UK Political Thread, part the second

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Kwarteng second shortest-serving UK chancellor

It means Kwarteng is the second shortest-serving UK chancellor on record.

The shortest serving chancellor, Iain Macleod, died of a heart attack 30 days after taking the job in 1970.

Since 2019, the UK has had four chancellors, including Nadhim Zahawi who served the third shortest tenure with 63 days during a short-lived reshuffle under Boris Johnson, and Sajid Javid who served 204 days - the fourth shortest tenure on record.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-politics-63221738

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So which other co-author of Britannia Unhinged will be chancellor now?

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If you believe the UK is now Opposite Land then things make a touch more sense.

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  • Lettuce
  • Liz Truss

0 voters

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Funnyā€¦ but also, depressing.

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I laugh at electoral dysfunction abroad in order to provide a momentary distraction from the dread induced by electoral dysfunction at home.

Sad Kristen Bell GIF

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Just a reminder-
This tweet is now Three elections, Four prime ministers, Six chancellors, a Brexit and a Sterling Crisis old.

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Yep Reaction GIF by Rosanna Pansino

But electoral dysfunction abroad also brings me existential dreadā€¦ itā€™s a lose/lose!!! :grimacing:

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Jeremy Hunt enters the competition.

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Oh the rhyme guy.

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Iā€™m sure that the press will get the Hancellors name right this time

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Ah yes, the perfect candidate to calm the current tensions- the man who provoked the first ever general strike by NHS doctors.

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Yeah, good old Ed, only slightly less of a wet sock than Starmer.

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At least Ed doesnā€™t try to appease transphobes.

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That picture looks like a deer in the headlights.

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I was about to say the same thing!

ā€œWait, Iā€™m what now?ā€

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Saw your avatar and thought we were going to be gently reminded about not using his more fitting playground nameā€¦ :smirk:

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Hunt feels like a choice forced on Truss by the party to prevent them ousting her. As mediocre as he is, heā€™s one of the few remaining grown ups in the party so most likely to calm the markets. I donā€™t think sheā€™ll get to pick her economic policy any more.

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