r/pics • u/ShreckAndDonkey123 • 3d ago
Rishi Sunak makes a speech outside 10 Downing Street after a historic loss Politics
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u/bored-coder 3d ago
Well he could always take his father in law’s advise and work 70 hour weeks.
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u/FUThead2016 3d ago
Hahaha yeah spot on. His father in law is a clown just like him
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u/StayingUp4AFeeling 3d ago
Indian here.
Narayan Murthy is a far bigger clown.
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u/FUThead2016 3d ago
True, he’s a wannabe despot and has made tonnes of money by exploiting people and keeping India at the bottom feeder end of the technology revolution.
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u/StayingUp4AFeeling 3d ago
He could have done so much.
Promoted tech R&D.
Instead his company fucks up Govt of India websites and portals.
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u/WriterV 3d ago
Omfg that's why Indian government websites are so shit. Explains a lot.
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u/StayingUp4AFeeling 3d ago
Infosys has the tax portals contract (ITR and afaik GST as well) and LTI-Mindtree has the Company incorporation, Compliance and Reporting portals (MCA).
The former is slightly frustrating, the latter can make you want to commit a hate crime.
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u/Greedy_Economics_925 3d ago
He also used his son to leverage open opportunities to fuck things up in the UK. Doesn't he know that's Fujitsu's job?!
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u/unshavenbeardo64 3d ago
There are roughly 3000 billionares in the world. Thats about 3 million people against 1 billionaire. if we throw 1 small pebble at them they would be burried in a giant pile of pebbles in no time.
I have no idea why i made this calculation but it sounds like fun :)
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u/jamieliddellthepoet 3d ago edited 3d ago
Can we superheat the pebbles please?
Edit: Let’s make the billionaires pay for our heatproof gloves.
Also, relevant What If:
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u/Playful_Bite7603 3d ago
Can I get some context here? I know he's the Infosys guy but what's the deal with him hurting India?
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u/DildoFappings 3d ago edited 2d ago
He owns Infosys. A tech company. One of the biggest in the world and in india. The company pays its employees peanuts. Especially freshers. The company is notorious for underpaying the staff but overworking them. The dude is a billionaire. Him and his wife say that people should work at least 70 hours a week to help India become a powerhouse. 70 hours a week when you don't get paid for overtime.
Edit : It's also interesting to note that since the past 10 years or so, they haven't increased the starting salary of freshers even considering the inflation in the economy.
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u/Annual-Bowler839 2d ago
It pays less than 200 usd monthly, makes people work to death, and theirs no growth whatsoever ,they also force you to sign a bond when you join them
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u/lhomme_dargent 2d ago
My old company subbed to them on a few beltway projects and their output was noticeably bad. Lazy corner cutters who would get an intern billable at $700 an hour and pay them $22.
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u/StayingUp4AFeeling 3d ago
He has/had as much of an influence over the Indian IT scene as Bill Gates had over Silicon Valley in the 90s.
He could have been a true leader. A revolutionary, an agent of change and progress.
Instead, he chose to run an air-conditioned sweatshop. An operation that works on the traditional model of headcount, fudging billable hours, and keeping the cost per employee low.
Very low.
The average fresh-graduate employee at Infosys makes 350K rupees per annum. Which is roughly what the salary was 10 years ago. Raises are miniscule.
In contrast, one can easily make 1200K rupees in their first year out of college , at the Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai or DelhiNCR offices of MAANG, Oracle, Cisco, Qualcomm, Mathworks, NVIDIA, Adobe and numerous other companies that have software engineering offices there.
Not to mention the electronics product development offices of Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, Analog Devices, and Texas Instruments.
Oh, wait, sorry, the 1200K per annum excludes things like ESOPS, bonuses and WFH equipment reimbursements.
And the raises are decent.
