The Prime Minister who caused Brexit is now foreign secretary. Brilliant.
this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2023
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Has to deal with (some) of his mess after all
Or double down and blame the mess on something else. Yeah my money's on that.
Braverman, a 43-year-old lawyer, has become a leader of the partyβs populist wing by advocating ever-tougher curbs on migration and a war on human rights protections, liberal social values and what she has called the βtofu-eating wokerati.β
I am truly fascinated. So a woman, educated in law and in an age range, that puts her generation at the demise of the gerontocracy, managed to get so insane with right wing extremist bullshit and conspiracies that she had to be removed from office to be replaced by yet another political figure that is directly responsible for making the country a worse place for everyone that falls into any of these categories like her.
"wokerati" made me chuckle though, with how stupid that is. At least the final downfall of the remnants of the former British Empire are amusing to watch from the outside.
Age, gender, education etc. are all secondary to class.
She won't have to worry about her pension, or wether she'll have to work in 40Β°C heat, or how rents develop.
Why'd he want to spoil it after making such a memorable exit?
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Cameron, who led the U.K. government between 2010 and 2016, was appointed by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in a cabinet shuffle in which he sacked Braverman, a divisive figure who drew anger for accusing police of being too lenient with pro-Palestinian protesters.
The last foreign secretary to serve in the Lords, rather than the elected House of Commons, was Peter Carrington, who was part of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government in the 1980s.
Sunak had been under growing pressure to fire Braverman β a hard-liner popular with the party's authoritarian wing β from one of the most senior jobs in government, responsible for handling immigration and policing.
Braverman, a 43-year-old lawyer, has become a leader of the party's populist wing by advocating ever-tougher curbs on migration and a war on human rights protections, liberal social values and what she has called the "tofu-eating wokerati."
The Conservatives have been in power for 13 years, but opinion polls for months have put them 15 to 20 points behind the opposition Labour Party amid a stagnating economy, persistently high inflation, an overstretched health-care system and a wave of public sector strikes.
As well as bringing about Brexit, Cameron's government imposed years of public-spending cuts after the 2008 global financial crisis that have frayed the country's welfare system and state-funded health service.
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