Liz Truss Ex-Prime Minister
Discussion
Murph7355 said:
(And is the Queen trolling Sturgeon and/or Truss by having the anointing business done in Scotland? 
).
She's 96, and she's probably sick to back teeth of the Tory party by now.). Don't blame her for making them crawl up to Scotland. Especially Johnson, with the utter disrespect he's shown her; and Truss his loyal lapdog.
(Because Johnson has to go too, to resign officially)
Edited by Rivenink on Monday 5th September 17:18
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hstewie said:
hstewie said: I'm sure the Telegraph is becoming a parody of itself.
The titles of their opinion pieces are absolutely hysterical (literally).
On the contrary, it addresses many people who post in the PH conservatives threads to a T who, have a fixation with posting in conservative threads but are not and never will be a conservative.The titles of their opinion pieces are absolutely hysterical (literally).
Rivenink said:
Murph7355 said:
(And is the Queen trolling Sturgeon and/or Truss by having the anointing business done in Scotland? ).
She's 96, and she's probably sick to back teeth of the Tory party by now.). Don't blame her for making them crawl up to Scotland. Especially Johnson, with the utter disrespect he's shown her; and Truss his loyal lapdog.
(Because Johnson has to go too, to resign officially)
JagLover said:
the-photographer said:
Lets see
As many as 43 members of the House of Lords have investments totalling millions of pounds and senior roles in oil and gas companies, prompting accusations of “unethical” conflicts of interest.
An analysis by The Ferret can reveal that 33 of the peers who help make UK laws have shares worth a minimum of £50,000 in 19 oil and gas companies. A further ten peers chair, direct or advise 15 fossil fuel firms.
Most of the lords linked to big oil are Conservatives — 23 in all — amounting to nearly one in ten of the party’s peers. There are also 17 without political affiliations and three Labour, including five Scottish politicians.
https://theferret.scot/oil-industry-43-peers-share...
Oil and gas firms have given £1m to Boris Johnson’s Conservatives
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-invest...
Interesting how all the focus seems to be on the rapidly diminishing UK oil and gas sector and very little on the rather larger windfall profits being enjoyed by renewable energy producers in the current electricity market. I wonder as well how many political connections they have. As many as 43 members of the House of Lords have investments totalling millions of pounds and senior roles in oil and gas companies, prompting accusations of “unethical” conflicts of interest.
An analysis by The Ferret can reveal that 33 of the peers who help make UK laws have shares worth a minimum of £50,000 in 19 oil and gas companies. A further ten peers chair, direct or advise 15 fossil fuel firms.
Most of the lords linked to big oil are Conservatives — 23 in all — amounting to nearly one in ten of the party’s peers. There are also 17 without political affiliations and three Labour, including five Scottish politicians.
https://theferret.scot/oil-industry-43-peers-share...
Oil and gas firms have given £1m to Boris Johnson’s Conservatives
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-invest...
https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2015/05/06/donor-...
The point is, let's have a little more distance for "cash for policy" decisions please
the-photographer said:
Carl_Manchester said:
The British Conservative movement delivers another female PM.
We don't care if the movement delivers a Martian, we want someone competentThough technically, I understand that underneath their human skin suits they're all female. I think that's what was meant by "Deep down, underneath it all, they are all just massive cu<NO CARRIER>
Carl_Manchester said:
bhstewie said:
hstewie said: I'm sure the Telegraph is becoming a parody of itself.
The titles of their opinion pieces are absolutely hysterical (literally).
On the contrary, it addresses many people who post in the PH conservatives threads to a T who, have a fixation with posting in conservative threads but are not and never will be a conservative.The titles of their opinion pieces are absolutely hysterical (literally).
s2art said:
Flip Martian said:
That's not the answer. Or shouldn't be. If nobody represents my views, voting for "the least moronic" or "the one I hate least" is really not the way forward I would choose.
Why is that? There are lots of situations where there are no great options, so the only smart thing to do is take the least bad one.Rivenink said:
Murph7355 said:
(And is the Queen trolling Sturgeon and/or Truss by having the anointing business done in Scotland? ).
She's 96, and she's probably sick to back teeth of the Tory party by now.). Don't blame her for making them crawl up to Scotland. Especially Johnson, with the utter disrespect he's shown her; and Truss his loyal lapdog.
I can't imagine Her Maj is thrilled at the idea of having to speak to either of them.
Gargamel said:
Do tell us about your stellar achievements ?
Truss attended Merton College, Oxford, and was President of Oxford University Liberal Democrats. In 1996, she both graduated and joined the Conservative Party. She worked at Shell and Cable & Wireless, and was deputy director of the think tank Reform. Truss was elected for South West Norfolk at the 2010 general election. As a backbencher, she called for reform in several policy areas including childcare, mathematics education and the economy. She founded the Free Enterprise Group of Conservative MPs and wrote or co-wrote a number of papers and books, including After the Coalition (2011) and Britannia Unchained (2012).
Truss served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Childcare and Education from 2012 to 2014, before being appointed to the Cabinet by Cameron as Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the 2014 cabinet reshuffle. Though she was a supporter of the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign for the UK to remain in the European Union in the 2016 referendum, she supported Brexit after the result. After Cameron resigned in July 2016, Truss was appointed Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor by May, becoming the first female Lord Chancellor in the thousand-year history of the office. Following the 2017 general election, Truss was appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury. After May resigned in 2019, Truss supported Johnson's bid to become Conservative leader. He appointed Truss as Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade. She took on the additional role of Minister for Women and Equalities in September 2019. She moved from the Department for International Trade to be promoted to Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs in the 2021 cabinet reshuffle. She was appointed the Government's chief negotiator with the European Union and UK chair of the EU–UK Partnership Council in December 2021.
I never trust people who are continually moved on from jobs before their impact and overall effect can be assessed.Truss attended Merton College, Oxford, and was President of Oxford University Liberal Democrats. In 1996, she both graduated and joined the Conservative Party. She worked at Shell and Cable & Wireless, and was deputy director of the think tank Reform. Truss was elected for South West Norfolk at the 2010 general election. As a backbencher, she called for reform in several policy areas including childcare, mathematics education and the economy. She founded the Free Enterprise Group of Conservative MPs and wrote or co-wrote a number of papers and books, including After the Coalition (2011) and Britannia Unchained (2012).
Truss served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Childcare and Education from 2012 to 2014, before being appointed to the Cabinet by Cameron as Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the 2014 cabinet reshuffle. Though she was a supporter of the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign for the UK to remain in the European Union in the 2016 referendum, she supported Brexit after the result. After Cameron resigned in July 2016, Truss was appointed Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor by May, becoming the first female Lord Chancellor in the thousand-year history of the office. Following the 2017 general election, Truss was appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury. After May resigned in 2019, Truss supported Johnson's bid to become Conservative leader. He appointed Truss as Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade. She took on the additional role of Minister for Women and Equalities in September 2019. She moved from the Department for International Trade to be promoted to Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs in the 2021 cabinet reshuffle. She was appointed the Government's chief negotiator with the European Union and UK chair of the EU–UK Partnership Council in December 2021.
I notice Truss and Sunak were kind of sat next to each other when the result was read out, she got up to the stage and walked straight past him without shaking hands or acknowledging each other, in fact they didn't even look at each other. Thought that was a bit weird and impolite on her part.
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