Politics Thread 6

[Moggy]

Yeah the furlough was less than the minimum amount of support that should have been offered, was late in arriving and failed to offer anything for a significant number of badly affected people.

I'm not sure what we were supposed to be impressed by?

80% of earnings from a Tory government was surprising, especially after a decade of their "strawberry float the poor" austerity. That made people look warmly at Sunak. It also helped he appears to be competent compared to the other jokers in the cabinet.

Being better than the other turds feels like a low bar for universal adoration to me!

I do get that his star was definitely on the rise 9 months ago though and he got some good press, but it was never going to last as fundamentally he's still a gooseberry fool.

As Tomous said, he's the best turd, but he's still shitty.

His star will probably continue to rise in the Tory party (maybe not amongst the public!) because what else do they have? Raab? Gove? Patel? Rees-Mogg?

You say that but you've probably just listed the next 4 PM's

I think after the clownshow of Johnson, they'll go for a more sensible option next time. They won't want too much existing baggage. Plus if Brexit is biting, they won't want anybody that was too involved with that.

[Jenuall]

Yeah the furlough was less than the minimum amount of support that should have been offered, was late in arriving and failed to offer anything for a significant number of badly affected people.

I'm not sure what we were supposed to be impressed by?

80% of earnings from a Tory government was surprising, especially after a decade of their "strawberry float the poor" austerity. That made people look warmly at Sunak. It also helped he appears to be competent compared to the other jokers in the cabinet.

Being better than the other turds feels like a low bar for universal adoration to me!

I do get that his star was definitely on the rise 9 months ago though and he got some good press, but it was never going to last as fundamentally he's still a gooseberry fool.

As Tomous said, he's the best turd, but he's still shitty.

His star will probably continue to rise in the Tory party (maybe not amongst the public!) because what else do they have? Raab? Gove? Patel? Rees-Mogg?

You say that but you've probably just listed the next 4 PM's

I think after the clownshow of Johnson, they'll go for a more sensible option next time. They won't want too much existing baggage. Plus if Brexit is biting, they won't want anybody that was too involved with that.

I think there will definitely be a bit changing of the guard coming. Lots of those who were involved in Brexit or otherwise supporting of it will check out once it's done - through a combination of not wanting anything to do with the fall out and also just seeing it as "job done" and they've got what they want.

[andretmzt]

Does anyone else think that the apparent generosity of the various schemes is just a ruse to distract from the blatant corruption that is going on elsewhere?

edit: I also wonder whether all this stuff about Sunak has been instigated by someone in the Tory party, looking towards a potential leadership bid.

Why would they need to distract from it? They do it brazenly in the open with zero consequence.

Distract in the sense that your average person wouldn't be bothered by it because they paid half price for a Nandos.

[Return_of_the_STAR]

Starmer kicking Boris's ass again in PMQs.

[Tomous]

Starmer kicking Boris's ass again in PMQs.

It's a shame much of the British public don't pay attention to PMQs

[Cuttooth]

It's also a shame Starmer has abandoned standing up for victims of the hostile environment so long as they're not the nice type of immigrant whose plight plays better in the papers.

[BID0]

Abandoning people to not upset certain others seems to be his overall game plan. Hopefully people still turn out to vote for him.

[Grumpy David]

Why was PMQs on today instead of Wednesday?

[Cuttooth]

Why was PMQs on today instead of Wednesday?

It isn't, it was just the debate ahead of today's vote.

[Moggy]

Why was PMQs on today instead of Wednesday?

Boris wants to dedicate all of tomorrow to the grinch game.

[coldspice]

Yeah the furlough was less than the minimum amount of support that should have been offered, was late in arriving and failed to offer anything for a significant number of badly affected people.

I'm not sure what we were supposed to be impressed by?

The media liked furlough because it's a welfare system that middle class people might actually have to use.

[Knoyleo]

The BBC doing great with their whole "no virtue signaling" policy.

twitter.com/IAmSimplySamuel/status/1333877041779920898

[Garth]

My brother's wife got refused a spouse visa today

Brings back bad memories of when my girlfriend was wrongfully refused entry to the UK a few years ago. Hope they can fight it like we did.

Seriously, strawberry float this government.

Went off on a bit of a rant earlier too when my Mum said "that's terrible when they're letting all these immigrants in on the boats".

[Preezy]

The UK is getting a coronavirus vaccine first because it is a "much better country" than France, Belgium and the US, says the education secretary.

This government

[Hypes]

This is from Gavin "Russia should shut up and go away" Williamson so you sort of expect the 7 year old chatter

[Benzin]

Clearly they have forgotten the format that first is indeed the worst whilst second is the best.

[Cuttooth]

Thank you Mr Speaker. Does the Right Honourable Gentleman agree with my constituents that third is INDEED the one with the hairy chest?

[Tomous]

So the real question at this stage is who is going to have the hairy chest?

[Oblomov Boblomov]

Did it go 'Fourth the golden eagle' for anyone else or was that just where I grew up? It's proper gooseberry fool compared with the first three!

[Tomous]

Did it go 'Fourth the golden eagle' for anyone else or was that just where I grew up? It's proper gooseberry fool compared with the first three!

The strawberry float is that?