[Politics] Liz Truss **RESIGNS 20/10/2022**

[Gwylan]

I'm not sure about Mordaunt, but Sunak is apparently loathed by many backbenchers.

So was Johnson - until they saw that he could win elections. And Truss definitely is: look how few MPs voted for her. But I can't see Sunak getting the nod after the members rejected him: it has to be Mordaunt for this plan to work.

Mind you, in the last week, I've read of plots to replace Truss with Johnson, Gove, Shapps, Braverman and now, Mordaunt/Sunak. Who next? Larry the Cat?

 

[Uh_huh_him]

With this Sunak/Mordaunt ticket, is the idea Truss would be ousted and replaced without going to a leadership contest?

If so, hard to see who would get top job, who could get CX. Sunak more experienced but already been rejected by the membership, Mordaunt no experience of top jobs but ran Truss a close second to challenging Sunak a few months ago.

I'm not sure about Mordaunt, but Sunak is apparently loathed by many backbenchers. Not sure how much these experienced Tories putting forward this idea can inspire the party to get behind them.

For those of us, that remember when being a competent politician, was a pre-req for high office, the Sunak/Mordaunt ticket seems their best option.
However, neither were selected to do the job, so I don't see how they can possibly be appointed.

 

[beorhthelm]

its quite odd that the MP's didnt put Mordaunt through in the first place, Truss must have a lot of backers among them that have now gone to ground. looking at polling, Truss was never first choice among the membership, swapping between Sunak, Badenoch and Mourdaunt. latter polling highest rating in head to head polls. presumably just didnt have enough MP backing, would be weird now to go through as a unity candidate.

 

[Randy McNob]

does the rumours the con party want to remove Truss and replace with Sunak and Maudant prove they didn't vote for the person they wanted but who the media barons wanted? Everyone knew she was never cut out to be PM

 

[Da Man Clay]

For those of us, that remember when being a competent politician, was a pre-req for high office, the Sunak/Mordaunt ticket seems their best option.
However, neither were selected to do the job, so I don't see how they can possibly be appointed.

The idea is that the ballot for MPs would have a threshold so high that only one person could reach it and therefore nothing for members to vote on.

Would only work I think with Mordaunt PM and Sunak CX.

 

[GrizzlingGammon]

So was Johnson - until they saw that he could win elections. And Truss definitely is: look how few MPs voted for her. But I can't see Sunak getting the nod after the members rejected him: it has to be Mordaunt for this plan to work.

Mind you, in the last week, I've read of plots to replace Truss with Johnson, Gove, Shapps, Braverman and now, Mordaunt/Sunak. Who next? Larry the Cat?

Larry the cat has shown himself to be competent at his job and, therefore, overqualified.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

It'll be Boris, he will say he is the only one with a mandate from the general electorate and will be back in by Christmas.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

does the rumours the con party want to remove Truss and replace with Sunak and Maudant prove they didn't vote for the person they wanted but who the media barons wanted? Everyone knew she was never cut out to be PM

The MPs backed Sunak. In a two-horse race the members (average age 75) backed the white person. The media had nothing to do with it as far as I was aware.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Larry the cat has shown himself to be competent at his job and, therefore, overqualified.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

It'll be Boris, he will say he is the only one with a mandate from the general electorate and will be back in by Christmas.

It wouldn’t surprise me. He hasn’t moved out of Chequers yet.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

I don't really give a flying poop really, I just thought I would try out the new fonts and Italics.

I like the Time New Roman best.

 

[WATFORD zero]

So was Johnson - until they saw that he could win elections. And Truss definitely is: look how few MPs voted for her. But I can't see Sunak getting the nod after the members rejected him: it has to be Mordaunt for this plan to work.

Mind you, in the last week, I've read of plots to replace Truss with Johnson, Gove, Shapps, Braverman and now, Mordaunt/Sunak. Who next? Larry the Cat?

Well if I had to vote for one of those, Larry every time on the 'least damage' ticket

 

[chickens]

Sure there will be a bus waiting for him at the airport

A risk taker like Kwasi won’t wait for anything as mundane as a bus, he’ll leap from the plane mid-flight, without parachute, and rely on trickling down.

 

[schmunk]

Well if I had to vote for one of those, Larry every time on the 'least damage' ticket

No, he's just another of these Westminster Elites. We need a change, a fresh start. #VOTEFOX

 

[Bob!]

I don't really give a flying poop really, I just thought I would try out the new fonts and Italics.

I like the Time New Roman best.

Thought I'd have a go with Verdana, much more preferable.

 

[Audax]

I think we're now very much in a position where Truss and Kwarteng *must* perform the mother of all u-turns. The markets have now assumed it's going to happen. They've priced it in (10 yr gilt yields now down to 4% and even dipped closer to 3.9% earlier this morning). If the u-turn doesn't happen, it'll be carnage as the gilt yields go back through the roof again.

 

[virtual22]

Democracy at work - circa 14,000,000 vote for a party with Boris as leader/PM -> then 81,000 odd vote for Trus to be PM -> then potentially 356 vote for a new leader. So we end up with roughly 0.001% of those elegible to vote choosing argualby the most important role in Government who will decide the future of the UK for the next two years and could have a completely different agenda to that which the voters voted for in 2019. Crazy stuff.

 

[nicko31]

Can't help notice the IFS are concluding the total bill for Truss's tax cuts have rise £17B from £45B to £62B

For the record Johnson's plan to build 40 hospitals (if you believe it), cost £3.7B

She's expensive

 

[Audax]

Anyone for toast?

 

[The Clamp]

It’s appalling that there is no facility for Parliament to call a general election when a government gets itself in this much of a dangerous mess.