Thread by @shaunjlawson

When - not if - Penny Mordaunt becomes PM, I'll genuinely wish her well.

I've always been this weird, paradoxical combination of weary cynic and at the same time, an optimist who hopes for the best from people.

This makes me... I dunno, a well-intentioned fool?

This will be the seventh change of Prime Minister in my politics-watching lifetime. The only time I didn't have any hope at all was when Johnson became PM.

I'm so dumb, I even took Theresa May's incoming speech about 'burning injustice' seriously! 😳😳😳

Then came 'citizens of nowhere' and WELL. Fuck's sake Theresa. 🤮🤮🤮

In fact, thinking about it, it usually takes me about 3 months. To go from "let's see how they do" to "Oh my God this is a complete horror show".

I was even like that with Blair. Tuition fees were why.

And I had at least *some* hope for the coalition at first. Only for that to vanish very fast.

So yes, I'll wish her well. Then she'll let me down like they bloody all let all of us down all the damn time.

Plus, of course, there's the true golden rule of public life.

#NeverTrustATory

There is, beyond that, one clear advantage of Mordaunt becoming PM.

It means Labour are gonna have to get some bloody policies at last! 🙏🙏🙏