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Boris Johnson - is the new British PM a popular figure in Poland? [150]
<repost from an aussie forum my post>
This is a disaster for the conservatives and the UK. at least rishi was realistic, these promised tax cuts and hesitation to deal with inflation, the energy crisis and social care will be the ruin of the British economy and the tories. And totally wipe out the boris 'red wall' that was an underpinning of the conservatives electoral success.
The tory rich in their blue ribbon counties fight back, at the cost of a wipe out in the coming election. And Starmer is the least deserving to be a beneficiary of that. I still think Rishi would have made a great leader, first Indian-Brit, son of hardworking migrants reward people making millions but at the same time 'help the red wall working class', overall bland blairite centrist and all that. Like Starme it seems what will elections in the UK.
As for the previous poster saying Corbyn was a natural born loser, there is truth in that, but 'et's not forget he nearly won his first election against May,and if he had followed his anti EU instincts, instead of compromising with his pro EU cabinet he might have won. Granted his far left, anti nuclear and other views were an anchor and the inteligence services with the guardian took full advantage of that, but as the red wall voting against generations of their ancestors for the conservatives shows, it's all a matter of 'no one is speaking for us'.
Corbyin could have been the left populist candidate, he was just , predictably, capped at the knees. A very Brittish coup. Mate just play the game, especially on Israel and keeping Trident nukes.
Truss is handicapped by the blue tory counties that elected her, but as farage said, she's so unpredictable and mad that who knows what might happen? that might be the upside. When the economic crisis is/will happen, and small business are going bankrupt due to 5-10x energy bills, when the poor afford their heating and reports invetibly come out of people freezing to death, who knows what she might do?