This is a quote from a London Times article about "ruthless" Liz Truss, the new PM:

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However, a former minister who has worked closely with Truss warned people not to think she would compromise. “ She thinks the state is malevolent, that it’s holding things back, is generally a burden in life and should be smaller and get out of the way, ” he said. “It really does come from the heart.”

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Nice, but he says she thought that. Would like real evidence, print or video, that she actually said something like that. I know nothing about this lady.

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We will have to see. I am leery. Her entire cabinet screams DIVERSITY. Hope they are competent. I don't think she is a female Churchill.

UK newspapers are much more sensationalist, and competitive than anything we see here in the US. While there's a broad variety of newspapers one can choose from depending upon your political/social persuasion, they are all very aggressive and looking to exploit any and all opportunity to create a story.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
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We will have to see. I am leery. Her entire cabinet screams DIVERSITY. Hope they are competent. I don't think she is a female Churchill.

The Conservative Party there, would be a Blue Dog Democrat here. May was too far over her skis, Johnson liked to hear himself speak but did little, with Truss, we'll see.
London is the center of gravity for the entire county and being a big, big world city, the diversity and green agenda is very strong there. Watch any UK produced movie/show, and every single diversity box is checked.

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Originally posted by corsair:
UK newspapers are much more sensationalist, and competitive than anything we see here in the US. While there's a broad variety of newspapers one can choose from depending upon your political/social persuasion, they are all very aggressive and looking to exploit any and all opportunity to create a story.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
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We will have to see. I am leery. Her entire cabinet screams DIVERSITY. Hope they are competent. I don't think she is a female Churchill.

The Conservative Party there, would be a Blue Dog Democrat here. May was too far over her skis, Johnson liked to hear himself speak but did little, with Truss, we'll see.
London is the center of gravity for the entire county and being a big, big world city, the diversity and green agenda is very strong there. Watch any UK produced movie/show, and every single diversity box is checked.

If not for the "wokeness", many Brit shows would be very good. Much emphasis on plot, less on car chases, etc.

very true

one example - Dr. Who

was once a great series, now its entirely unwatchable

This discussion would probably fit best into the ongoing thread:

Liz Truss New Prime Minister of the UK

Time will tell if she governs as a Conservative, or just talks like a Conservative, something her predecessor was sometimes guilty of.

As I mentioned in the Truss thread, she's got solid UK government experience in a couple different ministeries and she has had time to both make valuable contacts (as well as enemies) and hone her skills as a politician, and she's already taken some encouraging actions like ending the UK ban on domestic fracking and said she's in favor of cutting taxes.

She's got her share of critics, both on the Left and from hardliners on the Right, but I've even heard one of them acknowledge that while she wasn't their first choice, that they think she'll do ok.

If anything, the early indicators are that she will be fiscally Conservative and socially moderate, although she has come out against CRT being taught in schools and criticizing the LGBTQxyz gender movement in government.

She was initially against Brexit, but has come around to supporting it.

She's catching some flak right now for, 30 years ago, saying that the British Monarchy should be discontinued, but long ago recanted on that, and also catching flak by Conservatives for proposing price controls on energy bills.

The UK and The Commonwealth are going through great turmoil right now, grieving for a former monarch while accepting both a new one and a new PM, so I'm willing to give her a little time to settle into this new leadership role.

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London is the center of gravity for the entire county and being a big, big world city, the diversity and green agenda is very strong there. Watch any UK produced movie/show, and every single diversity box is checked.

There are very, VERY few advertisements here that don't have mixed-race families with children from yet another racial group, handicapped kids, PORG, trisexual tree-worshippers - ALL kinds of humanity imaginable, including a VERY large proportion of people who are clearly Mediterranean in origin. Given that less than 8% of the population is actually black, the 50/50 spilt in advertising is somewhat puzzling, at least, it is to me.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
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We will have to see. I am leery. Her entire cabinet screams DIVERSITY. Hope they are competent. I don't think she is a female Churchill.

Margaret Thatcher II will do.

