Meanwhile, in the UK.... (British politics thread)

[Supafly]

Yeah. Mind you, the last Labour PMs weren't good either and if Keir Starmer gets in at the next election, it'll be a real Trump to Biden copycat. Another completely useless centrist dipshit taking over from a stupid fascist prick.

I understand Prince Andrew has a lot of free time on his hands

 

[gmase]

I'm rooting for Liz Truss:

 

[Steve-FreeOnes]

She's completely insane. Even by conservative standards.

 

[gmase]

She's completely insane. Even by conservative standards.

I like the barking patrol dogs deterring drones.

 

[tvstrip]

I'm rooting for Liz Truss:

The reality is that a large portion of politics, especially for females, is looks (ask AOC or the other female politicians who appear here)
I don't know what the other female contenders look like, but I'd say Truss looks pretty good as the face of British Politics.

 

[gmase]

She's completely insane. Even by conservative standards.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/liz-truss-says-shes-ready-085455977.html
Liz is ready to push the button. Is there really any other answer though? The real questions should be “How would you avoid reaching the point of using them? What would cause you to use them?”

The boobies though:

 

[Steve-FreeOnes]

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/liz-truss-says-shes-ready-085455977.html
Liz is ready to push the button. Is there really any other answer though?

Of course there is.

"No I won't press the button because we're all about to be dead anyway so I'll be busy kissing my arse goodbye."

 

[gmase]

Of course there is.

"No I won't press the button because we're all about to be dead anyway so I'll be busy kissing my arse goodbye."

That doesn’t get you elected though.

 

[gmase]

Liz Wins! Hopefully she can deliver what she promised.
https://www.politico.eu/article/how-liz-truss-did-it/
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/05/1121104284/the-next-prime-minister-for-the-u-k-to-be-announced-monday

 

[tvstrip]

Liz Wins! Hopefully she can deliver what she promised.
https://www.politico.eu/article/how-liz-truss-did-it/
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/05/1121104284/the-next-prime-minister-for-the-u-k-to-be-announced-monday

All she needs to do is make it a full 4 years and she'll have beat out the 2 previous PMs. To be fair, it's not like other countries' leaders are faring much better.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

Even though Boris Johnson's tits are bigger Liz's are definitely nicer quality with less hair on them.

 

[tvstrip]

One thing you got to hand it to the Brits, the election was one of the most diverse in the world, especially among 1st world democracies.

Granted, it was only for the party leadership (not a general election) and a white woman still won, you have 8 candidates among whom 4 were racialized people, and 4 were women. Those are stats that even "multicultural" nations like Canada, or "Big tent" parties like the US Dems can't even match.

 

[Supafly]

She's completely insane. Even by conservative standards.

She really took you up on your words, and instantly sank the pound with a bill to, well, of course, they need the money!, lighten up the burden on the wealthy

And here she is today, trying to rebrand it

 

[gmase]

That didn’t last very long:
https://news.yahoo.com/british-prim...esigns-after-6-weeks-in-office-124458158.html

At 44 days she was the shortest-serving PM. Is it time to reinstall Boris?

 

[tvstrip]

It does seem a little unfair given that she was doing everything she said she would do. Unless I'm missing something, I don't think there were any surprises (?), so for her own party to fault her for that makes me feel for her. It's pretty different from a politician doing nothing they promised.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

Tiger Woods' mom just read the story...

 

[tvstrip]

One of the things that sank her was the insistence of tax cuts for the rich. While that might get you a war chest, I think you'll get more votes with tax cuts for the middle/lower incomes - so if you're a politician with a hard-on for cutting taxes, I'd say you should be focusing on that.

 

[Supafly]

I blame the Labour Party for failing to first not getting an attractive badge of policies together they can run on, and then: Get a good candidate.

Is their internal party system so fucked up they rather lose than put up someone electable?

 

[tvstrip]

So does the new guy look like he will last longer than a head of lettuce?

 

[Supafly]

So does the new guy look like he will last longer than a head of lettuce?

I think he already is as rotten as a lettuce that spent ten years in the shade... But the Tories made sure at least this one looks totally streamlined and professional, though they went over the top and he is so slick I bet no scandal will stick