Rishi Sunak - Prime Minister
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I wonder what he’ll do though.
Assuming he is not PM tomorrow.
Assuming he retains his seat (if he lost that it would be a highlight of the night!)
Why would a zillionaire ex-pm stick around as a backbench MP. His party possibly destroyed, no way back. Under his watch.
Will be interesting to see how he extracts himself to pastures new.
Can’t see any big tech companies wanting him, soiled goods.
Not a great CV!
Assuming he is not PM tomorrow.
Assuming he retains his seat (if he lost that it would be a highlight of the night!)
Why would a zillionaire ex-pm stick around as a backbench MP. His party possibly destroyed, no way back. Under his watch.
Will be interesting to see how he extracts himself to pastures new.
Can’t see any big tech companies wanting him, soiled goods.
Not a great CV!
James6112 said:
I wonder what he’ll do though.
Assuming he is not PM tomorrow.
Assuming he retains his seat (if he lost that it would be a highlight of the night!)
Why would a zillionaire ex-pm stick around as a backbench MP. His party possibly destroyed, no way back. Under his watch.
Will be interesting to see how he extracts himself to pastures new.
Can’t see any big tech companies wanting him, soiled goods.
Not a great CV!
They will be all over him for his perceived influence. I'd love to see a rule where defeated MPs were expected to work in the public sector for five years after leaving parliament.Assuming he is not PM tomorrow.
Assuming he retains his seat (if he lost that it would be a highlight of the night!)
Why would a zillionaire ex-pm stick around as a backbench MP. His party possibly destroyed, no way back. Under his watch.
Will be interesting to see how he extracts himself to pastures new.
Can’t see any big tech companies wanting him, soiled goods.
Not a great CV!
SD.
James6112 said:
I wonder what he’ll do though.
Assuming he is not PM tomorrow.
Assuming he retains his seat (if he lost that it would be a highlight of the night!)
Why would a zillionaire ex-pm stick around as a backbench MP. His party possibly destroyed, no way back. Under his watch.
Will be interesting to see how he extracts himself to pastures new.
Can’t see any big tech companies wanting him, soiled goods.
Not a great CV!
You're kidding right?Assuming he is not PM tomorrow.
Assuming he retains his seat (if he lost that it would be a highlight of the night!)
Why would a zillionaire ex-pm stick around as a backbench MP. His party possibly destroyed, no way back. Under his watch.
Will be interesting to see how he extracts himself to pastures new.
Can’t see any big tech companies wanting him, soiled goods.
Not a great CV!
Sunak has access to pretty much every financial heavyweight in the world. He has every government, and every world leader in his address book. His network is worth infinitely more money than that s
tty PM salary, which let's be honest...his wife makes more in interest payments.Look at war-monger Blair, Scargill..or howabout one of the worst.....Leon Brittan. You have seen his resume yes?
Edited by carlo996 on Thursday 4th July 09:41
carlo996 said:
James6112 said:
I wonder what he’ll do though.
Assuming he is not PM tomorrow.
Assuming he retains his seat (if he lost that it would be a highlight of the night!)
Why would a zillionaire ex-pm stick around as a backbench MP. His party possibly destroyed, no way back. Under his watch.
Will be interesting to see how he extracts himself to pastures new.
Can’t see any big tech companies wanting him, soiled goods.
Not a great CV!
You're kidding right?Assuming he is not PM tomorrow.
Assuming he retains his seat (if he lost that it would be a highlight of the night!)
Why would a zillionaire ex-pm stick around as a backbench MP. His party possibly destroyed, no way back. Under his watch.
Will be interesting to see how he extracts himself to pastures new.
Can’t see any big tech companies wanting him, soiled goods.
Not a great CV!
Sunak has access to pretty much every financial heavyweight in the world. He has every government, and every world leader in his address book. His network is worth infinitely more money than that s
tty PM salary, which let's be honest...his wife makes more in interest payments.Look at war-monger Blair, Scargill..or howabout one of the worst.....Leon Brittan. You have seen his resume yes?
Edited by carlo996 on Thursday 4th July 09:41
One has to wonder what Sunak knows that the rest of us bewildered minions don't. It could be that he just has incredibly poor judgement and called the election early without proper consideration or he knows what is coming down the tracks and doesn't want to be the man in the firing line. We will find out soon and the wet lettuce Starmer will have to deal with it. God help us all.
stevensdrs said:
One has to wonder what Sunak knows that the rest of us bewildered minions don't. It could be that he just has incredibly poor judgement and called the election early without proper consideration or he knows what is coming down the tracks and doesn't want to be the man in the firing line. We will find out soon and the wet lettuce Starmer will have to deal with it. God help us all.
Irrespective of one's political affiliation, Starmer's going to be our PM, so we should be hoping against hope that he does a bloody brilliant job.
stevensdrs said:
One has to wonder what Sunak knows that the rest of us bewildered minions don't. It could be that he just has incredibly poor judgement and called the election early without proper consideration or he knows what is coming down the tracks and doesn't want to be the man in the firing line. We will find out soon and the wet lettuce Starmer will have to deal with it. God help us all.
