Liz Truss resigns as UK prime minister • Hacker News Board

Re: Liz Truss resigns as UK prime minister

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Post by edmcnulty101 » Thu, Oct 20, 2022, 12:44 PM UTC

Can anyone explain why??

Re: Liz Truss resigns as UK prime minister

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Post by raesene9 » Thu, Oct 20, 2022, 12:45 PM UTC

mynameishere wrote: post #5

An obvious fall guy. Rather shameful maneuver.

From what I saw it was Truss and Kwarteng who caused the immediate issues, so not really a fall person, so much as the people who caused the problem leaving.

They came up with the disasterous "mini-budget" which kicked it all off, they dismissed a senior treasury civil servant right before that, they didn't co-ordinate with the bank of england.

Sure there are deeper problems that are not of their making but they made them a lot worse.

Re: Liz Truss resigns as UK prime minister

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Post by samwillis » Thu, Oct 20, 2022, 12:45 PM UTC

IdealeZahlen wrote: post #4

The shortest serving British PM was George Canning who was in office for 119 days(1827). And now she made history.

George Canning died in office, he wasn’t pushed out for being a miserable failure who crashed the economy.

Re: Liz Truss resigns as UK prime minister

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Post by saalweachter » Thu, Oct 20, 2022, 12:45 PM UTC

iam-TJ wrote: post #9

geek_at wrote: post #3

so the lettuce [1] won. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm-RE95lKJ0

I thought it was a Cabbage! - since 'cabbage' has a double-meaning in colloquial English meaning 'incapable' :D I think the journalists(!?) missed a trick there.

I think they were taken by the sound-alike Liz Truss/lettuce.

Re: Liz Truss resigns as UK prime minister

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Post by andrea76 » Thu, Oct 20, 2022, 12:45 PM UTC

edmcnulty101 wrote: post #11

Can anyone explain why??

It's politics, my dear.

Re: Liz Truss resigns as UK prime minister

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Post by biofox » Thu, Oct 20, 2022, 12:46 PM UTC

mynameishere wrote: post #5

An obvious fall guy. Rather shameful maneuver.

Do you think the pound would have plummeted regardless?

Re: Liz Truss resigns as UK prime minister

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Post by alex3305 » Thu, Oct 20, 2022, 12:47 PM UTC

IdealeZahlen wrote: post #4

The shortest serving British PM was George Canning who was in office for 119 days(1827). And now she made history.

WR! She should submit this to speedrun.com.

Re: Liz Truss resigns as UK prime minister

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Post by kingsloi » Thu, Oct 20, 2022, 12:47 PM UTC

iam-TJ wrote: post #9

geek_at wrote: post #3

so the lettuce [1] won. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm-RE95lKJ0

I thought it was a Cabbage! - since 'cabbage' has a double-meaning in colloquial English meaning 'incapable' :D I think the journalists(!?) missed a trick there.

unless the lettuce is wet?

Re: Liz Truss resigns as UK prime minister

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Post by raesene9 » Thu, Oct 20, 2022, 12:47 PM UTC

What happens next will be interesting.

At this point, a general election would be the obviously correct solution. It's clear that the conservative party don't have a platform and can't agree major policy points amongst themselves.

However that would require conservative MPs to vote for it, which is the turkeys voting for Christmas so unlikely to happen, so I'd expect we'll have to wait till 2024 for that election.

The best likely outcome is that a set of senior people in the party agree a policy platform and try to steady things for now.

Re: Liz Truss resigns as UK prime minister

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Post by sebzim4500 » Thu, Oct 20, 2022, 12:47 PM UTC

mkoryak wrote: post #8

geek_at wrote: post #3

so the lettuce [1] won. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm-RE95lKJ0

Can you elaborate for those of us not hip enough for this meme(??)?

Someone set up youtube stream with a picture of Liz Truss and a lettuce. People in the chat could discuss what was likely to last longer, the lettuce or Liz Truss.