Brexit discussion thread XIV (Please read OP before posting)

No insult intended.

Of course there are many people just as you describe. The idea that they might accept living in a 32-county RoI if it was in the commonwealth is ridiculous and belittles them, imho - they might, on pragmatic or economic grounds, after all some have even been known to move here 😁 but the CW seems rather unlikely to enter into the decision process of any rational person.

She's going to have us prepping for a trade war.

It's a joke really. You have 2 MP's who have been part of the chaos the past 3 years in cabinet. So they cannot divorce themselves from Johnson as collective responsibility is still a thing. But they will try to do just that. This should give Labour a ton of material to use against either candidate when it comes to PMQ's and any policy decisions they make.

I can see if Truss wins she will get a small bounce in the polls but once the public are exposed to her they will quickly turn against her. She will have to deal with the cost of living crises and, well lets be honest here, she is not the sharpest tool in the shed. The answer she gave on changing her mind on Brexit will attest to this and I doubt she has the charisma of Johnson to win over a crowd.

She will find it hard to think on her feet and the buzzwords she will have will not work out well if she is being shown a fool.

Sunak is just a millionaire playing with other people's money. It is almost too easy to fight against him as you have the video of him boasting that he does not have friends who are working class when he was younger. Since then he married a billionaire so that will not have changed. He is out of touch and his policies will have played a role in the current crises so he is open to attack as well.

We might be in for a tough time as they try to win the vote and make outlandish statements they may even fell they need to follow through on. It is going to be fun to watch, but it could have dire consequences though.

That is a truly shocking indictment of the current political situation in the UK ............

I have a springer spaniel I'd be happier to vote for if she was in that leadership race, although I'm probably biased....

Listening to Sunak U-turn on taxes gave me such Jeb "Please clap" vibes that I was calling it from that moment tbh.

If Truss' gaffes mattered she wouldn't have gotten this far anyway. The Tory faithful love the "stern woman" performance. That's all that matters. She's gonna show them Paddies what's what.

Every politician in the EU is biting their tongue. The Tories have become a childish joke of a party. Trump is one thing but they are sending whole army loads of Trumps into their leadership races.

I'm not sure Truss is all that intelligent. It's why she will probably beat Sunak. It's easier to lie and contradict yourself when you don't know you are doing it.

Sunak promising big tax cuts. Big u turn.

Increases in crop and livestock outputs saw UK agriculture’s income rise by almost 15% in 2021, according to the latest government figures.

The country’s total income from farming (TIFF) rose by £756 million last year to almost £6 billion – the third highest TIFF in real terms since 2000.

Annual data published by Defra revealed average farm business incomes had increased from £39,000 in 2019/2020 to £46,500 12 months later.

I guess with europe is just full of fat **** they could never stop buying food to stuff their fat faces.