UK General Election 2024 (or 25)

[Derek27]

Is Boris Johnson still a backbench MP? I haven't seen or heard of the babbling buffoon lately.

According to the MailOnline, "Mr Johnson (is) spending his days painting, reading, writing, playing tennis and golf" I'm sure the people of Uxbridge and South Ruislip are glad he's taking his job as seriously now as he's ever done.

Video here...https://videos.dailymail.co.uk/video/ba ... 066050.mp4

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... -golf.html

I wish I didn't ask. The more I hear about him the more I wanna puke.

[Galilee66]

Hunt might provide the proof to that old saying: "In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king."

G66

[Archangel]

Truss successfully ran for leadership on her promise of low taxes and growth.
Plan A didn't work

What's Plan B?
Higher taxes and no growth

[Archangel]

This desperation for growth is down to the white elephant nobody dare speak of...

Absolutely. The UK is the only country to ever vote to impose economic sanctions on itself. How can these idiots bang on about 'growth' when they led us out of the biggest single market in the world...and told us we would be better off
I wonder when the cards will start to fall and we hear politicians talk about the need to rejoin the single market?
Personally I can't believe Labour still support it.

[sniffer66]

This desperation for growth is down to the white elephant nobody dare speak of...

Absolutely. The UK is the only country to ever vote to impose economic sanctions on itself. How can these idiots bang on about 'growth' when they led us out of the biggest single market in the world...and told us we would be better off
I wonder when the cards will start to fall and we hear politicians talk about the need to rejoin the single market?
Personally I can't believe Labour still support it.

Labour are too scared to piss off all the pro Brexiteers and lose their (possible) vote. Nothing to do with ideology/common sense.

Would respect them more if they just had the balls to go for it.

[greenmark]

This desperation for growth is down to the white elephant nobody dare speak of...

Absolutely. The UK is the only country to ever vote to impose economic sanctions on itself. How can these idiots bang on about 'growth' when they led us out of the biggest single market in the world...and told us we would be better off
I wonder when the cards will start to fall and we hear politicians talk about the need to rejoin the single market?
Personally I can't believe Labour still support it.

Labour are too scared to piss off all the pro Brexiteers and lose their (possible) vote. Nothing to do with ideology/common sense.

Would respect them more if they just had the balls to go for it.

I kind of sympathise with the points made. But what kind of deal would we get from the EU now. We're stuck with the situation and have to hope the marvellous trade deals and removal of the EU bureaucratic strait-jacket will begin help us prosper. Thus far these benefits are conspicuous by their absence and no analyst is suggesting it will change any time soon. We've seriously damaged trade with the EU and not replaced a penny of it with non-EU countries.
But on balance brexit is peanuts compared to covid and Ukraine. The big difference is covid and Ukraine are temporary (hopefully). Brexit will inform the rest of my life. If we get it right, jolly good. But next to nothing positive has come of it so far.

[Derek27]

I never used to switch the TV on until the evening. That changed when war started. Now I switch on just to see if Truss is still there.

[Derek27]

Home secretary gone!

[Archangel]

Indeed

[sniffer66]

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[Derek27]

She's resigned over a security breach, confidential information passed over her phone. That's the last thing you'd expect from such a competent government.

[to75ne]

She's resigned over a security breach, confidential information passed over her phone. That's the last thing you'd expect from such a competent government.

farcical, total farce.

[Derek27]

Apparently, she was offered the job as home secretary in return for her support for Truss. At least she's taken responsibility for her mistakes, which very few Tory ministers are able to do.

[sniffer66]

A cynic might think she committed a minor, technical, breach so she could get out easily before too much shit began to stick....

[Derek27]

Are the Dover gates fully open now?