Cookie seldom comments on the political situation in other countries, but I have been following the ups and mostly downs of Liz Truss, the Prime Minister of England for a scant six weeks. He high point was meeting with the Queen. Then there was her presence meeting King Charles, the State Funeral, then the slide really started when she announced a tax decision without any reason plan beyond that.
In 1980, Ronald Reagan sold the United States on the lie that was then known as Supply Side economics. It didn't work for us, but in the forty years since the rich have gotten richer and the middle class is barely hanging on by a thread. Plans like Reagan's, like Truss's' don't work because they fail to take into consideration how they favor the rich, harm the poor, and do nothing about greed.
I mean, at the beginning of the week the big question was would Truss of Lettuce last longer? The Lettuce won. All Hail the Lettuce!
Now comes word that traction is gaining for bringing back Boris Johnson to right the ship. As of this moment, Boris was sporting a speedo in the Caribbean. If that doesn't make you shiver, I don't know what will. For my part, I really hope that the people who make these decisions remember that they defenestrated Boris for a reason and that they don't backslide.
And what are the parting gifts for Ms. Truss, now the shortest PM in the modern history of England? She gets a lifetime annual pension of about $127,000. That's more than Zachary Taylor, the President of the United States of America for a month got when he died of gastritis.
But all kidding aside, I hope that the Conservatives do the right and proper thing and elect a Prime Minister who is ethical, compassionate, and will work to undo the damage to the economy.
The Tories are ruthless to their own more than they ever are to others, so I am not surprised Mrs Truss was told to go before she'd even warmed the seat. She is an ambitious populist with a track record of embarrassing fuck-ups [sound familiar? - but she doesn't even have a personality, which Boris does in spades.]; one can only imagine the party's Daily Mail reading membership was sold on her "quack remedies" because they were bamboozled into thinking that low tax at any cost is somehow A Good Thing - as the Fail keeps telling them.
ReplyDeleteHer opponent in that post-Boris dust-up was Rishi Sunak, who warned time and again against her proposed unfunded tax cuts, and now he's been proved right. Boris may play this for a laugh (and for the publicity), but I reckon our first "brown" Prime Minister is going to be in place this time next week! Jx
My sincere hope is that they put someone in there that can undo what Truss did and provide some modicum of trust back into the government. A friend who works in Europe said that Conservatives are in a tenuous position, and if an election were called for today that would be, to quote "Out on their arses."
DeleteAt the same time I am terrified for our own government bodies and the upcoming mid terms here. I fear that the glue-sniffing whackadoodles on the far right will do serious damage if they take the house and/or the Senate, and I am worried about the damage that could happen if they lose as well.
I do wonder if any of our fellow citizens on this side of the pond will realize that the GOP cares nothing about them! xoxo
ReplyDeleteWhen Donald Trump on a live mike says "My supporters don't have to be smart, they just have to give me all their money. What morons."
DeleteLove the truss advert. Perfect.
ReplyDeleteYay!!!!
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