up with no party with an overall majority. We need one party, one set of policies and no fucking about. Quite staggering to think that Labour handed the last election to the Tories on a plate because of Corbyn and the Tories are now, probably, going to hand the election to Labour because of Truss. They would have had a better chance if they had kept Johnson! Fucking hell, the last few years have been stinkingly wank in the political and societal sense. There's entire books trying to explain it all that lack the penetrating analysis of that single line. 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,386 Posted September 29, 2022 On 26/09/2022 at 23:09, TQR said: Luckily enough, YouGov of all places has a poll that puts the “woke fascists and thick chavs” at a lead akin to 1997 election time. And Truss has only just hit the ground. In just 4 days, this is what Trussterfuck has delivered, delivered and delivered: Here are a couple of kinder polls, for balance: 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,645 Posted September 29, 2022 Incidentally, in the television clip today, she looked worse than rough and not exactly like shit - in other words, like Liz Truss who hadn't slept properly since last Friday. A long way short of next year's drop 50, but I'd say there's Cortisol attacking her vital organs on an industrial scale at the moment. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,386 Posted October 5, 2022 She’s just started her speech. She walked out to M People - Moving On Up. Sadly, only the chorus played, as the lyrics in the verse make more sense: You've done me wrong, your time is up You took a sip from the devil's cup You broke my heart, there's no way back Move right out of here, baby, go on pack your bags Just who do you think you are? Stop actin' like some kind of star 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,725 Posted October 5, 2022 12 minutes ago, TQR said: She’s just started her speech. She walked out to M People - Moving On Up. Sadly, only the chorus played, as the lyrics in the verse make more sense: You've done me wrong, your time is up You took a sip from the devil's cup You broke my heart, there's no way back Move right out of here, baby, go on pack your bags Just who do you think you are? Stop actin' like some kind of star I thought that must be a piss take but they are the lyrics! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,386 Posted October 5, 2022 What makes the song choice even better is that Heather Small off of M People is a prominent Stop Rwanda campaigner and her son is a Labour councillor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,386 Posted October 5, 2022 Forgive me, I’m just trying to understand where she’s coming from here. - She spent a segment of her speech slagging off her time in education in the 80s up to the mid-90s as being depressive and lacking aspiration. So, during the tenures of Thatcher and Major. - She used the word “growth” like there’s no tomorrow. It’s unequivocally the no.1 priority. Growth, growth, growth, something something growth growth. We haven’t had any decent growth since the global financial crisis a decade and a half ago, so fair enough. - She expressed the urge to break the status quo and hit the ground (running) with her new government around her. Her party has of course been in power for the last 12 years and she’s served in all 4 governments. To me, it sounds like she was only happy between 1997-2008. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,131 Posted October 5, 2022 Quoting myself from a few weeks ago: My hope now is that Truss wins and then finds herself so hopelessly out of her depth that she calls a General Election. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,571 Posted October 5, 2022 2 hours ago, TQR said: She’s just started her speech. She walked out to M People - Moving On Up. Sadly, only the chorus played, as the lyrics in the verse make more sense: You've done me wrong, your time is up You took a sip from the devil's cup You broke my heart, there's no way back Move right out of here, baby, go on pack your bags Just who do you think you are? Stop actin' like some kind of star I presume the M stands for Malevolent 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charlotte's Controller 195 Posted October 5, 2022 Well bobble head Barbie has proved a point. She needs to pass her thoughts by a functioning politician before opening her mouth in public. She should never meet with other professional foreign politicians. Policies need to be reviewed and costed before implementation. Market considerations need to be considered. PPE is no longer a good qualification for a politician. I think the M stands for misguided or manipulated. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,645 Posted October 6, 2022 16 hours ago, Charlotte's Controller said: Well bobble head Barbie has proved a point. She needs to pass her thoughts by a functioning politician before opening her mouth in public. She should never meet with other professional foreign politicians. Policies need to be reviewed and costed before implementation. Market considerations need to be considered. PPE is no longer a good qualification for a politician. I think the M stands for misguided or manipulated. Back when they started devastating swathes of Britain's industrial heartlands under Maggie the Tories set about establishing job creation schemes for both youngsters and adults whereby people got a benefits boost and enjoyed placements where they could -sort of - do a real job and sort of practice doing a real job. Can't help thinking Truss is now the pinnacle of that scheme. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,033 Posted October 12, 2022 PMQs back. Why does she always look like she's hard of thinking? There's a furrowed brow after almost every opposition question, as though she's just heard it for the first time. Couple of things struck me. Unless I missed it, that is the first time in about ten years that a Tory leader hasn't mentioned the lowest unemployment figures ever, which came out this week. She answered a question from her own side about waterways and that the growth programme would be done hand in hand with environmental protections. The very next question (on fracking) from the opposition she answered with more fracking, more North Sea licences and admittedly more nuclear. Frightening pivot in a matter of seconds. She says she understands, but quite clearly she doesn't, or simply doesn't give a shit. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,131 Posted October 12, 2022 What is so frightening is that her replacement will only be worse than her. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,386 Posted October 12, 2022 Boris Johnson was a horrific, negligent, contemptible liar and in no way worthy of the office he held. But Truss, the little column of pale, tepid piss she is, just says things that don’t stand up to even the most fleeting and minute bit of scrutiny. She’s going to continue with hers and Khazi’s £60bn+ plan, but when asked by Starmer if she’s going to adhere to her pledge not to reduce public spending, she said yes. Meanwhile, every single time it was pointed out that mortgages are to rise by an average of nearly £500/month, she just repeated her line about helping families paying their energy bills - something rendered pointless given that said families’ homes are at risk. I see now from Beth Rigby and other sources that she’s gone to the tea room after PMQs, which, for those who may not know, means an embattled PM is doing the rounds trying desperately to win support from his/her backbenchers. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted October 12, 2022 1 hour ago, YoungWillz said: Unless I missed it, that is the first time in about ten years that a Tory leader hasn't mentioned the lowest unemployment figures ever, which came out this week. That here, is extremely important. It means, cutting welfare and such will not help, every able body is already working. It means that even within the supply-side logic, there is no argument for reducing public spending. But then, where should the productivity increases come from? How would tax cuts pay for themselves? It is theoretically not possible. Low UK productivity has long been a story in economics by the way. They call it the "productivity puzzle": https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/regions-in-focus/solving-the-united-kingdoms-productivity-puzzle-in-a-digital-age 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted October 12, 2022 Brutal truths from The Economist... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,725 Posted October 12, 2022 1 hour ago, gcreptile said: It means, cutting welfare and such will not help, every able body is already working. yeah but lots of those people are in piss poor paid jobs and still on benefits of one sort or another. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,170 Posted October 12, 2022 4 hours ago, Toast said: What is so frightening is that her replacement will only be worse than her. Yes, at the rate we're going it will be Cruella, sorry Suella Braverman 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,645 Posted October 12, 2022 Monbiot makes Corbyn look like a centrist but, still worth a watch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,101 Posted October 13, 2022 Worst prime minister ever. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,571 Posted October 13, 2022 2 hours ago, Paul Bearer said: Worst prime minister ever. and that's up against some pretty stiff competition Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
