It takes some serious front to stand at a lectern and solemnly say that you’ll be bringing back integrity to government then promptly appointing a Home Secretary who was sacked 6 days earlier for breaching the ministerial code.
I was hoping for anything positive, but it’s obvious that we’re just in for more of the same. With added public sector cuts for good measure
Hmmmmmm… I wonder what odds I can get on him being gone in a shorter time than Truss?
Nothing has happened to make a GE more likely.
Opinion polls on the subject would be irrelevant.
There is no upside for the tories in an election before Jan '25.
I posted yesterday that they are about
self-preservation, not annihilation.
This will suppress any possibility of a VONC succeeding.
The party is still riven by the same lunatic factions on all sides and I think he’s going to really struggle, way more then he should have to if he’d just had a bit of courage.
The new Prime Minister was more concerned with his party than the state of the country in his first speech, as was the last but one. Ms Mordaunt was the only candidate that mentioned country first. He'll limp on until the last possible moment the the shower of mediocrity that is the Conservative Party will be consigned the the outer darkness where they belong.
As a man who has never felt the need to protest about anything, I’m now at the point where I’d happily March on the streets if I thought it would get this shower of cretins out of power
As for the The reinstatement of braverman…ffs she is a despicable human being, hideously ugly both inside and out.
Someone as repellent as Braverman should be nowhere near the Home Secretary’s job in the first place
I assume her overnight redemption and rehabilitation was one of the ERG’s demands?
They’re the ones running the country
Sweet baby Jesus and the orphans! Really?! REALLY?!!!
https://twitter.com/johnjcrace/status/1584986534264025088?s=46&t=DrkXGNnFK5w5FfKlKqXa3g
Ah. The man with the blackmail book.
Don’t forget the influence of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and other shadowy “Think Tanks”, registered as charities! Oxymoron anyone?
williamson - minister without portfolio; more like minister without a brain.
May as well give Patel a position too now, for the full house bat**** crazy cabinet bingo card.
As someone on Twitter has pointed out, the deal Sunak has done with the far right of the party is "If you let me look after the economics, you can have your culture wars"
I am actually suprised anyone is suprised by the collection of ****wits he has assembled.
I wrote on here a while ago that Rishi was book smart but not actually what you would call street smart.
His naivety will be his Achilles heal
the deal Sunak has done with the far right of the party is “If you let me look after the economics, you can have your culture wars”
You think that his Thatcherite economic policies won't appeal to the hard-right of the Tory Party?
Truss represented a shift to the right, Sunak represents a further shift to the right.
As someone said during the previous leadership contest, Sunak is a right-winger who appears to be a liberal, Truss is a liberal who appears to be right-wing.
Truss might have had daft ideas about cutting taxes for the wealthy but I think her determination not to cut government spending was probably genuine, however unrealistic it might have been in relation to her tax cuts. And her energy price support for 2 years was generous even though Hunt forced her to abandon it.
Sunak hasn't done a deal with the hard right of the party, they are in control.
He’s managed to create the worst of all worlds
If anybody had any hope left for some sanity being restored to the government of this country, it won’t have lasted the day
The worst ever PM title has been repeatedly bested over the last decade, but with the start he’s made today, he’s already in strong contention
Well I’m glad that Braverman’s resignation was so heartfelt and significant. 6 whole days, that’s a new record isn’t it?
Clearly the Home Office suddenly believes in the rehabilitation of offenders.
So Mogg out but Braverman back in. Seems a slightly odd way to keep the ERG on side.
Anyone got any thoughts?
Anyone got any thoughts?
The Moggster shouted at the wrong people on *that* evening voting sham.
"Nothing has happened to make a GE more likely."
I'd have agreed with that when Mordant stood down yesterday. Since then Sunaks favourability rating has plummeted, the Doctor Who villain is back as home Secretary and Gavin Williamson has been appointed since you posted that Frank.
I'm just trying to imagine how much more damage he can do by Friday, yet alone 2 years time.
