I must have missed the election.

[the other bob wilson]

Good post, it irks me that pundits keep on saying we’ve got a new Government, but, strictly speaking they’re right I suppose. This one most resembles the old Tea Party in America who were the forerunners of the modern day Republican Party. Those nutters from groups like the Taxpayer’s Alliance are very influential in this version of the Conservative party apparently and I’veheard Truss and Kwarteng described as fanatics recently - don’t think that’s too far out and all of these decisions currently are being made on the say so of a minority ofTory MPs and Conservative party members.

One other thought, usually I wouldn't be in favour of a General Election every time a Prime Minister changes, but this one represents such a radical change of approach from the previous one that it seems to me that she should have a bigger mandate from the electors than the current one she has. You can argue whether red wall voters were only influenced by Brexit, but, if that's not the case, then what Truss represents is nothing like what they thought they were voting for when they backed Johnson's version of the party that, let's not forget, has been in power for twelve years and more.