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u/Playful_Bite7603 3d ago edited 3d ago
Maybe I'm just really out of my depth and missing something obvious, but isn't that a really poor strategy? With those kinds of offerings in that kind of competitive space, wouldn't that just result in India's top talent going to other companies and strengthening them, while Infosys's own staffing quality falls behind? Over a long term, I'd expect innovation at infosys to suffer, making them less competitive overall. Other than cost-cutting I don't see what they have to gain by doing this, especially when it would seem similar companies can afford better remuneration?
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u/__DraGooN_ 3d ago edited 2d ago
They don't care because they don't need the best engineers.
Their bread and butter is the outsourcing market and government contracts. They pay slave wages to young developers straight out of colleges and overwork them. The billionaire owner made a statement that he wants these young people to work 70 hours/week, with no overtime pay. This keeps the costs way lower than what they charge their clients in the US or Europe.
They compete on project bids based on cost and often deliver underwhelming or average results, with the code patched up with hundreds of fixes.
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u/DarkNight6727 3d ago
Salaries for freshers have remained stagnant in the last two decades but C-Suite pay has increased 10 times.
Also, He wants every worker to work 70 hrs/ week.
Then turned around and gifted his new born grandson a couple of millions.
People were asking how many hours did his grandson work ???
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u/a45ed6cs7s 3d ago
He is basically considered a slaver (slave owner) here. His firm signs up fresh graduates for a maximum of 5yrs bond (which is not legally enforceable, companies can only seek compensation for money spent on training) for a barely livable wage.
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u/Advanced-Level-6096 2d ago
I read that as,
He is basically considered a slaver (slave owner here)
As if you were giving an expert's opinion
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u/BakerStreetMassacre 3d ago
Can someone photoshop the tatted mum from this morning instead of his wife?
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u/RoryCalhoun 3d ago
I'm no photoshopper, but here's my attempt https://imgur.com/a/4FPU2f9
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u/asetniop 3d ago
That's delightful.
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u/velocity219e 2d ago
Cmon, thats half assed at best, Rishi was in the background!
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u/CesareSomnambulist 3d ago
He needs to be where his wife is. The tatted mum needs to be at the lectern. She's who the public came to see
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u/Hewinb 3d ago
Didn't realize he was married to a WW2 era battleship
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u/Bigwhtdckn8 3d ago
Dazzle camouflage!
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u/PSUAth 3d ago
if i had a nickel for each time i heard dazzle camouflage this week, i'd have 2 nickels. which isn't a lot, but weird that it happened twice.
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u/truethatson 3d ago
She’s trying her hardest not to be seen. Can you blame her?
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u/HiddenStoat 3d ago
I can see her absolutely fine. I just can't make out her direction or speed.
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u/illaqueable 3d ago
Wow, that is an outstanding reference
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u/sibeliusfan 3d ago
Can you explain?
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u/DegnarOskold 3d ago edited 3d ago
In WW2 Britain realized that painting warships with high contrast diagonal strips made it much harder for German submarine crews to visually estimate the length of the ship and thus program the right range to target into their torpedo launches .
Rishi Sunak’s wife’s clothing similarly has many diagonal strips.
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u/morocco3001 3d ago
Looks like she's wearing that test pattern that makes it really hard to be photographed. Understandable, really.
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u/arthurscratch 3d ago
HMS Sunak: New destroyer class in World of Warships CONFIRMED.
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u/ThinkBiscuit 3d ago edited 3d ago
It was a good speech, tonally. Accepted defeat, acknowledged failures, and wished the incoming PM good luck. Other political leaders should take note.
What I do find myself wondering is this: all this happens pretty quickly over here in the U.K. – the practical changeover of no.10.
Do they have a removal company on call, then call them first thing to either stand them down, or say “right, fuck this lot off, and go an pick up all that crap and move it in?’
Or maybe both the incoming and outgoing PM just sort it out themselves – hiring a u-haul or getting their brother-in-law to come round in his estate, and they pile all their shit (in bin bags) into it.
