General British politics discussion thread

Far be it from me to tell you what to do with your life, but I suspect the Paris riots and the causes that give rise to them will be addressed more rapidly and more effectively than the UK's political woes.

Sunak is worse than most of them in terms of ideals. Economically he is way over on the right and always has been.

Indeed, and people nearly forget Sunak was a Brexiteer before Johnson and Truss (albeit an economic Brexiteer rather than one who hated the EU or European people).

He definitely looks a wrong 'un though. Quite a few strange quotes have been attributed to him recently and his doubling down on the Rwanda policy suggests he is not a decent person.

David McWilliams had a good article a few months ago outlining how right wing populist parties are usually bad news for a country and its economy and had stats to back his arguments up. They actively promote division and love the idea of a fractured society with 'us versus them'. Since Brexit, Britain and its media have 100% gone down this route with predictably disastrous results.

Heh heh.. Heh heh heh..What a shame. How shocking. 😀😃😊 You can't beat a good gloat.

No way. Never.

I am shocked. I simply can't believe he would lie like this.

😂

Integrity, professionalism and accountability. At all levels. I will earn your trust!

The guy can't even read a report but has enough time to not only go to cricket matches but issue letters about the behaviour of the opposition during the cricket.

The man is an absolute disaster. The more I see him the more I understand why they actually chose Truss before him.

About the only thing in his favour is that he seems very affable when meeting other leaders and doesn't have that slightly menacing and aggressive vibe that Johnson and Truss had.

But the more you see of him, the less impressed you are with him. He says way short of being the standard to be a PM....there's not much to him and he's out of his depth.

Another bye election looming?

Check out this article https://www.upday.com/uk/chris-pincher-watchdog-recommends-eight-week-suspension-for-mp-accused-of-groping?utm_source=upday&utm_medium=referral

If this was April 1st I'd say this was in bad taste:

The less said about the North the better 🤣

I honestly don't know what this is all about and why they think this direction works.None of the Tories I know would be proud of this. You just don't fuk with kids wherever they are from.

And any of the UKIP scobes I have met don't really vote anyway so I don't know why Tories think it's worth courting them.

People are beneath you, to be talked to not heard.

Arguments are not about proving you are right. They are just a game to be won. It doesn't matter what the opposition believe as long as you "win" at believing the opposite.

Children dying in the sea are not people but pawns in a game. Their death won't affect you or the good old boys you went to school with.

That is the mindset of the Tory minister.

They needed a cause any cause. The current group grew up on Thatcher who had a cause, read all about how their entitled blooded peers like Churchill had a cause or how Wellington and Cardigan had grand adventures.

They don't give a fuk either way whether all the refugees die (and they are refugees not migrants) or those refugees "flood" Luton and Bradford. They only give a fuk about showing they are in charge.