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Re: Quote of the day

Post by Chadwick » Thu Oct 20 2022 12:04pm

Liz Truss wrote:I am a fighter, not a quitter
Yesterday, PMQs, House of Commons.

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Re: Quote of the day

Post by macliam » Thu Oct 20 2022 12:34pm

Chadwick wrote:
Thu Oct 20 2022 12:04pm
Liz Truss wrote:I am a fighter, not a quitter
Yesterday, PMQs, House of Commons.
Translation: I am desperate to hang on for the maximum payout...... :shifty:
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Re: Quote of the day

Post by im174281 » Thu Oct 20 2022 2:37pm

What a thankless job. I feel sorry for Liz. Voted into position by her party, with little support from her MPs.

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Re: Quote of the day

Post by Richard Frost » Thu Oct 20 2022 8:26pm

“Gaily did she go to the gallows.”

The Times’s political sketchwriter Quentin Letts on Liz Truss’s “cheerful” resignation outside Downing Street.

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Re: Quote of the day

Post by macliam » Thu Oct 20 2022 9:53pm

Richard Frost wrote:
Thu Oct 20 2022 8:26pm
“Gaily did she go to the gallows.”

The Times’s political sketchwriter Quentin Letts on Liz Truss’s “cheerful” resignation outside Downing Street.
Counting her £117k a year, it seems......
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Re: Quote of the day

Post by Sarah » Mon Oct 24 2022 1:28pm

Yesterday:
Ian Dunt wrote:That Johnson comeback in full: flew back from a luxury holiday, posed like a twat, begged his rivals, lied about his support, let down his allies and fell on his arse.
https://twitter.com/IanDunt/status/1584 ... k9kjJf7qmw

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Re: Quote of the day

Post by Richard Frost » Mon Oct 24 2022 5:50pm

“We face a profound economic challenge. We now need stability and unity, and I will make it my utmost priority to bring our party and our country together.”

Rishi Sunak speaks shortly after emerging as leader of the Conservative party

Familiar words?

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Re: Quote of the day

Post by Richard Frost » Tue Nov 01 2022 6:19pm

“I am weird and I don’t have any friends.”

In their new biography, Out of the Blue, Harry Cole and James Heale claim that Liz Truss outlined two problems with her own bid for the Tory party leadership earlier this year.

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Re: Quote of the day

Post by macliam » Wed Nov 02 2022 5:24pm

Sir Keir Starmer wrote:"Start governing for once and get a grip."
Addressing Richboy Sunak at PMQT
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Re: Quote of the day

Post by Richard Frost » Tue Nov 08 2022 6:33pm

“We became a victim of something with which we had nothing to do.”
Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister of Pakistan, speaks at the Cop27 summit after his country’s devastating floods.

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