notaclue
pfm Member
And then delivered a very flat, awkward and wooden speech. She will be an awful leader at a crucial time for the country. Hopeless.
The Premiership of Mary Elizabeth Truss.Sept 2022 - Oct 2022
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And then delivered a very flat, awkward and wooden speech. She will be an awful leader at a crucial time for the country. Hopeless.
Rana
pfm Member
That video linking bp to that payment is made up tosh. James Hay left bp 20 years ago, then became a multimillionaire running the JMH Group which also owns several luxury goods brands. Not saying Tories don't have their snout in it, but lying about it isn't good form either.
Dogberry
pfm Member
Leadership donations revealed.
"Truss registered 21 donations to her campaign, in cash and transport costs. The largest single sum came from Fitriani Hay – the wife of James Hay, who has a luxury goods empire and is a former BP executive. She gifted Truss £100,000. "
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...ations-including-100k-from-wife-of-ex-bp-exec
"Truss registered 21 donations to her campaign, in cash and transport costs. The largest single sum came from Fitriani Hay – the wife of James Hay, who has a luxury goods empire and is a former BP executive. She gifted Truss £100,000. "
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...ations-including-100k-from-wife-of-ex-bp-exec
laughingboy
pfm Member
Jonathan Portes on Twitter suggests that the sacking of Tom Scholar is an unprecedented departure from the idea that the Civil Service is regarded as politically impartial:
'Sacking a PermSec on day 1 - so not because of personal incompatibility or job performance but for ideological reasons - is unprecedented and contravenes basic principles of UK governance.'
Do we want a country where the expertise, experience and continuity of an impartial Civil Service is exchanged for politically-appointed placemen?
'Sacking a PermSec on day 1 - so not because of personal incompatibility or job performance but for ideological reasons - is unprecedented and contravenes basic principles of UK governance.'
Do we want a country where the expertise, experience and continuity of an impartial Civil Service is exchanged for politically-appointed placemen?
ks.234
Half way to Infinity
Why is how she speaks crucial? What she does in terms of policy announcements at time of crisis will be crucial.
As will having an opposition capable of holding her policies to account. Unfortunately, as things stand, the opposition cannot lay a glove on her policy announcements, let alone deliver a knock out blow, because it is essentially fighting from the same corner
Seeker_UK
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
The style of message and the delivery (tone of voice, pattern of speech, body posture, micro and not so micro facial expressions) are all critical to how well the content is received by an audience. In modern politics and diplomacy, it is often the case that actions do not speak louder than words.
I agree, the ultimate 'dead cat' to deflect from impending disaster. I wonder if she had help from David Icke ?
CHE
Jim Audiomisc
pfm Member
Alas, we'll all be paying for it for decades to come... at least those of us still alive. :-/
ks.234
Half way to Infinity
Yes, I agree, but the fact is that we fell for the style and delivery of Thatcher’s message and failed to see that the content was built on lies. Those lies still hold sway. If we want to get out of this mess, we need to see how we got here and consider substance to rather than appearance
Seeker_UK
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
As an ideal, I agree, but that's not how humans work. Sorry.
Tony L
Administrator
More on Truss being owned by BP (London Economic). Her anti-windfall tax stance becomes ever clearer.
ks.234
Half way to Infinity
Which means that the problem is not with the politicians, we get the politicians we vote for.
Heckyman
pfm Member
Either inflation gets out of hand, sterling tanks or interest rates rise to an unsustainable level. Or some combination of all three. The only consolation is that it's not just a UK problem.
Whatever happens, many people are going to find themselves worse off than they thought they were.
The Tories will still have enough folks left to blame: Putin, the Bank of England, the EU, immigrants, easier to do this than become unpopular through austerity 2.0
TheDecameron
Unicorns fart glitter.
Starmer’s eulogy was incredibly well judged and delivered. It sounded like a Prime Minister speaking.
miktec
retired
I think the main concern of Truss and her cronies will be what nasty news to bury during the HM Media blackout ...... and then what to wear to avoid looking like the complete twonk she usually manages to be....
notaclue
pfm Member
Having said that... Priti Patel has just started speaking. Dear God. Abysmal in every sense. And delivered more like some sort of substandard read-aloud software.
TheDecameron
Unicorns fart glitter.
Truss sounded like a sixth form pupil reading out an essay they’d written. A gravitas vacuum.
