Sunak and Javid quit in protest at BJ

Truss: “I will never allow our democracy to be disrupted by protest.”

This country has slept-walked right into 1930’s Germany. The saddest thing is there’s no real, tangible alternative on offer to the electorate.

I think the leader of the opposition knows if he loses the right wing rags he doesn’t gain power so he has to walk a tightrope. Yes, he’s a bit dull and could be more forthright with some of his views, but given the latest polls it seems to be working (alongside Tory incompetence). Personally, I’d like to see what a Labour government in power can do and not smugly slap myself on my back for giving the increasingly rabid right wing Tories another 12 years in power. The way things are going we look like we could be running out of free & fair elections.

How depressing that people feel we need a Daily Mail approved Labour Party.

The problem is if we don't vote Labour it's just going to be more years of the Tories. And while some Labour MPs are c**ts, ALL Tory MPs are c**ts. A party is more than just its leader and having a different in one in power at least gives some hope of gradual change.

Hold your nose and vote for them, I think. Or join the Labour Party and campaign for a change of leadership and direction. That's basically what Tory Party members did in forcing Brexit and the party's increasing shift to the populist right.

Pretty sure you made your intentions known when the GE came around. Got what you wanted, can’t complain.

I believe Andrew Marr has alluded to this, but would anyone else not be that surprised if Boris Johnson ended up staying on as PM? 

I honestly don't think Sunak or Truss are impressing anyone and are making fools of themselves. Meanwhile, Johnson is having digs at them both while at the same time arguing that he doesn't want to make decisions. And I believe he's also never explicitly said he's stepping down, just words like "it's time to look for a new leader".

Labour's latest announcement on prepayment meters is a brilliant encapsulation of how rudderless they are. They've recognised a legitimate problem; that prepayment customers pay more than those on direct debit for no discernible reason. They've rightly called this practice 'unfair' and 'outrageous' but then their solution is to use taxpayers money to reward the energy companies for such 'outrageous' behaviour.

Beyond that, they're dishonestly advertising this policy as 'Labour will end the prepayment premium' and yet their actual announcement only covers until March 2023. Does the prepayment premium suddenly become fair again in March? Does it stop becoming outrageous all of a sudden? 

The very obvious solution is to simply commit to legislating to end the bad practice but they're so beholden to corporate interests that they are incapable of proposing anything that could be viewed as even a mild threat to the system.

Too busy sunning himself in apartheid Israel so he got gazumped by Ed Davey and he is now scrambling around for a package to offer.

The obvious and glaring solution to the problem, nationalisation, is off table despite it being one of Keir's election pledges. Quite entertaining to see the political amateur box himself into a position whereby he can't embrace the obvious solution and stand by one of his election pledges, purely because the previous leader supports it. Genuinely laughable opposition. Thank goodness the adults are back in charge.

Dermot O’Smeary

Someone who purports to want a Labour government spending their time peddling Daily Mail soundbites about a man who is simply asking for workers to have a pay rise in line with inflation. Do you ever stop to question which side you are actually on?

Has he pushed something that has reduced economic output and will inevitably cause deterioration of workers’ rights and environmental protections? I know it’s what Catweazle wanted too, but unforgivably shit of him.

Okay, if it’s that clear cut (it isn’t) what do you think Brexit is?