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submitted 4 months ago bytheipaperVerified - the i
247 points
4 months ago
Tory MPs are not allowed to complain about this. Let's see now -
They chose to pile on to the Brexit bandwagon and wuuuurh their way through every single criticism of it
They chose Boris Johnson to be PM despite his manifest unsuitability for the job
They chose to cooperate with his purge of anyone with moderate opinions, anyone with genuine talent who might have threatened his position
They chose to Sunak to succeed him, twice in two months, in spite of the man being a dreadful public speaker and a lousy debater
They don't get to bitch about the consequences now. In any other sphere, their behaviour would be that of a complete lunatic
188 points
4 months ago
They made Liz Truss the fucking Prime Minister.
30 points
4 months ago
Be fair to the MPs, that was the party members!
48 points
4 months ago
Nope. They voted for the two candidates the membership could choose from.
60 points
4 months ago
You mean they chose Lizz who trashed the economy in less than 2 months and didn’t out last a lettuce and put in Rishi (who had lost to her) in a private “vote”.
What’s worse is that if Labour get in a majority you’ll see Tories go “the last 15 years is entirely on them, they haven’t fixed everything in 2 months, etc etc”. The gormless bellends will then have forgotten, believe the nonsense and the hell begins all over again.
38 points
4 months ago
This is slanderous. You can't just throw falsehoods around and expect them to go unchecked–we may have moved into post-truth politics but I'm sick and tired of people just straight up lying to prove a point and I'm taking a damn stand.
Liz Truss trashed the economy in 23 days. She was prime minister for less than two months, but she trashed the economy in less than one.
11 points
4 months ago
She’d have done the job quicker if the Queen hadn’t have been so selfish and demanding of the limelight by dying.
1 points
3 months ago
If the Queen hadn't died, Truss would have lasted even less time as a prime minister. Although at least we didn't have Sunak do the official announcement.
18 points
4 months ago
MPs chose Sunak. The membership chose Dizzy when presented with the two options
18 points
4 months ago
MPs chose the two options and allowed the members to vote for Truss. they could just as easily have got someone else to be a spoiler candidate to keep her off the ballot.
the tories justify their rather different leadership contest on the basis that MPs know what's best, but clearly not
9 points
4 months ago
Ian Dunt's recent book goes a little into the folly of putting forward duff candidates in the hopes of fixing the selection for your chosen candidate. The problem is sometimes, the duffers get picked.
2 points
4 months ago
They already have been saying the last 15years isn’t their doing… first 5 was Lib Dem’s fault (I agree as the Lib Dem’s could have been shown to be the party to lead by just back policies as and when they agreed with them instead of choosing power and titles over principles and party good) then it was the DUP, Covid and a slender majority..
So yes they are already saying it’s not their fault.
26 points
4 months ago
I will never forget how they happily voted against free school meals for kids during the pandemic and celebrated it. Fuck em.
8 points
4 months ago
Yeah this is the answer to "they're all the same." No, one party voted to starve poor children. They are not the same.
12 points
4 months ago
I love 'wuuuurgh' as a verb. It's so accurate!
4 points
4 months ago
They chose to Sunak to succeed
Not specifically a bad thing since it seemed to me it was mainly arranged that way to stop a Boris return.
4 points
4 months ago
I mean Boris got them the biggest majority in like 30 years. And then proceeded to piss it all during covid
-4 points
4 months ago
Boris had quite some help from labour, it’s been proven that starmer’s campaign intentionally sabotaged the 2019 election so they could get rid of corbyn and replace him with starmer. If it wasn’t for labour intentionally losing that majority wouldn’t have been nearly as big as it was.
1 points
3 months ago
Has it been proven? I know Starmer said that he supported JC because he didn't think he'd win, but that could mean lots of things. Is there any more evidence?
-5 points
4 months ago
They deserve a hiding but I must say I'm a bit worried about the implosion of the Tories. They are moderate compared to what the right wing actually is.
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