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

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Charleygirl5 Sun 25-Jun-23 11:50:52

He promised so much and can deliver zilch.

FannyCornforth Sun 25-Jun-23 11:46:13

I don’t actually think of him as the PM.
It’s like when a failing football team gets a Caretaker Manager.
He’s a Caretaker PM

Whitewavemark2 Sun 25-Jun-23 11:38:54

He is inadequate for the post, and his inability to think on his feet shows his inadequacy. The Tory party understood this as he was never their choice for leader, they simply chose him out of desperation after Johnson and Truss.

Athrawes Sun 25-Jun-23 11:27:24

Very disappointed with the attitude of the Prime Minister and his party. They have no understanding it would seem of what is really happening in the country

Doodledog Sun 25-Jun-23 11:21:08

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.

FannyCornforth Sun 25-Jun-23 11:12:02

Nothing is moving forward.
Everything is either stagnant, or getting worse.
I don’t know whether I should feel sorry for Mr Sunak, perhaps he would have done a better job at a different time.

eazybee Sun 25-Jun-23 10:50:34

I didn't expect anything very much from Sunak; he is an economist and his main interest in life is making money.

He has no concept of the hardship mortgage rises are about to inflict on people because he deals only in figures and thinks stabilising the economy will solve everything.

I did expect better speech from a Winchester/Oxford educated politician : I'm gonna, I wanna; everything's gonna be OK. No substance in anything he says.

Too good to be true; too clever to be caught.

DamaskRose Sun 25-Jun-23 10:46:50

Obviously he’s better than Johnson, could anybody be worse, but that doesn’t mean he’s good.

Germanshepherdsmum Sun 25-Jun-23 10:37:32

I agree GG. Calmness is a valuable attribute. It’s unlikely he’ll be talking about Peppa Pig any time soon.

GrannyGravy13 Sun 25-Jun-23 10:31:34

I think he comes across as very calm, doesn’t rise to the bait as interviewers try to catch him out.

Far better than the waffling of Mr. Johnson

henetha Sun 25-Jun-23 10:31:16

I was disappointed with his responses to Laura's questions this morning. He really is robot like. Is there a real person in there somewhere?

NanaDana Sun 25-Jun-23 10:14:01

Have to agree. Rewind and replay seems to be a standard response. Not impressive.

fancythat Sun 25-Jun-23 10:04:01

I had been hoping for more from him.

Juliet27 Sun 25-Jun-23 10:01:07

You’re right - his one answer seems, in his mind, to fit all but no doubt it’s just a coverup for the fact that there is no suitable answer/excuse/reason/plan.

CvD66 Sun 25-Jun-23 09:45:57

Whenever interviewed or answering questions live, the Prime Minister ‘rinses and repeats’ ie repeats one sound bite. The interviewer can ask four different questions and the PM seems only able to repeat one answer - the topic he is pushing that day! So is he a ‘bot’ ie merely a parrot of his team’s latest thoughts or is he merely incapable of thinking for himself?