Kemi Badenoch wins Conservative Party leadership contest ...

[Swanjaxs]

Can I just say -

F*CK THE TORIES!

And Fuck The Reverend Ian Paisley too

 

[rockinj]

The reason I say shitshow - and believe me, no one's more aware of how the right wing media distort things than me - is because they've invited so much pressure on themselves with stuff that was totally avoidable.

I believe that at the heart of this government they lack political awareness in their press office/media relations team - they can't seem to anticipate how a policy or an action will pan out, and they keep walking into traps. Case in point the WFA. On what planet did they think that the Daily Mail and Express - which are essentially fanzines for Help The Aged - wouldn't give them an absolute hammering. They were completely naive, they walked into it and they've never had a convincing rebuttal ready for it.

Similar story on Freebiegate, the Sue Gray debacle and one or two other issues as well - just staggeringly ill-judged and naive.

I didn't mind the budget too much, it was ok (although to my mind it didn't go far enough on stuff like wealth taxes and taxes on unearned/passive income) but they really hadn't helped themselves before then.

That's where I am on it anyway. Other opinions available etc

Thanks fair comments

 

[monmouth]

She won't last more than a couple of years, like IDS did 20 odd years ago.

Hunt & Cleverly have already said they won't have any part in her shadow cabinet. Others on the party's "centre" (I always find that a comical turn of phrase to apply to any Tory, but there we are) will also distance themselves. First time she cocks up big time (and she will, because she's not very good) they'll bring her down.

Great news for Labour, who could do with a break like this after their shitshow first 4 months.

Their communications and naivety have been staggering. It was the last thing I expected from Starmer. They even fuelled the tickets nonsense when it should just have been dismissed. Chucking away goodwill and ‘feel good’ so early was bonkers. That said, ifI was Starmer now, I’d do Leveson 2 (and 3,4 and 5 if necessary).