Labour racked up a string of major gains from the Conservatives as a slew of Cabinet ministers including Grant Shapps, Gillian Keegan and Penny Mordaunt lost their seats.
Showing posts with label Rishi Sunak. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rishi Sunak. Show all posts
Friday, July 05, 2024
Rishi Sunak Resigns as Tory Leader in Final Speech as PM
Jul 5, 2024 | Rishi Sunak has resigned as Prime Minister. Mr Sunak conceded the election just before 5am, congratulating Sir Keir on his victory and telling Tories who had lost their seats: “I am sorry.”
Labour racked up a string of major gains from the Conservatives as a slew of Cabinet ministers including Grant Shapps, Gillian Keegan and Penny Mordaunt lost their seats.
Labour racked up a string of major gains from the Conservatives as a slew of Cabinet ministers including Grant Shapps, Gillian Keegan and Penny Mordaunt lost their seats.
Wednesday, July 03, 2024
Peter Stevanovic: In an Act of Desperation Rishi Sunak Drafts in Boris Johnson to Tell One of His Biggest Porkers
BoJo the Clown couldn’t help himself, so how could he possibly help Sunak? What a joke! This band of corrupt clowns, jesters and fools need to be kicked into the long grass. – © Mark Alexander
Jon Danzig: Come Off It, Prime Minister!
The sooner we get rid of this one, the better! He seems not to have read his ‘job description’! Moreover, the word ‘slippery’ doesn’t begin to describe him. Let us be rid of these corrupt Tories! – © Mark Alexander
Sunday, June 30, 2024
Sunak Launches Defence of Tories’ 14 Years in Power as Campaign Nears End
THE GUARDIAN: Prime minister reiterates stance that Britain’s economic problems are the result of Covid and war in Ukraine
Britain is better off than it was 14 years ago, Rishi Sunak has said, as he launched a combative defence of his party’s record in power with just four days to go until the election.
In what polls suggest will be his final Sunday morning interview as prime minister, Sunak defended his party’s achievements since 2010, saying the country’s recent economic problems were the result of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
He told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg: “[This] is a better place to live than it was in 2010. Of course, I understand that the last few years have been difficult for everyone – we had a once in a century pandemic, followed by a war in Ukraine that drove up everyone’s bills – and of course, that’s been difficult for everybody.” » | Kiran Stacey, Political correspondent | Sunday, June 20, 2024
Rishi Sunak is delusional if he thinks that the UK is a better place to live in now than it was in 2010! How out of touch can a prime minister be? For him, with all the millions he has flowing into his bank accounts each and every week, it might be a better place. But for most people it is a far, far worse country to live in.
Sunak is fond of citing the pandemic, the Ukraine war, and energy prices as causes of economic difficulties and HUGE price rises, but he is determined never to cite Brexit as a cause. Make no mistake about it: Brexit was one of the main causes of our difficulties — nay, probably the main cause — of the economic difficulties. Other Europeans had to live through the pandemic, the Ukraine war, and the huge rise in energy prices too. But as they haven’t exited from the Single Market, they have been able to pick themselves up more quickly ever since. Sunak, of course, doesn’t want to mention Brexit because he was the arch-Brexiteer.
What these Tories have done to this country and its economy is absolutely shameful. I never thought I would live to see the day in which the Tories, of all parties, would have made such a mess of the economy.
The Tory Party is clearly past its use-by date. — © Mark Alexander
Britain is better off than it was 14 years ago, Rishi Sunak has said, as he launched a combative defence of his party’s record in power with just four days to go until the election.
In what polls suggest will be his final Sunday morning interview as prime minister, Sunak defended his party’s achievements since 2010, saying the country’s recent economic problems were the result of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
He told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg: “[This] is a better place to live than it was in 2010. Of course, I understand that the last few years have been difficult for everyone – we had a once in a century pandemic, followed by a war in Ukraine that drove up everyone’s bills – and of course, that’s been difficult for everybody.” » | Kiran Stacey, Political correspondent | Sunday, June 20, 2024
Rishi Sunak is delusional if he thinks that the UK is a better place to live in now than it was in 2010! How out of touch can a prime minister be? For him, with all the millions he has flowing into his bank accounts each and every week, it might be a better place. But for most people it is a far, far worse country to live in.
