General British politics discussion thread

England is also a more Balkanized community as well.

I liked one of the response to thst tweet was that Truss is a politician while Macron is a stateman. Hopefully Truss changes when she becomes PM but i doubt it, she just seems to want to be a crowd-pleaser. Boris seems to have at least some relevant experience to get the job, while Truss hasnt.

Truss, Raab, Sunak, Rayner, Corbyn, Dorris. Westminster really has a generation of crap politicians at the moment.

You dont include Boris on your list? Losing leadership when he won a whopping majority due to his stupid actions?

Corbyn wasn't popular and wasn't good enough to be a leader. He was your typical backbench moaner that opposes everything with no real intelligence or charisma. Our Paul Murphy. Grand for soundbites but no way we would want him as Taoiseach.

I disagree about Rayner but she's young and could evolve into a competent performer. I haven't seen evidence of this yet. She spends every interview talking about being working class.

What this contest has shown, is just how bad Sunak is. I think people expected more from him but he failed to deliver and the Tories are going with a remainer.

Oh yes. I never rated Johnson. An average politician. And not clever enough to stay in power. Gone after 3 years. He is an idiot.

It does seem like the UK will have 3 short ish term prime ministers in a row, provided Labour don't balls it up at the next election. I wouldn't put it past them to do exactly that.

Malevolent dullard is a perfect description of Truss. She is completely devoid of any genuine convictions, charisma, warmth, integrity or vision for the country. She seems incapable of thinking beyond September 5th.

I don’t think the UK has felt this hopeless ever before in my lifetime, even from 2016-2020, when the Brexit culture wars peaked. It’s like they’ve passed the argumentative stage and have just gone into full despair. Energy bills predicted to rise to an average of £6600 in the spring, and Truss’s response is that she’s not going to “bung people money”. Just a horrible, spineless, weak woman. Couldn’t think of a worse leader for the country right now.

Hmm actually… maybe Suella Braverman or Priti Patel. They’re all just absolutely awful.

You claimed our problems were as bad as theirs if not worse while then admitting to having no clue about a key policy that affects those problems so yes I find the fact you are so sure your correct but seem not know much about the topic hilarious and to be honest typical of the bad faith style of posters who frequent these threads. You continue to try argue your correct while being unable to provide any evidence to support it. Im done with your bad faith posting have fun arguing with the void.

Or perhaps he's simply not a cretin playing to the lowest common denominator.

To be honest the Tories do have one long teem policy to slash regulations. May be good in short term for business but in long term could damage employees and consumers. Truss will probably reverse course on the energy crisis once she gets elected showing not for the first time that the Tories are willing to copy Labours more popular policies.