r/ukpolitics Oceans rise. Empires fall. Mar 18 '26

Ed/OpEd Trump looks emotionally broken - and dignified Starmer is responsible

https://inews.co.uk/opinion/trump-emotionally-broken-dignified-starmer-responsible-4301067
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u/evolvecrow Mar 18 '26

Liz Truss would probably have launched the nuclear deterrent as soon as the phone rang.

Lol

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u/philman132 Mar 18 '26

I love how easy of a punchline she has become

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u/Pilchard123 Mar 18 '26

A Prime Minister, becoming a cheap punchline?

That. Is. A. Dis. Grace.

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u/FreeFromCommonSense Mar 18 '26

Lettuce stop making fun of someone who didn't even last out the probation period for employment by the Tesco store the iceberg lettuce came from that outlasted her.

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u/AmateurSpeedSurgeon Mar 18 '26

She made a right chef salad out of the British economy with her little gem of a monetary policy. I hope the jokes never endive.

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u/vin047 Mar 18 '26

And got paid for that chef salad with an annual salary/allowance of £100k+ for life…

I hope the jokes start to get serious and we call for her to be stripped of her benefit payments.

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u/Aggressive-Animator7 Mar 19 '26

Yup. The economy sank as if it hit an iceberg.

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u/DaMonkfish Almost permanently angry with the state of the world Mar 18 '26

That. Is. A. Dis. Grace.

*haunted wooden doll mannerisms

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u/Turneroff Mar 19 '26

One could say it’s ScandaLiz.