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DeepsPraw posted...

the shortest prime ministry was the First Earl of Bath, who only lasted 2 days

Nah, he never formed a government and never actually took the role. Similarly the Duke of Wellington was caretaker PM for 23 days but that was always intended to be temporary. Those dont count. It is generally considered that Canning was the shortest serving as he was actually trying to do the job, and now Truss has broken that record by quite a bit too.

XIII_Rocks posted...

The fact that the first 5 years of their power, which was destructive and brutal and traitorous and every inch as horrendous as you would expect from a usual Tory government, now looks fine by comparison is a testament to how bad the 7 years after that have been.

Honestly, as bad as the coalition was Ive become convinced that it was the Lib Dems really running things. Whenever you see people try to list good things that happened since the Tories took power (eg same sex marriage, tax-free allowance) they always give you a list of Lib Dem policies. Then when the Tories became the only governing party it was years of brexit chaos followed by immediate destruction when they had to actually try to govern.