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So now what ??
I came into office at a time of great economic and international instability. Families and businesses were worried about how to pay their bills.
Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine threatens the security of our whole continent. And our country had been held back for too long by low economic growth.
I was elected by the Conservative party with a mandate to change this. We delivered on energy bills and on cutting national insurance.
And we set out a vision for a low-tax, high-growth economy that would take advantage of the freedoms of Brexit. I recognise, though, given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative party.
I have therefore spoken to His Majesty the King to notify him that I am resigning as leader of the Conservative party. This morning I met the chair of the 1922 Committee, Sir Graham Brady.
We have agreed there will be a leadership election to be completed in the next week. This will ensure we remain on a path to deliver our fiscal plans and maintain our country’s economic stability and national security. I will remain as prime minister until a successor has been chosen.
Thank you.
Summary
- Prime Minister Liz Truss has resigned as UK prime minister and leader of the Conservative Party in a statement outside Downing Street
- She said she could not deliver the mandate on which she was elected as Tory leader and had notified the King that she was resigning
- A Conservative leadership election will be completed within the next week, she said
- "I will remain as prime minister until a successor has been chosen," she said
- Her departure after 45 days in office makes her the shortest-serving PM in UK history
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> The Germans have got a way with words ! ? nsfw f-?
https://twitter.com/benphillips76/status/1583068995527200768
Scarily, from some of the tory supporters I've seen online, BoJo is in with a real chance.
Yes, I heard that too. And unbelievable that, as of yesterday, 30%+ of Tory members would vote for liz Truss again!
Quality burn from Ryanair!?
https://twitter.com/Ryanair/status/1583074534202408960?t=Va27zuqnu-1RbDmw5CGgnA&s=19
Labour now 32 percent ahead.
That’s a wider gap than the tories had when they defeated Corbyn.
Apparently a significant number of the dinosaurs that make up the membership of the tory party want bojob back. You couldn’t make it up.
God, it's all so bloody predictable isn't it. Boris will swoop back in to 'save the party' (let's be honest, it's not the country he's interested in saving), it will be an utter shitshow of course, and will hopefully eventually bury the Tories for a very long time, but for the next 2 years we suffer the consequences.
If they had half a brain, and an ounce of compassion, they would get someone else in, and call a GE. Yes they would almost certainly lose it, but they've then got time to reinvent themselves as a party that actually cares about this country, and distance themselves as far as possible from this crop of clowns. Then, when Labour start ballsing up (and all political parties do eventually) they try again, but this time acting like adults.
Even my Brexit voting father admitted last night Brexit was a mistake, when I put it to him this car crash all started with Cameron's Brexit gamble.
But no, they'll just grab what they can, destroy what's left and then fuck off laughing all the way to their off shore accounts. It makes me so bloody angry, especially when you've got idiots in the street shouting to 'bring back Boris' on the news.
How the hell did we get here?
Lest we forget ...
Good grief - I've just watched both of these - well put together, tightly edited, and totally outrageous!
Do we still not know how many kids he has?? ... EDIT: wife1 (0) longterm wife2 (4), Carrie (2), plus one of his affairs (1) = 7 [the other affairs: at least 1 miscarriage + 1 abortion].
https://twitter.com/ByDonkeys/status/1567188400544833539?s=20&t=32ZM3Y37WoWtKv3k5rZnig
https://twitter.com/docrussjackson/status/1372489098502549505?s=20&t=NZQiZWmtW4hAL2tOp_MJHw
Oh, dear god ...
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Wet fogg has announced bojob is ‘clearly’ running.
It’s looking likely that after the next general election we won’t see the tories back in power for a generation.
Of course it will probably take that long to repair the damage they’ve done. 🙁
Wet fogg has announced bojob is ‘clearly’ running.
It’s looking likely that after the next general election we won’t see the tories back in power for a generation.
Of course it will probably take that long to repair the damage they’ve done. 🙁
I fear that people's memories are not that good (as evidenced by anyone supporting Boris running again).
I fear that people's memories are not that good (as evidenced by anyone supporting Boris running again).
This is true to a certain extent, but there are also some people who are so animal stupid that they full well remember the disaster that was the criminal Johnson, but just don’t care. He’s their tribal leader and that’s that.
Yeah, deluding themselves with the "they're all as bad as each other" mantra makes it too easy to dismiss any 'awkward' negatives of your favourite candidate.
Plus there's the people who would not vote for Rishi under any circumstances because: he betrayed BoJo ?️ and he's not 'properly' English ???????
