UK Politics Thread 🇬🇧

[Sukairain]

surely that must be a record

yup

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It's an international record! Previously, the record for 'Shortest Premiership in a Westminster-style Democracy' was held by Kevin Rudd, whose second term in office as the PM of Australia lasted 53 days. I didn't think that would ever be beaten, but here we are

 

[DaRealness]

Dear oh Dear

charles treated liz like his pen

LOL they still haven't forgotten she used to talk shyt about the Royal Family when she was young.

 

[FAH1223]

The people rejected Johnson wholesale.

They must be fukking drunk or stupid.

You think because Liz was so shyte that people forget COVID and partygate?

Are the Tories really this stupid?

I think they think the public is stupid

Are there enough Tory votes for a general election to be triggered? Lol

 

[Carl Tethers]

Only 3 Labour PMs have won general elections since 1945 - which I think suggests how conservative the country (or at least the voting electorate) actually is

Labour come in and clean up the mess, bring in sweeping reforms that improve quality of life, leave the economy in better straits.. Then Tories inherit it after negative fear-mongering then tank everything

Rinse and repeat

 

[mitter]

Well that was quick ...

 

[Carl Tethers]

I think they think the public is stupid

Are there enough Tory votes for a general election to be triggered? Lol

Tories don't need to call a GE, sadly. Even if there was riots at Downing Street, they'll cling on.. Major lasted five years after Black Wednesday - one of the worst UK economic incidents in history

 

[nahnah]

Let the facts be known I used my only experience to ever vote in 2020 for Corbyn

Jezza would NEVER

First and only times I voted was for Corbyn

 

[Carl Tethers]

First and only times I voted was for Corbyn

That 2017 hung-parliament result had me positive about the UK's future for first time in years.. Shame Labour didn't treat 2019 as the second Brexit referendum.. For reasons

 

[MikelArteta]

It's an international record! Previously, the record for 'Shortest Premiership in a Westminster-style Democracy' was held by Kevin Rudd, whose second term in office as the PM of Australia lasted 53 days. I didn't think that would ever be beaten, but here we are

 

[Heimdall]

Incredible

Like Cincinnatus...

Boris Johnson likens himself to Roman who returned as dictator

Departing PM references Cincinnatus, who turned to farming after leaving Rome – but then returned to power

www.theguardian.com

Tories don't need to call a GE, sadly. Even if there was riots at Downing Street, they'll cling on.. Major lasted five years after Black Wednesday - one of the worst UK economic incidents in history

So we really just have to sit here and bear this nonsense until their time runs out? Some democracy lol

If the King can dissolve parliament and how an early general election could be called

The King technically has the power to dissolve Parliament, but it would not actually happen

inews.co.uk

The King technically has the power to dissolve Parliament, but it would not actually happen.

As explained on parliament.uk, the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 “revived the power of the monarch to dissolve Parliament, at the request of the prime minister of the day” when it replaced the Fixed-term Parliaments Act.

Given that the monarch exercises this power at the request of the prime minister, this essentially means the prime minister can choose when to call a general election. The King would not do so unless specifically requested. In such a scenario, Ms Truss would likely have lost a confidence vote.

Literally what is the point of the monarchy?

 

[Sukairain]

Liz Truss resigns - and will become shortest-serving prime minister in British history

Liz Truss succeeded Boris Johnson as prime minister on 6 September after defeating Rishi Sunak in the Conservative Party leadership contest and meeting the Queen at Balmoral.

news.sky.com

UK brehs, why is it that your PMs all resign? Ours would never, the only way to change an Australian PM outside of an election is either for him/her to drown while out for an ocean swim (Harold H0lt, 1967), or for a leadership spill (what we call a party room vote by all the MPs belonging to the ruling party) to take place.

But you've had four in a row now voluntarily quit. I can't understand why. Stay in the job until the party throws you out and you go with some dignity intact. When you resign you admit you fukked up. But if you push it to a leadership spill, then at least you can spin the narrative of being stabbed in the back by your ungrateful, greedy friends. You go out like you're Caesar or something.

 

[Heimdall]

Labour come in and clean up the mess, bring in sweeping reforms that improve quality of life, leave the economy in better straits.. Then Tories inherit it after negative fear-mongering then tank everything

Rinse and repeat

Yeah, this reminds me of a comment I read and liked

We don't progress in this country beyond basically a feudal system, because Labour had to expend all its energy when in power on repair. It has to build up institutions from scratch again and again, trying to get us to neutral before the tide turns. The tide turns quickly because the mainstream media, as part of the establishment and made up of the family and friends of the Tory politicians, go into overdrive criticising the public spending, whipping up animosity and false fears over the deficit, and the people forget the spending must be done to build back a functioning state. In this way, the cycling of destruction and repair over the decades, we stay stuck in the deep past.

Feudal!

 

[Kasgoinjail]

Share Price of the sterling rising upon this news

The world market giving us a big hug

 

[Heimdall]

 

[wire28]

shorter reign than leprechauns...

I feel like this may be a triple aunt Andre but I won’t even ask you how