There are very, VERY few advertisements here that don't have mixed-race families with children from yet another racial group, handicapped kids, PORG, trisexual tree-worshippers - ALL kinds of humanity imaginable, including a VERY large proportion of people who are clearly Mediterranean in origin. Given that less than 8% of the population is actually black, the 50/50 spilt in advertising is somewhat puzzling, at least, it is to me

Schlitz had to pull these ads. Seems they were targeting blacks. The more things change...

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Originally posted by tacfoley:

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Originally posted by corsair:
London is the center of gravity for the entire county and being a big, big world city, the diversity and green agenda is very strong there. Watch any UK produced movie/show, and every single diversity box is checked.

There are very, VERY few advertisements here that don't have mixed-race families with children from yet another racial group, handicapped kids, PORG, trisexual tree-worshippers - ALL kinds of humanity imaginable, including a VERY large proportion of people who are clearly Mediterranean in origin. Given that less than 8% of the population is actually black, the 50/50 spilt in advertising is somewhat puzzling, at least, it is to me.

One of the buzzwords we've been beaten over the head with is 'under respresentation'

Advertisers, or, the industry of (along with casting directors), are the most guilty of this perception imbalance that various groups cry about. While under-representation in various aspects was an issue, what we've seen now is an OVER-representation, a gross and aggressive over-correction. It's gone beyond comical and moved into the absurd and ridiculous.

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Originally posted by corsair:

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Originally posted by tacfoley:

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Originally posted by corsair:
London is the center of gravity for the entire county and being a big, big world city, the diversity and green agenda is very strong there. Watch any UK produced movie/show, and every single diversity box is checked.

There are very, VERY few advertisements here that don't have mixed-race families with children from yet another racial group, handicapped kids, PORG, trisexual tree-worshippers - ALL kinds of humanity imaginable, including a VERY large proportion of people who are clearly Mediterranean in origin. Given that less than 8% of the population is actually black, the 50/50 spilt in advertising is somewhat puzzling, at least, it is to me.

One of the buzzwords we've been beaten over the head with is 'under respresentation'

Advertisers, or, the industry of (along with casting directors), are the most guilty of this perception imbalance that various groups cry about. While under-representation in various aspects was an issue, what we've seen now is an OVER-representation, a gross and aggressive over-correction. It's gone beyond comical and moved into the absurd and ridiculous.

Yup.

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Originally posted by Sunset_Va:

If not for the "wokeness", many Brit shows would be very good. Much emphasis on plot, less on car chases, etc.

There is a much bigger agenda in those Brit TV shows beyond just "wokeness."

Sad to hear.

“Liz Truss is fighting for her political life today as she U-turns on tax cuts after dramatically sacking Kwasi Kwarteng and bringing back Jeremy Hunt to quell market chaos.

Barely a month into her premiership, Ms Truss is fronting a make-or-break press conference to abandon a major strand of her radical economic reforms. Tory MPs are warning that a poor performance would mean she is 'out'.  …”

Full DailyMail article:
https://mol.im/a/11315763

Sad news – Liz Truss will resign.

“After just 44 disastrous days in No10, the PM took to a lectern outside the famous black door to confirm her departure, sealing her fate as the shortest-serving premier in modern political history.
Revealing she had informed the King of her decision, she said: 'I cannot deliver on the mandate.... I will remain as PM until a successor has been chosen.' …”

DailyMail article:
https://mol.im/a/11336361

What the hell? I saw that this morning and my reaction was "how pathetic." Was she simply not up to the task? Not willing to fight? Margaret Thatcher she apparently is not.

I will wait to see what tac foley says. No Winston Churchill for sure.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
What the hell? I saw that this morning and my reaction was "how pathetic." Was she simply not up to the task? Not willing to fight? Margaret Thatcher she apparently is not.

The bits I've seen, she never was.
Here is to hoping the next PM gets it right.

Maybe Giorgia Meloni has a British relative who could run?

If Italy can get an election right, you'd think the UK might be able to find someone worthy for the task...

Good luck, Tac, et al.!

-Rob

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
Sad news – Liz Truss will resign.

Unfortunate, but not terribly surprising--other than how quick it's been. I can't say why, but I had the impression all along she wouldn't last long.