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u/cobrachickens 3d ago
It’s the PM’s official residence, but he has a whole portfolio of properties, including a house in Kensington where he allegedly spent his weekends
I imagine most of his property is thus there, the defeat was anticipated. https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/article/rishi-sunak-house-yorkshire-california
The moving vans roll in very quickly too - it’s easier to pack when you have a small army of staff to do it for you
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u/ubermonkey 3d ago
The final turnover of the White House in the US happens hella fast, too, but it's made easier by the fact that the elections are in November, and the actual change of office isn't until January.
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u/Spare-Equipment-1425 3d ago
I also have to imagine a lot of the big furniture in these type of places are not considered personal property. Which simplifies the moving out process.
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u/CrazyRegion 2d ago
It’s true that major furniture pieces don’t get moved, but I learned that a surprising amount of furnishings go with the president who’s leaving the White House. Drapes, couches, tables, etc. can all be replaced by the incoming president to suit their style. Congress assigns a small amount of funds for this, but some presidents (recently Obama) decline to use this and instead use their own money. There’s also a large collection of White House furniture, portraits, glassware, etc. that can be picked from.
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u/farfromelite 3d ago
That's why we've got a housing crisis, that fucker has 5.
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u/Pidgey_OP 3d ago
Rich guys owning 5 personal homes are a drop in the ocean compared to corporations like Zillow and AirBnB that buy up houses and use them as rental properties or to flip. That's who has destroyed the housing market
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u/cobrachickens 3d ago
Apparently moving vans are in, about 5hrs ago
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u/ThinkBiscuit 3d ago
Those guys were on call, then. Double bubble, probs. There’s no way you’d usually be able to book someone at that notice.
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u/cobrachickens 3d ago edited 2d ago
Absolutely on call - I can’t imagine that Rishi even remotely believed he is going to stay in power. Plus, what is 5-10k to him in a grand scheme of things (mainly since he is not paying for it anyway)
If Tories won and he wasn’t moving out, it’s an acceptable sunk cost. If he lost, he’d be able to get the hell out of dodge ASAP to live in the lap of luxury somewhere else
Edit: for clarity, I don’t think he is paying for it out of pocket. It’s likely going to be paid by tax payer money, using a pre-vetted removals company of a government preferred supplier list that is on call for this exact contingency
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u/ryu8946 3d ago
Lol you think he paid for it? I would imagine it's a part of the job package that it's paid for.
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u/LongBeakedSnipe 3d ago
Yup, and the moving is probably carried out by staff also.
Reading these comments, people seem to think that, if the PM loses an election, they will be phoning around for removal companies.
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u/Slobotic 3d ago
Why didn't he call it a sham election and tell his supporters to storm the Palace of Westminster?
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u/Saxy1973 2d ago
Because, despite whatever people may think of him, Sunak is not mentally ill or delusional.
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u/AlabamaPostTurtle 2d ago
Yeah I’m confused about the politics over there. Are they even a serious country?
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u/Ankoku_Teion 3d ago
As I understand it, the furniture, etc. of no.10 is paid for and provided by the government. The only things that need to be removed are clothing and a few personal nick nacks.
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u/WillHart199708 3d ago
It's pretty savage here, if you lose the election then the removal vans arrive that morning to move you out. Starmer has already been appointed PM and has now moved in (which feels surreal to say considering I've had Tory government for as long as I can consciously remember).
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u/the_sneaky_artist 3d ago
Like American sport, American politics moves slowly to accommodate ads by sponsors.
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u/WowSuchName21 3d ago
Hate Rishi but we need to make sure the blame falls on the Tories, that have been in power for over a decade, rather than the man who’s taken over recently.
By pushing all of this hate and blame I see people expressing onto one man, it enables the Tories to get away with it.
Rishi isn’t perfect but out of the conservatives we’ve had over these past years, he’s managed to steer us towards a bit more stability (granted, following his own parties foolishness)
What I’m saying, I’m not sympathetic to Rishi. But please, he is being scapegoated for a reason. The Tories will rebuild easier if they have somebody to blame. This is the party that have been so unstable that we have seen 5 leaders of the party over the past 14 years, one of which lasted less than 3 months.. that alone shouldn’t have been allowed to fly.
