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What should Sunak do now?

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MayBee70 Fri 05-May-23 14:50:51

ronib

So much power in the hands of Angela Rayner is a scary prospect. She might be feisty but do we need that? Basic competence is welcome…. Not seen it yet.

Sunak is going to find a way to make everyone feel much better off about 3 months before the general election… not sure how but I have a gut feeling that is the plan!

Why is it a gut feeling? It’s classic Conservative election tactics.

ronib Fri 05-May-23 14:50:27

Good

Casdon Fri 05-May-23 14:49:54

ronib

Casdon maybe you don’t remember some time way back when there was a lull and the economy had a miraculous recovery about 3months before an election. Only for it to be unrecognisable about the next fortnight… I can’t remember if that was Labour or Conservative.

The economy alone isn’t a big enough rabbit this time ronib, the level of disillusionment about the country going down the tubes is so great now. That’s why people are voting for any of the other major parties rather than vote Tory.

ronib Fri 05-May-23 14:43:48

Casdon maybe you don’t remember some time way back when there was a lull and the economy had a miraculous recovery about 3months before an election. Only for it to be unrecognisable about the next fortnight… I can’t remember if that was Labour or Conservative.

MayBee70 Fri 05-May-23 14:15:46

The strange thing about Sunak is that his politics are that of the far right but because he’s such a mild mannered sort of person the electorate tend to think of him as right of centre. They also tend to forget that he was happy to go along with everything that Johnson did until he realised that he was supporting a politician that was on his way out and then helped to bring about his downfall. Not imo out of decency but to save his own skin and further his own career.

Casdon Fri 05-May-23 14:13:24

ronib

So much power in the hands of Angela Rayner is a scary prospect. She might be feisty but do we need that? Basic competence is welcome…. Not seen it yet.

Sunak is going to find a way to make everyone feel much better off about 3 months before the general election… not sure how but I have a gut feeling that is the plan!

There are no rabbits that big ronib.

ronib Fri 05-May-23 14:08:24

So much power in the hands of Angela Rayner is a scary prospect. She might be feisty but do we need that? Basic competence is welcome…. Not seen it yet.

Sunak is going to find a way to make everyone feel much better off about 3 months before the general election… not sure how but I have a gut feeling that is the plan!

Riverwalk Fri 05-May-23 14:00:31

I have a sneaking admiration for Rayner, for all her faults.

Given her background and lack of formal education she certainly holds her own in Parliament and is a far feistier performer than Starmer at PMQs.

Anniebach Fri 05-May-23 12:56:00

Angela Rayner guarantees a tory win

Germanshepherdsmum Fri 05-May-23 12:53:19

Angela Rayner? 😱

Louella12 Fri 05-May-23 12:42:55

No clue what Sunk will do.

I don't think that we'll have a GE.

I do miss politicians of old. Looking back with rose tinted glasses maybe but politics seemed to be more interesting.

I would have liked Angela Rayner as leader. I know she's not popular but I like her.

Riverwalk Fri 05-May-23 12:39:22

No idea and I don't care what he does - the Tories will lose the next GE.

It could be out of his hands anyway - just heard someone called David Campbell Bannerman, who chairs the Conservative Democratic Organisation, which is basically a group wanting to reinstate Johnson, who apparently was ' badly treated' by his party!

Whitewavemark2 Fri 05-May-23 12:26:32

The voter is it seems tacking to the left of centre and yet there are calls in the Tory party for Sunak to go further right, which doesn’t seem to make a great deal of sense.

I always find it difficult to “read” Sunak so am unclear what he may do now.

Does anyone have an idea what he will do now?