Can Sunak be a Good PM?
So, in comes the next Prime Minister, unelected but crowned. The big question is, how will Rishi Sunak get on? Will he fail spectacularly, grovelling to the demands of the back bench crackpots, or will he take the party kicking and screaming out of the 20th Century and away from its imperial delusions? The Positive of Useless Predecessors The positive for Sunak is that he is following Liz Truss. Truss was the final act in a game where ...
Johnson Undergoes Rectum Surgery to Remove MP’s
Boris Johnson has undergone emergency surgery to have MP's and former cabinet ministers from his anal passage, it has been revealed. Gucci Shoe Johnson fell ill in the early hours of the morning, with his wife, Carrie, calling ambulance services after discovering a Gucci shoe poking out of his dirtbox. It is thought to be owned by Zac Goldsmith. At this stage of what is a complex operation, surgeons are not certain how many MP's are up ...
The Myth of Individualism
I don’t know if anyone reading this listens to podcasts, but I find them quite interesting. What’s good about them I find, is that you can jump back to them at any time. Sideways Recently, I have been listening to a series of podcasts called ‘Sideways’. It was written and narrated by Mathew Syed. Syed is something of a brainbox who first came to my attention when I read his book, ‘Bounce – The Myth of Talent and the Power of ...
The Slow Death of Populism as Truss Runs Down Cul-De-Sacs
As the populist division of the Tory Party collapses, it should be time for the British public to reflect. People who say, “I don’t do politics”, need to look at themselves, be brave, and ask why they fall for politicians that offer simplistic red-meat solutions to complex questions. The Unraveling That’s how we ended up with Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng. It all started unraveling when Cameron’s government was chased out ...
Liz Trussterfuck and Her Growth Policy That No One Wants
A while back, I was talking to a surgeon I know through cricket. He talked of an obsession with growth and people’s inability to understand that resources aren’t infinite. Not long after, David Attenborough spoke of the same thing. Anti-growth Coalition At the Tory Party conference last week, a new phrase came to the fore. It was called the ‘Anti-growth Coalition’. It was meant to have the same impact as ‘Get Brexit Done’ ...