Dorries has broken.
https://twitter.com/mrjamesob/status/1585012608138375168?s=20&t=cZNPMkZSgR848m2TXEWf7A
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“Nothing has happened to make a GE more likely.”I’d have agreed with that when Mordant stood down yesterday. Since then Sunaks favourability rating has plummeted, the Doctor Who villain is back as home Secretary and Gavin Williamson has been appointed since you posted that Frank.
I’m just trying to imagine how much more damage he can do by Friday, yet alone 2 years time.
I have to agree. Sunak wont be leading the Torys into an election in 2 years time.
The Tory infighting will just carry on as the economy writhes in agony and people are NOT in the mood for a second decade of austerity.
I've never seen such a snide bunch of vile humans in power.
I'm calling sunkak spinless on some of those appointments imagine having to work with that lot.
Infighting has already commenced....
They all think they are in charge, ERG, 22, The boys from Bruge.... it gets more like the Death of Stalin every day.
They are ****ed and they know it. Rishi is little more than a sacrificial lamb.
What's the three word slogan?
Short and Stable?
(Refering to the length of his tenure rather than the length of his trousers.)
people are NOT in the mood for a second decade of austerity.
No, and that is a huge problem for him, hence this sombre non-celebratory arrival to Number 10 today. He knows that he has his job cut out in convincing voters to swallow more austerity. He needs to paint a picture of a huge crises which can only be resolved by ordinary working people making huge sacrifices.
But he faces considerable problems with convincing voters - the absurd Cameron/Osborne slogan "we're all in this together" will ring even hollower if it is said by a billionaire wealthier than the King. This time they won't be able to falsely blame 13 years of Labour governments for the alleged need for austerity. And to compound the problem this time millions are very seriously struggling with rising food and heating costs.
Today's sombre Downing Street event with no fanfare and him walking solitary along the street was carefully choreographed by his professional image advisors to prepare voters for the big lie that they will be expected to swallow.
https://twitter.com/carolinelucas/status/1584979351719682048?s=46&t=sUc1-gnahK24_LxdQPQn5g
Quite a few people are asking that very question, I’d imagine.
The ERG and the right wing ‘think-tanks’ will all be happy. I doubt anyone else is.
As Ernie says, stand by for austerity 2.0, with huge cuts to public services, and a slightly less gung ho version of Liz’s trickle-down economics
All while maintaining the same stupidly confrontational attitude to our nearest neighbours and biggest trading partners, so the more obvious route to economic growth will remain firmly closed
It’s just more right wing ideology delivered by someone who on the surface appears slightly less unhinged
Theresa Coffey as environment minister is particularly laughable
He knows that he has his job cut out in convincing voters to swallow more austerity. He needs to paint a picture of a huge crises which can only be resolved by ordinary working people making huge sacrifices.
Yep and the groundwork started weeks ago with the old "we don't want our grandchildren paying for this"
Nobody pointing out that that is actually how it works and always has as we run a deficit. The grandchildren will be paying taxes for something just as I do now and nothing needs to be done, especially in current climate.
Cleverly dancing on the head of a pin trying to justify Suella Bravermans appointment. Asked if this demonstrates ‘transparency and integrity’, apparently it does as she apologised for making a mistake and resigned
No she didn’t. She broke the ministerial code, in the full knowledge that’s what she was doing and was subsequently sacked for doing so
You can apparently now re-write history in 6 days
But apparently it's ok because they're all at it.
https://twitter.com/GoodLawProject/status/1585168063833559041?s=20&t=YHZ2xkXKnqX-4ebh4L-h-g
Richard Osman gave a good summary of the situation on Frankie Boyle's program last night (it was recorded on Thursday so lots have changed since then but his assessment is still valid)
Go to ~9:20
Frankie Boyle's New World Order, Series 6: Episode 1: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001djpy via @bbciplayer
But apparently it’s ok because they’re all at it.
You know when you start a new job and you have to do a whole load of induction stuff, online modules about GDPR, IT security, H&S at work type stuff...?
