Imho, the tories are going to lurch further right, then probably split.
But who knows!

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    9 months ago

    Is Farage actually any more economically right wing than Sunak?

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      9 months ago

      If you think about how far removed they are from the average citizen, it’s just a difference in the number of zeroes.

      UK Median net worth is £305,000
      Farage comes in at around £4,000,000 (13x)
      Sunak comes in at around £730,000,000 (2393x)
      (Figures from Kagi that seemed reasonable, can post sources if people would like to check)

      Both are at the point where they could never work another day in their life, and still live happily.
      Compared to an average person who expects to work until they are 75.

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        I was more talking policy wise, but bloody hell Sunak makes Farage look almost working class.

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          Sunak’s wife makes sunak look working class, that figure is mostly her.

          I’m not trying to pick holes in the post, its fair to combine them, but also fair to know that it is mostly from his wife.

          Ironic really, he’s head of a right wing bootstrap business party and all his achievements are dwarfed into irrelevance by the inherited wealth of his wife

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          I’m definitely not. No idea if other people have cut some sort of deal.

          I’m paying £20ish a month for it.
          And we even considered paying for their api to do story summaries here (we decided that for now it wasn’t efficient use of donations).