Liz Truss Resigns

hollydolly said:
lol..you're right.. and the Brits are the best at turning humour on ourselves when things look Blackest... and how can we get mad at Australians..?. not gonna happen.. :sneaky::D
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I had a brain freeze when I posted Terra Nulliness and have edited it to read Terra Nullius. However, on reflection, considering a potential Monty Python sketch showing the Australian XI planting the flag at Grenwich, I think they should declare the UK to be Terror Nulliness. The flag should be the boxing kangaroo and every member of the team should be called Bruce.

On a serious note, the Brits have survived worse situations over the past two millenia and would do well to remember the words of the Serenity Prayer and Rule Britannia, and keep repeating the mantra "this too shall pass" until it does.

Twitter is on a roll over this problem. One tweet suggests Hugh Grant because he looks the part. Could do worse, I suppose. He does have good hair.



Another asks the important question -

How many lightbulbs does it take to change a British Prime Minister?

Again, my apologies to Holly and other UK citizens who are in pain right now.

This too shall pass. This too shall pass. This too shall pass. This too shall pass. This too shall pass.
 

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Pepper said:
Not pulling rank but I think we here are in a bigger mess! As usual, America leads the way! ;)
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I think it's a toss-up. We seem to be more divided as a country and have far more gun-related deaths, but the UK's inflation rate is expected to reach 20% next year whereas our inflation rate is hovering close to 10%. I guess if we in the US just never leave our homes and order online we are better off than the UK!
 
Hey, chins up everyone?
Australia is called the Lucky Country because in spite of some appalling, incompetent governments we seem to always come through the crises.

This is what author Donald Horne, the man who coined the phrase, had to say about Australia -

Australia is a lucky country run mainly by second rate people who share its luck. It lives on other people's ideas, and, although its ordinary people are adaptable, most of its leaders (in all fields) so lack curiosity about the events that surround them that they are often taken by surprise.
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I have full confidence in the citizens of UK and US to choose better leaders when better leaders are needed.
 

Available. We need them now. But I have to say I was shocked into laughing out loud when Liz resigned. I had been in England doing a hike when I overheard two sisters discussing american politics. I joined them and they told me their political woes. Turns out that we all enjoyed the other’s political circus better than the one living in the “big top”. I for one love watching Boris…not my circus and not my monkies
 
Warrigal said:
Hey, chins up everyone?
Australia is called the Lucky Country because in spite of some appalling, incompetent governments we seem to always come through the crises.

This is what author Donald Horne, the man who coined the phrase, had to say about Australia -



I have full confidence in the citizens of UK and US to choose better leaders when better leaders are needed.
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trouble is when there's not good options in the Political Gene pool to choose from...:unsure:
 
There's a Backlash within the party and from the oppositions this morning, about the fact that after just 44 days Truss is to receive a large lifetime allowance and pension...

The UK's shortest serving PM will still receive severance pay to the tune of £18,860 – equal to £419.11 for each day she served.

Ms Truss is beginning her final week as Prime Minister as her rivals circle to take her job - but there is also increasing anger about the cash and benefits she is leaving with and demands for her to forgo them.

Despite the extraordinary brevity of her premiership, she is entitled to one quarter of her £75,440 Prime Minister's salary in severance pay.

She earned a total annual wage of £164,080 - which includes £84,144 for being MP for South West Norfolk and the PM salary of £75,440.

It means she is in line for a £18,860 payout due to her resignation yesterday.

She will now also be entitled to claim up to £115,000-a-year in an allowance for former Prime Ministers.

Ms Truss will also benefit from a taxpayer-funded pension as a former minister and Prime Minister.

Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer today joined calls for Ms Truss to reject her allowance and hand back any payout, declaring that she had 'not earned the right' to keep it.

He said: 'She should turn it down. I think that's the right thing to do. She's done 44 days in office, she's not really entitled to it, she should turn it down and not take it'.

The Liberal Democrats said it will leave a further 'bitter taste' if she claims the allowance payment.


Like all other departing Government ministers, Liz Truss will be entitled to one-quarter of her annual salary in severance pay.

Ms Truss earned a total salary of £164,080: £84,144 for being an MP, plus a further £75,440 for being PM. It means she is in line for a £18,860 pay-out due to her resignation as PM.

She will continue to receive her £84,144 salary for being MP for South West Norfolk.

Meanwhile, on top of the £18,860 pay-out, Ms Truss will also be entitled to claim up to £115,000 a year in an allowance for former prime ministers.
She will also benefit from a taxpayer-funded pension as a former minister and prime minister.

Her pension pot will be based on the size of her contributions in the 10 years she was a minister.

She is also likely to get taxpayer-funded police protection for years if not the rest of her life.
 
New York Times had an opinion piece by a British Journalist, who listed the things Truss did, including crashing the pound, and I can't remember what else. But it seems unrealistic to me that one leader could do that much damage in such short time. Economic problems almost always have their beginnings years earlier than when the symptoms actually show up.
 
JustDave said:
New York Times had an opinion piece by a British Journalist, who listed the things Truss did, including crashing the pound, and I can't remember what else. But it seems unrealistic to me that one leader could do that much damage in such short time. Economic problems almost always have their beginnings years earlier than when the symptoms actually show up.
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oh you can believe it !!... again not prepared to go into more due to the no Politics rule on this forum
 
What happens next? A new election? Or is she automatically replaced by the next in line, similar to the Vice President in America?
 
Pepper said:
Saw that. That was quick. Some speculation that Boris will be back as PM. Interesting. I love the way your Parliament attacks each other. Quite entertaining!

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If our Congress spoke that way we'd be shooting each other.
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haha yes pepper....its like a school playground
 
Sunny said:
What happens next? A new election? Or is she automatically replaced by the next in line, similar to the Vice President in America?
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No, the Same Party choses another Clown from the same circus , I hear Coco maybe trying to come back .... we need a laugh in the uk at the mo .....
 
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Sunny said:
Or is she automatically replaced by the next in line, similar to the Vice President in America?
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That is the line of succession, if the President and V.P. are both incapacitated, etc.

Replacing a V.P. is up in the air. Nixon nominated Ford, and Ford nominated Rockefeller.
 
I'm an American. I live in Pennsylvania. One of its distinctions is having more elected officials in prison for corruption at one time than any other state-EVER. So having politicians with questionable skills is not unknown, here. That's why it's so obvious how to solve the UK's dilemma. You guys need stability. Someone with experience. Someone who knows the ins and outs of #10. There's Larry, the cat. He lives at #10. He's been through 4 administrations. And let's face it, he can't screw thing up like a human can. Plus, he's housebroken. tlarry the cat.jpg
 
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Warrigal said:
On a serious note, the Brits have survived worse situations over the past two millenia and would do well to remember the words of the Serenity Prayer and Rule Britannia, and keep repeating the mantra "this too shall pass" until it does.
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Very good reminders. For all of us.
In our respective nations!
Thank you.
 

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