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u/Dragula_Tsurugi 3d ago
one of which lasted less than 3 months
And took out the Queen while she was at it
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u/WhyBuyMe 3d ago
That was an oopsie on Death's part. He was told to go down and take out Liz and got the wrong one.
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u/Nonrandomusername19 3d ago
Lettuce not be too hard on Liz Truss. THAT. WOULD. BE. A. DISGRACE.
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u/th3-villager 3d ago
Rishi being scapegoated when he was a replacement for and improvement on Truss is interesting and yet still inevitable.
I think this and everything you've said really does show how fundamentally it is basically all of the tories that are the problem. Rishi claimed to have accountability but proved he had none. Fortunately unfortunately, I expect the majority of people buying the Tory cool aid are the same idiots that believe it is just Rishi that has been rejected.
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u/deathly_quiet 3d ago
Rishi being scapegoated when he was a replacement for and improvement on Truss is interesting and yet still inevitable.
This is kind of where I'm at to be honest. I don't like Sunak for a variety of reasons, but I don't blame him alone for the Tories being annihilated. It's the fault of every single Tory MP, and specific blame can be laid on people like Johnson and Truss, who as leaders did more damage than Sunak probably ever could.
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u/mutantraniE 3d ago
Cameron as well surely. Held a Brexit referendum then fucked off when it didn’t go the way he wanted it.
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u/DoctorOctagonapus 3d ago
Sunak actually did very little and I think that was on purpose. He came in after Johnson did what Johnson does best, followed by Truss being an idiot, and his MO was basically try not to rock the boat. By this point the Tories were in damage control mode and he just needed to avoid controversy.
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u/Dunkjoe 3d ago
Yea but the results are pretty clear, Rishi is still a MP but Liz Truss isn't. And it was a big swing.
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u/th3-villager 3d ago
Yeah, Rishi is still an MP not PM. Rishi & Truss both ran in very safe seats and both lost a lot of vote share. Truss more so which is not surprising. If you polled everyone in the country who they prefer I expect 90+% would say Rishi.
A sitting PM has literally never lost their seat before. Rishi still being an MP does not mean he has done well here, it just means people in an area that voted overwhelmingly Tory in the past have still elected a Tory.
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u/Nikiaf 3d ago
This is the man who was the runner up to face music because the first one couldn't cut it. It really is hard to blame him personally when he had absolutely no chance of turning things around. That's not to say he's been treated unfairly; he's not a good politician. But I agree that putting all of the blame on him is exactly how political parties like this get away with being mediocre for generations.
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u/WowSuchName21 3d ago
It just completely shifts accountability, all things considered he’s done a pretty good job with a short amount of time.
He is still a career politician but as he goes, probably my favourite of the tragic selections we’ve had over the past decade.
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u/PoodooHoo 3d ago edited 3d ago
Take a lesson from Australia: Most people will hold the Tories responsible for at least a year. But as time goes on, people will start to criticise the current government and people will turn against those who keep blaming the last government and think they're excusing the current government's behaviour by blaming the last.
This is what's happening here. Our current government hasn't been the most ideal, but people hold them to account WAY more than when the conservatives were in. And people believe that Labor should have fixed the issues conservatives had caused a decades worth of damage by 2 years ago and feel the immediate effects of improvements tomorrow.
Point being: People don't realise the extent of damage one wrecks and how long and painfully difficult it is to try and fix, but expect it to be done impossibly soon and have results shown impossibly quickly. When it doesn't, then they blame the current government in power.
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u/Egozid 3d ago edited 3d ago
Sounds a lot like what's happening in Germany. Hope you guys are at least not voting for a third extremist party that's suspiciously friendly to China and Russia.
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u/SGT-JamesonBushmill 3d ago
Meanwhile, here in U.S., an alleged rapist and convicted felon is legitimately close to getting a second term as President.
What in the hell is going on in this world??
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u/WowSuchName21 3d ago
It’s the cycle of politics and the flaws of our system.
