Popular Post Scott Posted October 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2022 Liz Truss will become Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister ever, after announcing her intention to resign just six weeks into a disastrous term that pitched Britain deep into political and economic turmoil. Truss said Thursday that she would step aside for a new leader to be chosen within the next week, after a growing number of her own Conservative Party’s lawmakers said they could not support her any longer. It brings to an ignominious end a catastrophic tenure in Downing Street, which appeared doomed ever since Truss’s flagship economic agenda sent markets into panic and led to a fall in the value of the pound. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/20/uk/liz-truss-government-crisis-thursday-gbr-intl/index.html 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted October 20, 2022 Author Share Posted October 20, 2022 Covered here on BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-politics-63309400 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bannork Posted October 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2022 The lettuce has won! 4 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Social Media Posted October 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2022 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the jungle Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Excellent news. Lettuce for PM! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bluespunk Posted October 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2022 24 minutes ago, Scott said: Liz Truss will become Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister ever, As well as one of the most inept, incompetent and incoherent PMs. Absolute debacle. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Let's not forget how often we thought in politics it can't get worse. And it did! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bluespunk Posted October 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said: Let's not forget how often we thought in politics it can't get worse. And it did! To be fair a lot of posters made it very clear just how unfit for office truss was and how unrealistic her tax cut blah blah blah bs was. Several also pointed out she could not heal tory divisions and would lead them to defeat in an election if she went ahead with her fantasy dreamland tax plans. It was made clear by said posters that it would get worse if she went ahead with her idiotic plans. Edited October 20, 2022 by Bluespunk 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jingthing Posted October 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2022 Coining a new phrase going forward. Pulling a Truss. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 8 minutes ago, Jingthing said: Coining a new phrase going forward. Pulling a Truss. I believe that refers to someone out of their depth, repeating a mantra ad infinitum and avoiding anyone who could burst their lunatic scheme balloon with cold hard logic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ballpoint Posted October 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2022 They'd better get a move on. Only 10 more Prime Ministers till Christmas. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sscc Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Liz Truss : " Given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate .............." What Situation and what had been the change ????? Because no Queen to help you now, Liz ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youreavinalaff Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Next up has to be Rishi. He said in the leadership race Truss's plans wouldn't work. He was right. A quiet guy with no skeletons in the cupboard. Any mud slingers will find their mud doesn't stick. No razzmatazz. His pledges offered stability and a need to wait and move ahead bit by bit. It can only be him for next PM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JayClay Posted October 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2022 1 minute ago, youreavinalaff said: Next up has to be Rishi. He said in the leadership race Truss's plans wouldn't work. He was right. It can only be him for next PM. He won't have the support of the ERG, or any of the Boris Brigade, so it'll be difficult for him to get enough support. Especially as Graham Brady has confirmed that they expect to put the vote to the membership. He's definitely the best of a bad (an awful) bunch, but it'll be difficult for him. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youreavinalaff Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, JayClay said: He won't have the support of the ERG, or any of the Boris Brigade, so it'll be difficult for him to get enough support. Especially as Graham Brady has confirmed that they expect to put the vote to the membership. He's definitely the best of a bad (an awful) bunch, but it'll be difficult for him. I believe the vote will only go to the members if there is a close race. If the majority of MPs get behind one candidate they will vote him/her in. I think they know there is only one candidate they dare choose. Edited October 20, 2022 by youreavinalaff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DezLez Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 11 minutes ago, youreavinalaff said: A quiet guy with no skeletons in the cupboard. Any mud slingers will find their mud doesn't stick ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted October 20, 2022 Author Share Posted October 20, 2022 A post violating Fair Use Policy has been removed. 27. You will not post any copyrighted material except as fair use laws apply (as in the case of news articles). Only post a link, the headline and three sentences from the article. Content in the public domain is limited to the same restrictions. https://aseannow.com/terms/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chickenslegs Posted October 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2022 Bring back Boris. At least he could string a few words together - and the UK could do with a laugh just now. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bluespunk Posted October 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2022 (edited) 27 minutes ago, chickenslegs said: Bring back Boris. At least he could string a few words together - and the UK could do with a laugh just now. The country craves, deserves and requires much better than johnson. Edited October 20, 2022 by Bluespunk 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 (edited) “A wilting 60p iceberg lettuce from Tesco in a blond wig has been crowned the winner of a bizarre competition after outlasting Liz Truss’s tenuous grip on power.” https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/20/iceberg-lettuce-in-blonde-wig-outlasts-liz-truss?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other That is your legacy truss. Edited October 20, 2022 by Bluespunk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannork Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 To compete as a candidate for PM, the applicants must secure 100 votes from MPs on Monday. This favours Sunak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Mickmanus Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, bannork said: To compete as a candidate for PM, the applicants must secure 100 votes from MPs on Monday. This favours Sunak. Boris could have a few social parties this week-end and get more people onside #ComebackBoris Edited October 20, 2022 by Mac Mickmanus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caldera Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Her reign was short and ridiculously painful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannork Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 37 minutes ago, Caldera said: Her reign was short and ridiculously painful. Was she the shortest PM in terms of height as well as length of tenure? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 If not for the timing of the Queen's death her tenure would have been shorter. She was probably the last outsider to palace to meet with the Queen, hmmmm . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Who's that knocking at the door? Oh no, not again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayClay Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 8 hours ago, youreavinalaff said: I think they know there is only one candidate they dare choose. Who? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert got kinky Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Steven Gerrard for next PM? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 I've had KFC in the fridge longer than Liz's tenure ....... oh Liz ... come back' where are you going dear !! oh you just need a bit more time that's all !! well ...... on second thought's you better tell Boris to come in we need to talk.... Lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 1 minute ago, steven100 said: I've had KFC in the fridge longer than Liz's tenure ....... oh Liz ... come back' where are you going dear !! oh you just need a bit more time that's all !! well ...... on second thought's you better tell Boris to come in we need to talk.... Lol Neither of those solutions is going to help the U.K. #generalelectionnow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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