UK and Europe World • Page 79

Something irks me about the national grid statement. It tows truss’ party line a bit too conveniently. Surely someone should be fired if we are that dependent on one country it could result in that???

 

We need to force a general election whilst they look on the brink of a humiliatingly brutal collapse.

 

Imagine being in a meeting. Getting pulled out of it. Fly across the Atlantic. Sacked. Wild.

sunak must be laughing.

 

See ya Liz

 

they have to call an election right

 

Austria has had three PMs so far without an election, Britain is only catching up

 

Before this, I felt they would sneak out of it. Now I think they cannot feasibly get away with it without widespread protests.

 

Can't find what I'm thinking of but I definitely saw reports that some of the more Boris- or May-aligned Tories had explicitly said they needed to call one if she went...should be interesting

 

Nadine Dorris has tweeted repeatedly that they should bring back Boris or would be forced to call an election.

They're going to try and tough it out. Andrew Bridgen was just on there and was very telling. Saying they need to coalesce around a "unity" candidate and should think long and hard about any opposition as the alternative is being forced into an election "which is the last thing we want".

 

Bring back Boris would be fucking awesome tbh

 

What an excellent comparison

 

Isn't he still under investigation for lying to parliment?

 

The chances of Johnson being the choice are probably a lot higher than we are led to believe. The Tories are absolutely terrified of having an election now, it's very possible they see bringing Boris back as being the only way to avoid that.

Sure my local shit-for-brains MP Matt Vickers is all over it.

 

This is exactly it. They’ll hide behind the fact he won the last election, ignoring everything that has happened since.

 

What does all this mean haha

 

Nikola Sturgeon resigned?

 

I am a bit disillusioned by all levels of leadership at the moment in Scotland. So whilst, I don't want to take away from her achievements, hopefully sparks some change.

• Nicola Sturgeon - sent pensioners with covid back into care homes. Unfortunately, for me, that was it. https://www.thenational.scot/news/20100603.nicola-sturgeon-covid-care-home-deaths-embedded-soul/
• Nicola Sturgeon - her husband is in the midst of SNP party fraud investigation. Has she jumped before she was pushed? https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/23323606.sturgeon-dodges-question-snp-fraud-probe-quits/
• Patrick Harvie - U-turned on his rent freeze policy. A policy that businesses/landlords said was doomed to fail from start. Seem to like to roll out policy without even trying to get opinions of people in the sector. Scottish Government U-turns replacing rent freeze with cap
• Lorna Slater - Introducing a bottle return scheme. Great idea if executed well. However, failed to ask one other country with it how they actually do it. https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/23316424.damning-bottle-scheme-review-not-get-views-country/
  
• Glasgow council - Introducing a low emission zone without doing substantial upgrades on public transport to get into the city centre! I am devasted as it will ultimately put me off going to many concerts. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news...-signage-installed-ahead-vehicle-enforcement/

 

Some of the reports from newspapers this side of the border are saying her departure could lead to a Labour resurgence. Do you see that happen? It may be like most politics where you do need a change every decade or so as things get stale and the things you have highlighted above begin to emerge.