General British politics discussion thread

He is also impressively terrible at trying to relate to the "common man".

He is so bad that really he should be kept away from even trying.

So Sunak is nothing but a robot # reading out whatever is in front of him regardless of the situation?

And you think that is better than Starmer who actually was dealing with the situation as it was happening

How much input would have have into it. I assume it's scripted for him and he's given a bit of guidance on what to say when

If he's busy he may not have even noticed the remark

Sunak knew Esther was in the chamber. Starmer's opening address at PMQ's was "Mr. Speaker, this week the unwavering bravery of Brianna Ghey's mother, Esther, has touched us all. As a father I cannot even imagine the pain that she's going through and I'm glad that she's with us in the gallery today."

Sunak deserves absolutely no leeway at all in this matter.

Go away and cop on. Your not the first to try this line over the last few days.

You are fooling no one.

Even as hot takes go, that's laughable nonsense

People like Sunak aren't politicians. They're salespeople. They can only operate on trying to hock their wares to a certain target group. They've no real policy to speak of. They couldn't care less about the state of the nation, or its people. They're merely in a job selling stuff for a certain amount of time.

This is why he can blithely spout off the way he did in the chamber trying to appeal to shitheads and the worst in British society with his trans jibe, completely bereft of any kind of statesmanlike composure or even the most minimal regard for a person who might be affected by his inane uttering.

Even if that person is a grieving mother of someone who was brutally murdered simply because she was who she was.

Let's follow that thought through. Let's agree that it was simply Sunak reading from the prepared notes.

He was asked a few minutes later, after Starmer had pointed out the crass nature of his comment, to apologise. He ignored it.

No 10 then decided to send out the cabinet members and other MPs to try to blame Starmer.

They were all asked if an apology was a good idea. They all refused.

Her dad then requested an apology. It was ignored.

So while you can possibly forgive him for being so incredibly useless that he cannot think on his feet during PMQs, what possible reason is there for the attacks on Starmer, the continued refusal to apologise?

Yes, that part is probably correct - he does give the impression of being an arrogant, out of touch snob (perhaps not entirely surprising given his background and vast wealth).

It's impossible to watch too much Dr Strangelove.

Is it asking too much to have a man or woman of sound judgment in such an important role? PM in general I mean, but yes control of the UK's nuclear weapons is an essential part of that role...

His conduct is inexcusable.