General British politics discussion thread

If you turned it down you and the knuckle draggers would be crying and biching about him not being "British" enough like was done to Corbyn because he wouldn't wear a stupid badge.

He would be declared a monarchy hating communist.

Why would he turn it down? In the UK system, being a Sir is something to be applauded, to be looked up to and aspire to.

it is only now that the Tories need to find something to attack him that suddenly being a Sir is seen as a bad thing.

He is indeed, but amazingly he is the 'wrong' type of Brexiteer for many of the faithful. He genuinely believed in the 'global Britain' stuff and striking overseas trade deals once out of the EU, but this set him apart from the UKIP brigade who are driven by racism, xenophobia and right wing English nationalism and so on. This is why Farage and others are now hurling insults at Sunak and labelling him a 'globalist' and 'elitist' and potential traitor to Brexit.

It just makes him look unradical, part of the British establishment.

As opposed to all those radical, not part of the establishment Tories, they have no interest in titles or the like.

Is this your first day on boards?

I'm not even sure what point you're making.

That's presumably why he goes down so well with white middle class people, and why Murdoch will probably back him next election. I don't think he's ever sought to be radical at all since he became an MP, so it's hardly a surprise or vote loser he's completely part of the establishment.

Massive defeat for the Tories in a bi-election last night. It was a Labour seat to begin with, but the results would appear to underline the polls as being pretty in line with voter sentiment.

Based on that the Tories are looking at disaster at the next election

This will be the Tories worst result in that constituency since 1832. The country is now in a recession which will last more than a year. Half a million are expected lose their jobs. Over the next two years households are facing the biggest fall in living standards since records began.

The opposite could also be true. With such massive losses, many potential Tory voters may either not bother voting or jump on the Labour bandwagon.

The Tories have nothing to offer, recession looks likely to last at least a year. Brexit will continue to be a disaster. The NHS will continue to unravel.

It was expected that Sunak would receive a bounce, that the gap would narrow quite a bit once Truss was removed, but it seems that hasn't happened and the real disaster of Truss is not just the direct effect of her policies, but the loss of any credibility on the economy that was always a winning position for the Tories.