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« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2022, 11:13:01 AM » |
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« Edited: September 08, 2022, 11:41:18 AM by Blair »
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Liz Truss is a dreadful person to lead the UK through a moment like this (or potential).
Major, Blair, Cameron … hell even May and Johnson would be better. And of course Starmer could be
Not Johnson. And it's fairly clear that she would not have wanted that: it's an open secret that there hasn't been a PM as personally detested by Brenda and the rest of them as he was (and, bluntly, for several good reasons).
HM was a regular reader of political gossip to the extent that she use to get a Government whip to send her a daily summary of events in Parliament- who was up, who was down and who spoke well. I take some joy in knowing that despite her constitutional role she would have watched those events with an arched eyebrow. She has had an interesting relationship with PMs- the most powerful and presidential were generally the ones she disliked the most- Blair and Thatcher and ofc Bojo. All were in different ways decidedly against conserving the established way. Her personal favourite was Harold Wilson.
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« Reply #11 on: September 12, 2022, 04:11:26 PM » |
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Even more hilarious when you consider what her views on Europe actually were…
what were they?
Historically eurosceptic; she fell out with Heath over it in the 1970s but largely because she had what was then the Gaitskellite position of wanting to focus on the commonwealth rather than the EEC. It was also briefed that she made pro leave remarks before 2016- I took it as true as neither the palace nor the Remainers tried to deny it- rather they said it was low politics for it to leak. She was a great Francophile ofc though.
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« Reply #23 on: September 28, 2022, 08:03:28 AM » |
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It is quite a skill to produce a budget that is both politically unpopular and which crashes the markets- which stops your supporters from arguing it was actually alright. Also worth noting no-one is talking about the energy bills support- this is why this stupid west wing ‘4 policies in 4 days’ blitz was made. Boris Johnson was never fully a part of the very right wing IEA/Adam Smith set- they have now got everything they broadly want and have no real excuse if it all falls apart.
The plan seems based around the idea that there will be huge levels of growth and well the market reaction today shows that things could collapse very quickly.
Didn’t Ted Heath try this in the 1970s and then have to retreat massively?
Wonder how long till the retreat.
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