Braverman’s Revenge😄

Yippee! The Conservative Party is ripping itself apart. Hopefully, former Conservative voters won't be able to vote for a party led by Sunak. If they can't bring themselves to vote for a party with an chance of winning the next election, it's great that they'll vote for one of the loser parties and split the anti-Labour vote even more.

I think he did it by 'phone - because he's a coward....

Or maybe she refused to go in?

ronib

Casdon is there any particular aspect of SB’s account which you disbelieve I wonder? I am surprised that it’s got to this point - but I think Sunak has shown very little skill in the way he has handled SB and her dismissal. I am inclined to give SB the benefit of the doubt.

So it’s true that matters regarding the government of this country are decided by people when they’re trying to get votes to help them become PM? And an unelected PM at that.

NotSpaghetti

^I think he did it by 'phone - because he's a coward.^...

Or maybe she refused to go in?

Well, I didn't think of that...

RS: "Erm, err, mmm, step into my office a minute Sue-Ella"

SB: "No"

MOBILE PHONE: Ting-a-ling, Ding-a-Ding, Brrrng-Brnng

RS: "You're fired"

SB: "Bitch"

I suppose it could've gone something like that.

I think that's highly likely Dickens

Glad I've never been her line manager!

…..he owed her the courtesy of at least informing her face to face

I think he did it by phone - because he’s a coward

Yes indeed. I don’t like the man, I don’t think he’s a good PM. To sack anyone by phone shows very poor character in my opinion. I’ll be glad to see him ousted come the election.

ronib

Well I don’t think so much of Sunak either.

Neither do I.

Good riddance. He's done us all a favour.

maddyone

^…..he owed her the courtesy of at least informing her face to face ^

I think he did it by phone - because he’s a coward

Yes indeed. I don’t like the man, I don’t think he’s a good PM. To sack anyone by phone shows very poor character in my opinion. I’ll be glad to see him ousted come the election.

I'd be delighted to see him ousted because he'll take the Conservative Party with him.

I don't have a crystal ball, but it will be fascinating watching the Conservative Party trying to regroup.

I would have thought that being sacked by telephone was infinitely preferable to the walk of shame up Downing Street. Do people think he should have popped round to tell her over breakfast?

Mamie

I would have thought that being sacked by telephone was infinitely preferable to the walk of shame up Downing Street. Do people think he should have popped round to tell her over breakfast?

Don’t they go in a side entrance if it’s bad news? So that cameras don’t get them?

Interesting to see that SB was trying to implement 2019 election promises as a condition for supporting Sunak as pm. Not forgetting that the CP voted for Liz Truss in preference to Sunak.
Presumably trying to push through election promises is old hat now?

I can’t help thinking that Sunak is committed to increasing the numbers of legal migrants and that SB opposed this.
So not forgetting legal migration is around 600,000 last year.

"If it were done when tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly"
exactly that.

But I reckon that Sunak is gambling on the fact that immigration is not high on the voters list, whereas the economy the cost of living and health is.

When it comes to an election, the economy is in the forefront every time.

Wwm2 yes you are right. Today’s miracle headline is of course the huge drop in inflation!
Perfect timing don’t you think?

ronib

Wwm2 yes you are right. Today’s miracle headline is of course the huge drop in inflation!
Perfect timing don’t you think?

It’s the ONS who have released the latest inflation data 4.6% for October.

The PM has achieved one out of his five goals,

Unfortunately Labour’s lead in the polls is now 30%

😄😄😄😄 - that can’t possibly last! It would not only be a landslide it would be a wipeout.

The inflation data is released on the same day/week every month, so it’s no surprise that it’s the headlines today. If there should be cynicism, it would be about yesterday’s announcements - and it depends whether you think Sunak was going to make them regardless, or whether he was pushed by Braverman’s behaviour last week. I don’t suppose we will ever find out which it was.

GG13 but the dates for the ONS figure release will be known to government. All a bit too neat for my liking. We are being played.

The neat bit is that the figures have gone down. Fishy.

Calendargirl

Mamie

I would have thought that being sacked by telephone was infinitely preferable to the walk of shame up Downing Street. Do people think he should have popped round to tell her over breakfast?

Don’t they go in a side entrance if it’s bad news? So that cameras don’t get them?

Therese Coffey went in the front to be sacked. There is an entrance through Cabinet Office, but I didn't think that was normally used for hiring and firing!

What will be todays flashpoint is Rwanda.

I can see a massive row brewing there.

Comparing and contrasting what constitutes good manners in this situation is really quite entertaining. Put simply, Suella put her tanks on his lawn and continued to fire at Sunak. She positioned herself for a takeover. Awful manners. Sunak got his tanks in a row, quietly behind the front lawn then fired her. I don’t care if he phoned her, maybe he was responding quite deliberately in an attempt to put her down a peg or ten.

What s shambles though, we need strong, stable government and we watch as the Conservatives descend into farce

ronib

GG13 but the dates for the ONS figure release will be known to government. All a bit too neat for my liking. We are being played.

No change there then!
Spin doctors and politicians are masters of the 'smoke and mirrors' games the world over, hence the lack of trust in any of them.

ronib

The neat bit is that the figures have gone down. Fishy.

To be precise - they have gone up more slowly.