Genius1111 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Well, time for King Charles III to prep himself for the swearing in of his first new PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genius1111 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 From BBC's live blog... Now that Liz Truss has resigned, Labour, the SNP and the Lib Dem are all calling for an immediate general election - but could there be one? The next election isn't due until January 2025 - this is five years from the day the current Parliament first met, plus election campaign time. Any decision to hold an earlier election usually rests with the prime minister. Alternatively, a motion of no confidence in the prime minister in the House of Commons could force a general election. To pass, the motion would just need one more MP voting in favour than against. If the government lost the vote, a general election would normally be called However, for a no confidence motion to pass, Conservative MPs would need to vote down their own government, which many would be very unlikely to do. Obviously, Tory MPs won't vote for that no confidence motion because there's a good chance that they will lose, unless they are in a super safe seat. Maybe there will be defections? If not, then we may have another 3 to 6 more PMs before it's time for new elections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genius1111 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Not sure how trustworthy this is, but I- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genius1111 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Truss was a 'disgrace' - Russian spokeswoman Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has welcomed the departure of Liz Truss as prime minister, saying that "Britain has never known such a disgrace of a prime minister," and that Truss "would be remembered for her catastrophic illiteracy". Zakharova was likely referring to a comment Truss made when she was the foreign secretary, in which she appeared to confuse two regions of Russia with Ukraine. Biden thanks Truss for 'partnership' US President Joe Biden has put out a statement on the PM's resignation. It reads: "The US and the UK are strong allies and enduring friends - and that fact will never change. I thank Prime Minister Liz Truss for her partnership on a range of issues including holding Russia accountable for its war against Ukraine. "We will continue our close cooperation with the UK government as we work together to meet the global challenges our nations face." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrier Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Iconic You'd think it was some major corruption scandal, but no she's just such an unpopular flop with terrible policies Assassinated the queen then dipped ig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genius1111 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 From The Guardian's live blog _____ Some gallows humour from Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister. It appears that Liz Truss’s resignation will set another unwanted record, by making her the first prime minister in recent history not to call the UK’s devolved leaders at any point while in office. Under a modern convention, one of the first acts of a new prime minister is to make a courtesy call to the first ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It emerged earlier this month that Truss had failed to uphold that tradition by omitting to call Sturgeon or Mark Drakeford, the Welsh first minister, despite being in office for a month. Sturgeon called Truss’s failure to call “absurd”. After Truss’s enforced resignation, the BBC Scotland political reporter Phillip Sims tweeted: “Is Liz Truss set to leave office without ever having a formal meeting or even phone call with Nicola Sturgeon?” Sturgeon replied, with an eye-wink emoji: “If she doesn’t mind, I’ll now just wait for whoever will become the 5th PM (so far) during my time as FM.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chemist Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 24 hours later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pxxxtrick Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Mess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadiamendell Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Oh wow. What is going on over there??? For once the major headline of the day is not about the US government being in shambles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fountain Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 How are we supposed to deal with this for over two years more of Tory ineptitude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 The fact they're going to re-elect Boris, completely forgetting he was also losing in a landslide to Labour and was deeply unpopular. Like, yes, he was keeping the Tories in triple seat figures, but that shouldn't be an achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermillion Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Wow, UK in full-on meltdown mode, dominating international headlines for weeks, for once. This feels bigger than Brexit, idk. I feel like this is an omen internationally. The next two-three years are going to be a complete **** show globally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marla Singer Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 So the next leadership candidates have to get 100 MPs to nominate them by Monday, but is there even a single candidate that 100 Tories can agree on when the party is so divided? These were the results of the first ballot of the last leadership contest and no-one got 100 votes from MPs, although Rishi was close: Rishi Sunak - 88 Penny Mordaunt - 67 Liz Truss - 50 Kemi Badenoch - 40 Tom Tugendhat - 37 Anti-tofu and anti-human-rights activist - 32 Nadhim Zahawi - 25 Jeremy Hunt - 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator Azulito Posted October 20, 2022 ATRL Moderator Share Posted October 20, 2022 The UK is truly a mess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonini Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Penny Mourdant could probably keep the tories together. But eff that! ANGELA RAYNER RISE! THIS WILL BE YOUR MOMENT! …once they call a general election and she takes out Kier Starmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POPTART Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 These PMs coming and leaving faster than an Aldi till service. Enough is enough, we want general election! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fridayteenage Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 parliament in shambles the royal family in shambles the crown did that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydream Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 On 10/15/2022 at 8:38 AM, Daydream said: Not the lettuce actually winning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anomaly Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 The way she killed the queen and then bailed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protocol Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 If there isn’t a general election people need to protest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
808s Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Wait so she is OUT because she wanted people to pay less taxes(and have more money that way??) and the banks got mad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFC Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 6 hours ago, C_Colstead said: 44 whole days. That's how long she lasted. An absolute bloody mess. I've food in my freezer that's lasted longer. You better get to eating that before the winter blackouts hit and it all ROTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydream Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, HotFriedChicken said: You better get to eating that before the winter blackouts hit and it all ROTS Oh god I didn’t even think about fridge freezers being out of power. That has got to be the worst part about the blackouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown User Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 #ReadyforRishi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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