I have a strange fascination with watching Rishi Sunak manoeuvre for power, as I think he's going to be terrible at it.
It's all very Carlito's Way. He's the young mob lawyer who has fallen in love with his own legend a bit and thinks he's now a gangster.
It's all very Carlito's Way. He's the young mob lawyer who has fallen in love with his own legend a bit and thinks he's now a gangster.
Both Eat Out and his current energy bill scheme have shown that he's terribly good at coming up with ideas that sound clever to a bunch of earnest young SPADs. But that don't really survive their encounter with actual real-world society and economics.
Normally someone like Rishi would get to cut his teeth on stuff like that (and make those mistakes) somewhere like Transport (see: Phil Hammond).
Rishi is doing it as Chancellor, and may very soon be doing it as PM.
Rishi is doing it as Chancellor, and may very soon be doing it as PM.
In any other government - even Theresa Mays - Eat Out and this energy stuff would have his job under threat for making the PM look shit. And he'd be getting gunned in the press for it.
But Johnson has built himself such a huge shit pile of his own, Rishi's doesn't cut through.
But Johnson has built himself such a huge shit pile of his own, Rishi's doesn't cut through.
Essentially, both him and Truss are utter mediocrities, who are benefitting from comparison to everyone else around them.
Because an inanimate carbon rod would be better suited to high office than Dominic Raab, Nadine Dorries, Dowden, Patel, Braverman and the rest.
Because an inanimate carbon rod would be better suited to high office than Dominic Raab, Nadine Dorries, Dowden, Patel, Braverman and the rest.
Truss' sole qualification for leadership is that she's been working on her Thatcher Cosplay.
Rishi is just Matt Hancock if he lived in the Ritz not a Travel Tavern.
They're both convinced they've got political chops because they're surrounded by the rest of Skeletor's Minions
Rishi is just Matt Hancock if he lived in the Ritz not a Travel Tavern.
They're both convinced they've got political chops because they're surrounded by the rest of Skeletor's Minions
Rishi and Truss would be forgettable junior ministers AT BEST still in any other government since WW2.
The fact that they both legit believe they could cut it at the top job makes me laugh. Grimly. But still laugh.
The fact that they both legit believe they could cut it at the top job makes me laugh. Grimly. But still laugh.
Semi-follow up:
People were asking how you can spot the competent MPs (of any party) from the fakers.
Committees.
Watch Parliamentary Committees. They're eye-opening, fun AND informative. And occasionally utterly brutal.
People were asking how you can spot the competent MPs (of any party) from the fakers.
Committees.
Watch Parliamentary Committees. They're eye-opening, fun AND informative. And occasionally utterly brutal.
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