Sunak is fond of citing the pandemic, the Ukraine war, and energy prices as causes of economic difficulties and HUGE price rises, but he is determined never to cite Brexit as a cause. Make no mistake about it: Brexit was one of the main causes of our difficulties — nay, probably the main cause — of the economic difficulties. Other Europeans had to live through the pandemic, the Ukraine war, and the huge rise in energy prices too. But as they haven’t exited from the Single Market, they have been able to pick themselves up more quickly ever since. Sunak, of course, doesn’t want to mention Brexit because he was the arch-Brexiteer.
What these Tories have done to this country and its economy is absolutely shameful. I never thought I would live to see the day in which the Tories, of all parties, would have made such a mess of the economy.
The Tory Party is clearly past its use-by date. — © Mark Alexander
Saturday, June 29, 2024
Revealed: How Sunak Dropped Smoking Ban amid Lobbying from Tobacco Firms
THE GUARDIAN: Investigation details industry campaign including legal threats and charm offensive aimed at Tory MPs
Rishi Sunak abandoned his “legacy” policy to ban smoking for future generations amid a backlash from the tobacco industry in the form of legal threats, lobbying and a charm offensive aimed at Conservative MPs, an investigation reveals.
The UK had been on course to become the first country to ban smoking for future generations, via the tobacco and vaping bill, which Downing Street hoped would help define Sunak’s place in British political history.
An investigation by the Guardian and the Examination, a non-profit newsroom that investigates global health threats, has uncovered how the UK’s largest cigarette companies fought against the policy, which would have raised the smoking age by one year every year. » | Rob Davies and Matthew Chapman | Saturday, June 29, 2024
I should think so too! This draconian smoking ban would have been as undemocratic and illiberal as it would have been unworkable and unfair. It is not the business of government to interfere in an adult’s lifestyle choices. A government can and should inform of the dangers of smoking (or other lifestyle choice), but ultimately, it is up to the adult to decide. For heaven’s sake, stop this unrelenting war on smoking! Governments have far more important things to deal with. And in any case, people these days are up to far worse things than enjoying a few puffs on a cigarette. These days, people are into marijuana/cannabis, cocaine — London is the cocaine capital of the world — opioids, Ecstasy, and much else besides. And what about those awful, silly-looking, unhealthy vapes? New research is beginning to show that e-cigarettes are unhealthier than conventional cigarettes! By the way, just in case you think I am biased because I smoke. I am not! I am now a non-smoker and have been for more than two years. Moreover, even if I were still a smoker, this ban wouldn't affect me because of my age. However, I still think that such a ban is wrong. I will always defend the right of smokers. Why? Because I know how much pleasure I derived from smoking and because I know that if a government will be able to get away with such a ban, it won’t stop at smoking. Soon, other pleasures will be banned. Alcohol will surely be next. What comes after alcohol is anyone’s guess. In a few words: Stop interfering in people’s private lives; stop being so meddlesome! – © Mark Alexander
Guardian playing nanny yet again! Nanny simply will not stop trying to control us! »
Rishi Sunak abandoned his “legacy” policy to ban smoking for future generations amid a backlash from the tobacco industry in the form of legal threats, lobbying and a charm offensive aimed at Conservative MPs, an investigation reveals.
The UK had been on course to become the first country to ban smoking for future generations, via the tobacco and vaping bill, which Downing Street hoped would help define Sunak’s place in British political history.
An investigation by the Guardian and the Examination, a non-profit newsroom that investigates global health threats, has uncovered how the UK’s largest cigarette companies fought against the policy, which would have raised the smoking age by one year every year. » | Rob Davies and Matthew Chapman | Saturday, June 29, 2024
I should think so too! This draconian smoking ban would have been as undemocratic and illiberal as it would have been unworkable and unfair. It is not the business of government to interfere in an adult’s lifestyle choices. A government can and should inform of the dangers of smoking (or other lifestyle choice), but ultimately, it is up to the adult to decide. For heaven’s sake, stop this unrelenting war on smoking! Governments have far more important things to deal with. And in any case, people these days are up to far worse things than enjoying a few puffs on a cigarette. These days, people are into marijuana/cannabis, cocaine — London is the cocaine capital of the world — opioids, Ecstasy, and much else besides. And what about those awful, silly-looking, unhealthy vapes? New research is beginning to show that e-cigarettes are unhealthier than conventional cigarettes! By the way, just in case you think I am biased because I smoke. I am not! I am now a non-smoker and have been for more than two years. Moreover, even if I were still a smoker, this ban wouldn't affect me because of my age. However, I still think that such a ban is wrong. I will always defend the right of smokers. Why? Because I know how much pleasure I derived from smoking and because I know that if a government will be able to get away with such a ban, it won’t stop at smoking. Soon, other pleasures will be banned. Alcohol will surely be next. What comes after alcohol is anyone’s guess. In a few words: Stop interfering in people’s private lives; stop being so meddlesome! – © Mark Alexander
Guardian playing nanny yet again! Nanny simply will not stop trying to control us! »
Friday, June 28, 2024
Rishi Sunak Says Reform Activist's Racial Slur 'Too Important Not to Call Out'
Read more here.
