UK General Discussion: Rishecession

[Middle-aged Europe]

This happens with people at the helm who are graduates of Krusty's Klown Kollege.

[Torrain]

MP no.5 to call for Truss resignation: Sir Charles Walker

[parochial boy]

They used to talk about the red wall. Now they talk about the red four walls, floor and ceiling

[omar04]

https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1582018009555689475

[Torrain]

https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1582018009555689475

The Guardian are reporting that she was in a private meeting with Graham Brady during the Labour Urgent Question…

[NewYorkExpress]

Report out revealing that hundreds of Met Police officers have been getting away with breaking the law and misconduct.

Hundreds of Met Police officers have been getting away with breaking the law and misconduct, a report has found.

Report author Baroness Casey found many claims of sexual misconduct, misogyny, racism and homophobia were badly mishandled.

One serving officer had 11 misconduct notices for allegations involving assault, sexual harassment and fraud.

Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley says he is "appalled" at the findings and the situation "cannot continue".

The Met chief - who was appointed last month - said the report showed "patterns of unacceptable discrimination that clearly amount to systemic bias" towards black and Asian officers and staff.

Admitting that its findings showed hundreds of his officers should have been sacked, he also apologised to the public and the force's "honest and dedicated officers" who he said had been let down.

[omar04]

https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1582018009555689475

The Guardian are reporting that she was in a private meeting with Graham Brady during the Labour Urgent Question…

Ouch, Brady must have been showing her all the letters demanding a vote of no confidence. Apparently the number of them could be as high as 100.

EDIT: Actually wasn't Brady at the chambers during the session?

[Torrain]

https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1582018009555689475

The Guardian are reporting that she was in a private meeting with Graham Brady during the Labour Urgent Question…

Ouch, Brady must have been showing her all the letters demanding a vote of no confidence. Apparently the number of them could be as high as 100.

EDIT: Actually wasn't Brady at the chambers during the session?

Mixed reports at the moment - but these are the 2022 Conservatives, so I assume we’ll have the full story leaked by the 10pm news.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

These numbers are just absolutely spectacular.

https://twitter.com/RedfieldWilton/status/1582049125448945664?s=20&t=NiWsS6p...

https://twitter.com/RedfieldWilton/status/1582049137171628039?s=20&t=8x7qQD_...

[soundchaser]

That approval rating is just mind-boggling.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

That approval rating is just mind-boggling.

Liz Hollande. Liz Olmert. Liz Alphonso Taft III.

This can't go on.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

MP no.5 to call for Truss resignation: Sir Charles Walker

Briefing that Truss has a few weeks at most.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Keep in mind Labour had a 39.5 point lead in early 1996:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_1997_United_Kingdom_general_election#1996

1. British polling methodology has improved substantially since the 90s
2. The economy was doing *much* better at the time than it is now

3. They still trailed by 12pts and suffered their heaviest loss since 1906.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

https://twitter.com/thetyronwilson/status/1582045951493296129

[TheTide]

Dan Hodges suggesting that Brady told Truss to sling her hook in their meeting earlier.

[omar04]

https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1582018009555689475

The Guardian are reporting that she was in a private meeting with Graham Brady during the Labour Urgent Question…

Ouch, Brady must have been showing her all the letters demanding a vote of no confidence. Apparently the number of them could be as high as 100.

EDIT: Actually wasn't Brady at the chambers during the session?

Mixed reports at the moment - but these are the 2022 Conservatives, so I assume we’ll have the full story leaked by the 10pm news.

I'm reading that he left at some point.

[Torrain]

https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1582018009555689475

The Guardian are reporting that she was in a private meeting with Graham Brady during the Labour Urgent Question…

Ouch, Brady must have been showing her all the letters demanding a vote of no confidence. Apparently the number of them could be as high as 100.

EDIT: Actually wasn't Brady at the chambers during the session?

Mixed reports at the moment - but these are the 2022 Conservatives, so I assume we’ll have the full story leaked by the 10pm news.

I'm reading that he left at some point.

