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The office of UK prime minister has become a game of musical chairs. That explains Rishi Sunak becoming the fifth person in six years to hold it. He will be Britain’s third leader in seven weeks and the first prime minister of color in its history. A former chancellor of the Exchequer who is the son of Indian… Read more.
Just weeks ago, Liz Truss threw her Chancellor under the bus, hoping to save her job. No doubt she also wanted to show that, like Margaret Thatcher, this lady’s lady’s not for turning. But Truss failed to appreciate that there was no taming the mob. MPs force Truss to resign Tory MPs urged Ms Truss to… Read more.
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss and her Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng, reportedly go way back. So, it speaks volumes that she has cast him as the black sheep of her cabinet and made him its sacrificial lamb. Truss throws Kwarteng overboard Kwasi Kwarteng has been sacked as Chancellor amid intense speculation Prime Minister Liz Truss is about… Read more.
Liz Truss became UK prime minister on September 6. Except that, she did so by channeling Margaret Thatcher so effectively, she became a meme. Here is how I chimed in on the viral ridicule in the comments section to a July 17 report on her campaign in The Guardian: Liz Truss is fashioning her campaign… Read more.
Podcast Episode 88 Everyone expected the competition between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to become the next British prime minister to be pioneering. But it turned out to be pioneering in ways no one expected. Meanwhile, nothing has betrayed the British hallowed sense of tradition quite like the ruling Conservative Party forcing Britons to abide… Listen.
Common sense dictates that politicians play Robin Hood by lacing stump speeches with promises to take money from the rich to give to the poor. This, even though everyone knows the policies they implement invariably make the rich richer and the poor poorer. But wannabe prime minister Rishi Sunak seems utterly lacking in common sense.… Read more.