We Brits were once famous throughout the world for gentlemanly behaviour. There is nothing gentlemanly about using this sort of language. Name-calling is never a good idea. Using racial slurs is worse still. It is regrettable indeed that the tone of this election campaign has been reduced to such vulgarities. We Brits can surely do better than this. – © Mark Alexander
Racist and Homophobic Comments Unsettle U.K. Election Campaign: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak denounced a slur used against him by a man campaigning for Reform U.K., the anti-immigration party led by Nigel Farage. »
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
UK General Election: Sunak and Starmer Clash over Borders, Tax and Gender in TV Debate | BBC News
Jun 26, 2024 | The leaders of the UK's Conservative and Labour parties faced each other in the final television debate, ahead of the general election on 4 July.
Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer clashed repeatedly on their plans for tax and immigration, while facing audience questions.
They were challenged about integrity in politics in one of the last major set-piece moments before polling day next week.
Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer clashed repeatedly on their plans for tax and immigration, while facing audience questions.
They were challenged about integrity in politics in one of the last major set-piece moments before polling day next week.
Friday, June 21, 2024
Rishi Sunak Suggests Young People Might Face Sanctions for Refusing National Service
Jun 21, 2024 | Rishi Sunak has indicated that young people might face restrictions on access to finance or driving licences if they refuse to do national service, as he faced a TV quizzing from voters.
Asked during a BBC Question Time special what sanctions people could face for declining to take part in the Conservative policy of compulsory national service for all 18-year-olds, the prime minister pointed to 'driving licences, or the access to finance, all sorts of other things' Rishi Sunak floats sanctions on young people for refusing national service
Who’d want to be young in Sunak’s Britain? Sanctions for the young people who refuse to take part in national service, and they won’t be allowed to smoke a cigarette while doing it, either! Kill for your country, and perhaps be killed, but don’t expect to be able to enjoy a smoke, because cigarettes might kill you in fifty years’ time!
Kick this arrogant and petulant little pip squeak out of Number 10! Send him packing. – © Mark Alexander
Read the Guardian article here.
Asked during a BBC Question Time special what sanctions people could face for declining to take part in the Conservative policy of compulsory national service for all 18-year-olds, the prime minister pointed to 'driving licences, or the access to finance, all sorts of other things' Rishi Sunak floats sanctions on young people for refusing national service
Who’d want to be young in Sunak’s Britain? Sanctions for the young people who refuse to take part in national service, and they won’t be allowed to smoke a cigarette while doing it, either! Kill for your country, and perhaps be killed, but don’t expect to be able to enjoy a smoke, because cigarettes might kill you in fifty years’ time!
Kick this arrogant and petulant little pip squeak out of Number 10! Send him packing. – © Mark Alexander
Read the Guardian article here.
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Highlights from Rishi Sunak’s No Limits Phone-in on LBC
Thursday, June 13, 2024
Sunak: I Am Not Blind to the Fact People Are Frustrated with Me
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Rishi Sunak Says He Went Without 'Lots of Things' Including Sky TV as a Child
Poor ol’ Rishi! Imagine being so deprived as a child as not to have Sky TV! It’s bordering on the cruel, isn’t it? – © Mark Alexander
Read the Guardian article here.
Undercover on the Government's Rwanda Plan
Michael Lambert: Everyone Knows Rishi Sunak Is Finished
Jun 12, 2024 | At Silverstone motor racing track yesterday, the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, launched the Conservative Party manifesto. It featured tax cuts and spending which is to be funded by government efficiency, cracking down on tax evasion and a squeeze on benefit claimants together with growing the economy. Immigration is to be substantially reduced depriving the UK economy of essential workers.
The Spanish government has built a high speed railway from Barcelona to Madrid at a cost of less than one tenth of the cost per mile of HS2.
The CEO of South West Water has received a rise of £300,000 per annum taking her annual income to £860,000. The company lost £9 million last year and yet went ahead with dividends of £127 million.
A driver bringing plants into the UK from Italy was kept waiting for 55 hours at the government border check facility at Sevington in Kent.
