trekka Posted October 19, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 19, 2022 20 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: Tofu 1- Braverman 0. Don't take on tofu - the curds always get their whey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Am I right in thinking that all of these drive=by ministers who've barely had double-figure days of actual work in their post will all be receiving a generous boost to their pensions? Not a bad result for turning up and disgracing yourself for a few weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 19, 2022 Moderator Share Posted October 19, 2022 3 minutes ago, trekka said: Don't take on tofu - the curds always get their whey. A Turkey disagrees with this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KentVillan Posted October 19, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 19, 2022 Just seen it described as The Quorn Ultimatum 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccfcman Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 13 minutes ago, Davkaus said: She's not going until she's forced, if she had a sense of humility or shame she'd already be gone She's a Tory, she has very limited self awareness let alone any capacity for shame or humility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 6 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Am I right in thinking that all of these drive=by ministers who've barely had double-figure days of actual work in their post will all be receiving a generous boost to their pensions? Not a bad result for turning up and disgracing yourself for a few weeks I'm in the wrong job. I've been disgracing myself for years, for little benefit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 She will be gone soon (Truss). Less than 24 hours I guess. They have just worked out that PMQ's will be a weekly embarrassment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Surely it’s time for an election, this is funny purely from the point of view of laughing at the Tories, but the country has been rudderless now for months 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 6 minutes ago, Amsterdam_Neil_D said: She will be gone soon (Truss). Less than 24 hours I guess. They have just worked out that PMQ's will be a weekly embarrassment. Lettuce hope us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccfcman Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 1 minute ago, KentVillan said: Surely it’s time for an election, this is funny purely from the point of view of laughing at the Tories, but the country has been rudderless now for months How impactful does it feel listing from one sinking Tory ship (Boris) to another in Truss? From the outside, it's really funny but sky rocketing interest rates are no longer comical when they affect one's salary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 (edited) Today's drama isn't over yet, still the fracking / confidence vote to come. It's hard to see why they are digging their heels in over this. Surely everyone knows that regardless of the vote, it's not actually to change anything in energy policy. Edited October 19, 2022 by ml1dch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 10 minutes ago, ccfcman said: How impactful does it feel listing from one sinking Tory ship (Boris) to another in Truss? From the outside, it's really funny but sky rocketing interest rates are no longer comical when they affect one's salary. It just feels exhausting and like everyone is just heads down working and keeping big decisions on hold until they know wtf is going on. It’s the sheer unpredictability of it that is bad for anyone looking to rent / buy a house / remortgage / change jobs / make business decisions / retire / move to the U.K. as a migrant worker / whatever. You just don’t know what the tax situation is going to be next week… you know interest rates are going up, but you don’t know how quickly or how much or for how long. Starting to understand why businesses always bang on about stability and clarity being as important as the underlying policies. If you swing around all over the place, you end up with the kind of situation you have in emerging economies where the volatility just causes everything to seize up and confidence to plummet. That’s besides all the obvious massive external pressures on the economy at the moment. And the very real human cost to the least well off. It is a gigantic mess. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingsombrero Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Mark Pritchard making an absolute tit of himself on BBC news at the moment 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 This is absolutely brutal 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted October 19, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 19, 2022 As per above - why have they made it a confidence vote? To try and ensure it goes through? I assume they can’t make every vote a confidence vote as it piss off the MPs being forced to toe the line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrusr Posted October 19, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 19, 2022 So glad Braverman has gone, but clearly she has jumped before she is pushed (either within government or party) as that is a particularly scathing resignation letter. Couldn't have happened to a worse person - hopefully she will lose her seat at the next GE and she goes into obscurity aka GB News. Also, why have they turned the fracking vote into a confidence vote? Seriously moronic. I can see a number are going to oppose anyway but its funny that some are only voting in support to ensure their letters remain valid. Farcical state of affairs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 1 hour ago, trekka said: Don't take on tofu - the curds always get their whey. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ml1dch Posted October 19, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 19, 2022 Another u-turn, tonight is no longer a confidence vote as they would have to expel too many MPs given the size of the expected rebellion. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 19, 2022 Moderator Share Posted October 19, 2022 1 hour ago, ml1dch said: It's hard to see why they are digging their heels in over this. An attempt to achieve terminal velocity is my only thought It was a monumentally stupid decision. To save face on a defeat inflicted in the commons by it's own party they've now managed to make themselves look even more of a party in disarray. They've now further angered the internal opposition And they were attempting to break a manifesto pledge, which their grassroots supporters liked I really don't see how Truss survives this now, she obviously has zero credibility within her own party and she's managed to rile them further. When one of her fellow Britannia Unchained authors stands up and says he's breaking the whip and is prepared for the consequences, the writing really is on the wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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