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The Tory Knives Are Out Again

Crispin Blunt, Andrew Bridgen and Jamie Wallis have all written directly to Truss asking her to stand down.  More to follow their lead tomorrow I would think. I heard on the radio that over 600,000 people have signed a petition calling for GE and it might be debated in Parliament tomorrow. The end is nigh ...??

Sue Hammond ● 973d30 Comments

"Liz Truss is ‘charmless, graceless, brainless, and useless’, former Tory minister says."I'm sorry, but she's not that good... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/liz-truss-edwina-currie-brainless-useless-tory-leadership-b2205255.html

Richard Carter ● 971d

Well the meeting definitely went ahead but we will never know the time when it actually ended.

Sue Hammond ● 971d

Hmmmmmm...I reserve my opinion on this....

Ivonne Holliday ● 971d

She was summoned by Brady and the meeting went on longer than expected.

Sue Hammond ● 971d

Do you think it is the 1922 Committee?  I wonder....

Ivonne Holliday ● 972d

The 1922 committee told her to stay away? They thought Penny would handle it better? I'm convinced it was the 1922 Committee who told her Hunt was going to be Chancellor and she wasn't to argue with wha he was doing. Perhaps they'll let her manage other things if she stays within the boundaries they set and doesn't argue with Jeremy, just to avoid another embarrassing change of PM? Don't really know but it reminds me of a software house parachuting in one of their consultants to fix a failing IT project. They don't want to admit their project manager has messed up, so you don't want to swap them out but you want someone competent there to tighten up the specification and replan it according to reality. Only, in this case, everyone knows Liz has messed up …

Michael Ixer ● 972d

Perhaps she had not received the necessary instructions from whoever....

Ivonne Holliday ● 972d

I really do not know but it was highly rude and disrespectful.

Ivonne Holliday ● 972d

Well I'm pleased Larry is ok and hasn't needed a trip to the vet - one good bit of news! Don't know why she bothered turning up - she just sat there like a dummy. Or just proving the 1922 Committee hasn't given her marching orders yet?

Michael Ixer ● 972d

And it seems that Trussy did not turn up today for the urgent question because "her slot is on Wednesdays".......  The impertinence of these people is staggering!

Ivonne Holliday ● 972d

No, she has just arrived in the HoC with the Chancellor.I am so cross with Trussy!

Ivonne Holliday ● 972d

So Liz isn't hiding under a desk. I wonder what her important business is; apparently she's not on her way to the Palace. I hope Larry's ok and she hasn't had to take him to the vet.

Michael Ixer ● 972d

"Butterfly effect-today I cancelled my Tory Party subscription""he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry."(Luke 15, Bible, KJV.).

David Ainsworth ● 972d

Should be an interesting exchange between Starmer and Mordaunt … if this was Yes Prime Minister we'd say it was too far fetched!

Michael Ixer ● 972d

Just heard that Mordaunt will be there to answer instead of Truss which is ominous. Maybe Truss has already reigned?

Sue Hammond ● 972d

@IvonneYes Mordaunt is the best of the rest but Hunt seems to have taken over now and  acting as PM in all but name. The Speaker has granted Starmer an urgent question today, expected at about 3 o'clock and it should be his opposite to respond so it will be interesting to hear what Truss has to say.  Apparently more letters have been submitted to Sir Graham Brady today.  Perhaps she'll resign.

Sue Hammond ● 972d

Unless you get Penny Mordaunt in; she really has a backbone!First things first, the mini-budget has been "straightened" - or sorts.Now, get rid of Liz Truss and get someone decent in. I do not wish to be horrible but it is inevitable.  The MPs did not choose the PM, the conservative members did.  Something is incredibly wrong somewhere and it is not in Parliament.

Ivonne Holliday ● 972d

Butterfly effect-today I cancelled my Tory Party subscription

Hugh Thompson ● 972d

Lol! Very good.😸

Sue Hammond ● 972d

You mean these shoes, Sue? 

Richard Carter ● 972d

I can't see the mess being sorted out though.  The party is too divided now and there is nobody with enough credibility who can step into the big shoes that Boris left empty.

Sue Hammond ● 972d

"Seriously though the Conservatives have very little chance of winning the next GE without Boris leading the Party.  The MPs who collaborated and pushed him out and go on to lose their seats will regret their actions at their leisure."Leaving the Boris issue aside for the moment, I really cannot understand why the conservatives are so worried about the next election when we are in such a mess at the moment. Sort the whole mess out first and then think about the next election later.  Once the mess is sorted out, the result of the election will certainly become clearer  and easier?

Ivonne Holliday ● 972d

"I seem to recall Johnson was the cause of all this chaos in the first place with his inappropriate actions - illegal parties in Downing Street, trying to support MPs who'd acted inappropriately, ..."Well nobody's perfect! 😹Seriously though the Conservatives have very little chance of winning the next GE without Boris leading the Party.  The MPs who collaborated and pushed him out and go on to lose their seats will regret their actions at their leisure.

Sue Hammond ● 972d

Ed, mmm, perhaps meant an *extremely* untrustworthy politician :-)

Michael Ixer ● 972d

"He may be a great comedian but an untrustworthy politician :-("Is there a trustworthy politician you can recommend Michael?

Ed Robinson ● 972d

"However if we do have a GE I fear Labour would win now that the Conservatives don't have Boris."Doubt that they would win even with Boris:-https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/trackers/is-boris-johnson-incompetenthttps://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/trackers/is-boris-johnson-trustworthyThe Tories have managed to make even Starmer look possible.The country is out of control.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjxseHuUSYI 

David Ainsworth ● 972d

I seem to recall Johnson was the cause of all this chaos in the first place with his inappropriate actions - illegal parties in Downing Street, trying to support MPs who'd acted inappropriately, ... hardly in the UK's interest to bring him back! He may be a great comedian but an untrustworthy politician :-(

Michael Ixer ● 972d

Who knows. With politics now anything could happen. However if we do have a GE I fear Labour would win now that the Conservatives don't have Boris.😕

Sue Hammond ● 972d

"I heard on the radio that over 600,000 people have signed a petition calling for GE and it might be debated in Parliament tomorrow. The end is nigh ...??"And after the end?

David Ainsworth ● 972d

The game is up': Tory MPs start publicly calling for Liz Truss to go as pressure mounts on PMhttps://news.sky.com/story/liz-truss-faces-calls-to-go-from-tory-mp-who-says-the-game-is-up-as-pressure-mounts-on-pm-12722139

Sue Hammond ● 973d