Does no-one in Government get any of that?
I'd be fired in minutes if I was sending work stuff via personal emails. Apart from the security and audit issues, it's just unprofessional.
I mean, I shouldn't be surprised, I think it was Nadine Dorries who openly stated that she shared all her passwords with staff, let others log on etc. It's quite tempting to set up a phishing scam and send it to every MP. As a get-rich-quick scheme, it's probably not bad. Shows innovation, small start up enterprise. Tories like that... 😉
^ ah. The old two wrongs making a right.
My mum had a saying on that.
Cleverley also said Bravermans appointment was essential as the government had to ‘draw on her extensive experience in the role’
What? All 6 weeks of it that she managed before she was sacked?
I pity the poor HR intern at Westminster responsible for doing those organisation hierarchy charts.
Bet the payroll people are well and truly confused too.
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If anybody had any hope left for some sanity being restored to the government of this country, it won’t have lasted the day
I suppose it just a massive recycling exercise, so we shouldn't expect anything else.
They keep trying the phrase 'this' Government like its some massive reboot/Dr Who regeneration but the things they sort of stand for and originally got voted in for don't really let them have much leeway and oddly when they did the things they really,really wanted it went bang.
Unsurprisingly I suppose, but I just had an elderly, significantly wealthy conservative party member in my shop, looked at the front pages and said "theres something slightly odd about having a Hindu in 10 Downing Street, don't mention the Raj!"
I said, I wasn't even aware what religion, or how religious Sunak is.....
"theres something slightly odd about having a Hindu in 10 Downing Street, don’t mention the Raj!”
And yet Rishi Sunak appears ultimately to be a product of the British Raj and its policy of using educated Indians to administer colonial affairs in Africa.
"Is there that much lack of talent in Conservative ranks these days that Suella Braverman is truly the only person who can do the job?"
James Cleverly is asked in the clip in the article below.
Unbelievable. Less than 24 hours in and he is already on the back foot defending the appointment of Nutella.
If only there was a precedent of being undermined because you have picked someone questionable...
Or is it tactical? Will PMQs and the media be focused on her appointment and not the general shit state of affairs?
Why is anything unbelievable these days?
Seems to me the likes of James o'Brien and Dunt have yet again been conned by the idea of grown ups/competent managers etc.
Wtf.
Ideology sits way out there.
Agree with Ernie above. Sunak is a classic Tory, he was always going to drop the hammer on everyone.
Truss was an outlier and traded stability for doing something different which now the markets have spoken has bred the next chapter of real poverty.
All this is optional from a market perspective. They could be controlled to our advantage. BoE chooses austerity too.
Be very interesting what Sunak does to the polling.
Fron 'Eat out to help out' to 'eat nowt and kicked out'
The urgent Hunt budget delayed from 31st October to 17th November... Couldn't make it up!
Fron ‘Eat out to help out’ to ‘eat nowt and kicked out’
Eat Out to Spread Covid About.
That scheme was more or less responsible for the second wave.
but not actually what you would call street smart.
I'd imagine the price for Braverman's support was her old job back. Same with folks like Gove, Raab and Williamson no doubt.
I can't see how Suella Braverman was ever going to support either Boris Johnson or Penny Mordaunt in the latest leadership election if she thought that Liz Truss was too soft on immigration.
She was always going to back the most right-wing of the three contenders, Sunak didn't have to buy her support.
Braverman in her resignation letter wrote:
Pretending we haven’t made mistakes, carrying on as if everyone can’t see that we have made them, and hoping that things will magically come right is not serious politics. I have made a mistake; I accept responsibility; I resign.
Well it turns out that things did "magically" come right and 6 days later she got her identical job back and carried on where she left off.
That, presumably, is serious politics.
She was always going to back the most right-wing of the three contenders, Sunak didn’t have to buy her support.
And offer her support without any quid pro quo? That's pretty naive thinking. I'd imagine Braverman offered her vote to whomever would guarantee her old job back.
