Truss backed him all the way, you can’t back someone to the hilt and then wash your hands of it.
“I’m not going anywhere.”
– Man who was going somewhere.
Good riddance! It’s about time… The question now is will the next person be a suitable replacement? Assuming not under a Tory government but we can only wait and see
How can she just sack him and pretend everything is fine?
It’s her tax cuts that he implemented! Her whole campaign was about tax cuts. But the economy can’t handle tax cuts at the moment, which a lot of people did point out in advance.
Somewhere Rishi Sunak is saying “I told you the economy couldn’t handle tax cuts”.
Someone had to take the buck and it wasn’t gonna be Truss
The “Canceller of the exchequer” joke is too good to waste.
Wonder how much money he got out of his short time in the position.
Kamikawsi gone, now who can they replace him with that is worse?
Snag is though, Liz is still there, and as long as she is, this growth crap will continue. What happens now will just be tinkering with details, not the root and branch rethink that is really needed
Another scapegoat
Truss will undeniably appoint someone just as absolutely batshit as his replacement
Jokeshop government. When was the most recent minister sent out on TV to tell us it’s all fine? Just this morning? 🙄
We laughed at Comical Ali – now we have more ridiculous bullshit coming from our govt every single day.
I laughed when i saw this headline. the comedic timing is perfect
Loved the quotes in last 24 hours:
“PM’s full confidence”
“No U turns”
“Will remain in post”
Just like a prem manager on their way out.
One of the shortest terms as chancellor ever and yet somehow one of the most damaging.
This is just untenable. They know they’re out at the next election and seem to be floundering how to benefit the most from their final few years in charge.
We need an election desperately but these cunts won’t have one.
This is the worst possible moment to have the worst possible government and the idiots who voted for them are to blame.
Britain will be on its fourth Chancellor in four months. Doesn’t look like stability to me
I’m starting to think that the “Strong & Stable” stuff might have been a ruse.
Rumour is the Americans were absolutely furious with him (market turbulence tends to spread) and he got an absolute pasting in Washington.
The question is whether that’s enough or if Truss’s head is also required.
Sacked for doing the things Truss promised party members she would do in her pitch to be leader? Shouldn’t she be leaving as well?
Bahahaha, he had the second shortest tenure as chancellor. only beaten by a man who died 30 days into having the job. So I’m not sure he counts.
Is he an NHS budget? Because it looks like he’s been cut by the Tory party!
Actual circus government. Kwasi for sure is going to bring Truss out with him. She’s been an absolute puppet for the people behind this mess that has profited from it
He came.
He manufactured a huge market movement.
He bragged about it to his mates, champagne glasses clinking.
He shorted.
His “boss” u turned.
He closed his short.
He left.
*££££££ ker-ching £££££*
Edit: quotation marks around “boss”, his *real* bosses were among those clinking said champagne glasses while engaging in the insider trading, of course.
Sacked for doing what Truss told him to do. Oh dear.
7 years ago, Tories said:
Vote Labour and you will get a coalition of chaos.
7 years of Tory government later:
4 Chancellors in a single year.
I have a binbag full of rubbish that could do the job if they can’t find anyone else.
Well he did what he needed to do and gave his financial leech buddies possibly billions and now he’s going to be set for life in some consultant role, never having to deal with the consequences of destroying his country’s economy for a quick buck
I think I speak for everyone when I say – for fuck sakes.
It’s beyond obvious now that this government have absolutely no idea what they’re doing. They’re even worse than the government under Johnson, which is saying something. This is an absolute piss take – anyone in the comments planning to vote Tory in the next GE I’m begging you to see a doctor or a therapist.
In the context of a private business:
I hired someone to such a position of power that they could make decisions affecting 70 million people, potentially resulting in poverty and deaths.
After 38 days it seems they were unsuited to the role and so I had to fire them.
Who is most at fault? The hirer or the hired?
Shortest chancellor to not die in post. Sure glad we didn’t get chaos with ed milliband,
This government has to be the most farcical in British political history.
Despite all the humour surrounding this of which I partake, the flip side is that the UK is just a complete laughing stock around the world, everyone is laughing at us. Just a huge bloody joke from one disaster to the next.
It’s like a real life Yes Minister TV show or Benny Hill show more like.
I swear this season was written by Armando Iannucci
I think we should all get a turn. Make it like jury service. Everyone gets a couple of weeks in the role.
You will be considered a success if the bank of England spends less than 65 billion as a consequence of your actions.
Rishi Sunak has got to be loving this… All of his predications coming true.
Might be a better feeling than getting the job itself at this rate considering the shit we’re in.
Christ can we just have chaos with Ed Miliband already?
David Blaine lasted longer in that box that Kawasi lasted as chancellor
To quote Malcolm Tucker from The Thick of It
“Sacked after twelve months, looks like you’ve fucked up. Sacked after a week, looks like (s)he’s fucked up.”
We apologize for the fault in Mr. Kwarteng’s budget. The Chancellor has been sacked.
(a few months later) We regret to inform you that there was also an error in the selection of the Prime Minister. The person responsible for sacking the Chancellor has been sacked.
(next general election). Terribly sorry, but the Tory party responsible for sacking the person who sacked the Chancellor has been found at fault and has, in turn, been sacked.