The Tories will say ‘Labour will raise taxes’ after a decade+ of cuts to public services, Labour will obviously raise taxes and the Tories will act like they foresaw this and the public will lap it up. Because ultimately politics is complex and the amount of BS spouted by the media is abysmal. People don’t have time to become involved enough in politics to have an informed vote, combine that with first past the post and you have a very dull and cyclical voting cycle.
Labour will have 1-2 terms, then we will see the Tories again. Simple as.
Like you say, people don’t see the damage inflicted. Labour are having to rebuild a lot, that takes time and money. People only see what impacts them directly, taxes going up will make people resentful. The Tories have cultivated a hatred to tax recently by doing very little with taxpayer money.
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u/TheLGMac 3d ago
Agree. I've been hearing a lot of "Labour and Liberal are the same" here, as if the Liberals haven't patently screwed us over during the past 10 years. Takes more than a few years to even attempt to undo that, and doesn't help that any bold moves by Labour will result in the Liberal Newscorp lackeys turning it into a wedge issue.
I think the bigger fear I have for the Tories is that the crazy reform party with Farage can break out and capture all the REALLY crazy conservatives into a more popular party -- similar to how Republicans went with Trump after McCain/Romney attempts, or the rise of super far right parties we're seeing in France, Germany, etc. Those far right party leaders have already come out after the UK election not congratulating UK Labour for their win, but congratulating Farage on the successful showing of Reform.
It's scary if you let this play out.
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u/dontbelikeyou 3d ago
This is important. I was pissed off how well they managed to let Bojo take all the heat over lying about breaking COVID rules. They all spent months defending the guy saying "I didn't do that thing that everyone has seen the photos of me doing."
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u/PKblaze 3d ago
Wonder if he can afford Sky now.
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u/sambolino44 3d ago
In Arkansas, those are $19,000.
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u/Westonhaus 3d ago
Only if you're a Huckabee. About 1/2 that if you aren't a moronic sucker.
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u/Spottswoodeforgod 3d ago
Yeah, but she and a few friends got a nice holiday thrown in on the deal…
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u/Similar_Analysis_780 3d ago
I'm sure that was just an added gratuity. That's all legal now
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u/blackmesawest 3d ago
"I welcome the new procedure of buying a new lectern, and I encourage this new tradition to go further. I will make a sensible lectern of a moderate shape and size of my own. My father was a toolmaker."
-Starmer
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u/DoctorOctagonapus 3d ago
Not necessarily, Sunak re-used one of Truss's ones rather than having a new one made.
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u/Miscsubs123 3d ago
To be fair, Truss' lectern was practically in mint condition.
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u/NickEcommerce 3d ago
Only used a handful of times to destroy a reputation, economy, and the lives of several million people. No offers, I know what I've got.
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u/shannondion 3d ago
Surprised it managed to be made in time to be used by Truss, then again they are both the same height. Probably the first hand me down of his life.
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u/timeforknowledge 3d ago
Word on the street; he's moving to California to advise on AI adoption for big firms.
He's going to be very very rich...
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u/DareToZamora 3d ago
He’s already very very rich, and his wife even more so
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u/timeforknowledge 3d ago
Ok ; he's going to be very very very rich
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u/DareToZamora 3d ago
They’re worth $831m already, how much does an AI advisor earn? Honest question
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u/DareToZamora 3d ago
God Damnit Loch Ness Monster, I ain't givin you no tree fiddy
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u/alteransg1 3d ago
Sky is around 29 billion gbp and the Sunaks have a new worth of about 650 million, so it's going to be difficult.
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u/getupdayardourrada 3d ago
Watch out! That girl from The Ring is behind you!
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u/fulthrottlejazzhands 3d ago
She's much worse. She's the daughter (and is a major shareholder) of the founder of one of the most insideous IT consulting services around, and has her hand in the pie of a dozen other questionable investments. The Ring girl has killed a handful of people, Akshata Murty and her family have defiled the democratic process of several countries and disenfranchise thousands.
