❓Truss’s First PMQ’s❓

I like Therese Coffey. It’s good to see diversity of all kinds.
I should imagine that there are lots of smokers, and even more drinkers (some of them very heavy drinkers), in the HoC.

I am willing and praying that this cabinet will do the business and pull out all the stops to help the nation.
I’ve never felt like this before about the political situation.

I would think Thornberry an unsuitable health minister but she isn’t - Coffey is. Shadow minister had no influence on policy anyway. I seem to remember critics moaning when Labour had a vegetarian for Agriculture minister.

Shadow minister had no influence on policy anyway

Well that puts the Labour front bench in its place! ???

Truss’s free market credentials shone bright and clear, so do not expect any policies that will curtail the profiteering of the big energy companies.

Any suppression of prices will eventually have to be paid for by the consumer - the supplier will never be expected to lower profits.

Trusses chief of staff is a former lobbyist who helped with her campaign. Following the clear out of staff in No.10 a lot of replacements are former employees of the lobbying company. So I'm thinking that policy making is going to be formed/guided by their objectives? I'm wondering who paid them? Freezing the price of energy increases for 2 years will kick the can down the road until after the next general election. But the taxpayer will still pay. Meanwhile the energy companies keep their multi billion windfall profits. Then of course there's fracking, more drilling for north sea oil. So instead of reducing carbon emissions we extract as much as possible under the cloak of the energy crisis. To hell with the future, we're making lots of lovely money.

Call me cynical but I believe it was ever thus Daisymae. We may be under the illusion that our politicians make the decisions but it is major corporations really calling the tune.

Imo this is a government that know they’re not going to win the next election. So they will do everything possible to line the coffers of their rich backers with a view to funding for future elections. If Truss is facing a barrage of problems as PM Keir is going to inherit far more. And the British public are just collateral damage.

Interesting article by David Gauke

www.newstatesman.com/politics/conservatives/2022/09/liz-truss-cost-of-winning-david-gauke

News leaking out at the moment re Truss's campaign funds. £100k from the wife of a former BP CEO - apparently she received £420k from energy companies. Anyone accept her reasons for not doing a windfall tax?

MayBee70

Imo this is a government that know they’re not going to win the next election. So they will do everything possible to line the coffers of their rich backers with a view to funding for future elections. If Truss is facing a barrage of problems as PM Keir is going to inherit far more. And the British public are just collateral damage.

Good point.

Her lobbyists were employed by Libya.

Truss is losing the argument

Dinahmo

News leaking out at the moment re Truss's campaign funds. £100k from the wife of a former BP CEO - apparently she received £420k from energy companies. Anyone accept her reasons for not doing a windfall tax?

Would be grateful for links, please.

Fleurpepper

Dinahmo

News leaking out at the moment re Truss's campaign funds. £100k from the wife of a former BP CEO - apparently she received £420k from energy companies. Anyone accept her reasons for not doing a windfall tax?

Would be grateful for links, please.

It was news breaking on LBC whilst I was listening to James O'Brien - from his political editor who mentioned a Times journalist who had been doing some digging (could be Sunday Times). No further info because it was a break in the coverage of the energy debate. There will be more info later I suspect, although overshadowed by the news about the Queen's health. Doesn't look good.

George Grylls
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NEW Liz Truss raised almost £420,000 from donors to fund her Tory leadership campaign.

Biggest single donation of £100k came from Fitriani Hay, wife of James Hay, a former BP executive with a luxury goods empire.

Thanks WWM

Stinks doesn’t it?

So much for democracy. Money buys everything.