I think Sunak is probably smart and hardworking but lacks any sort of politial judgement, he should have surrounding himself with shrewd experienced political operators and listened to them. You only have to look as ther disasterous campaign to know this hasn't happened.BikeBikeBIke said:
+1
...and I reckon he will. Or at least the best job circumstances allow him to do...
Uh-oh... You're not allowed to have a less than negative opinion about Starmer... Report to your nearest Conservative De-education centre for Reform therapy....and I reckon he will. Or at least the best job circumstances allow him to do...
In all seriousness, what I'm hoping for is a bit of honesty. The Tories spent the last 6 years trying to pretend that the sunlit uplands were right around the corner if we'd just believe in the Tories a bit more whist in reality life as become measurably worse.
Starmer is inheriting as
t sandwich and we all know it. What we don't know is how much of a st sandwich it is because the Tories have been trying to make us live in their fantasy world. Tell us how bad it is, then develop a plan to get us out of it. Let us show the resolve and stiff upper lip the British are supposed to be famous for.
oyster said:
carlo996 said:
markh1973 said:
As opposed to those using the politics of fear and making up Labour's policies for them.
Try again, Labour themselves haven’t denied the tax rises and it’s what every Labour government does. By fear, if you mean fear of paying more…see what odds you get at the bookmakers 
If I'm asked to pay an extra 5% of my total income in tax - it won't break me.
But yeah, us middle income PAYE people will be first in the fireing line whoever wins, as always.
captain_cynic said:
BikeBikeBIke said:
+1
...and I reckon he will. Or at least the best job circumstances allow him to do...
Uh-oh... You're not allowed to have a less than negative opinion about Starmer... Report to your nearest Conservative De-education centre for Reform therapy....and I reckon he will. Or at least the best job circumstances allow him to do...
In all seriousness, what I'm hoping for is a bit of honesty. The Tories spent the last 6 years trying to pretend that the sunlit uplands were right around the corner if we'd just believe in the Tories a bit more whist in reality life as become measurably worse.
Starmer is inheriting as
t sandwich and we all know it. What we don't know is how much of a st sandwich it is because the Tories have been trying to make us live in their fantasy world. Tell us how bad it is, then develop a plan to get us out of it. Let us show the resolve and stiff upper lip the British are supposed to be famous for.
Reeves has even said it - thanks to the IFS everything is transparent.
James6112 said:
I wonder what he’ll do though.
Assuming he is not PM tomorrow.
Assuming he retains his seat (if he lost that it would be a highlight of the night!)
Why would a zillionaire ex-pm stick around as a backbench MP. His party possibly destroyed, no way back. Under his watch.
Will be interesting to see how he extracts himself to pastures new.
Can’t see any big tech companies wanting him, soiled goods.
Not a great CV!
He will be off to the US he will be speaking circuit making more money and he is very focused on AI an crypto so will be picked up. But he doesn't need money he also doesn't need the UK. Win or loose his seat he will have left before end of the yearAssuming he is not PM tomorrow.
Assuming he retains his seat (if he lost that it would be a highlight of the night!)
Why would a zillionaire ex-pm stick around as a backbench MP. His party possibly destroyed, no way back. Under his watch.
Will be interesting to see how he extracts himself to pastures new.
Can’t see any big tech companies wanting him, soiled goods.
Not a great CV!
stevensdrs said:
One has to wonder what Sunak knows that the rest of us bewildered minions don't. It could be that he just has incredibly poor judgement and called the election early without proper consideration or he knows what is coming down the tracks and doesn't want to be the man in the firing line. We will find out soon and the wet lettuce Starmer will have to deal with it. God help us all.
My highest opinion is he just wanted out. He has an epic list of contacts now, huge financial resources and can live in the US and turn his personal wealth into multiple billionsWestyCarl said:
I think Sunak is probably smart and hardworking but lacks any sort of politial judgement, he should have surrounding himself with shrewd experienced political operators and listened to them. You only have to look as ther disasterous campaign to know this hasn't happened.
Sunak was the best option the Tories had but it wasn't enough because Sunak wasn't the cause of the problem. He was the facade they used to hide it. Like painting over rust. The problem is the Tory party itself. It became a party of extremist culture warriors who purged the party of anyone decent and would burn the country down around them to line their pockets and continue their culture war.
Nothing Sunak could do about that. Aside from refuse the job of course. I'm not absolving him, just pointing out the disease was the Tory party. It wouldn't matter who was the leader, they'd still be in the same mess. Sunak was their best option and it was nowhere near good enough.
So when it looked like the knives were out for Sunak, he decided to take his ball and call a GE.
stevensdrs said:
One has to wonder what Sunak knows that the rest of us bewildered minions don't. It could be that he just has incredibly poor judgement and called the election early without proper consideration or he knows what is coming down the tracks and doesn't want to be the man in the firing line. We will find out soon and the wet lettuce Starmer will have to deal with it. God help us all.
He thought he get the drop on Reform. They wouldn't have time to organise and maybe Farage wouldn't even get involved.Backfired massively, but made some sense at the point the decision was made.
Without Farage the Tory loss would have been quite respectable rather than a total wipeout.
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