General British politics discussion thread

There is also the Eton/Oxford aristocracy bullsht of getting to say you were PM regardless of whether or not you were any good.

It's the same mentality as all these classics graduate MPs who write a book nobody will read so they can put "published author" on their CV.

There's a piece in the FT that states these elections are a disaster for Conservative enviornmentalists. Wedge issues like this won't save them but there is still the pressure to resort to them..

Sunak really is the emptiest suit of any politician at his level I can think of. You'd think any party leader would be able to summon up some genuine emotion when his party had just won a by-election against the odds but no, Sunak's response came across just as phony as every other public statement he's ever made, obviously prepped to the nth degree by his handlers

He doesn't give a shte as long as he can position himself at the forefront of something.

It's all Labours fault. The party who are not in power need to be stopped. 🙄

You would think that someone who's family are not white would be careful about whipping all this sht up.

Australia, with their slightly better voting system, had a load of "teal independents" elected last time. Environmental Tories who wouldn't support either the Australian Greens or the Lib/Nats anymore

Are you new to politics?

This is hardly earth shattering stuff.

It is very new in terms of UK politics. You shouldn't look at everyone through the prism of Trump.

I remember recently there was uproar when Raynor said Tories are scum. And there was an MP removed from the house for calling Johnson a liar (which he was subsequently found to be by the HoC Committee).

The question about David Frost is, what fossil fuel lobbyist wrote his bullet points and how much does DF benefit?

He should no longer be known as David Frost as David Thaw now seems more apt.

I saw someone make the observation today that the Conservative Party has effectively become UKIP. There doesn't seem to be even an ounce of a difference between the two parties. You could nearly imagine Sunak standing in front of a 'breaking point' poster at this point.

I think Labour will have a decent majority but a Hung parliament with Labour as biggest party would be an excellent result.

Far more chance of PR of some sort, and hopefully the Greens/Lib Dems might make the next government a tiny bit progressive because Labour offer nothing, other than being not Tories as it stands.