Rishi Sunak

[mugnapper]

Rishi gets his own thread as HMS Truss breaks apart on the rocks and our Saviour Boris retreats to the Caribbean to lick his stigmata.
Feel free to post your thoughts on our new, silent leader here.

[Ldr]

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[redwine]

Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss

[BobG]

First thoughts:

Sunak is likely to survive I think. The Conservatives have just proved they want peace and quiet and stability by engineering a 1 man shortlist noticeably lacking the divisive Piglet and the lunatic tendancy. Sunak is not a fool. He'll not make Truss's mistake of excluding everyone not on her side. He's economically literate. He will raise taxes and cut services now and engineer a mini boom a year before the next general election. The outcome will depend on how much middle class pain there is and how long memories of chaos will subsist. Look out for a concerted propaganda campaign focused on competence and stability.

BobG

[danumdon]

I think we can all say for certain that Sunak is a sea change from the previous two, what becomes of his premiership will be seen in due course. Does he have the right  formula for the country or could others do a better job in the current economic climate?

What we do know is that his elevation to the top job has calmed the markets to a great extent which will be a relief to any resident of this country for who the cost of living is becoming serious with raising inflation, energy and  living costs. That's got to be a positive for even the most ardent and vociferous supporter of alternative views.

[Nudga]

Another WEF Kitson that's got no clue how the plebbs live.

CBDC incoming

[belton rover]

Let’s hope he can do a good job.

[tommy toes]

Let’s hope he can do a good job.

Yes let's hope his, and Hunts version of Austerity isn't as crippling for the country as it looks like being.

[belton rover]

Let’s hope he can do a good job.

Yes let's hope his, and Hunts version of Austerity isn't as crippling for the country as it looks like being.

I’m sure he’ll do his best. I quite like Rishi. It’s been ages since we had a PM we can all admire.

[i_ateallthepies]

Let’s hope he can do a good job.

Yes let's hope his, and Hunts version of Austerity isn't as crippling for the country as it looks like being.

I’m sure he’ll do his best. I quite like Rishi. It’s been ages since we had a PM we can all admire.

It might be two more years before that happens.

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

Let's see what he actually does.  If he keeps Hunt as chancellor that's quite a stable pairing at least and we can all debate the policy not anything else that goes with it.

[mugnapper]

Let’s hope he can do a good job.

Yes let's hope his, and Hunts version of Austerity isn't as crippling for the country as it looks like being.

I’m sure he’ll do his best. I quite like Rishi. It’s been ages since we had a PM we can all admire.

Tea just came out of my nose lol

[Colemans Left Hook]

After his micro speech he never even ended with the words " thank you".

Mrs Coleman said it's because he isn't British.

You would think that after his parents paid around £40,000 per annum fees at Winchester College he would have been taught to say the magic words "THANK YOU"   AND NOT HAVE A TRAGIC PREGNANT PAUSE AFTER THE SPEECH.

https://whichschooladvisor.com/uk/school-review/winchester-college/fees-and-availability

[tyke1962]

Don't confuse a sharp suit and a slick brand with competence .

The he was right about the Truss policies in the summer isn't a measure of competence the same  as having the capability to add two and two and come up with four doesn't make you a mathematics genius .

This slippery tw@t proceeded to add to the country's economic misery whilst chancellor , holds a Green Card in the US and a wife non too keen on paying tax , he's on the record bragging about taking money from deprived areas and handing it to affluent areas like Tunbridge Wells , he also broke covid rules making him the second PM in UK history to fall foul of the law .

His huge wealth and privileged education in my opinion gives him absolutely no experience of real life and neither is he relatable to 95% of the country .

If this smug bleedah thinks he's all that and wants to back his plans up then call an election then sunny boy .

Nar thought not .

[belton rover]

Let’s hope he can do a good job.

Yes let's hope his, and Hunts version of Austerity isn't as crippling for the country as it looks like being.

I’m sure he’ll do his best. I quite like Rishi. It’s been ages since we had a PM we can all admire.

Tea just came out of my nose lol

Lol

[Not Now Kato]

Don't confuse a sharp suit and a slick brand with competence .

The he was right about the Truss policies in the summer isn't a measure of competence the same  as having the capability to add two and two and come up with four doesn't make you a mathematics genius .

