Is he a bot or merely incapable of thinking for himself?

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.

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

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

You're not wrong.

GrannyGravy13

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

Yes! The tombstone😂

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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!

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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?

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

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

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?

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.

GrannyGravy13

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.

Laura Kuenssberg consistently talked over the PM, wouldn’t let him finish his answers because they were not the answers she wanted.

I have to agree, and think he’s the better PM the Conservatives have had for years.
He gives straightforward answers to questions and as for repeating answers, it was Kuensberg who repeatedly asked the same questions as she didn’t like the answer already given.
I found myself saying ‘ for F***’s sake Laura!’at the tele.
For those of us who want a Labour government I think he’s a worry as PM cos he’s better than what went before.

Had hopes for Sunak but mainly disappointed in his lack of leadership. He seems unable to discipline his cabinet allowing misdoing to go unchecked. He has stood some ground over Johnson’s honours list but sounded as if he was having to almost apologise for doing so.

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.

It’s substance that’s lacking in Sunak’s speeches isn’t it but with the mess we’re all in where/what/when can substance be found?

He's essentially a back room boy, just repeating whatever mantra he's been told to chant.

I don't think he believes what he says, but, then again, I don't think he cares either.

I would imagine, after the next election, he will go back to California.🙄

His only advantage is that he's better then the idiot Johnson, and we're less of a global laughing stock now, but that was a low bar to set.😗

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.

I find him very disappointing at PMQ. He seems determined to continue the practice of not answering questions. Why do they get away with it? I also wish we could be spared the "delivering on the people's priorities" and "world leading".

ronib

MaizieD as a message to the voters Sunak needs to explain/lie a bit more - it’s too short as it is.

They need depth. Three word slogans are enough for a few but it's difficult to add depth when you haven't worked it out for yourself. I can't think of one policy they have that has been worked through in a professional way. Once they are questioned in depth they all sound as if they are still at the back of an envelope stage where money will be wasted and little achieved.

MaizieD as a message to the voters Sunak needs to explain/lie a bit more - it’s too short as it is.