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T_i_B

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4. UK system seem to be what's keeping her in office

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 18, 2022, 05:45 PM

Oct 2022

Basically the Conservative Party does not have a clear successor, cannot afford another drawn out leadership contest and can't afford to let grassroots Tories choose as they would probably vote in somebody as bad or even worse line Suella Braverman.

Looking on Twitter, right wingers are busy blaming each other for the current mess, The worst culprits being people from "Think Tanks" like the IEA, who were heavily involved in the bad policies that crashed the UK economy.

As for Truss herself, I'm actually worried that things could be taking a severe psychological toll on her.

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I just read on a European website that she has resigned. Ocelot II Oct 2022 #8

Looks like she's gone T_i_B Oct 2022 #9

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