So it is going to be Sunak

Urmstongran

Mr Sunak told a BBC documentary in 2007 that he had friends across all social classes, before awkwardly admitting “well, not working class”.

TBH, even though he seems totally unworldly and far removed from life experienced by ordinary folk, this should not bar him from showing empathy and introducing policies of fairer distribution etc.

I suspect that he won’t though.

MayBee70

Brexit hasn’t been delivered. The still haven’t sorted out the Irish problem which was pretty much ignored in the run up to the referendum.

The Tories themselves have chosen not to implement border checks for imported goods, as they know it would be so damaging!!!

Whitewavemark2

25Avalon

You reckon DaisyAnne? Tories are so disunited. Not all back Sunak and how is he to recoup the billions of pounds he spent during lockdown? What about the green visa he kept for the US? What about his wife only just paying tax in this country?

Honeymoon period - won’t last as he inflicts further harm to the economy through austerity.

Unless he has seen the light if course?

I fear you are right WWM2 - the austerity bit I mean.

save us from the disaster of a Labour government.

Can you elaborate on this? What are the reasons for your belief that a Labour government would be a disaster? I’m genuinely interested!

Gas prices are already in line to tumble next spring I’ve read.

… so not ‘turned around’ by Sunak then. I wonder if he’ll acknowledge that the government hasn’t brought gas prices down, just global events?

LizzieDrip

^Gas prices are already in line to tumble next spring I’ve read.^

… so not ‘turned around’ by Sunak then. I wonder if he’ll acknowledge that the government hasn’t brought gas prices down, just global events?

Martin Lewis doesn’t think that will happen.

Whitewavemark2

What I do think, is however, that Sunak has integrity, and I would expect him to be intolerant of corruption, and all the deviances the Tories seem so interested in.

Well, If you think getting away with paying £56million in tax, by claiming non-dom status and lying about partygate, describes "integrity" we must have very different interpretations of the word.

Rees-Mogg has ‘resigned’.

Thanks maybe - I trust Martin Lewis. I don’t think it will happen either and, even if it did, would the price reduction ‘trickle down’ to us - I doubt it! More profit for the energy giants. We all know trickle down doesn’t work.

25Avalon

Whitewavemark2

25Avalon

You reckon DaisyAnne? Tories are so disunited. Not all back Sunak and how is he to recoup the billions of pounds he spent during lockdown? What about the green visa he kept for the US? What about his wife only just paying tax in this country?

Honeymoon period - won’t last as he inflicts further harm to the economy through austerity.

Unless he has seen the light if course?

I fear you are right WWM2 - the austerity bit I mean.

I didn't "reckon" anything Avalon. It is a fact that they legally have just over two years.

Obviously, they may choose to go earlier but they don't have to. The rest, as the man said, is politics.

Normandygirl

Whitewavemark2

What I do think, is however, that Sunak has integrity, and I would expect him to be intolerant of corruption, and all the deviances the Tories seem so interested in.

Well, If you think getting away with paying £56million in tax, by claiming non-dom status and lying about partygate, describes "integrity" we must have very different interpretations of the word.

Oh yes ?. My brain is foggy today - reaction to flu jab. I’d completely forgotten that - you are right.

I withdraw that thought.

Cabinet

Big clear out so far.

Can’t put the news on ( looking after grandchildren). Please keep me up to speed….

I wonder if, on meeting the King, he thought , well I am richer than the King!

MayBee70

Can’t put the news on ( looking after grandchildren). Please keep me up to speed….

Nothing so far. Apparently doors to the defence building were open, which is where the new cabinet members walk from to No 10 has now been closed - so punters wondering whether Sunak is having difficulties with his appointments. Probably nothing in it.

French President Emmanuel Macron has tweeted his congratulations to Rishi Sunak.

"Together we will continue working to tackle the challenges of the moment, including the war in Ukraine and its many consequences for Europe and the world"

Normandygirl

Whitewavemark2

What I do think, is however, that Sunak has integrity, and I would expect him to be intolerant of corruption, and all the deviances the Tories seem so interested in.

Well, If you think getting away with paying £56million in tax, by claiming non-dom status and lying about partygate, describes "integrity" we must have very different interpretations of the word.

I thought that was his wife? ?
Oh, I forgot, they are his chattels since she married him.

Partygate- was it true or not? ?

Annaram1

I wonder if, on meeting the King, he thought , well I am richer than the King!

Perhaps he expected the king to bow to him ?

US President Joe Biden tweeted: "Together, I look forward to enhancing our co-operation on issues critical to global security and prosperity, including continuing our strong support for Ukraine."

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau also sent well wishes, and described Canada's partnership with the UK as “one of the strongest relationships between any two countries in the world”.

He said he looks forward to working with Sunak to address ongoing global concerns, including Russia’s war on Ukraine, economic uncertainty, and climate change.

(BBC)

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has congratulated Rishi Sunak on becoming prime minister.

But she added that the EU-UK relationship must be in “full respect of our agreements” - likely in part a reference to the ongoing dispute on the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Guess work

Dominic Raab - deputy PM and something else?

Hunt - chancellor

Simon Hart - chief whip

Blossoming

Rees-Mogg has ‘resigned’.

I wish Therese Coffey would…

Cleverly - foreign secretary.