[Crabcakes]

He’s not wrong, assuming the argument is “what’s the most batshit fiscal policy a first-world government has ever imposed on itself?”

[Crabcakes]

How to self-derail your utterly unwanted comeback in 2 easy steps:

1. Open your mouth and remind everyone you had no clue about anything

2. Oh actually, 2 isn’t needed.

[Youngian]

Gardiner claims to be “a foreign policy analyst” on his Twitter feed. Reads like a moron who attended an Ivy League college on the back of a large donation from dad.

[Andy McDandy]

Let me guess, his foreign policy analysis is bomb the bastards and isn't China great, oh no it's not, what does Rupert think?

[Youngian]

Have a feeling Gardner is a NeoCon and a supporter of Trump isolationism if Donald says so. This dichotomy can be explained by him being very thick.

Speaking of which, Tory activist Kev is the Suffolk Andrew Bridgen. Gammon bingo full house from the Turnip Taliban.

[Bones McCoy]

Kevin will be one of those "lib lab con - vote Reform" prats.

[Arrowhead]

There are already articles appearing likening Truss to a modern-day Barry Goldwater i.e. someone who, despite initially presiding over a massive political humiliation, is actually destined to be remembered as a bold visionary who laid the groundwork for future generations of Conservative leaders to build upon.

Only problem being, back in the 1960s the Republican Party had Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George Bush Snr waiting in the wings. Whereas the Tory Party currently have Lee Anderson, Jonathan Gullis and a packet of pork scratchings as their present-day equivalents.

[Crabcakes]

There are already articles appearing likening Truss to a modern-day Barry Goldwater

She’s not even in the same league as Barry Scott off the Cillit Bang ads.

[Andy McDandy]

Barry Chuckle
Barry off Eastenders
Barry off Auf Wiedersehen Pet
Barry Askwith from the Fat Slags

It's not a name that screams "confidence".

[Youngian]

Obama was known as Barry but decided to run for POTUS on his Muslim name post 9-11.

[Spoonman]

I'm sure I've heard something similar before...



...oh, yeah - back in December 2019...

Anger as Jeremy Corbyn claims he ‘won the arguments’ in general election after Labour’s devastating defeat

Jeremy Corbyn has sparked a backlash among Labour ranks by claiming that he “won the arguments” in the general election despite leading the party to its worst defeat since 1935.

Writing in The Observer, the Labour leader said that he took responsibility for the defeat but insisted that his policies were “popular” and his manifesto would in time be viewed as “historically important”.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/p ... 47406.html

[mattomac]

There are already articles appearing likening Truss to a modern-day Barry Goldwater i.e. someone who, despite initially presiding over a massive political humiliation, is actually destined to be remembered as a bold visionary who laid the groundwork for future generations of Conservative leaders to build upon.

Only problem being, back in the 1960s the Republican Party had Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George Bush Snr waiting in the wings. Whereas the Tory Party currently have Lee Anderson, Jonathan Gullis and a packet of pork scratchings as their present-day equivalents.

They see a bit of history they like and pretend that’s what’s going happen. Circumstance allowed some aspects of Goldwater to find fans but it’s fundamentally misreading 1960s America, her policies didn’t appeal to anyone, that’s the issue here, they just cost people more money.

The issue is there are too many people within the Tory party enthralled to one way of thinking, they are fully signed up and they never will be wrong, very comfortable, haves who will never want for a thing.

They don’t reflect the country at all, and that is kind of why they are 20 points behind and still believe the policies that put them 30-35 points behind are the right ones.

Oddest thing is Corbyn is probably more like Goldwater in this comparison, at least people liked those policies, giving rich people a tax cut was about as popular as building a 5G mast anywhere.

Fundamentally one of the people on the news agents got it right, her policies are an 80’s economics, we are 40 years on from that. A pitch Starmer has about got right so far with some mishaps.

[lambswool]

Barry Chuckle
Barry off Eastenders
Barry off Auf Wiedersehen Pet
Barry Askwith from the Fat Slags

It's not a name that screams "confidence".

No man is an island.

Unless he’s Barry.

[mattomac]

Barry Chuckle
Barry off Eastenders
Barry off Auf Wiedersehen Pet
Barry Askwith from the Fat Slags

It's not a name that screams "confidence".

No man is an island.

Unless he’s Barry.

Or the Isle….

[Yug]

This doesn't say much for the Conservatives of South West Norfolk if they really think this double-decker whale sandwich is a good representative of them.

Former prime minister Liz Truss has been reselected to stand as a candidate at the next general election.

The South West Norfolk Conservative Association (SWNCA) made its decision at a meeting of members in Swaffham.

Ms Truss said she was "delighted" to have been chosen to fight a fifth campaign in the constituency after first being elected in 2010.

She was UK prime minister for 45 days in 2022, the shortest serving prime minister in British history...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-64728684

[Youngian]

SW Norfolk Tories could select a scarecrow over Liz Truss and it would win.

[Yug]

It'd certainly be a lot brighter

[Tubby Isaacs]

Metropolitan out of touch elite latest. (Credit to Sunder)

[Youngian]

Truss was going on last week about how the government should put its foot down over some CPTPP ruling or other. That didn’t take long, are we having a referendum?

[Andy McDandy]

https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2023/04/12/li ... xUfEzJ53Aw

Truss is now blaming "woke culture" for high taxes. Tinterweb folk are having none of it. Kathy Burke hits comedy gold.

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