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Ah, remember the old days when politicians resigned for pretty pretty things, relatively speaking anyway?
Now you can shag the whole economy in a day, wreck what's left of your political party and STILL crack on.
Amazing times.
Not if you have honour or integrity
Yeah, in the past the system relied on honour. That's gone out of the window.
Daily Star have a live video feed of a decaying lettuce
To see if it will outlast Truss
How can she possibly sack Kamikwasi and remain as PM after this shitshow?
That surely isn’t tenable?
How many incidents did Alexander bluster through whereby anyone with a scintilla of decency would have left. With all the scumbaggery we had from Neil Hamilton, Jonathan Aitkin et al it makes John Profumo look like a person of high virtue.
Chancellors.
They're a bit like Vader's Death Star commanders, these days.
Daily Star have a live video feed of a decaying lettuce
Iceberg vs Titanic.
know that they’re all about trying to climb the greasy pole, but would either of them accept the offer?
Javid? No not a chance, he's not so dumb as to take on the roll of treasurer to a pm in a death spiral.
Zahawi on the other hand has form.
Guardian reporting that Jeremy Hunt is being lined up…
Top of Liz's list, apparently.
Possibly not top of Jeremy's list, though.
I think she'll need to set her sights a little lower to find someone willing to take on the job.
I think she’ll need to set her sights a little lower to find someone willing to take on the job.
Boris?
The other incredible thing is that whoever accepts the job offer is almost certainly not going to be up to the job as they are mad enough to accept it!
Mutually exclusive.
BBC reporting he's gone!
Watching a government collapsing in real time has a grim fascination to it.
Only three more chancellors 'til Christmas!
Yep, he's definitely going somewhere now!
Can't we just give the appointment as a minor prize in the lottery now?
I'm going to put my 2cents on Home sec job to keep him happy, braverman as chancellor
Can’t we just give the appointment as a minor prize in the lottery now?
Don't you think the capacity for matching 3 numbers is a bit over qualified?
I wonder if they just spin a bottle now to see who gets the jobs?
I’m going to put my 2cents on Home sec job to keep him happy, braverman as chancellor
Your 2 cents would be worth thruppence by the end of the day.
Can’t we just give the appointment as a minor prize in the lottery now?
I am half expecting a phone call once they have got through the 40 million or so more eligible people all saying no.
Why not get Cameron in? He started it.
Like I said earlier, they have the audacity to give a TV award to Emmerdale as best soap opera.
The number 10 plot lines are ridiculous of course but it's always entertaining.
I am half expecting a phone call once they have got through the 40 million or so more eligible people all saying no.
Everyone gets their 15 minutes of fame governance.
A shorter length of employment than a Watford manager
Your 2 cents would be worth thruppence by the end of the day.
I'm not sure that's a bad outcome. Currently it's worth about £84.06 but that's half the problem isn't it?
I still reckon my bet on Boris as next PM is going to pay out before Christmas
I have an awful feeling it will be Govey. As PM.
Not a chance.
He’s far too sane.
This is Brexit Britain where to predict what happens next, you simply have to ask “what would be the most absolutely ludicrous outcome to this situation?”, then stick your money on that
Boris back in number ten before Christmas
Thank goodness we didn't go for chaos with Ed Miliband
I have an awful feeling it will be Govey. As PM
I said it back on the Boris thread on July, I hate my self but please god, if the options on the table, Gove for pm
theotherjonv
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Thank goodness we didn’t go for chaos with Ed Miliband
Bullet. Dodged.
The Tories will do anything to stay in power.
Very much so, in fact I think Kwasi had his own entry in Liz Truss’s section
Never heard that euphemism used before!
She said that the budget was all about growth. If she's ditching parts of it, does that make her part of the Anti Growth League?
I said it back on the Boris thread on July, I hate my self but please god, if the options on the table, Gove for pm
But who gets the am slot?
Who would take either the PM or CE job at the moment.
They have to be finished. How can this government continue to be functional?
It isn't functional, wasn't really since Boris.
At least whoever the next chancellor is has the chance to be the first to last less than a month without dropping dead, Kwasi has left that trophy wide open.
They have to be finished. How can this government continue to be functional?
Inn fairness they ceased to be functional some time ago.
This is a Tory Survivalist docudrama now.
Whoever's next definitely won't stick their head above the parapet.
of those 38 days, how many were 'lost'* to mourning, conference and the like.
He's actually lasted about 2 working weeks by my reckoning.
* lost - subjective, probably a blessing
She’s going to appoint Larry the cat as chancellor, isn’t she?
Who would take either the PM or CE job at the moment.
How long do you need to be PM to get the pension?
molgrips
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Whoever’s next definitely won’t stick their head above the parapet.