Poor ol’ Rishi! One can but wonder whether, at this stage, he would be willing to trade in some of his vast riches for some common sense and a good dose of political savvy? – © Mark Alexander
The Spanish government has built a high speed railway from Barcelona to Madrid at a cost of less than one tenth of the cost per mile of HS2.
The CEO of South West Water has received a rise of £300,000 per annum taking her annual income to £860,000. The company lost £9 million last year and yet went ahead with dividends of £127 million.
A driver bringing plants into the UK from Italy was kept waiting for 55 hours at the government border check facility at Sevington in Kent.
Poor ol’ Rishi! One can but wonder whether, at this stage, he would be willing to trade in some of his vast riches for some common sense and a good dose of political savvy? – © Mark Alexander
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Liz Webster: "Carry On" Conservative Calamity
Sunday, June 09, 2024
Farage Defends Claim PM 'Doesn't Understand Our Culture'
BBC: Nigel Farage has defended his claim that Rishi Sunak demonstrated he did not understand "our culture" by leaving D-Day commemorations early.
The Reform UK leader told the BBC on Sunday the prime minister's action showed he was "disconnected by class [and] by privilege" from ordinary people.
Conservative minister Mel Stride said Mr Farage's comment made him "very uncomfortable", while Labour's Shabana Mahmood called it a "dog whistle".
Mr Sunak apologised after facing strong criticism for leaving the event to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings early on Thursday. » | Becky Morton, Political reporter | Sunday, June 9, 2024
The Observer View on D-day Furore: Rishi Sunak Is Driving Tories over an Electoral Cliff Edge
THE OBSERVER – EDITORIAL: Prime minister’s gaffe was a defining moment in his campaign symbolising a party that does not know what it stands for and has nothing to offer
‘As we gather here today, it is not just to honour those who showed such remarkable bravery on that day … it’s to listen to the echoes of their voices, to hear them, because they are summoning us.” So President Joe Biden movingly told the international D-day commemoration ceremony at Omaha beach in Normandy on Thursday. But Rishi Sunak was not there to listen alongside Britain’s wartime allies. Instead, he had departed France after taking part in the British commemoration earlier in the day, returning to the UK to do an election interview with ITV, leaving the foreign secretary, Lord Cameron, to represent Britain in his place.
This will prove to be a defining moment of this general election campaign, because it tells us something fundamental about the man who, having been chosen to lead the country by his party a year and a half ago, is for the first time seeking a mandate from the electorate. » | Observer editorial | Sunday, June 9, 2024
‘As we gather here today, it is not just to honour those who showed such remarkable bravery on that day … it’s to listen to the echoes of their voices, to hear them, because they are summoning us.” So President Joe Biden movingly told the international D-day commemoration ceremony at Omaha beach in Normandy on Thursday. But Rishi Sunak was not there to listen alongside Britain’s wartime allies. Instead, he had departed France after taking part in the British commemoration earlier in the day, returning to the UK to do an election interview with ITV, leaving the foreign secretary, Lord Cameron, to represent Britain in his place.
This will prove to be a defining moment of this general election campaign, because it tells us something fundamental about the man who, having been chosen to lead the country by his party a year and a half ago, is for the first time seeking a mandate from the electorate. » | Observer editorial | Sunday, June 9, 2024
Saturday, June 08, 2024
Michael Lambert: Sunak's Disastrous Election Campaign Continues with Multiple Errors and Mishaps
June 8, 2024 | One of Rishi Sunak's former teachers at Winchester College claimed that Rishi Sunak never believed in Brexit and that he supported it in order to advance his own career.
Since announcing the General Election 2024 just over two weeks ago, Sunak has been involved in multiple gaffs and mistakes. From his rain-soaked announcement in Downing Street to multiple bad photo opportunities and appearing before the Titanic Museum, things have gone from bad to worse for Sunak.
Yesterday, he left the D-Day ceremonies in France early, where international leaders were present, to return London to be interviewed by ITV for a programme to be broadcast in two weeks’ time. This offended just about everyone and Sunak was forced to make a humiliating public apology.
Since announcing the General Election 2024 just over two weeks ago, Sunak has been involved in multiple gaffs and mistakes. From his rain-soaked announcement in Downing Street to multiple bad photo opportunities and appearing before the Titanic Museum, things have gone from bad to worse for Sunak.
Yesterday, he left the D-Day ceremonies in France early, where international leaders were present, to return London to be interviewed by ITV for a programme to be broadcast in two weeks’ time. This offended just about everyone and Sunak was forced to make a humiliating public apology.
Tuesday, June 04, 2024
Rishi Sunak : The Movie 🇺🇸
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