Truss surges ahead, wins key backers in U.K. leadership race for prime minister

[onthedarkside]

 

LONDON (AP) — U.K. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss cemented her place as front-runner in the race to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson, winning endorsement Saturday from an influential former rival for the top job.

 

Tom Tugendhat, who was eliminated from the contest in earlier rounds of voting by Conservative lawmakers, said Truss had the “resolution, determination, and passion” to be prime minister.

 

The endorsement is a blow to ex-Treasury chief Rishi Sunak, the other finalist in the race for the next Conservative leader. The winner will be decided by votes from about 180,000 party members across the country.

 

Polls give Truss an edge with Tory members, though Sunak is more popular with the general public, who don’t have a say in the race. The winner will be announced Sept. 5 and will automatically become prime minister, replacing Johnson, who stepped down as Conservative leader this month after three years in office following months of ethics scandals.

 

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[Bluespunk]

Please, please, please tory membership, vote in truss. She will be a gift to the opposition.

 

She’s already bottled it and refused to take part in an interview with Andrew Neil…can’t take the pressure. 
 

Opposition must be praying she wins. 

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Truss is quite obviously trying to package herself as the second coming of Maggie Thatcher.

Apropos of that, I think it was Hegel who remarked that world-historic personages appear twice. The first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.

[JonnyF]

7 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

Please, please, please tory membership, vote in truss. She will be a gift to the opposition.

With Starmer in charge they need a miracle, not a gift.

[pegman]

I find it odd that the Tory party in Canada, in a smaller populated country, have 670k paying members, also voting right now for a new leader, and their U.K. brethren only 180k. The Conservative Party of Canada are the official opposition.

[Bluespunk]

6 hours ago, JonnyF said:

With Starmer in charge they need a miracle, not a gift.

Well

 

A: Starmer is only one of the opposition’s leaders. 
 

B: the tories electing truss as party leader won’t be a miracle, just an act of self destruction. 
 

Let’s hope an early election is called before she does too much damage to the U.K. though. 
 

#gotruss

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7 hours ago, JonnyF said:

With Starmer in charge they need a miracle, not a gift.

Truss is that miracle.

[transam]

3 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

Well

 

A: Starmer is only one of the opposition’s leaders. 
 

B: the tories electing truss as party leader won’t be a miracle, just an act of self destruction. 
 

Let’s hope an early election is called before she does too much damage to the U.K. though. 
 

#gotruss

At least she hasn't got two left feet to worry about, or members of the front bench going on picket lines that do absolutely sod all except p_ss folk off....

[transam]

7 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Truss is that miracle.

At least she will be getting a pay rise job, not getting the sack for being lefty fool....????

[Bluespunk]

1 minute ago, transam said:

At least she hasn't got two left feet to worry about, or members of the front bench going on picket lines that do absolutely sod all except p_ss folk off....

Oh truss’ ineptitude is going to <deleted> off plenty of people in the country if she gets the top job.
 

The opposition know this and I suspect are praying the tories are stupid enough to put her in place. 

[transam]

Just now, Bluespunk said:

Oh truss’ ineptitude is going to <deleted> off plenty of people in the country if she gets the top job.
 

The opposition know this and I suspect are praying the tories are stupid enough to put her in place. 

It's Truss.....Please be respectful and quote her actual Name with English grammar. Thank you...

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9 minutes ago, transam said:

At least she will be getting a pay rise job, not getting the sack for being lefty fool....????

That's not the kind of fool that Sunak is.

[Bluespunk]

2 hours ago, transam said:

It's Truss.....Please be respectful and quote her actual Name with English grammar. Thank you...

Respect? Just as “beer Starmer” has been viewed respectable for you?

 

Stop grammar police trolling and get on topic. 
 

#gotruss

[transam]

Just now, Bluespunk said:

Respect? Just as “beer Starmer” has been viewed respectable for you?

 

Stop grammar police trolling and get on topic. 
 

#gotruss

I spelled Starmer with a capital "S", because I am not an angry socialist trying to be childish, plus I was taught at school how and when to use a capital letter ...????

[Chomper Higgot]

Excellent news for the opposition, dreadful news for the country.

 

Her tax plans will strip public services of the funds they need while driving up inflation.

