O/T:- ⚠️Impressed with the leadership [The UK Party Politics Thread]

[magpie_mania]

The country is in chaos, raging inflation, strikes, water shortage etc, etc and no PM at the helm due to the Tory party’s joke of a leader-ship election meanwhile, our inglorious Boris (who is actually still the PM) has just said “**** it’ and gone off on bloody holiday!!!. He perhaps could have tried to win a few brownie points by getting involved and showed a bit of leadership, Just shows what an absolute narcissist he really is.

Cannot see why they had to have such a long leadership race at this time. The hustings are an absolute waste of time. Truss in particular seems to say what she thinks is popular at the time but gets it so wrong. Reduce taxes (won't help those who really need it). no 'handouts' (to then U turn), pay civil servants different depending where they work (another U turn) etc.

Whoever takes over (pretty sure it will be Truss) can't say, 'Didn't see this coming' (as Boris could with Covid) so they need to hit the ground running.

[Elite_Pie]

I say well done to Boris. He was hounded out by his own party.

That's not true. He was removed by his own party because his incessant lies eventually caught up with him causing a complete loss of public confidence. He wasn't hounded out, he was booted out because he abused his position.

[Magpies1959]

I don't really think it matters who is in power, as we are puppets of the WEF. If we do have any power to control our destiny, and continue along the green highway, we can expect to have this inflated cost of living with us for the foreseeable.
Cheers Greta, or whoever controls her.

[the_anticlough]

I don't really think it matters who is in power, as we are puppets of the WEF. If we do have any power to control our destiny, and continue along the green highway, we can expect to have this inflated cost of living with us for the foreseeable.
Cheers Greta, or whoever controls her.

Utter nonsense. You really do specialise in making a fool of yourself, don't you?

Take a look around at the wreckage caused by 13 years of your tories. And you try to blame Greta Thunberg - a Swedish ****ager

[Magpies1959]

You do a pretty good job yourself.
Any fool could see that the last few years have been unusual to say the least for a government in power. If I believed Labour would have us in a stronger position economically then fair enough, but their covid stance was the same, if not harder lockdown rules and for longer applied, so more financial wreckage. Their energy policy would be as green or greener, so as above.
Please don't call them my Tories as I would happily live without any or the lying scumbags that politicians are, from all parties.
Tell me it is not true that if we had carried on using our oil, gas and started fracking and got our cleaner nuclear up and running sooner (stopped by Labour) we wouldn't be in this financial mess economically speaking.

[the_anticlough]

You do a pretty good job yourself.
Any fool could see that the last few years have been unusual to say the least for a government in power. If I believed Labour would have us in a stronger position economically then fair enough, but their covid stance was the same, if not harder lockdown rules and for longer applied, so more financial wreckage. Their energy policy would be as green or greener, so as above.
Please don't call them my Tories as I would happily live without any or the lying scumbags that politicians are, from all parties.
Tell me it is not true that if we had carried on using our oil, gas and started fracking and got our cleaner nuclear up and running sooner (stopped by Labour) we wouldn't be in this financial mess economically speaking.

Our principle economic problem is that the balance of power between capital and labour has tipped way too far in favour of the former. A large chunk of the inflationary spiral has been caused by out-and-out profiteering on the part of large corporations across all economic sectors.

Record profits, record corporate bonuses, high shareholder dividends, price fixing The FTSE top 350 have seen profits rise by 43% since the start of Covid. Meanwhile, more and more ordinary people sink further into debt, see the lowest living standards in real terms for many a decade, struggle to run a car, heat their houses, eat at all....

The UK has a profiteering crisis. And it isn't being reinvested that's for sure.

There no fool like an old fool, btw

[BanjoPie]

Our principle economic problem is that the balance of power between capital and labour has tipped way too far in favour of the former. A large chunk of the inflationary spiral has been caused by out-and-out profiteering on the part of large corporations across all economic sectors.

Record profits, record corporate bonuses, high shareholder dividends, price fixing The FTSE top 350 have seen profits rise by 43% since the start of Covid. Meanwhile, more and more ordinary people sink further into debt, see the lowest living standards in real terms for many a decade, struggle to run a car, heat their houses, eat at all....

The UK has a profiteering crisis. And it isn't being reinvested that's for sure.

There no fool like an old fool, btw

Pretty much most of the UK’s and worlds problems could be solved - all that is needed is for certain people to stop being GREEDY. Greed is at the heart of most of the worlds problems !!!

[Elite_Pie]

Pretty much most of the UK’s and worlds problems could be solved - all that is needed is for certain people to stop being GREEDY. Greed is at the heart of most of the worlds problems !!!

Agree completely Banjo. I have no problem with those who work harder, are brighter, have good ideas, or take a few risks getting a bigger slice of the cake. It's when they get an absolutely humungous slice that I have a problem. Surely a couple of billion pounds is a more than sufficient reward? The richest people in the world have in excess of 100 billion pounds, while the poorest people in the world starve to death. How can this still be happening, and how can the gap still be widening in this day and age? As you've already said the simple answer is GREED.

Oh well, after Boris we will have Liz Truss in charge of sorting out our corner of the world. As Soccerman might say "In Liz we trust"!!!

[Magpies1959]

Nailed it Banjo 'Confucius Pie 😊

[magpie_mania]

'In Truss we trust' has a bit of a ring to it.

[BanjoPie]

'In Truss we trust' has a bit of a ring to it.

I wouldn’t trust her to make the tea!

[Old_pie]

'In Truss we trust' has a bit of a ring to it.

Hope it doesn't end as "All Trussed Up".

[countygump]

Hope it doesn't end as "All Trussed Up".

I've no doubt that Truss will hernia your support.

[JoePass]

Agree completely Banjo. I have no problem with those who work harder, are brighter, have good ideas, or take a few risks getting a bigger slice of the cake. It's when they get an absolutely humungous slice that I have a problem. Surely a couple of billion pounds is a more than sufficient reward? The richest people in the world have in excess of 100 billion pounds, while the poorest people in the world starve to death. How can this still be happening, and how can the gap still be widening in this day and age? As you've already said the simple answer is GREED.

Oh well, after Boris we will have Liz Truss in charge of sorting out our corner of the world. As Soccerman might say "In Liz we trust"!!!

Spot on.

[magpie_mania]

There is a huge rift to heal. Is she the right one to do it? Not sure myself.

Her body language yesterday wasn't brilliant - where was the word / handshake with Sunak? Instead she couldn't wait to get up to give her automated speech.

Today she meets the Queen, after previously speaking up that the monarchy should be abolished.

I really hope she succeeds but do feel that she often says whatever is best for her own advancement, and is not averse to a u-turn when it suits.

She obviously sees herself as the new Margaret Thatcher, but even though I disagreed with Thatcher in many ways, she is nowhere near at the moment.