birchesgreen
Established Member
That is fair enough, its about 30 years since i nearly joined the Young Conservatives. Oh i was so wild at poly.Are people not allowed to change their views after 28 more years of life and therefore experience?
That is fair enough, its about 30 years since i nearly joined the Young Conservatives. Oh i was so wild at poly.Are people not allowed to change their views after 28 more years of life and therefore experience?
I certainly can't ...I can’t take Truss seriously
Each one gets worse, Still Angela Rayner should be able to enjoy herself!There is no doubt this is a very diverse cabinet.
Not a single white man will occupy one of the four great offices of state - prime minister, chancellor, home secretary or foreign secretary.
In her top four posts, Liz Truss has appointed:
Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor
James Cleverly as foreign secretary
Suella Braverman as home secretary
Therese Coffey as deputy prime minister and health secretary
this just seems like "that's the way we've always done it" (just as we always did it at buck house, until we didn't). in either case the queen is just there to do the formalities, read the script, and a quick photo for the media.The Prime Minister is a bit different and involves a personal audience between appointee and monarch..
Jacob Rees-Mogg is expected to take on responsibility for energy and climate change after Liz Truss struggled to find a dedicated minister to fill the role amid concerns over his scepticism.
Conservative sources confirmed the controversial minister, a survivor of the Boris Johnson administration, would fulfil the function of the junior minister in addition to his new role of business secretary.
Clearly expectations of a final disaster are part of man’s psychology and the doomsayers of the quasi religious green movement fit the bill. Perhaps one day the world will end, giving the last group to predict it the satisfaction of being right – but as many have been wrong so far it does not seem wise to make public policy on the back of these fears.
I've got the champagne on ice for just that eventuality.I’m having serious concerns that this woman will not win a general election.
So why do you think the monarch still did it in person, then? After all she’s just there to do the formalities.this just seems like "that's the way we've always done it" (just as we always did it at buck house, until we didn't). in either case the queen is just there to do the formalities, read the script, and a quick photo for the media.
Sounds good to me.I’m having serious concerns that this woman will not win a general election.
I don’t doubt it, but as someone who’d rather Labour didn’t get their hands on the keys to No. 10, it’s a more concerning prospect.I've got the champagne on ice for just that eventuality.
Ditto.'
I've got the champagne on ice for just that eventuality.
Energy to be sold in Groats per British Thermal Unit? none of this Pound per Kilowatt-Hour!Rees-Mogg is to be in charge of energy?!
No chance, it will be Sovereigns per BTU. If people can't afford it, they can dig the coal out of the ground like their ancestors did; and they should stock up with candles while they still canEnergy to be sold in Groats per British Thermal Unit? none of this Pound per Kilowatt-Hour!
Good quicker they blow themselves up and split into a right wing and centrist faction the more chance the country has of electing a group of people that represent the core beliefs of the majority of us.BBC are reporting that only one Sunak supporter is likely to get a 'top cabinet job' (Michael Ellis - Attorney General). Considering 137 voted for him in the MPs vote, this doesn't seem like a step to unite the party.
Good quicker they blow themselves up and split into a right wing and centrist faction the more chance the country has of electing a group of people that represent the core beliefs of the majority of us.
Absolutely so i would like to see the one nation tories splitting away going in with Liberals and the those from Labour that are sensible them we might get a centrist party with traction. Just knee jerking between Tory and Labour has got us nowhere for decades now.I think the UK is at heart a fairly centrist, moderate country but we were sold a lie at the 2019 election and a culture war has been propagated by those at the extremes of the political spectrum.
Absolutely so i would like to see the one nation tories splitting away going in with Liberals and the those from Labour that are sensible them we might get a centrist party with traction.
Just knee jerking between Tory and Labour has got us nowhere for decades now.
Absolutely so i would like to see the one nation tories splitting away going in with Liberals and the those from Labour that are sensible them we might get a centrist party with traction. Just knee jerking between Tory and Labour has got us nowhere for decades now.
Ben Wallace was hoping to get the Secretary General job at NATO from 1st October, but the incumbent Jens Stoltenberg had his second four year term extended by a further year to 30/9/23, probably in the main because of the Ukraine/Russia situation. I suspect he still harbours ambitions, and why not? He'll mark time, politically speaking, keeping well out of the upcoming domestic chaos.So Sunak supporters all sent to the backbenchers along with most of Boris's sycophantic supporters. Note Ben Wallace kept his view to himself largely and got on with the job unlike teh rest of them.
Rees Mogg as BEIS is really desperate
That’s mostly irrelevant to becoming leader. You merely need to persuade enough of your parliamentary party to put you forward, then a majority of the party as a whole to vote for you and you’re leader. For examples, see Liz Truss or Jeremy Corbyn.Surely you can't have Kemi Badenoch as leader at any point? She's too socially conservative. Stuff like LGBT rights wouldn't exactly be honoured by her whereas the majority of the country are neutral and/or in favour of them.
His wife has the best tweet of the night ive seen so farJohnny Mercer reportedly very unhappy at losing his (only recently acquired) place in the Cabinet. Another by-election in Devon soon?!