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Author Topic: United Kingdom Bunker Thread - Politics & Economics  (Read 28015 times)

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Re: United Kingdom Bunker Thread - Politics & Economics
« Reply #465 on: November 13, 2023, 07:19:35 am »

So...Cameron's back.
HE'S ACTUALLY BACK

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Re: United Kingdom Bunker Thread - Politics & Economics
« Reply #466 on: November 13, 2023, 08:04:11 pm »

I’m surprised Sunak actually sacked Braverman.
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Re: United Kingdom Bunker Thread - Politics & Economics
« Reply #467 on: November 13, 2023, 08:59:56 pm »

Given the way the protests went, I'm not. It smelled like he was waiting to see if she'd be right or not, and surprise surprise, Suella De Vil wasn't and it was the right-wing rally that cause memorial day problems.

David Cameron coming back is definitely a surprise. Not an... entirely unwelcome one either. It's a definite step up from the last few years of "talent". He's a slimey git, but he's a competent one.

Cleverly I'll have to keep an eye on. Apparently he's got a good track record on LGBT rights which is, obviously, important to me. It may indicate a pivot away from the "Bigotry is good!" style of governance the government's shown the last few years, possibly because they realised that blaming minorities won't buoy their numbers.
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Re: United Kingdom Bunker Thread - Politics & Economics
« Reply #468 on: November 14, 2023, 03:16:45 am »

...competent? The man sleepwalked his country out of the EU 🤣
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Re: United Kingdom Bunker Thread - Politics & Economics
« Reply #469 on: November 14, 2023, 04:38:30 am »

...competent? The man sleepwalked his country out of the EU 🤣
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Re: United Kingdom Bunker Thread - Politics & Economics
« Reply #470 on: November 14, 2023, 04:45:29 am »

He poisoned that chalice right good he did.

Possibly too bad it wasn’t literal, but hopefully there’s about another year left of these charlatans and we can let the red ones fuck it up for a decade or so until the cycle begins anew.
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Re: United Kingdom Bunker Thread - Politics & Economics
« Reply #471 on: November 14, 2023, 08:16:48 am »

He poisoned that chalice right good he did.

Possibly too bad it wasn’t literal, but hopefully there’s about another year left of these charlatans and we can let the red ones fuck it up for a decade or so until the cycle begins anew.
Not to mention he also did his best to make a right muck of the Tory leadership contests by working with Osborne and Gove to make sure there was no clear line of succession, guaranteeing we'd get the strong and stable carousel of clowns

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Re: United Kingdom Bunker Thread - Politics & Economics
« Reply #472 on: November 14, 2023, 05:50:37 pm »

...competent? The man sleepwalked his country out of the EU 🤣
I mean, give the guy some credit, he actually managed to get it inside the pig. I'm not sure relevant entities in the current tory party could do that with any consistency :V
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Re: United Kingdom Bunker Thread - Politics & Economics
« Reply #473 on: November 14, 2023, 05:56:06 pm »

He poisoned that chalice right good he did.

Possibly too bad it wasn’t literal, but hopefully there’s about another year left of these charlatans and we can let the red ones fuck it up for a decade or so until the cycle begins anew.
Not to mention he also did his best to make a right muck of the Tory leadership contests by working with Osborne and Gove to make sure there was no clear line of succession, guaranteeing we'd get the strong and stable carousel of clowns

I dunno man, it looked like Boris would’ve won that time anyway, and I’m not sure if him being in power then would have gone better (or even worse) than when he did hold the reins.

Then again I’m possibly just enjoying the Covid enquiry airing out senior people in the government saying he didn’t have a clue what he was doing.
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Re: United Kingdom Bunker Thread - Politics & Economics
« Reply #474 on: November 14, 2023, 10:38:05 pm »

...competent? The man sleepwalked his country out of the EU 🤣
OK, competent might be a bit much but given the talent I've been witness to since him an RNG would appear competent in my eyes now.

It's like an overton window of shit at this point.
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Re: United Kingdom Bunker Thread - Politics & Economics
« Reply #475 on: November 15, 2023, 09:13:02 am »

I’d say Cameron screwed the pooch on a much higher level than his successors. He lost at chess, they lost at Jenga.
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Re: United Kingdom Bunker Thread - Politics & Economics
« Reply #476 on: November 17, 2023, 02:53:30 am »

I’d say Cameron screwed the pooch on a much higher level than his successors. He lost at chess, they lost at Jenga.

Yeah but he just flipped the table and walked away when he lost, they pooped on the Jenga set and called it victory.

You know, I'm not sure this is a metaphor anymore...

I’m surprised Sunak actually sacked Braverman.

tbh I was expecting him to wait until Wednesday and use her as a scapegoat for when the Rwanda plan inevitably got rejected as illegal, as well as blatantly lacking a shred of morality or basic human decency.

Instead he's stuck trying to kick the can whilst looking like he's doubling down.
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Re: United Kingdom Bunker Thread - Politics & Economics
« Reply #477 on: November 17, 2023, 08:47:55 am »

I’d say Cameron screwed the pooch on a much higher level than his successors. He lost at chess, they lost at Jenga.
Screwed the pork*

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Re: United Kingdom Bunker Thread - Politics & Economics
« Reply #478 on: November 17, 2023, 09:26:00 am »

Screwed the pork*

Wasn't that a Black Mirror episode?
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Re: United Kingdom Bunker Thread - Politics & Economics
« Reply #479 on: November 17, 2023, 10:52:41 am »

I’d say Cameron screwed the pooch on a much higher level than his successors. He lost at chess, they lost at Jenga.
Screwed the pork*
Or maybe porked the pooch?
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