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The UK is not a big enough market to credibly threaten this sort of veto. Easy enough to exclude them and continue to serve the rest of the world. The UK will f

The UK is not a big enough market to credibly threaten this sort of veto. Easy enough to exclude them and continue to serve the rest of the world. The UK will fold well before Apple would need to.

kergonath 3y ago
If recent history is any guide, the UK will fold by next Monday, have a cabinet reshuffle 2 days later following a MP revolt, a leadership contest in a month, and a wilting turnip as a PM after that.
- tialaramex 3y ago
  It's true that some Tories want Rishi to go, but the problem is they have no credible replacement. They already had to dredge a Lord from the upper chamber back for a Great Office of State, which is legal but completely contemptuous. Like, sure, get a Lord to be Minister for Steam Engines or something, but Foreign Secretary? You are having a laugh. Imagine you're charged with putting forward two names to the Tory members. Remember if you put one serious answer and one joke, the addled members might pick the joke, which is why we got Truss, so don't do that. You need two people who want the job. Aside from Rishi, who has the job now, who do you think even wants this job ?
  - kergonath 3y ago
    > They already had to dredge a Lord from the upper chamber back for a Great Office of State, which is legal but completely contemptuous. It’s worse than that. They had to put him there first in order to dredge him from it. I love how the UK is a fascinating mixture of modernism and traditions, but this fits right in the return to the 19th century theme some Conservatives seem to want. > Like, sure, get a Lord to be Minister for Steam Engines or something, but Foreign Secretary? You are having a laugh. Indeed. And steam engines are very relevant because this kind of fudge is completely anachronistic. > Aside from Rishi, who has the job now, who do you think even wants this job ? You could take the Mogg out of his coffin, I suppose. I am not sure he’d have many supporters but he would probably be flattered. Boris would do anything for a blowjob or if it could help him avoid doing something a bit difficult. I am not sure Truss got the message, from what I have heard of her post-PM speeches. There are plenty of faceless xenophobic ex-ERG types who seem to be convinced they are the only true patriots. I can imagine one of them getting delusions of grandeur and overestimating their popularity. Truth be told, it’s become difficult to imagine how low the Conservatives would go in a leadership contest. And as long as they are the ones deciding who gets a shot at beating Truss, anything goes. Hopefully things will become more sensible after a general election, but at this point I will need to see it to believe it.

The UK is not a big enough market to credibly threaten this sort of veto. Easy enough to exclude them and continue to serve the rest of the world. The UK will fold well before Apple would need to.

kergonath 3y ago

If recent history is any guide, the UK will fold by next Monday, have a cabinet reshuffle 2 days later following a MP revolt, a leadership contest in a month, and a wilting turnip as a PM after that.

tialaramex 3y ago
It's true that some Tories want Rishi to go, but the problem is they have no credible replacement. They already had to dredge a Lord from the upper chamber back for a Great Office of State, which is legal but completely contemptuous. Like, sure, get a Lord to be Minister for Steam Engines or something, but Foreign Secretary? You are having a laugh. Imagine you're charged with putting forward two names to the Tory members. Remember if you put one serious answer and one joke, the addled members might pick the joke, which is why we got Truss, so don't do that. You need two people who want the job. Aside from Rishi, who has the job now, who do you think even wants this job ?
- kergonath 3y ago
  > They already had to dredge a Lord from the upper chamber back for a Great Office of State, which is legal but completely contemptuous. It’s worse than that. They had to put him there first in order to dredge him from it. I love how the UK is a fascinating mixture of modernism and traditions, but this fits right in the return to the 19th century theme some Conservatives seem to want. > Like, sure, get a Lord to be Minister for Steam Engines or something, but Foreign Secretary? You are having a laugh. Indeed. And steam engines are very relevant because this kind of fudge is completely anachronistic. > Aside from Rishi, who has the job now, who do you think even wants this job ? You could take the Mogg out of his coffin, I suppose. I am not sure he’d have many supporters but he would probably be flattered. Boris would do anything for a blowjob or if it could help him avoid doing something a bit difficult. I am not sure Truss got the message, from what I have heard of her post-PM speeches. There are plenty of faceless xenophobic ex-ERG types who seem to be convinced they are the only true patriots. I can imagine one of them getting delusions of grandeur and overestimating their popularity. Truth be told, it’s become difficult to imagine how low the Conservatives would go in a leadership contest. And as long as they are the ones deciding who gets a shot at beating Truss, anything goes. Hopefully things will become more sensible after a general election, but at this point I will need to see it to believe it.