A Cunning Plan?

Well, I'm only thankful that Her Majesty, the  blessed Queen Elizabeth II, didn't live to see Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng trashing the UK's economy, devaluing the noble pound that still carries her image.  It would probably have killed her.  If Truss hadn't killed her already, that is.  (I'm sorry, but I still find it suspicious that within hours of asking Truss to form a government, Her Majesty took to her bed and karked it.  To be fair, it might have been her final audience with Johnson, to accept his resignation, the day before that did it, especially if the fat tosser tried to get one last grope in).  It is all an amazingly quick fall from political grace for Truss, with the Tories' poll ratings plummeting faster than the pound's value and already rumours of Tory backbenchers preparing their letters of 'No Confidence' for the 1922 Committee.  Could it be, though, that what we're seeing is all part of Johnson's cunning plan to get himself back into Number Ten?  Did his supporters in the media engineer Truss' victory in the Tory leadership campaign in the knowledge that her policies would tank the economy within weeks of her taking office?  Even if this was so, would it really lead to a clamour amongst Tory MPs and supporters for the return of Boris Johnson to save the day?  Because, the fact is, he was unpopular and a vote loser before he resigned.  None of the things that caused this - his dishonesty, incompetence, laziness, corruption and mendacity, to name but a few - have changed.  Moreover, before he was forced out of office, he demonstrated amply that he had no more idea of how to deal with the cot of living crisis engulfing the UK than Truss.

The reality of the situation is that, thanks to Cameron's fixed term parliament shenanigans, this parliament and, therefore, this government, has around another eighteen months to run before a general election has to be called.  Moreover, Tory leaders, under the current party rules, are protected from 'No Confidence' votes by their own MPs for their first year in office.  Which means that we could have to endure at least another twelve months of Truss' and her insane economic policies which are driving the country into the ground.  Of course, many things could change in that period - a policy U-turn in order to try and stem the Tories' poll slide, a forced resignation because of some kind of impropriety, (although Johnson survived scandal after scandal, let's not forget), or maybe the population of the UK finally shake off their apathy and take to the streets.  A bit of civil insurrection can work wonders to effect political change, although I strongly suspect that, outside of Twitter this unlikely to happen - too many would be 'radicals' would rather get 'revolution' trending as a hashtag on Twitter than actually get off their arses and onto the streets.  (Before anyone says anything: I'm too old for all that 'storming the Bastille' shit - but I will hold your coats while you do it).  All the while, of course, we still have large sections of the right-wing press gaslighting us, declaring loudly on their font pages how these are all only short term problems with 'Trussnomics' and how, in the long term, it will bring us all prosperity snd security.  (If we haven't frozen or starved to death in the meantime).  Some are also trying to deflect blame, claiming that it is all the fault of bastard traders in the City, shorting the pound, ignoring the fact that these are very people who backed Truss in the first place, knowing that her policies would open the door for them to do this.  Ah well, it will all end in tears, just you see...