We are fucked

[Soph0571]

Kwasi, Cleverly, Braverman & Coffey in the big 4 under PM Truss
FFS we are really fucked.

American cousins, consider the Trump cabinet on libertarian steroids during a cost of living crisis where inflation is going to hit 20% - with tax cuts for the rich and the morons get big jobs for sucking new leader ass - welcome to the UK. These people are fucking stupid and dangerous and we are fucked

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

1. Disgusting!

You have my sympathy.

[Kath2]

2. Sounds awful.

[MLAA]

3. So sorry to hear that, I had hoped for better.

[alwaysinasnit]

4. ...

[Celerity]

5. Rees-Mogg at Business for extra spice

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. From the devoid-of-empathy Patel to the batshit-crazy Braverman at the Home Office

and if that list is accurate, she won't even take advantage of the change to chuck out the Johnson fanatics Dorries and Rees-Mogg.

Braverman is particularly anti-transgender:

Braverman claimed in a speech before the Policy Exchange thinktank on Wednesday (10 August) that schools could be “indoctrinating children” by allowing them to live as their authentic selves after coming out as trans.

She claimed these “misinformed” schools and teachers are “socially transitioning” kids, using the anti-trans dog-whistle that supportive adults are ‘grooming’ children by affirming their identity.
...
“In my view, a primary school where they are teaching eight or nine-year-old pupils – year four children – key words such as transgender, pansexual, asexual, gender expression, intersex, genderfluid, gender dysphoria, questioning or queer would be falling foul of government guidance nor is it age-appropriate to teach four-year-olds that people can change sex or gender,” she said.
...
Elsewhere in her speech, Suella Braverman – the government’s chief legal adviser – claimed there was a “serious risk that the fight for rights undermines democracy”, saying the UK now has a “rights culture”.

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/11/suella-braverman-attorney-general-lgbtq-schools-trans-section-29/

[LeftishBrit]

7. I was glad that at least Patel is resigning...

But Braverman might turn out worse!

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. At last, a silver lining - Dorries is quitting, and I don't think they can find anyone worse

for Media, Culture and Sport.

Nadine Dorries has joined Priti Patel in quitting the cabinet hours after Liz Truss won the Conservative leadership contest.

The culture secretary was offered the chance to stay in the role, according to the Mail Plus, who first reported the story. The website quoted a friend as saying: “[Dorries] has decided now is the right time to leave cabinet.”

It is expected that she will now be given a peerage in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list, triggering a byelection in her Mid Bedfordshire constituency.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/sep/05/priti-patel-quits-as-home-secretary-after-liz-truss-leadership-victory

The Commons' gain is the Lords' loss.

[T_i_B]

10. One of the big right wing causes right now...

...is an obsessive dislike of anything "trans". Which lead to a Tory leadership contest which was more focused on stuff like unisex toilets than the cost of energy.

Right wing Twitter is full of outrage about stuff like Policemen dancing the Macarena at Pride events but has virtually nothing to say about what's happening to the UK economy unless they can accuse somebody or something of being "woke".

Oh, and don't be surprised if Truss manages to find somebody even more unsuitable to run the Department of Culture than Mad Nad.

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. Michelle Donelan at DCMS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Donelan

I couldn't think of anything about her apart from the "Education Secretary for 2 days" bit. Wikipedia does mention PPE contracts at her partner's firm: https://goodlawproject.org/news/michelle-donelan-partner-contracts/ , but nothing swivel-eyed.

[Cosmo Blues]

8. I'm so sorry, sounds like Boris in a dress

I was all set to say too bad no change in party but at least you don't have Boris. But I see that's no consolation

[geardaddy]

11. Disgusting.