Like me, “North the Elder” steeled himself to watch the so-called “Leadership Debate”.
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The Balderdash Broadcasting Co-Operative wielded out one of it’s principal presenters, Sophie Raworth to “chair” the event.
So, Dear Reader, who do you think came out on top?
Personally, I thought Mrs Winter did!
She kept her interventions to that which were necessary and adopted the (correct) attitude to allow the contestants to hang themselves by paying them out enough rope!!!!!
As a result, Mr Sunak’s assertiveness to take control and to dominate the show has been described (in condemnation) as “Mansplaining”. The English language is a dynamic constantly changing thing and this word it appears is a new entrant into the vocabulary!
Thus with the virtue signalling PC brigade Mr Sunak appeared to have scored something of an own goal. Mr Sunak however realised that his target audience were those members of the Tory Party – the only ones with a vote in this contest!
As for Mrs O’Leary? Well Mrs Winter clearly realised that Mrs O’Leary was relying on the fabled “magic money tree” but displayed her professionalism by not pointing this out but by letting Mr Sunak do so.
Of course, like Mr Sunak, Mrs O’Leary knows that the Magic Money tree does not exist! Mrs O’Leary clearly has a plan! This presumably is to put through her tax cutting big spender “emergency budget” and then following the voters receipt of the additional “pounds in their pockets” will go to the country BEFORE the pigeons that are the inevitable inflationary effects of a rapidly declining pound and the increased interest rates bite!
Mrs O’Leary presumably thinks that IF she is returned with a working majority she can make some necessary adjustments to the nation’s finances with a second “emergency budget” to correct the excesses of the first! Rather like the old woman who swallowed the spider to catch the fly she had previously ingested!
IF Mrs O’Leary and her fellow Tories are defeated by the Unfortunate Sir Kier Starmer it will be Sir Keir and his fellow Labourites who will have to make the painful adjustments!
Following a defeat it is inevitable that Mrs O’Leary will receive a visit from the ladies in grey vestments who will invite the Right Honourable Lady to make her exit from governmental office by clasping the metaphorical asp to her bosom.
NB: the BG is a traditionalist! Note to the feminists and the PC brigade – it is only we men who get to fall on our metaphorical swords (the classical/Roman way of doing away with oneself) with the ladies doing away with themselves in the manner of Cleopatra….
With Mrs O’Leary having exited the political scene, it will be up to the Tories to elect a new party leader…… AGAIN!
Which is why the Buffoon ended his last PMQs with the Spanish catchphrase, “Hasta la vista, baby”.
Presumably like Mr Schwarzenegger’s robotic assassin, he will be back!
As Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition!
This is of course a role he is well suited for because it does not involve governing the country!
This just leaves me to end by paraphrasing Hamlet:
“Angels and ministers of grace defend us!
Be thou spirits of health or goblins damned,
Bringing with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell,
Be thy intents wicked or charitable,
Thou comest with such questionable statements
That I despair of thee…… Both!!”
Apologies to Shakespeare!!!!!!