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GrannyGravy13

Rishi Sunak is in my opinion a safe pair of hands.

He is not dynamic, not a personality we had that with Mr. Johnson and it wasn’t an overwhelming success.

Just what has he done for the country that make it, and us, safe?

Because you support an opposing political party doesn’t mean that all the other side are lousy at their jobs.

DaisyAnneReturns

GrannyGravy13

Rishi Sunak is in my opinion a safe pair of hands.

He is not dynamic, not a personality we had that with Mr. Johnson and it wasn’t an overwhelming success.

Just what has he done for the country that make it, and us, safe?

What has he done that doesn’t make us safe?

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It is interesting that even Laura K accused Sunak of talking from a script. The pollster Luke Tryl (on the panel of Sunday’s show) admitted people are finding the constant repetition of stock phrases by the PM, irritating. Sunak sadly is not clever/skilled enough to make his repetition sound interesting/different or even engaging. He sounds like a robot programmed with only one set of lines. What comment on society is it that this repetitive style of delivery is apparently an effective way of getting a message across!

DaisyAnne
Sometimes a short and sweet answer is the only one 😂

Yes but how many times do we need to hear the same response? It could get boring Oreo.

Fortunately Labour is so ahead in the polls that Starmer need do nothing much before the next G election, but if it weren’t then it would be a worry having Boris replaced with Sunak, somebody who isn’t a liar, doesn’t booze or womanise and who is smartly dressed and appears to know what he’s doing and mixes well with other world leaders, while staying calm and speaking diplomatically when needed.
You have to ask yourself what people really want, they complain about someone like Boris then continue to complain when they get the opposite of him.
Starmer has also been accused of being robotic at times as was Theresa May, both calm and thoughtful politicians.

Oreo Starmer is not coming across as trying to help young but poor middle class families. The latest thought from Labour was free childcare only for the poor. Contrast with Sunak’s proposal which is much more generous.
Not in the bag for Starmer.

As for Mr. Sunak’s five pledges does nobody remember Ed Milliband’s six pledges carved into a limestone block?

ronib

Oreo Starmer is not coming across as trying to help young but poor middle class families. The latest thought from Labour was free childcare only for the poor. Contrast with Sunak’s proposal which is much more generous.
Not in the bag for Starmer.

In politics including elections nothing is in the bag that’s true
ronib but at the moment Labour have a helluva lead in the polls.
Is Starmer perfect? No. Is Sunak perfect? No.
Is any politician perfect? No.

GrannyGravy13

As for Mr. Sunak’s five pledges does nobody remember Ed Milliband’s six pledges carved into a limestone block?

Yes! The tombstone😂

Oreo

DaisyAnne
Sometimes a short and sweet answer is the only one 😂

You're not wrong.

Oreo

MaizieD

GrannyGravy13

Rishi Sunak is in my opinion a safe pair of hands.

He is not dynamic, not a personality we had that with Mr. Johnson and it wasn’t an overwhelming success.

He might appear to be a safe pair of hands, but he lies on the same industrial scale as Johnson did and he's doing nothing to improve other areas that people are really concerned about.

Rubbish.

Here's a little video for you to watch, Oreo

twitter.com/PeterStefanovi2/status/1672526055658213376

And add to that the lies told about respecting the recommendations of the teachers' pay review body. Which the government intends to ignore because they don't like what the PRB has recommended

twitter.com/PeterStefanovi2/status/1672898988960350208

Incidentally, with regard to pay rises, this, in the Observer yesterday:

Analysis by the TUC of official figures (i.e ONS figures) also shows that workers among the top 1% of earners, with an annual income of at least £180,000, were paid 7.9% more than last year, up from 3.7% in January.

By contrast, those who are paid £59,000 a year saw the rate of their wage rises fall from 7.2% to 5.5% a year, while workers receiving £26,300 a year saw an even bigger fall in annual wage rises, from 9.5% in January to 4.7% in April.

www.theguardian.com/money/2023/jun/25/union-fury-as-figures-show-pay-rises-among-top-earners-driving-inflation?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Oreo Sunak has time to dream up a way to offset the pain caused by the rise in mortgage interest rates. I think the cost of living crisis might ease by the time of the next election.

Of course ronib
Always much more of an easy ride for those in opposition.

ronib

Oreo Sunak has time to dream up a way to offset the pain caused by the rise in mortgage interest rates. I think the cost of living crisis might ease by the time of the next election.

It’s not going to ease enough for people to forget the pain though. There is less than 19 months to go now until the last possible date for the next election, and the pollsters seem to be predicting October 2024 as the most likely date, which is only 16 months. That is not long at all, he doesn’t have time.

Far from easing, if the inflation figures don't improve the BoE will whack up interest rates again and things will get even worse.

In the meantime, the NHS is disintegrating, teachers are leaving in droves, the criminal justice system is tottering and our rivers and beaches are awash with sewage. I'm not seeing any action on those fronts...

Doodledog

The (Kuenssberg) interview this morning was awful. Sunak just talked over her, not letting her do her job at all. It looks bad when politicians do that - it's so rude, and gives the impression that they can't answer the question but have to stick to their soundbites as per the spin.

Makes a change from interviewers talking over interviewees though 😉

Disclaimer: that's not accusing Kuenssberg, btw, but there are plenty of rude interviewers.

MaizieD it’s beginning to feel as if the economic crisis here will only improve once the war in Ukraine ends? So not in our hands whoever is in government? Putin is on to a winner by destroying Western economies?

According to this list there are 17 countries in Europe with higher inflation rates than UK. This makes me think it's not all down to the UK government (and wouldn't be whoever was PM).

tradingeconomics.com/country-list/inflation-rate?continent=europe

Baggs

Doodledog

The (Kuenssberg) interview this morning was awful. Sunak just talked over her, not letting her do her job at all. It looks bad when politicians do that - it's so rude, and gives the impression that they can't answer the question but have to stick to their soundbites as per the spin.

Makes a change from interviewers talking over interviewees though 😉

Disclaimer: that's not accusing Kuenssberg, btw, but there are plenty of rude interviewers.

Agreed, and to be honest, IMO Kuenssberg gave Sunak a very easy ride. But even she had to stop him from reciting his five pledges over and over.

I also watched the LK interview and was very disappointed in Sunak. A repetitive robot! Didn't attempt to answer the questions just trotted out the same response, I did at one time start counting the repeats but then gave up. He talked over LK all the time leaving her no alternative but to talk over him to try to get her point/question across. I thought he actually came across as a bully the way he treated interviewer. Hi answers on the NHS waiting list vergerd on untruth certainly obfuscation.

I prefer him to Boris or Liz Truss - but that is not saying a lot! I think Sunak is a money man - and doesn't seem to have a vision beyond that. As a nation we need an inspiring vision - lets hope one of the political leaders can inspire us with ideas to help the most disadvantaged, health care. education, the environment.

Applegran

I prefer him to Boris or Liz Truss - but that is not saying a lot! I think Sunak is a money man - and doesn't seem to have a vision beyond that. As a nation we need an inspiring vision - lets hope one of the political leaders can inspire us with ideas to help the most disadvantaged, health care. education, the environment.

I wonder if he is the right sort of money man though Applegran?