Max Power Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 The first person of colour to occupy No10 and the youngest ever Prime Minister. I hope he can stabilise British politics and bring the country together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman1980 Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 I do find it interesting that the Conservative Party have now delivered the first female Prime Minister and the first person of colour (and Hindu) Prime Minister. Not sure what to make of this given the party can often be anti-immigration... Anyway, how long will he last? Last time Max started a thread the PM was out within 2 months, 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted October 24, 2022 Author Share Posted October 24, 2022 2 minutes ago, manxman1980 said: I do find it interesting that the Conservative Party have now delivered the first female Prime Minister and the first person of colour (and Hindu) Prime Minister. Not sure what to make of this given the party can often be anti-immigration... Anyway, how long will he last? Last time Max started a thread the PM was out within 2 months, Are you saying that I'm the kiss of death to the Prime Ministerial classes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nom de plume Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 If only Labour were credible. British politics is at its lowest point in modern history. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
code99 Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Britain is a multicultural country, but it is not only the Tory membership who have a ‘racist streak’. I have been listening to some old folks who were not Tory members, lamenting that “there is no one to stand up for English working persons anymore”…, and how they wanted Boris back. It is hard to believe that these silly old duffers had the privilege of being young in the 60s (the most awesome time to be young, IMHO) when they could have smoked weed with the Beatles and Stones and rub shoulders with the likes of David Hockney and protest against the Vietnam war, etc. Now they sound like some miserable “Downstairs” characters from “Upstairs, Downstairs” whose grey cells were pulverised during the Thatcher’s era, and they had never since regained their mojos. It was only a matter of time before a person from an ethnic minority background was to become the ‘British Obama’. And rightfully so! Pity though, that this person is Rishi Sunak. The only “globalist/ internationalist” thing about Rishi is the source of his wealth. In every other respect he is parochial hard-core Brexiteer who voted for Brexit in 2016 and then doubled-down by voting for ‘no-deal’ Brexit in preference for some ‘magic’ WTO rules. Given how calamitous the NI Protocol has turned out to be, imagine the debacle we could have ended up with if the UK left the EU without a trade deal. His well-hailed furlough scheme was quite similar to what other western democracies offered to their citizens – if people did not get paid during the Covid lockdowns there would have been riots on the streets and civil unrest - simple as that. His loan support programme was so badly designed and administered that the UK Treasury are now looking to write-off billions of dosh as fraudulent loans (one of the ex-Treasury officials resigned in disgust claiming that Rishi made some “schoolboy errors”). His fabled ‘eat out to help out’ initiative helped to spread Covid, thus causing even more lockdowns. To top all that, Rishi is a billionaire and for years his wife had not paid taxes in the UK – IMHO, this power couple are unlikely to endear themselves to ordinary people, especially if he wants to impose austerity on them (don’t forget he used to shun the ‘poor’ in his younger days). 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Rishi's view on Brexit 2016... https://www.rishisunak.com/news/why-i-will-vote-britain-leave-eu-0 @code99 Have you a link for Sunak shunning the poor in his younger days? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shake me up Judy Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 37 minutes ago, Nom de plume said: If only Labour were credible. British politics is at its lowest point in modern history. So too is British democracy. The metropolitan elite has just taken back the reins without any election whatsoever. That's real power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
code99 Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 (edited) 16 minutes ago, quilp said: @code99 Have you a link for Sunak shunning the poor in his younger days? There was an article in the Daily Mail (so must be true) some months ago. Edited October 24, 2022 by code99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 1 hour ago, code99 said: To top all that, Rishi is a billionaire quite a way off from being a billionaire actually... closer than me though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted October 24, 2022 Author Share Posted October 24, 2022 Well I think all we can do is give the guy a chance, he sometimes makes all the right noises, this is his biggest chance to prove himself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman1980 Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 3 hours ago, quilp said: Rishi's view on Brexit 2016... https://www.rishisunak.com/news/why-i-will-vote-britain-leave-eu-0 @code99 Have you a link for Sunak shunning the poor in his younger days? Guessing this would be what he is referring too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman1980 Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 4 hours ago, Max Power said: Are you saying that I'm the kiss of death to the Prime Ministerial classes? If the cap fits.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
code99 Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 5 hours ago, Nom de plume said: If only Labour were credible. British politics is at its lowest point in modern history. The Australian Labour Party was also out of power and in the doldrums for a long time (ridiculed by ScoMo and his “quiet Australians”), but look at them now. The Libs in opposition are quiet as mice. The best strategy for the UK Labour Party is to bide their time and not to make any (major) screw ups while in opposition. The next GE is theirs to lose. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 4 hours ago, Shake me up Judy said: So too is British democracy. The metropolitan elite has just taken back the reins without any election whatsoever. That's real power. Isn't Boris part of the metropolitan elite? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Tomorrow's Daily Hate manages to show a photo of him waving. Happens to be quite a light skin tone on his palm. Mail doing its best to pacify itself and it's readers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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