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‘You Have Asked Me To Stand Aside’: Kwarteng Sacked By Truss
"I hope the PM doesn't think the problem can be solved by getting rid of the Chancellor," Philip Ham
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Truss is an empty suit. Most Britons know this. The knives will be out in the conservative party, and she will be unlikely to last very long.
A good chance that we will probably now have a general election in the UK.
The difference between the UK and the US is very interesting. Nothing can lose Trump the support of the Republicans – not even blatant lying, fraud, sedition, and espionage. Johnson was ejected by the Tories for loutish personal behavior (not all his own) and Truss may be ejected for a budget fiasco – things that would not have scratched party loyalty to Trump. I conclude that there is hope yet for Britain.
jyl it is all down to winning and hanging on to political power. Getting rid of Johnson and, most likely, Truss, has everything to do with polls showing plummeting popularity of those Prime Ministers. They would lead to massive losses in the next election. That is not the case with Republican voters, as yet. They are still living in a fantasy world of group identity and anger at ‘outsiders’. I think the difficult consequences of Brexit have considerably sobered the UK electorate, as they have begun to realize that believing the fantasy lies of politicians has huge, real and very negative effects.
Hopefully Rachel Reeves is far more competent and politically astute than Jeremy Corbin…(imho)
Bookies think Truss is going this year with Sunak her replacement.
https://www.oddschecker.com/politics/british-politics/liz-truss-exit-date
How accurate UK bookies are on this kind of thing, I’ve no idea.