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21. Take it from me: The British do not need a leader running away with more power.

Thu Feb 13, 2020, 10:38 AM

Feb 2020

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Breaking: Chancellor has quit [View all] Soph0571 Feb 2020 OP

Link to The Guardian live thread nitpicker Feb 2020 #1

Thanks, this is amazing. Mike 03 Feb 2020 #2

Thanks for posting those excerpts! BlueMTexpat Feb 2020 #16

Still don't understand UK's politics . . . Iliyah Feb 2020 #3

Tehre is a budget next month so it is not great Soph0571 Feb 2020 #5

So dishonest Mike 03 Feb 2020 #4

I don't know Soph0571 Feb 2020 #6

OMG I didn't understand that. Mike 03 Feb 2020 #7

Boris is Trump lite with a complete control freak running number 10 Soph0571 Feb 2020 #9

Yep, you are 100% right: Mike 03 Feb 2020 #14

The difference is Cameron didn't have an equivalent of Dominic Cummings muriel_volestrangler Feb 2020 #18

Trump's cabinet would all say sir yes sir. dawg day Feb 2020 #22

New: Rishi Sunak appointed chancellor Mike 03 Feb 2020 #8

As I said above - number 10 now has there yes man Soph0571 Feb 2020 #10

Gove is a snake oil sales man Soph0571 Feb 2020 #13

"May not be the end of the power-grab" Mike 03 Feb 2020 #12

It's amazing that UK voters elected Johnson. Lonestarblue Feb 2020 #15

"The door is still open..." Mike 03 Feb 2020 #17

The upcoming budget and spending plans for the next year Soph0571 Feb 2020 #20

One of the few with a brain, however much I might disagree with him LeftishBrit Feb 2020 #23