Should we trust Sunak or the next PM to fix the Country's problems? (title revised 24/10/22)

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While a few Tories seem to be recognising that Brexit hasn't done what we were promised, there's a section of the party or people just leaving it that still thinks every that's going wrong is the EU's fault. Even though we've left.

 

The thinking is that EU/Remainers are still in charge. So the story goes that Hunt was in Belgium when Truss contacted him, not on holiday as stated, but seeing the EU. And he's their puppet.

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James Heappey may have shortened his career substantially after today's media round. He's just dropped the whole cabinet in it by saying nobody saw a problem with the mini budget. 

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Questions are being asked about what job Truss's husband does because there are discrepancies in public records and the information declared.

 

What does Liz Truss’s husband actually do?

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As the PM fights to remain in power, deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner demands she come clean over her interests

 

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The latest from Led by Donkeys on 55 Tufton Street and their allies.

 

 

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It went so well last time...

 

But isn't he keen to go and make money with books and after dinner speeches? Maybe he can't afford to be PM.

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And they think she'll still be around in 2030?

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I posted it as well, UB.

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That's why people are up in arms about it, UB.

 

55 Tufton Street organisations need to be subject to many investigations.  Who funds these?

 

The same people have also been saying that the group of think tanks' funding is very opaque and they aren't forthcoming when asked. There are some theories about American billionaires being involved.

 

So far, the IEA and Taxpayers Alliance aren't commenting on how their pet policies crashed the pound and the markets. Have you seen how many spads Truss has on the government payroll from various groups?

 

ETA:

American Dark Money, the Mercers and the Conservative Party: A Network of Influence  – Byline Times

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A special investigation by Nafeez Ahmed exposes the transatlantic connections between an extremist US...

 

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I imagine because she was seen as a terrible speaker and a political liability by No10? Cummings said she's a human hand grenade.

 

Her advisers then and now seem rather immature, I have to say. Look at this about one of the current team, suspected negative briefings against previous ministers.

 

Senior adviser to Liz Truss suspended pending investigation

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Mr Stein was a key aide during Ms Truss's leadership campaign and had been serving as the acting head of political communications in Number 10.

 

 

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I'd have said that's a risky move but it will be interesting to see what the numbers are.

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According to the Guardian, Swella has been relieved of her duties as Home Sec.

 

ETA: Shortest-serving Home Sec for 188 years.

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It's going to be an interesting vote on fracking. Five or six MPs have said they won't vote with the government motion and rised having the whip withdrawn.

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The scenes in the lobby sound shocking. What is wrong with these people?

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Charles Walker MP on Sky earlier.

 

 

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Very good, UB. 

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Truss has resigned. 

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If Paul Dacre can't become a Lord because of an enquiry, how can Johnson be re-elected? The privileges committee don't start work until next month on the partygate enquiry.

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The lettuce has been crowned the winner.

 

Iceberg lettuce in blond wig outlasts Liz Truss | Liz Truss | The Guardian

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Supermarket salad is crowned winner of bizarre competition that attracted global media attention

 

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I didn't realise they'd rehabilitated Lord Archer. Good explanation from him.

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Is that the £115k allowance for office and staff expenses due to being an ex-PM? That isn't paid in advance and anything claimed has to be justified.

 

She also gets a pension which seems to be based on half her earnings at the time she leaves office, AIUI.

 

Keir Starmer doesn't think she should claim allowances like that for such a short time in the job and I agree with him.

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So do I. Good work by Peter Oborne though, in case people have forgotten what went on.

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Last time I heard, the bookies had Johnson as favourite. Gilt yields are going up so the markets aren't happy.

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What a tale of woe, TJ.

 

I really don't think she should have an honours list but there doesn't seem to be a way to stop it if someone is determined to trample over convention.

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So he's going to do everything necessary to balance the books except tax the people who can afford it?

 

That's more decaying hospitals and more people living in poverty or near it.