By definition taking the job will do that but I get what you mean.
The Beeb are rather gleefully describing Kwarteng as the second shortest-serving Chancellor in history, with Zahawi in third.
It means Kwarteng is the second shortest-serving UK chancellor on record.
The shortest serving chancellor, Iain Macleod, died of a heart attack 30 days after taking the job in 1970.
Since 2019, the UK has had four chancellors, including Nadhim Zahawi who served the third shortest tenure with 63 days during a short-lived reshuffle under Boris Johnson, and Sajid Javid who served 204 days - the fourth shortest tenure since the Second World War.
Strong, and stable.
She’s going to appoint Larry the cat as chancellor, isn’t she?
Nah, the press conference is for Larry to say he's sacked Liz and is taking control.
It's like unblocking the toilet and knowing the only thing coming down the pipe is yet another blockbuster turd
What’s needed now is a safe pair of hands
You`d think by now she would have realised its the policies causing the unrest. Not the names of the people around her.
There must be an ALL OF YOU JUST **** OFF button we can press somewhere?
How longs she got? November?
Kwasi's "resignation" letter is being read on sky news.
Still doubling down and it's all the markets fault apparently.
But... He's saying it all was "her vision", that might not be helpful.
Maybe the door at No10 needs to be replaced with a revolving one!
Still doubling down and it’s all the markets fault apparently.
but but but isnt the concept the markets are always right a fundamental part of these nutters worldview?
Can’t wait for this afternoon’s press conference
https://twitter.com/newsthump/status/1580881442141138946?s=20&t=CVW3TmLo3Y76cwoFtOBeMQ
Sky also reporting that number 10 has been calling around potential candidates for a few days now.
His card was marked before he even went to new york.
I'd prefer an ejector seat.
but but but isnt the concept the markets are always right a fundamental part of these nutters worldview?
The only fundamental thing in their world view is they're right
Goddam antigrowth coalition pinko commie markets, worster than the main stream media
Various Twitter journos saying he is not going to go quietly so hopefully highlighting it was Truss’s vision in the resignation is just the start
Sky also reporting that number 10 has been calling around potential candidates for a few days now.
His card was marked before he even went to new york.
I can imagine the conversations
"don't bother going Kwasi, we're already arranging your replacement"
"ha, I'm going to Washington, I bet you've not found anyone before I get back"
...
"that's it, come home, we've found someone and you'll be gone by mid afternoon tomorrow."
"really,who?"
"Janet"
"Who?"
"you know, wanders round outside Westminster tube, chases the pigeons, says they're not real and actually spy drones, shouts at clouds... "
"really, she'll take the job? Is she a lunatic? "
Hunt would be mad to accept Chancellor job?
Truss will be gone shortly
Hunt would be mad to accept Chancellor job?
String her along a bit then say: 'no, not while you're PM'.
Do you think she's going to do a Dorries and just do both jobs? She's already first lord of the treasury and that really sounds like the same job as CotE anyhow.
Surely this now needs to enter the English language for a level of ****-wittery
“That’s done it! You’ve properly Kwatanged it this time!
It's going great:
Faith?
That's a good word for it.
It's like watching a mates Tinder relationship end. Sad but kind of inevitable.
"The way we were...."
I’d prefer an ejector seat.
Gunge tank.
Kwarteng says in his letter that it's important to emphasise Truss's commitment to financial discipline. That's a parallel to Putin's commitment to a free Ukraine.
I’d prefer an ejector seat.
Graham Norton Big Red Chair style, whilst he's mid-sentence?
Harsh but fair.
emphasise Truss’s commitment to financial discipline
Can be read as "It was all her idea"
6Music are currently playing "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better When You're Gone" by the Byrds. Feels apt.
According to my true blue Tory parents it's because there are too many wet liberal Tory MPs, and Braverman was great at the conference.
Is 53 too old to be adopted?
Gone by the end of the month.
https://twitter.com/nicholaswatt/status/1580887374292455424?s=20&t=F85DAsncCMm0d04mhnHbtA
Hunt's the new Chancellor...
Did not see that coming (at least not before the rumours earlier😂)
Well, that's Hunt tarred forever now. Good.
Ever the political opportunist. And this is a hell of an opportunity, you have to admit.
https://twitter.com/iainmartin1/status/1580894164929064960
Ever the political opportunist. And this is a hell of an opportunity, you have to admit.
And so it begins...
Well, that’s Hunt tarred forever now. Good.
How long ago was the Junior Doctor episode? I remember a (Spectator?) article about 'Post Truth Politics' during Hunt's argument with the Junior Doctors and prior to the rise of Trump and BJ, scarily prescient.
It's bizarre that he nows seems like a level headed voice of reason.