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Charisma is wildly overrated in politics.

Johnson and Sunak were always fighting because Johnson wants to spend big and Sunak is a Thatcherite who doesn’t believe in govt spending. Johnson was way to left of his party in that respect so whoever comes next will want to show they’re a proper Tory and cut spending.

Amazing. Why not?

Explains a lot

According to the bookies you’re getting Streeting Nandy or Reeves.

‘twas a good hit. But so was Kastaneer’s.

Haven’t seen anything of him in his first team cameos to suggest he can have an impact TBH.

Is this more “fishing” or is this meltdown the real deal?

Can’t do Chinese accents like that any more mate, very problematic.

“getting”

Don’t think so. The 2022 Act reverted it to royal privilege. Even a VONC isn’t an automatic election, if someone else can convince the queen they can command a majority they can take over I think. At least that’s my reading of it. Only other thing is automatic dissolution five years after the...

Thats exactly what it is. But it gets in the news, unlike select committees which anyone could watch but no one does.

He may well try, the question is would Her Madge let him?

FTPA was abolished AFAIK, now law is you can’t dissolve Parliament later than 5 years but no rule on how early. Basically just needs to ask the Queen.

Do you reckon he just wants to hold on for longer than May?

(actually don’t)

The homeopathy of economic policy

I thought that was Theresa May at first glance