C_Colstead Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Rishi Sunak's confirmed he's standing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marla Singer Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 4 hours ago, Codex said: Isn’t he more LGBT friendly than Sunak? No, he hates LGBT people just as much as he hates foreigners, black people, working class people, women, etc. Quote Writing in the Spectator in 2000, Johnson attacked what he called "Labour's appalling agenda, encouraging the teaching of homosexuality in schools, and all the rest of it." In his 2001 book "Friends, Voters, Countrymen," Johnson compared gay marriage to bestiality, writing that "If gay marriage was OK – and I was uncertain on the issue – then I saw no reason in principle why a union should not be consecrated between three men, as well as two men, or indeed three men and a dog." There was even more explicit homophobia. As Business Insider previously revealed, in a 1998 Telegraph column about Peter Mandelson's resignation from the Labour government, Johnson said the announcement would lead to the blubbing of "tank-topped bumboys" in "the Ministry of Sound" nightclub, and "the soft-lit Soho drinking clubs frequented by Mandy and his pals." He added that Mandelson's departure would cause the "lipstick" to come away from Blair's government. In a separate Telegraph column Johnson also bewailed attempts to increase equality at the BBC for gay people. "It must be a spoof," he wrote. "In my hand was a magazine from something called the BBC Resources Equal Opportunities Unit. There were letters from gays asking about their "partner's" right to a BBC pension." Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-record-sexist-homophobic-and-racist-comments-bumboys-piccaninnies-2019-6?r=US&IR=T Quote Homophobia Johnson said that it was “right” that Tories would wish its leadership to “speak up more strongly against…gays in the military” While he was an MP, Johnson published an article that said there was a “grit of truth” in Robert Mugabe’s comment that New Labour was composed of “gay gangsters” Source: https://labour.org.uk/press/newly-unearthed-comments-further-expose-boris-johnsons-homophobia-and-racism-2/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Looks like Boris is faltering and might not get over the line. He'd have declared he was running by now if he was sure of the win. Would not be surprised if he announces he's supporting Penny tonight or tomorrow morning to try to push her above 100 MPs. Can imagine him wanting to spitefully try to prevent Rishi from getting a coronation. Spoiler It's what I'd do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 (edited) How much of a ******* idiot do you have to be as an MP to be supporting Boris' return sunak is the safest option Edited October 23, 2022 by Janet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFC Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Am I the only one who finds Rishi to be so hot Need him to have a sex tape scandal with a junior minister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VOSS Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 If Boris comes back and is forced to resign in less than 45 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonini Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 I have an idea on how to get labour into power. Send Angela Rayner to go speak with the king. Have her request that the King dissolve Parliament and order a new General Election so the people have their say. She can do this with her seductive Gobby Northerner twang and they can have her show her To Charles. Easy peasy. Charles dissolves parliament and orders a General Election. Labour Sweeps. Problem solved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Boris got one last lie in by saying he had over 100 nominations but still decided to not run. Bye. You won't be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fountain Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 More or less confirmed to be Rishi’s then… He’s obviously the technical best option, but do we really want that? He might be able to save face and make the Tories look better, but there’s no chance he’s going to actually do anything for working class people; he’s a Tory, after all. Nothing is going to significantly change, and change is what we need. It seems like more of a danger that they could regain public support and we will, again, be stuck under their leadership for the foreseeable future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarus Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 4 hours ago, Benjamin said: Boris got one last lie in by saying he had over 100 nominations but still decided to not run. Bye. You won't be missed. Nice to see him humiliate himself one last time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gui Blackout Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 The mess wouldn't have been this big if they had just picked Sunak from the beginning. He is so obviously better and more capable than Truss and the fact that they were even considering Boris again over him is insulting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zack Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Rishi confirmed to become PM. Penny has dropped out after flopping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espresso Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Boris dropped out to save the Tories for the next elections. Nothing surprises me anymore, so I could picture Rishi flopping in the same amount of time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fountain Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Well. Ok. Let’s see what he says he’s going to do for the people (and then inevitably doesn’t do, or does something that actually makes conditions worse). Wave that magic wand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrier Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 I know he's ultra rich, conservative, and the definition of the elite, so we don't stan. But it is a moment of historical and symbolic significance to have an Indian prime minister. First PoC in general too. There have not been many of those in Europe. Idk if it's just the historian in me but I think it's notable. With the queen's death it feels like a year for decolonial moments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluth Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 (edited) > sunak will cling on until the next ge because, unlike truss, he is not a flagrant idiot > economy will recover in the short term and this will be used as a selling point to the voters, with them forgetting that the tories were the reason it tanked in the first place > this is also because the past few days have proven voters clearly have a ******* two week memory with people unironically wishing for boris to return > nothing more needs to be said about how much a corporate shill a literal tax-avoiding billionaire prime minister will be > the tories will win the next ge. partly because of voters having a two week memory and thinking, while cradling their hot water bottle in the midst of the twentieth blackout of the month, "well, our electricity bill has literally quadrupled but think how much worse it would have been if that jimmie curbin got elected!" > also partly because keir starmer is an centrist wet wipe who doesn't have a clear stance on anything although, i admit, great british energy was a step in the right direction country is a lost cause Edited October 24, 2022 by bluth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fountain Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 6 minutes ago, bluth said: > sunak will cling on until the next ge because, unlike truss, he is not a flagrant idiot > economy will recover in the short term and this will be used as a selling point to the voters, with them forgetting that the tories were the reason it tanked in the first place > this is also because the past few days have proven voters clearly have a ******* two week memory with people unironically wishing for boris to return > nothing more needs to be said about how much a corporate shill a literal tax-avoiding billionaire prime minister will be > the tories will win the next ge. partly because of voters having a two week memory and thinking, while cradling their hot water bottle in the midst of the twentieth blackout of the month, "well, our electricity bill has literally quadrupled but think how much worse it would have been if that jimmie curbin got elected!" > also partly because keir starmer is an centrist wet wipe who doesn't have a clear stance on anything although, i admit, great british energy was a step in the right direction country is a lost cause And let’s not forget the most important rule of all > everything will somehow be labours fault, even though the last time they were in power was before the current year 7s were born Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genius1111 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Coincidentally, the day that Sunak secured the premiership (24 Oct) is also Diwali, one of the most important festivals of the year for Hindus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@michael Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 So does anyone think the Tory MPs intentionally sabotaged Truss from the beginning because they didn’t want her? She came in second to Rishi in the parliamentary vote, but she got to be PM because she won the party member vote. It’s like the past seven weeks were all just a plot to get her to leave so that the parliamentary party could get their chosen guy into the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 #100 - OUT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizon Flame Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 The UK has had 6 PMs since 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreetinside Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 Hi UK girlies. Is there any teas about Scotland (and in general NI and the union) rn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_Colstead Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 14 hours ago, discreetinside said: Hi UK girlies. Is there any teas about Scotland (and in general NI and the union) rn? No idea about Scotland, but in Northern Ireland an election will be called within the next 12 weeks after the deadline to restore a devolved Government in Stormont passed with no resolution. https://news.sky.com/story/northern-ireland-secretary-says-he-will-call-stormont-election-after-attempts-to-restore-executive-fail-12732457 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marla Singer Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 Matt Hancock suspended as Tory MP for joining I'm A Celeb cast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63471923 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFC Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Matt Hancock being on that show is so messy but I'm looking forward to seeing him in the shower Hopefully Rishi/Keir follow his lead and go in next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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