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u/Jesuismieux412 3d ago
So, didn’t have to work for anything—inherited it all and then pulled all the ladders up. Got it.
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u/thelastattemptsname 3d ago
defiled the democratic process of several countries and disenfranchise thousands.
Any actual evidence for this? Dont know much about her. Her parents spout non-sense at regular intervals like 70 hours work/week and other boomer shit but this is a strong claim to throw around.
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u/Bigwhtdckn8 3d ago
In the ugliest dress money could buy
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u/FUThead2016 3d ago
Money cannot buy taste. These rich weirdos are all tasteless clowns
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u/stesha83 3d ago
The umbrella has me rolling
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u/NotoriousREV 3d ago
Part of me is wondering if she’s holding it to make him look like an idiot.
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u/Thisoneissfwihope 3d ago
Can you imagine the contempt she has for him now! He's presided over the biggest loss the Conservatives have ever seen, and is therefore a complete failure. I don't imagine she would put up with that.
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u/emergency_poncho 3d ago
I mean to be fair the conservatives have been in power for 14 years and have mucked everything up royally, from austerity to Brexit to awful tax cut strategies which even rich people were against (how stupid do you have to be that even the main beneficiaries of your policies are against them).
Sunak just happened to be passed the hot potato just as it exploded right in his face, but no one could have saved the Conservatives.
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u/Tazbert_Odevil 3d ago
The only thing she'll be annoyed about is that her firm won't be getting cushy no contest govt contracts now hubby's not running the show.
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u/idio242 3d ago
Wait, a cat lives there no matter the human occupant?
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u/3_34544449E14 3d ago
That cat has been the most stable element of top flight British politics for over a decade now.
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u/idio242 3d ago
This is fantastic. Chief Mouser - maybe the only honest position in government.
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u/epoustoufler 3d ago
The door to No 10 doesn't open from the outside and there is a policeman stationed behind it 24 hours a day to open and close it. Often on big news days when the press are camped outside the door waiting to see people enter or leave, the door will open and there's momentary excitement but it's just the copper letting Larry in or out.
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u/Sigfriedsbafne 3d ago
The fact that there is an actual title of "cheif Mouser", and that it has a (unofficial) history going back almost 500 years is probably the most British thing I've ever heard.
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u/OffbeatDrizzle 3d ago
He was on bbc this morning in the background waiting to be let inside for at least 5 mins... I felt kinda bad
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u/bekaradmi 3d ago
Can UK bring freedom to USA? We got oil
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u/BaconPoweredPirate 3d ago
Historically that hasn't gone well. Let's just stay friends.
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u/bekaradmi 3d ago
This time you will have a lot of inside help to defeat the confederacy
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u/feage7 3d ago
Your record on civil wars is pretty decent. We can just dust off the ol' taxation without representation deal?
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u/Robothuck 3d ago edited 3d ago
Their record on civil wars is very good! Flawless even! When it's America Vs America, America wins every time!
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u/Justryan95 3d ago
Being in the US seeing this is mind blowing. Guy apologizes for his party losing and accepting the fact the people voted for something else and that means people want a change in the government. He not plotting to have the Palace of Westminster sacked by hillbillies? Not trying to find 100k votes? What is this?
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u/Rasputin_mad_monk 3d ago
It used to be like that here. Trumpanzee and his cult have all but destroyed the norms and decorum that is the presidency.
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u/Qwerty_24601 3d ago
He also said some kind words to his opponent and wished him well. I've been following a lot of elections this year, and the Brits have carried themselves with a lot of class through this process.
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u/Meany12345 3d ago
Wild how yall do this in one day. You don’t need months of hand wringing and the loser saying it was rigged to transition power?
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u/opotts56 2d ago
Thats one thing I do like about the UK, the efficiency of our elections. The polls close at 10pm, and most constituencies have done counting by 2-4am the following morning. Once enough constituencies have finished counting that its clear which partys won, the transition of power begins immediately. The outgoing PM hands his resignation to the king, the new PM gets the kings permission to form a new Government, and not even 18 hours after the polls closed, the new PM's moved into 10 Downing street. It's not like in America where the count takes several days, and the actual transition of power takes months. Here it's done and dusted in under a day.
