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Re:British pound hits record low against the dollar by denton-scratch on Monday September 26, 2022 @12:04PM (#32984850)
> But I want to understand why they chose this combination?

My guess is scorched earth. BoJo is such a disaster that his own party had to remove him - and even that turned out to be a struggle (getting rid of leaders with challenged hair seems to have been a struggle lately on both sides of the pond). He became that unpopular.

The crew that have replaced him have no chance of winning the next General Election; Truss has even said that she knows she's unpopular, and doesn't care. So by running up the debts, they set a minefield for the next Labour government, which will have no alternative but more austerity. So I guess the Tories are planning to win an election in 7 years time.

Re:British pound hits record low against the dollar by theironhammer on Monday September 26, 2022 @04:19PM (#32987798)
Bingo! Keir Starmer wanted rid of BoJo because he would be hard to beat in a GE. Truss will be easy to beat but yes the damage she will cause. Was it really worth it? There just really isn't any win for Labour, or the British people.