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The Tory leadership debate: desperate as a sales pitch, worse as entertainment
Guardian ^
| 7/15/2022
| John Crace
Posted on 07/17/2022 3:58:36 PM PDT by Blurp2
Hard to believe but it’s only just over a week since the latest Tory psychodrama began. It feels longer. So much longer. Time bends and stalls when you’re in the parallel universe of a Liz Truss speech. She leaves audiences begging for a lethal injection. The other leadership contenders are little better, registering mostly as absences on the space-time continuum. Negative energy.
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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: fakeheadline; ukprimeminister
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posted on
07/17/2022 3:58:37 PM PDT
by
Blurp2
To: Blurp2
Wow, a “none of the above” election for Tory leadership.
CC
2
posted on
07/17/2022 4:00:24 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
To: Blurp2
Sap your brains and make you more stupider negative energy.
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posted on
07/17/2022 4:00:28 PM PDT
by
drSteve78
(Je suis Deplorable STILL)
To: Blurp2
One of them is connected to the Chinese and WEF
To: Blurp2
Carrie Symonds took over in January 2021.
To: Blurp2
Time bends and stalls when you’re in the parallel universe of a Liz Truss speech. She leaves audiences begging for a lethal injection. I know The Guardian is a left-wing rag, but that's pretty funny.
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posted on
07/17/2022 4:13:56 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
To: Celtic Conservative
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posted on
07/17/2022 4:25:53 PM PDT
by
Blurp2
(...though it's tawdry and plain, it's a lovely old lane...)
To: Blurp2
Worse than low energy Jeb?
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posted on
07/17/2022 4:28:23 PM PDT
by
hercuroc
To: Rummyfan
yeah, that’s what I thought. That’s actually one of the heartening things about what we call democracy... there’s some pretty good humor on both sides.
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posted on
07/17/2022 4:30:08 PM PDT
by
Blurp2
(...though it's tawdry and plain, it's a lovely old lane...)
To: hercuroc
Ah, Jeb wouldn’t have been so bad... I’m sure he wouldn’t have had too many ideas, but we would’ve got through it... he doesn’t look like a real pygmy to me, and these candidates kinda do...
10
posted on
07/17/2022 4:32:27 PM PDT
by
Blurp2
(...though it's tawdry and plain, it's a lovely old lane...)
To: Blurp2
Where’s Winston Churchill when we really need him?
11
posted on
07/17/2022 4:35:07 PM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(3,549,398 users on Truth Social)
To: Blurp2
Jeb wouldnt have been so bad compared to whom?
To: Blurp2
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posted on
07/17/2022 4:52:30 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: Rummyfan
I know The Guardian is a left-wing rag, but that's pretty funny.
The Guardian is usually terrible, but they have a couple good writers.
To: SamAdams76
“Where’s Winston Churchill when we really need him?”
...be funny if we dug him up and cloned him, due to our depression at the lack of real leadership, and found that his clone was only interested in music...
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posted on
07/17/2022 5:16:39 PM PDT
by
Blurp2
(...though it's tawdry and plain, it's a lovely old lane...)
To: Tea Party Terrorist
“Jeb wouldnt have been so bad compared to whom?”
Compared to Rishi Sunak.
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posted on
07/17/2022 5:17:22 PM PDT
by
Blurp2
(...though it's tawdry and plain, it's a lovely old lane...)
To: Olog-hai
“Opus already?”
...not sure what you’re saying here...
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posted on
07/17/2022 5:24:59 PM PDT
by
Blurp2
(...though it's tawdry and plain, it's a lovely old lane...)
To: Blurp2
Truss was actually quite good during the zoom debate...she had a good opening statement, had some good ideas about lowering taxes as the way to stimulate the economy, and wasn’t boring.
The only time she sounded strident (imo) was when she was talking about foreign policy...which is ironic considering she’s the current foreign secretary.
She’s not my favorite candidate but I found myself agreeing with her more often than not.
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posted on
07/17/2022 5:41:53 PM PDT
by
mac_truck
(aide toi et dieu t'aidera )
To: mac_truck
Well, I’m glad it’s not as bad as the Guardian thinks it will be.
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posted on
07/17/2022 6:01:30 PM PDT
by
Blurp2
(...though it's tawdry and plain, it's a lovely old lane...)
To: Blurp2
>>
Time bends and stalls when you’re in the parallel universe of a Liz Truss speech. She leaves audiences begging for a lethal injection. <<
Heh. Jacob Rees-Mogg may be correct that she's actually a decent conservative, but if her speaking style is anything like this article claims, she's a non-starter in the leadership race.
I'll be shocked if the British "Conservatives" pick an ACTUAL conservative this time around, or even someone to the right of 0bama.
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posted on
07/17/2022 6:25:40 PM PDT
by
BillyBoy
(Build Biden Better.)
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