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Old 21-07-2022, 11:30   #3736
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Re: Updated: Boris resigns as party leader

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post
Limbo-dancing.

The best thing for the Conservatives is to hand the whole economic mess over to the Opposition by calling a General Election. Nurture some talent, blame the economy on Starmer and storm back after four years for several successive terms.

Instead, the new Conservative PM will inherit a huge creaking economic mess and will face humiliation at the 2024 general election, gifting the Opposition multiple terms in power.
The Tories get to make hay when the sun shines in an economic mess. Rees-Mogg and his banker friends are always keeping an eye out for opportunities for supernormal profits that you don't really get with a stable economy.

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/ree...135336248.html

These people know how to play the system, while stringing along gullible voters that we need to tighten our purse strings and erode the role and purpose of the state so their pals can charge you in a privatised industry.
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