Ogg for Prime Minister!
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SubzeroGirl
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Prince William for PM!
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One big problem. I'm older than Joe Biden, terminally ill, and just surviving. As an interim one - for a few days, that might be possible, but I couldn't bring stability which is what the nation needs.
Elect the statue of Winston Churchill instead. He would be unmovable.
Elect the statue of Winston Churchill instead. He would be unmovable.
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Poppycock…I dub thee Prime Minister Lazarus.
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So, by the Brandon standard, you're good to go? They can put your urn on display in Downing Street's parlour. Tell them you want one with a happy face on one side and a frown on the other. That way the maid can turn your urn when she dusts to reflect your political mood of the day.
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At the moment, being PM of the UK is a poisoned chalice. I'm surprised that anyone wants the job. For the next few years, it is going to be difficult to guide the UK through a recession and try to keep the country financially afloat.
If people freeze this winter? It's the PM's fault. If mortgages rise? It's the PM's fault. If energy bills and food prices rise dramatically? It's the PM's fault. If the national debt becomes unsustainable? It's the PM's fault.
Whoever gets the job is going to be very unpopular.
If people freeze this winter? It's the PM's fault. If mortgages rise? It's the PM's fault. If energy bills and food prices rise dramatically? It's the PM's fault. If the national debt becomes unsustainable? It's the PM's fault.
Whoever gets the job is going to be very unpopular.
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Marmite is stable. Elect it.
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That’s why I think Boris is the choice…he has the least to lose, most upside.
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Boris announced a few hours ago that despite having passed the threshold of 100 supporters, he is NOT standing. That makes the choice between Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt. Penny is trailing a long way behind and many of Boris' supporters have now switched to Rishi.
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Whoever it is, if all they do is continue on the same course, they'll be equally as ineffective and popular as their predecessors.
Mayhaps it is time for a change in both leadership and direction because what you've been doing ain't working.
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You guys got the first loser elected. He must feel so proud.
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He won the MPs' vote but lost the member's vote.
Since whoever it is elected has to work with the MPs, who they want should be important.
Liz Truss was very open about what she intended to do. She tried to do what she had promised. It is the members' fault that her promises were impractical. They heard 'lower taxes' and voted with their pockets.
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The promise wasn't impractical. The resistance to it was insurmountable.
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The promises were impractical in that they weren't fully funded and the markets took fright because they couldn't see how the sums added up. They didn't. They assumed that 'growth' would solve all problems.
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So what you're saying is that big money was afraid they'd have to eat it financially so they voted to have EVERYONE eat it financially?
Yeah, that's so clarifying.
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I thought your mp was like our president. It seems more like the club president position the way people come and go so easily. I can respect Boris for sticking it out through his controversies. Without judging him on his bad boy party behavior, he believed enough in himself to stand up to everyone.
Oh wow, Boris is our Trump.
Oh wow, Boris is our Trump.
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Sunak is PM. Penny didn't get to 100.
UK prime ministers are NOT like US presidents. They are 'first among equals' and have little power without the backing of the MPs of their party - which Boris had lost.
King Charles III is our head of State with no power under the constitution.
UK prime ministers are NOT like US presidents. They are 'first among equals' and have little power without the backing of the MPs of their party - which Boris had lost.
King Charles III is our head of State with no power under the constitution.
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The EU hasn't got the money to rebuild itself, let alone Ukraine. France is about to run out of power because its nuclear power stations are past their close-down dates, and only now has France decided to start a replacement process which will take decades and billions of Euros.
In Paris, the lights on its monuments are being switched off, and heating in public buildings is being turned down or off. France is facing a worse winter than Germany which had relied on Russian gas more than anyone.