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Truss backed him all the way, you can’t back someone to the hilt and then wash your hands of it.
“I’m not going anywhere.”
– Man who was going somewhere.
Good riddance! It’s about time… The question now is will the next person be a suitable replacement? Assuming not under a Tory government but we can only wait and see
How can she just sack him and pretend everything is fine?
It’s her tax cuts that he implemented! Her whole campaign was about tax cuts. But the economy can’t handle tax cuts at the moment, which a lot of people did point out in advance.
Somewhere Rishi Sunak is saying “I told you the economy couldn’t handle tax cuts”.
Someone had to take the buck and it wasn’t gonna be Truss
The “Canceller of the exchequer” joke is too good to waste.
Wonder how much money he got out of his short time in the position.
Kamikawsi gone, now who can they replace him with that is worse?
Snag is though, Liz is still there, and as long as she is, this growth crap will continue. What happens now will just be tinkering with details, not the root and branch rethink that is really needed
Another scapegoat
Truss will undeniably appoint someone just as absolutely batshit as his replacement
Jokeshop government. When was the most recent minister sent out on TV to tell us it’s all fine? Just this morning? 🙄
We laughed at Comical Ali – now we have more ridiculous bullshit coming from our govt every single day.
I laughed when i saw this headline. the comedic timing is perfect
Loved the quotes in last 24 hours:
“PM’s full confidence”
“No U turns”
“Will remain in post”
Just like a prem manager on their way out.
One of the shortest terms as chancellor ever and yet somehow one of the most damaging.
This is just untenable. They know they’re out at the next election and seem to be floundering how to benefit the most from their final few years in charge.
We need an election desperately but these cunts won’t have one.
This is the worst possible moment to have the worst possible government and the idiots who voted for them are to blame.
Britain will be on its fourth Chancellor in four months. Doesn’t look like stability to me
I’m starting to think that the “Strong & Stable” stuff might have been a ruse.
Rumour is the Americans were absolutely furious with him (market turbulence tends to spread) and he got an absolute pasting in Washington.
The question is whether that’s enough or if Truss’s head is also required.
Sacked for doing the things Truss promised party members she would do in her pitch to be leader? Shouldn’t she be leaving as well?
Bahahaha, he had the second shortest tenure as chancellor. only beaten by a man who died 30 days into having the job. So I’m not sure he counts.
Is he an NHS budget? Because it looks like he’s been cut by the Tory party!
Actual circus government. Kwasi for sure is going to bring Truss out with him. She’s been an absolute puppet for the people behind this mess that has profited from it
He came.
He manufactured a huge market movement.
He bragged about it to his mates, champagne glasses clinking.
He shorted.
His “boss” u turned.
He closed his short.
He left.
*££££££ ker-ching £££££*
Edit: quotation marks around “boss”, his *real* bosses were among those clinking said champagne glasses while engaging in the insider trading, of course.
Sacked for doing what Truss told him to do. Oh dear.
7 years ago, Tories said:
Vote Labour and you will get a coalition of chaos.
7 years of Tory government later:
4 Chancellors in a single year.
I have a binbag full of rubbish that could do the job if they can’t find anyone else.
Well he did what he needed to do and gave his financial leech buddies possibly billions and now he’s going to be set for life in some consultant role, never having to deal with the consequences of destroying his country’s economy for a quick buck
I think I speak for everyone when I say – for fuck sakes.
It’s beyond obvious now that this government have absolutely no idea what they’re doing. They’re even worse than the government under Johnson, which is saying something. This is an absolute piss take – anyone in the comments planning to vote Tory in the next GE I’m begging you to see a doctor or a therapist.
In the context of a private business:
I hired someone to such a position of power that they could make decisions affecting 70 million people, potentially resulting in poverty and deaths.
After 38 days it seems they were unsuited to the role and so I had to fire them.
Who is most at fault? The hirer or the hired?
Shortest chancellor to not die in post. Sure glad we didn’t get chaos with ed milliband,
This government has to be the most farcical in British political history.
Despite all the humour surrounding this of which I partake, the flip side is that the UK is just a complete laughing stock around the world, everyone is laughing at us. Just a huge bloody joke from one disaster to the next.
It’s like a real life Yes Minister TV show or Benny Hill show more like.
I swear this season was written by Armando Iannucci
I think we should all get a turn. Make it like jury service. Everyone gets a couple of weeks in the role.
You will be considered a success if the bank of England spends less than 65 billion as a consequence of your actions.
Rishi Sunak has got to be loving this… All of his predications coming true.
Might be a better feeling than getting the job itself at this rate considering the shit we’re in.
Christ can we just have chaos with Ed Miliband already?
David Blaine lasted longer in that box that Kawasi lasted as chancellor
To quote Malcolm Tucker from The Thick of It
“Sacked after twelve months, looks like you’ve fucked up. Sacked after a week, looks like (s)he’s fucked up.”
We apologize for the fault in Mr. Kwarteng’s budget. The Chancellor has been sacked.
(a few months later) We regret to inform you that there was also an error in the selection of the Prime Minister. The person responsible for sacking the Chancellor has been sacked.
(next general election). Terribly sorry, but the Tory party responsible for sacking the person who sacked the Chancellor has been found at fault and has, in turn, been sacked.