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 Badger11  Beckenham 24 Sep 22 5.09pm |
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Odd Headline from the BBC reporter Laura Kuenssberg "Starmer's task is to soothe nerves and grow the economy" Err no it's not Laura as leader of the opposition his job is to get elected as PM by challenging government policies and coming up with alternate ideas. Once he has done that then maybe your statement is correct. Sigh. Edited by Badger11 (24 Sep 2022 5.09pm)
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cryrst  The garden of England 24 Sep 22 6.02pm |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
It wasn't the fault of the Conservative MPs as they made their preference well known. Unfortunately the decision was in the hands of the Conservative Party members most of whom seem to be doddery old fools and perhaps they didn't want a leader who wasn't the same colour as themselves Which was their choice. Maybe just shoot everyone over 60 and move on in the utopian world some want where everyone is a millionaire.
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 24 Sep 22 7.50pm |
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Originally posted by Badger11
I thought you were a Tory? Truss will take them into the next GE only time will tell if this has been a good decision. Maggie cut taxes in a major recession against the advice of all the economic experts and it raised tax revenue. What would your solution be more of the same? We have had 12 years of a pseudo Tory government at least those who voted for Tory policies are now getting what they voted for. Edited by Badger11 (24 Sep 2022 10.08am) I am not the kind of Tory who now is in the government. Nor, indeed, was I ever a fan of Thatcher's politics, although I admired her determination. We face an unprecedented set of circumstances, for which no blueprints are helpful. This isn't just a recession in which we can try to grow and spend our way out. What would I do? Certainly get people who can work, to work. Not only that but incentivise them to work in productive areas of the economy. What I wouldn't do is cut taxes, for anybody. Certainly not the better off, who already have all the incentives needed to invest and get richer. Give them any more, and it won't be invested here (trickle down) but fly away to safe havens. It's nutty thinking. People didn't vote for nutty thinking. They voted to "get Brexit done" and are pretty disillusioned about that too. You fool yourself if you think what this government is doing is what people want, or what they voted for.
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 24 Sep 22 7.56pm |
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Originally posted by cryrst
Which was their choice. Maybe just shoot everyone over 60 and move on in the utopian world some want where everyone is a millionaire. As my own MP pointed out to me, this isn't actually true, although it's a common misconception. What they chose was the leader of the Tory Party, who the MPs then accepted as the PM. They could though have refused (and risked upsetting their local party members) and could still remove her with a vote of no confidence. If things really start to really go south, as seems increasingly likely to me, then anything could still happen.
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| steeleye20 Croydon 24 Sep 22 8.09pm |
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The collapse of sterling, if it sticks, makes any benefit from this fiasco redundant anyway. It means further rises in inflation, prices especially energy and interest rate rises probably as early next week.
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| cryrst The garden of England 24 Sep 22 9.07pm |
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Originally posted by steeleye20
The collapse of sterling, if it sticks, makes any benefit from this fiasco redundant anyway. It means further rises in inflation, prices especially energy and interest rate rises probably as early next week.
Might be the time to buy some dollars and euros. When it’s back to ‘normal’ could make a few quid
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| Bobtail Crowborough 24 Sep 22 9.25pm |
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Originally posted by cryrst
Depends what 'normal' is going to be. If the pound improves against the dollar, wouldn't you be worse off if you had bought dollars now?
Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see |
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| cryrst The garden of England 24 Sep 22 9.39pm |
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Originally posted by Bobtail
Mmm I might be mistaken then. Silly billy
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 SW19 CPFC Addiscombe West 24 Sep 22 10.47pm |
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classic
Did you know? 98.0000001% of people are morons. |
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Attachment: HKOwen  Hong Kong 25 Sep 22 2.00am |
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Originally posted by steeleye20
There has to be more in life than blind allegiance to a political party, regardless of what they do. ROTFLMAO, but substitute ideology for party
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| HKOwen Hong Kong 25 Sep 22 2.02am |
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Originally posted by ASCPFC
Why have Labour put Greener into their party conference slogan? Do they think all of their supporters are blue haired, glued to a motorway, pan gender, diversity champions? How about working class? Literally clueless, f***ing idiots. Labour's slogan should be 'The only opposition party in the world that could make a turd government look good', if it were to have any basis in reality. Awful is nowhere near harsh enough. There aren't words low enough to describe Labour currently. Tories aren't much better, but are perhaps reaching bottom-feeder level - which Labour would have to climb a mountain to achieve. Let's see how many Palestinian flags are flying this year at the Labour conference
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| HKOwen Hong Kong 25 Sep 22 2.03am |
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Originally posted by Bobtail
Why would you buy dollars? It is the strength of the dollar that is making sterling, euros and yen etc weaken against it.
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