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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2021-12-03 12:00 pm
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[personal profile] kerk_hiraeth 2021-12-03 01:03 pm (UTC)(link)
It's getting to be like the early Roman Emperors; each succeeding leader worse than the previous; going back as far as Ted Heath, with the singularly ineffectual; if at least good-willed, John Major has been worse than the previous. Given that Rees-Mogg & Priti Patel aren't stupid enough to take on the poisoned mantle, the front runners have to be Rishi Sunak & Nadine Dorries.

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[personal profile] naath 2021-12-03 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
next PM > what if 'nextelection' is in 2022...
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[personal profile] andrewducker 2021-12-03 01:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Only if they decide that they're definitely going to win one.
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[personal profile] calimac 2021-12-03 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"There is no such thing as a temporary Prime Minister." There could be. Every recent case of a PM leaving office mid-term, the incumbent has been both willing and able to stay in office as a caretaker as the rather lengthy process of choosing a new party leader wends on. (Not even considering 1990, when the incumbent didn't want to go.) But if that doesn't happen, e.g. if Boris is run over by a bus, the caretaker will have to be someone else, thus a temporary.
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[personal profile] calimac 2021-12-03 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
They could be wrong. Labour 1970. Misreadings of the polls are still possible, see 2017.
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[personal profile] andrewducker 2021-12-03 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Agreed.

But with the polls showing things on a knife edge at the moment, we'd need a big swing away from Labour in order to make them think that it was worthwhile.
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[personal profile] andrewducker 2021-12-03 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd argue that Brown was better than Blair in some ways. And Blair did more good things than Major, but also terrible things.
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[personal profile] kerk_hiraeth 2021-12-03 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Well I did just mean the Tory Party leaders.

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[personal profile] doubtingmichael 2021-12-13 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I am gobsmacked/delighted by the DeepMind description.
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[personal profile] andrewducker 2021-12-13 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
It really is marvelous stuff. I look forward to seeing what it can do next!
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