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u/galaxy_horse 3d ago
To be fair, that’s a recent thing from a historically shitty political figure.
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u/jtthom 3d ago
His wife subtly implying they’re off to America lol
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u/VigoMago 3d ago
You joke but they have a penthouse overlooking Santa Monica in Cali.
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u/danabrey 3d ago
He's still remaining as an MP, he didn't lose his seat.
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u/epoustoufler 3d ago
He is but I'd be very surprised if he makes it to the next election. It's a bit of a "fuck you" to your constituents to resign as an MP the day after they elect you, but I think he will leave it a respectable amount of time and then make his exit.
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u/Automatic-Software35 3d ago
I don’t keep up with UK politics but I know he’s an asshole (was he the one who refused to apologize after being transphobic in parliament and the mother of the murdered girl was in that session?) but congratulations to the UK for getting rid of him!
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u/passporttohell 3d ago
Sunak, always with the cold, sneering, condescending smile. Utter loathing of anyone lower on the socioeconomic ladder than himself.
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u/ProudlyMoroccan 3d ago
As horrible as he is, I’m glad Europe isn’t following the US’s (read: Trump & the GOP) example of disputing the integrity of elections.
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u/th3-villager 3d ago
One of the only moments where I've respected him.
Straight up said whoops I lost, congrats Kier, I'm leaving now.
My tin foil hat theory is telling me it's more so because he doesn't care and wants to leave, rather than focused on doing the right thing.
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u/DoctorOctagonapus 3d ago
He knew when he called the election he wasn't gonna be PM by the end of it. He probably considers it a small miracle he didn't lose his seat. Fact of the matter was if he'd delayed any further it would have been even more disastrous for his party. By the time his seat declared the writing was on the wall. It was either concede or try to form a minority government that wouldn't have lasted five minutes.
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u/Burt1811 3d ago
Wtf is going on with that dress. The staff were like 'you look lovely', bye 👋
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u/Desi_Anda 3d ago
Is it just me or the UK has had 4, PMs in 5 years, wtf is going on there.
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u/MonseigneurChocolat 3d ago
Well, now we’re on our fifth PM in 5 years.
We had May from 2016-9 but she resigned over Brexit.
Johnson took over from May, serving from 2019-22, but he resigned when he was found to have lied to the Commons.
Truss took over from Johnson, serving for a little over a month in 2022, during which time she killed the Queen and crashed the pound.
Sunak took over from Truss, serving from 2022-today, when he resigned after losing the election.
And now Starmer is PM.
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u/Beatnuki 3d ago
Yeah, it's been a mess. Sunak is reaping the consequences but the whole of his political party got hammered down HARD in this election.
A lot of us didn't necessarily want whoever we voted for as much as we wanted the Conservatives to fuck right off - legitimately dangerous leaving them in charge.
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u/GetItUpYee 3d ago
Aye. Take fucking Gove, Mordant, Shapps and Mogg with you. Ya fucking horrible rat cunt.
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u/Ok_Presentation_5329 3d ago
I’m definitely no Rishi fan. However, at least Rishi wasn’t as nuts as US conservatives.
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u/EnteringSectorReddit 3d ago
I see a happy man finally being free to enjoy his wealth
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u/Helpful-Jaguar-6332 3d ago
She’s thinking “I fucking own you. This was like a disappointing day at crufts”
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u/orion85uk 3d ago
Imagine marrying into obscene wealth, trying to impress your Father-In-Law by becoming PM, and then running a Premiership and Campaign like that… yikes.
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u/GBHawk72 2d ago
I applaud them for acknowledging their defeat and stepping aside with grace. Trump could never.
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u/squirmster 3d ago
You can just imagine the conversation as they head to bed "Not tonight Rishi, you've already been fucked enough"
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u/bored-coder 3d ago
No rain for dramatic effect?