wmw999 2,117 #1 Posted July 22, 2022 I was listening to the radio this morning; one of the shows was BBC News Hour, of course with quite a discussion of the new finalists for PM: Sunak and Truss. So what are thoughts of our members of the British persuasion? Which do you prefer, and why? I, too, am sick of Trump and Bojo Wendy P. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stumpy 256 #2 July 22, 2022 28 minutes ago, wmw999 said: I was listening to the radio this morning; one of the shows was BBC News Hour, of course with quite a discussion of the new finalists for PM: Sunak and Truss. So what are thoughts of our members of the British persuasion? Which do you prefer, and why? I, too, am sick of Trump and Bojo Wendy P. To paraphrase something I heard once, thats like asking which is your favourite venereal disease. They are both awful people with no integrity and very little talent. I'd take truss, because I think she is worse, and more likely to lose at the next general election. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,381 #3 July 22, 2022 What about James Hacker? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,254 #4 July 22, 2022 Rishi Sunak has one of the only remotely realistic economic plans provided by any of the candidates, who were mostly rushing to promise so many huge tax cuts that their plans were mostly characterised as relying on the existence of a magic money forest. It’s been said here many times that Reagan would be denounced as a Rino by todays Republican Party. Now Sunak - a self described economic Thatcherite - is being denounced by half the parliamentary Tory party for being irredeemably socialist. It’s truly staggering how far our societies have moved to the economic right, and how fast they are continuing in that direction Anyway, Truss also has the problem of having the zeal of a convert. One who voted against Brexit but has now turned as reactionary, as anti Europe and as isolationist as possible to make up for that terrible sin. As Stumpy said above, question is whether the short term pain of a Truss government would be worth the increased possibility of the Tories being voted out in a couple of years. Otherwise, I didn’t bother learning about Tom Tugendhat’s policies because it was obvious he’d never make it through - but he had the rare quality (on both sides) of being a politician who could give a straight answer to a straight question. So kudos to him for that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,254 #5 July 22, 2022 1 hour ago, ryoder said: What about James Hacker? If you can get us a Jim Hacker I’ll do my best to find you a Jefferson Smith. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
