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Ignore Nicola Sturgeon. She’s just an attention seeker.

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volver Tue 02-Aug-22 09:08:05

So. The person who is likely to be our next Prime Minister told the party faithful at a hustings in Exeter that the best thing to do about Sturgeon is to ignore her. When told by the moderator that NS was democratically elected to her position, Truss said NS is just an attention seeker. Cue lots of excited clapping and cheering.

This is the woman who is meant to be our senior diplomat, who will be in the company of world leaders. NS was elected by 48% (or so) of the electorate of her country, Truss will inherit the job by getting the votes of something like 0.03% of the electorate. Ignore Sturgeon, you’re ignoring half the population of Scotland and telling them that you know better what’s good for them.

It’s the number one story up here but I don’t know how much its being reported in rUK.

Last week I called her a Welsh carrot. (You had to be there wink) But it seems I over estimated her. She’s lost the place, as we say up here.

volver Wed 03-Aug-22 08:59:05

I am loving this thread now.

And I agree with HousePlantQueen, nothing wrong with being right of centre.

Lucca Tue 02-Aug-22 22:35:54

LauraNorderr

Well I meant right of centre, is it still a good post Lucca?

Of course . Your choice.

HousePlantQueen Tue 02-Aug-22 22:24:41

Good honest post Lauranorder. Nothing wrong with being right of centre, it is being barking mad and ill informed that is frightening. Do you follow Larry the cat on twitter? Well worth a read, he is a good judge of charactergrin

MaizieD Tue 02-Aug-22 22:01:54

And yes. Nothing wrong with right of centre.

MaizieD Tue 02-Aug-22 22:00:43

Lucca

LauraNorderr

English Tory voter and party member here, thoroughly ashamed of Ms Truss today and not overly keen on Mr Sunak. My ballot paper will arrive by 11th August and Larry the cat will get my vote. Membership will be cancelled as soon as I send off my paper.
I shall remain left of centre but can’t support either contender and hope there are some drastic changes before the next general election.

Good post Laura

I agree.

LauraNorderr Tue 02-Aug-22 22:00:02

Right of centre politically but left of centre Tory wise perhaps

LauraNorderr Tue 02-Aug-22 21:59:08

Well I meant right of centre, is it still a good post Lucca?

Lucca Tue 02-Aug-22 21:55:22

LauraNorderr

English Tory voter and party member here, thoroughly ashamed of Ms Truss today and not overly keen on Mr Sunak. My ballot paper will arrive by 11th August and Larry the cat will get my vote. Membership will be cancelled as soon as I send off my paper.
I shall remain left of centre but can’t support either contender and hope there are some drastic changes before the next general election.

Good post Laura

Callistemon21 Tue 02-Aug-22 21:55:05

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LauraNorderr Tue 02-Aug-22 21:53:48

Don’t worry Callistemon Kevin is safe, no Aldi near me.

Callistemon21 Tue 02-Aug-22 21:47:49

LauraNorderr

I had a lovely dinner, beef, roast spuds, green beans, Liz trusses and lots of gravy

???
Not Kevin, I hope!!

Chewbacca Tue 02-Aug-22 21:45:16

I'd pay good money to know what Nicola Sturgeon says and thinks about Truss!

LauraNorderr Tue 02-Aug-22 20:58:01

I had a lovely dinner, beef, roast spuds, green beans, Liz trusses and lots of gravy

LauraNorderr Tue 02-Aug-22 20:50:39

English Tory voter and party member here, thoroughly ashamed of Ms Truss today and not overly keen on Mr Sunak. My ballot paper will arrive by 11th August and Larry the cat will get my vote. Membership will be cancelled as soon as I send off my paper.
I shall remain left of centre but can’t support either contender and hope there are some drastic changes before the next general election.

FarNorth Tue 02-Aug-22 18:48:53

Petera

DP and I were talking about potential Sturgeon/Truss meetings this morning. Nicola's going to have to call on all of her skills so as not to make Truss look like an idiot, but quite how she does that when Truss will do all the heavy lifting herself god knows.

Why should she bother ? Liz Truss will be looking like an idiot all the rest of the time anyway.

Casdon Tue 02-Aug-22 18:40:45

Callistemon21

Glorianny

We need warning notices at the start of threads "This thread contains references to orange vegetables which some may find unacceptable"
Oh and a helpline.

Perhaps we should leave it there, I hear that Kevin is traumatised and in therapy.

Not to mention Kevin’s Welsh cousin Idris, thrown under the bus due to his pursuit of honesty about Truss. ? ?

Callistemon21 Tue 02-Aug-22 18:34:43

Glorianny

We need warning notices at the start of threads "This thread contains references to orange vegetables which some may find unacceptable"
Oh and a helpline.

Perhaps we should leave it there, I hear that Kevin is traumatised and in therapy.

Glorianny Tue 02-Aug-22 18:30:32

We need warning notices at the start of threads "This thread contains references to orange vegetables which some may find unacceptable"
Oh and a helpline.

Lucca Tue 02-Aug-22 17:37:34

Best stop now I think

Baggytrazzas Tue 02-Aug-22 17:31:49

I honestly don't know how we are expected to make any serious contributions to GN where reference to vegetables result in posts being deleted.

Lucca Tue 02-Aug-22 17:05:51

Originally somebody used an English word which happens to be like the Welsh for carrot. From there all the light hearted comments which have been taken a tad seriously. Please gnhq take this as being in the spirit of explanation nothing more . End of story ?? No more reports please ?

GrannyGravy13 Tue 02-Aug-22 16:53:29

Rather partial to physalis

LilyGransnet (GNHQ) Tue 02-Aug-22 16:50:56

Hi all, just dropping by to ask everyone to post in the spirit of the site.

If you have any questions or concerns about deletions please get in touch with us rather than discussing here as it derails the thread.

MaizieD Tue 02-Aug-22 16:48:16

I think that the Gnet mods are removing the Michael.

When are they going to join the thread and give us a little warning about having a laugh? (Goodness knows, there's little to laugh about in Politics these days)

What about o****e sweet peppers?

Farzanah Tue 02-Aug-22 16:35:27

What about s****t pot****s?