UK General Discussion: Rishecession

[Progressive Pessimist]

Congratulations to the UK on your new Prime Minister?

And yes, the thread title is great. There were other good ones proposed but I think this sets the theme for Truss' premiership quite well.

[Progressive Pessimist]

https://twitter.com/10DowningStreet/status/1567945702818418691

Kind of awkward (as most things with Truss seem to be) considering that video of her in her youth giving her thoughts on the monarchy. 

[Progressive Pessimist]

I'm no expert on British politics, but after 14 years of chaotic Torie leadership across five Prime Ministers, fatigue of the party alone seems like it will be enough for Labour to have a solid victory when the election finally happens.

[Progressive Pessimist]

It's a YouGov subsample and so comes with lots of health warnings, but still LOL:

https://twitter.com/Beyond_Topline/status/1707375642856010080

Full Tory shares from the poll by age subsample:
65+ 46%
50-64 27%
25-49 12%
18-24 1%

*Spit take*

[Progressive Pessimist]

This is all basically the political equivalent of a person on death row. You ALMOST feel bad for them.

Sunak should just call the election and get it over with, it's not going to get any better for him.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Can Westminster keep the issue settled if the public verdict is so damning?
UK public overwhelmingly say Brexit has clearly failed

Better late than never, I guess...

[Progressive Pessimist]

Sunak is way better at causing recessions than Biden is.

[Progressive Pessimist]

A "technical" recession has been followed by "technical" byelection reverses. Any coming GE defeat for the Tories will also be "technical" because of an insufficiency of enthusiasm for Starmer. Or something.

A lack of enthusiasm for Starmer - I'm definitely not hugely excited about his policies - won't cause Labour to lose this election. But it's a problem for government.

So, he'll be your Joe Biden?