 

The inevitable outcome will be increased interest rates hitting home buyers and all who are struggling with debt.

 

 

[transam]

1 minute ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Excellent news for the opposition, dreadful news for the country.

 

Her tax plans will strip public services of the funds they need while driving up inflation.

 

The inevitable outcome will be increased interest rates hitting home buyers and all who are struggling with debt.

 

 

More Socialist guess work, or have you gone high-tech.....????

 

 

 

[homeseeker]

I guess Madam Truss has not recently had any mental examination to determine whether she is sane?

Oh dear..the signs are not looking good....

 

????

 

[transam]

4 minutes ago, homeseeker said:

I guess Madam Truss has not recently had any mental examination to determine whether she is sane?

Oh dear..the signs are not looking good....

 

????

 

If that were introduced, the opposition Party would be in serious trouble....????

[Chomper Higgot]

10 minutes ago, transam said:

More Socialist guess work, or have you gone high-tech.....????

 

 

 

Not at all, I’m basing my comments on those of Liz Truss’ own economic guru, Prof. Patrick Minford.

 

 

[baboon]

31 minutes ago, transam said:

I spelled Starmer with a capital "S", because I am not an angry socialist trying to be childish, plus I was taught at school how and when to use a capital letter ...????

Correct. You are an angry right wing boomer being childish.

[transam]

3 minutes ago, baboon said:

Correct. You are an angry right wing boomer being childish.

Wrong again, but getting used to it, carry on....????

[Bluespunk]

43 minutes ago, transam said:

I spelled Starmer with a capital "S", because I am not an angry socialist trying to be childish, plus I was taught at school how and when to use a capital letter ...????

LOL. Welcome to deflection central. 

[ivor bigun]

I am not a great fan of hers ,but anything is better than the back stabbing Rishi ,

by the way i think Boris was better than any of them.

[transam]

4 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

LOL. Welcome to deflection central. 

Those who try to irritate by purposely misspelling MP's names are the deflection-ists, and is childish....????

[Excel]

7 minutes ago, transam said:

Those who try to irritate by purposely misspelling MP's names are the deflection-ists, and is childish....????

You mean just like yourself ?  Seems that is hypocritical for you to say that but I thoroughly agree with you so hope never see it again on here ?

 

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Posted Tuesday at 08:04 AM

  On 7/26/2022 at 4:40 AM, Chomper Higgot said:

I watched the debate this evening, Truss was appalling.

 

I do hope she wins.

I think most of us do, don't worry about the Labour Party, they have nothing to offer but spin and wild predictions, and beer Kier at the helm, gawd 'elp us....

[GroveHillWanderer]

18 hours ago, placeholder said:

Truss is quite obviously trying to package herself as the second coming of Maggie Thatcher.

Apropos of that, I think it was Hegel who remarked that world-historic personages appear twice. The first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.

Actually it was Karl Marx who said it, although he did say it in reference to Hegel.

 

The actual words (in translation) are:

 

Quote

Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.

The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte. Karl Marx 1852

[Mavideol]

59 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Excellent news for the opposition, dreadful news for the country.

 

Her tax plans will strip public services of the funds they need while driving up inflation.

 

The inevitable outcome will be increased interest rates hitting home buyers and all who are struggling with debt.

 

 

end of the year general elections, January 2023 no Tory PM  555

[transam]

1 minute ago, Excel said:

You mean just like yourself ? 

 

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Posted Tuesday at 08:04 AM

  On 7/26/2022 at 4:40 AM, Chomper Higgot said:

I watched the debate this evening, Truss was appalling.

 

I do hope she wins.

I think most of us do, don't worry about the Labour Party, they have nothing to offer but spin and wild predictions, and beer Kier at the helm, gawd 'elp us....

Truss, Kier and Labour Party all have capital letters, and I am not posh.

Oh, that emijon is not mine, it's to big chap......Naughty...

[transam]

Just now, Mavideol said:

end of the year general elections, January 2023 no Tory PM  555

Have you borrowed his........................????

 

 

 

[transam]

3 hours ago, placeholder said:

That's not the kind of fool that Sunak is.

Well, he does seem to be making a hash of his quest for stardom. ????