UK General Election 2024 (or 25)

[jimibt]

All the talk about whether Johnson should resign, and now whether Truss should resign, for several months; it's as bad as our constant Martingale debates!

i love the tim farron twitter stuff. he has recently tweeted - *agent truss* return to base - your job is done - lol

[Derek27]

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

[Archangel]

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

I heard he was off in America last week getting £300k for a speech he made

Serving his constituents interests well as always

[Derek27]

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

I heard he was off in America last week getting £300k for a speech he made

Serving his constituents interests well as always

Are you sure he wasn't paid £300K to NOT make a speech? We've had to put up with them for a couple of years for free!

And members still want him as PM.

Back in May the Guardian reported that his seat may be under threat, according to opinion polls. I'd love it if he was party leader in the next election and lost his seat. I bet his supporters haven't even considered that but I can see it happening.

[Archery1969]

Boris for PM and Trump for President.

Could it happen.

What’s the odds ?

[Derek27]

Boris for PM and Trump for President.

Could it happen.

What’s the odds ?

It's a bit like backing a horse to do the Guineas/Derby double. They're not unrelated events so bookies won't let you multiply the odds. If the UK are still mad enough to elect him again, it says a lot about the human race and what people in the US would be crazy enough to do.

I thought Americans were crazy people when they elected Trump but I now realise madness, like people, is the same everywhere!

[Archery1969]

Boris for PM and Trump for President.

Could it happen.

What’s the odds ?

It's a bit like backing a horse to do the Guineas/Derby double. They're not unrelated events so bookies won't let you multiply the odds. If the UK are still mad enough to elect him again, it says a lot about the human race and what people in the US would be crazy enough to do.

I thought Americans were crazy people when they elected Trump but I now realise madness, like people, is the same everywhere!

[Derek27]

More importantly, what's the betting that Truss will turn up to PMQs?

Will she have more urgent business to attend to, another bout of diarrhoea or a meeting with Brady again?

When I was last working my colleagues would wonder if I'm gonna turn up or what my excuse would be if I don't, but you don't expect that with a prime minister of the UK.

[greenmark]

Bottom line for me is Hunt looks like a good deal right now.
That sentence sends shivers down my spine, but I can't see any other candidate.
I'd take Sunak but it seems he's unelectable, but I'm mystified as to why.
He's successful, did a decent job as chancellor in very difficult circumstances. OK he clobbered BJ, but someone had to, no?

[Derek27]

Some interesting comments on the Sky press review.

The government is trying to be more Labour than Labour, so people can vote for them instead of Labour.

Truss had a quiet [good] day today as nothing went catastrophically wrong.

[Derek27]

Bottom line for me is Hunt looks like a good deal right now.
That sentence sends shivers down my spine, but I can't see any other candidate.
I'd take Sunak but it seems he's unelectable, but I'm mystified as to why.
He's successful, did a decent job as chancellor in very difficult circumstances. OK he clobbered BJ, but someone had to, no?

Of course he looks a good deal right now! So would I, so would you, if we followed Kwarteng.

[greenmark]

Bottom line for me is Hunt looks like a good deal right now.
That sentence sends shivers down my spine, but I can't see any other candidate.
I'd take Sunak but it seems he's unelectable, but I'm mystified as to why.
He's successful, did a decent job as chancellor in very difficult circumstances. OK he clobbered BJ, but someone had to, no?

Of course he looks a good deal right now! So would I, so would you, if we followed Kwarteng.

Seriously though, who other than Sunak is competent
Even with covid and Ukraine how can the Tory's justifiy this fiasco.
They've been in charge for over a decade and have messed up!!! How long does it take to assess idiots that shouldn't be in charge of .... anything!!!??

[Derek27]

Bottom line for me is Hunt looks like a good deal right now.
That sentence sends shivers down my spine, but I can't see any other candidate.
I'd take Sunak but it seems he's unelectable, but I'm mystified as to why.
He's successful, did a decent job as chancellor in very difficult circumstances. OK he clobbered BJ, but someone had to, no?

Of course he looks a good deal right now! So would I, so would you, if we followed Kwarteng.

Seriously though, who other than Sunak is competent
Even with covid and Ukraine how can the Tory's justifiy this fiasco.
They've been in charge for over a decade and have messed up!!! How long does it take to assess idiots that shouldn't be in charge of .... anything!!!??

Sunak is as competent as any fit and healthy man who's spent a week at a Conservative conference where everybody else is dying of bubonic plague.

[ShaunWhite]

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

To assess the UK’s economic performance in the fallout of Brexit, Investment Monitor examined the period following the EU referendum in the second quarter of 2016. Based on figures from the OECD, UK GDP grew by 14.3% between Q2 2016 and Q3 2021. This is a smaller growth rate than four of the EU’s largest economies. During the same period,Germany had the highest indexed growth rate at 32.2%, followed by Spain (25.6%), France (23%) and Italy (16.3%).

The UK-based Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) states that the long-term impact of Brexit will be worse for the UK economy than Covid-19. The OBR estimates that Brexit will reduce the UK’s potential GDP by 4% and the pandemic by a further 2%.

It was what it was, and many voted on principals not economic gain which was laudable. I'm not "remoaning" just suggesting it's lack of trade that's the issue not wastefulness in our public services or benefits system. And who was supposed to deliver the new trade deals?

(source:https://www.investmentmonitor.ai/analys ... exit-uk-eu)

[ShaunWhite]

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