General British politics discussion thread

Would they be that gullible though? Seems like that tactic would simply lay up easy sound bites and viral clips for Labour and Starmer to bat away.

I dunno, given the spectacular levels of unpopularity the Tories "enjoyed" I'd say even the goldfish among the population might be slow to suddenly buy into any narrative by the Tories that tries to blame Labour this soon into its government.

I daresay the average Fox Viewer would have a view of "the UK" approximate to those conflicting, peddled narratives that it is either a beautiful sovereign baby in its post-Brexit lifecycle, or currently disintegrating under the weight of Wokery & Islamist influence (see the ever-constant bullshít Mayor Khan is about to introduce "Sharia Law"). Truss, going by her previous sentiments, is probably happen to stir the pot of the latter I'd wager & will have more than enough ears to listen via Fox News. And if Fox grow tired of her, Newsmax might be happy to take her in off the street.

Who'd write it though? Said it before but seems like the talent pool front and back of shop has been so denuded at the Tories, there's probably nobody with enough nous to make that decision. Or maybe they're just suddenly emboldened by the expectation that the theatre of Westminister means they have a "role" to play, common sense be damned.

I may be being naive but I assume that there must exist somewhere a person with the role of strategist. Again, it's an assumption but one would think that there'd be people like the Crosby Textor Group who would advise with this sort of thing.

My presumption is that while yes there are more than likely strategists, the chaos of the last ~12 months meant the competent or canny left the building & those left fought like demons to get to the top of a suddenly much-reduced hilltop. I very much doubt those calling the shots are the best & brightest the Tories could hope to nab; and say what you will about the likes of Cummings - and we should 'cos he's a slimy rotten c*** with bloodied hands - he was a crafty, cynical operator.