New British PM

[Andre_T]

Rishi Sunak will be the UK's next prime minister after Penny Mordaunt dropped out of the Tory leadership race in the final minutes before nominations closed

 

[OverMountain]

Let’s see what King Charles has to say.

 

[Infantry23]

"It's good to be the king."

 

[paulfg]

out of the frying pan into the fire.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

No more Thatcher?! Will he withdraw troops from the Falklands??

 

[giacomo]

Maybe he'll last longer than the lettuce.

 

[bullet08]

Sounds like a die hard conservative with very impressive education background.

 

[mingc]

British brahmin now running the place for John Bull. It's good to see the return of the Raj. Very nostalgic.

 

[ashdigger]

This didn’t appear in my PM’s. Am I missing something?

 

[sablebrush52]

This didn’t appear in my PM’s. Am I missing something?

Nope. Truss resigned, Johnson returned to claim the prize then decided he didn't want it, and Sunak got the nod. I'll keep my fingers crossed that he's up to the job.

 

[mawnansmiff]

Let’s see what King Charles has to say.

Charlie has no say in the matter unfortunately, he pretty much has to do what he is told.

Regards,

Jay.

 

[mawnansmiff]

Nope. Truss resigned, Johnson returned to claim the prize then decided he didn't want it, and Sunak got the nod. I'll keep my fingers crossed that he's up to the job.

Johnson didn't decide he didn't want the job....he wanted it more than anything, he simply had too few backers so 'bravely backed out'.

Regards,

Jay.

 

[verporchting]

Johnson didn't decide he didn't want the job....he wanted it more than anything, he simply had too few backers so 'bravely backed out'.

Regards,

Jay.

Bravely Bold Sir Robin, rode forth from Camelot….

Like that you mean?

 

[verporchting]

 

[AJL67]

I loved the word vomit the BBC did live on n the air about the newest guy. What a brilliant call that was.

 

[sablebrush52]

Johnson didn't decide he didn't want the job....he wanted it more than anything, he simply had too few backers so 'bravely backed out'.

Regards,

Jay.

It's being reported to the press by members of his party that he had the backing and turned his back on it. Considering he is one of the architects of Britain's current mess, this may have been a wise decision.

 

[AJL67]

It's being reported to the press by members of his party that he had the backing and turned his back on it. Considering he is one of the architects of Britain's current mess, this may have been a wise decision.

Supposedly he didn't want the party split even more than it already is as the other guy has a very large backing as well.

 

[mso489]

I think Sunak is actually more wealthy than King Charles, both from his own fortune and his wife's family fortune. Whether either of them can spare any concern for the countryside shop keep or the Welsh miner remains to be seen. Sunak brings a young generation onto the governmental summit, which if he succeeds, would be a big plus for sometimes backward looking UK.

 

[mso489]

Strictly an aside, my wife saw a post online (don't count on the reporting here) that said King Charles has sold all of Queen Elizabeth's thoroughbred horses, which means that a staff of maybe several dozen trainers and staff will have to be let go or re-assigned.

Queen Elizabeth used to visit the Lexington, Ky., horse farms, to buy horses. I was told she wore a head scarf and long coat, with no regalia, to go undetected.

 

[AJL67]

I think Sunak is actually more wealthy than King Charles, both from his own fortune and his wife's family fortune. Whether either of them can spare any concern for the countryside shop keep or the Welsh miner remains to be seen. Sunak brings a young generation onto the governmental summit, which if he succeeds, would be a big plus for sometimes backward looking UK.

Yes he's definitely one of the "rich elite" and big into the WEF so you can make of that what you will.