This slippery tw@t proceeded to add to the country's economic misery whilst chancellor , holds a Green Card in the US and a wife non too keen on paying tax , he's on the record bragging about taking money from deprived areas and handing it to affluent areas like Tunbridge Wells , he also broke covid rules making him the second PM in UK history to fall foul of the law .

His huge wealth and privileged education in my opinion gives him absolutely no experience of real life and neither is he relatable to 95% of the country .

If this smug bleedah thinks he's all that and wants to back his plans up then call an election then sunny boy .

Nar thought not .

I believe he's given up his Green Card.  The rest of what you say is spot on though.

[belton rover]

Don't confuse a sharp suit and a slick brand with competence .

The he was right about the Truss policies in the summer isn't a measure of competence the same  as having the capability to add two and two and come up with four doesn't make you a mathematics genius .

This slippery tw@t proceeded to add to the country's economic misery whilst chancellor , holds a Green Card in the US and a wife non too keen on paying tax , he's on the record bragging about taking money from deprived areas and handing it to affluent areas like Tunbridge Wells , he also broke covid rules making him the second PM in UK history to fall foul of the law .

His huge wealth and privileged education in my opinion gives him absolutely no experience of real life and neither is he relatable to 95% of the country .

If this smug bleedah thinks he's all that and wants to back his plans up then call an election then sunny boy .

Nar thought not .

Come on Tyke. Calling an election now will be people voting against Johnson and Truss and the mess they’ve left as PMs, not Sunak.

[belton rover]

After his micro speech he never even ended with the words &quot; thank you&quot;.

Mrs Coleman said it's because he isn't British.

You would think that after his parents paid around £40,000 per annum fees at Winchester College he would have been taught to say the magic words &quot;THANK YOU&quot;   AND NOT HAVE A TRAGIC PREGNANT PAUSE AFTER THE SPEECH.

https://whichschooladvisor.com/uk/school-review/winchester-college/fees-and-availability

Did you correct Mrs Coleman?

[ncRover]

First British-Asian PM! Congratulations

[mugnapper]

Rishi's silent campaign has given me a great idea
Imagine at the next General Election, every candidate cannot utter a single word on the Campaign Trail. That'd save a lot of arguments on here lol

[belton rover]

First British-Asian PM! Congratulations

And the youngest for a century.

[BobG]

He may not be competent in the sense of what you or I might believe in Tyke, but he is politically and he is economically because he has credibility with those that matter - Tory party grandees, the markets and middle England. He's the best chance the Conservative party has got because politically he possesses competence.

BobG

[BillyStubbsTears]

Just read that Sunak is the youngest PM for 200 years, and the least experienced ever in terms of time in Parliament before becoming PM.

That leaves me a bit uneasy, I have to say. He's going to have to represent the UK across a range of issues with a range of opposite numbers wanting to take advantage of his lack of experience and maturity.

It's a damning indictment on the state of the Tory  party that there is no-one with serious experience and gravitas to even give him a run for his money.

[wilts rover]

Good luck in dealing with the ERG when you backtrack on NI Protocol and scrapping EU Laws - youre' gonna need it!

[BillyStubbsTears]

But one thing in his favour, he's absolutely open and honest about who he is in politics to help.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xegB9J-mn1A

More of that honesty please.

[River Don]

I hadn't noticed before but it looks like we've got another PM who has been voice trained by Kraftwerk.

After his very weak address to the nation, the two Sky news reporters looked at each other and laughed a bit. One even found herself saying he's a political robot... She began to hesitate as she said it, the look dawning on her face that Rupert wouldn't want to hear that.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Murdoch doesn't own Sky News these days.

[River Don]

Murdoch doesn't own Sky News these days.

I did not know that. The coverage still seems to be right of centre.

Edit. Or maybe not, it turns out the CEO of Comcast is a Democrat.

[tyke1962]

First British-Asian PM! Congratulations

3 female PM's
1st British Asian PM

Meanwhile across the opposition benches ????

[drfchound]

Maybe he should be given a chance to put stuff back on track before everyone gets too uppity about him.
You know, a bit like our football forum fans have been asked to do with Danny Schofield.