He was out of the chamber for around 20-30 minutes. No.10 sources have confirmed a meeting between Truss and Brady in discussions with Guardian journalists, but say it was pre-planned. Haven't been able to put together a coherent timeline yet.

[Cassius]

Dan Hodges suggesting that Brady told Truss to sling her hook in their meeting earlier.

On the other hand, the meeting with the “One Nation” group appears to have gone smoothly. Arch creep Haremcock looking to worm his way back into power. I think a plausible outcome is that Truss is kept on as a puppet by the legacy Cameroon faction (CEO of this group being Jeremy Hunt) of the party as some sort of lobotomised meat puppet:

[Torrain]

https://twitter.com/alexwickham/status/1582071670558576640

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Dan Hodges suggesting that Brady told Truss to sling her hook in their meeting earlier.

On the other hand, the meeting with the “One Nation” group appears to have gone smoothly. Arch creep Haremcock looking to worm his way back into power. I think a plausible outcome is that Truss is kept on as a puppet by the legacy Cameroon faction (CEO of this group being Jeremy Hunt) of the party as some sort of lobotomised meat puppet:

Nothing says legitimacy like shadow rulers!

[Cassius]

Dan Hodges suggesting that Brady told Truss to sling her hook in their meeting earlier.

On the other hand, the meeting with the “One Nation” group appears to have gone smoothly. Arch creep Haremcock looking to worm his way back into power. I think a plausible outcome is that Truss is kept on as a puppet by the legacy Cameroon faction (CEO of this group being Jeremy Hunt) of the party as some sort of lobotomised meat puppet:

Nothing says legitimacy like shadow rulers!

I can’t think of an alternative explanation for why they would say that she should stay on, even if the idea is, to my way of thinking, insane. Something that should be born in mind is that the Cameroons weren’t very good at politics either.

[Mike88]

I think this sums it quite well, especially the last 22 seconds:

https://twitter.com/colinpmcquaid/status/1581268144244813825

[Хahar 🤔]

Dan Hodges suggesting that Brady told Truss to sling her hook in their meeting earlier.

On the other hand, the meeting with the “One Nation” group appears to have gone smoothly. Arch creep Haremcock looking to worm his way back into power. I think a plausible outcome is that Truss is kept on as a puppet by the legacy Cameroon faction (CEO of this group being Jeremy Hunt) of the party as some sort of lobotomised meat puppet:

I can believe that some influential Tories might think this, but surely the party as a whole isn't this deluded. If you had to come up with a way to make the numbers worse than they already are, one way to do it would be to have faceless Tory elites imposing austerity while hiding behind a figurehead prime minister with single-digit approval.

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

I find the initial interpretation of Hunt's measures as "austerity" to be basically false. Hunt's "U-turn" involves rolling back most of the reckless mini-budget and the reckless part of the energy price cap. Even then, he has kept the reduction in effective stamp duty and what, in American terms, would be a payroll tax cut. Given the costs of massively subisidizing energy costs and the added cost of servicing debt due to Bank of England rate hikes, there should be no tax cuts, it's ridiculous that these are being floated at all.

I think the obvious interpretation is that the meat puppet Truss government will ultimately pursue aggressive spending cuts, probably through the channel of not tying nominal spending increases to inflation. Various "thinkers" will view this as being the clever strategy: you can claim you aren't cutting spending this way. NHS spending increases by the same forecasted X% rate in nominal terms but, due to inflation, it's actually an effective cut.

Certainly, one way of reducing excess demand and curbing inflation would be to slash spending but public services in the UK have already been cut to the bone. The wages of teachers and nurses have been cratering relative to private sector wages. Studies show this reduces the quality of workers. Labour will inherit a busted public sector and its main task will be repairing it, which could be a decade long project...

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

That approval rating is just mind-boggling.

Liz Hollande. Liz Olmert. Liz Alphonso Taft III.

This can't go on.

I think we have yet to reach Park Mary-Liz levels but then again she was directly impeached and removed from office so that'd be the end...