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Great final wicket partnership…dug us right out the shit. Gutted mahmood didn’t get his first ever 50. Thought he bowled well last test as well. Let’s hope he does the same here as total still looks light

The shambles continues… Another senior Russian commander killed Defence minister disappeared Up to 15k troops dead Army being pushed back due to lack of supplies Ministerial aides fleeing Russia Think even Putins yachts been seized Probably still be given rights to hold 2028 European...

Just being realistic. Massive swing needed to get a majority and unless they start taking Scottish seats back it will be a struggle, even with a LibDem deal

I’m not convinced. Whatever the government does there is going to be a continued cost of living squeeze over next couple of years. That coupled with Tory governments for 13-14 years and Labour just need to be credible at the next election and they should have a good chance of winning. The...

From memory the issue raised at the time of the financial crash was that during a sustained period of growth preceding it nothing was saved/surpluses built up so when the shit hit the fan there was nothing to fall back on. Even if there had been it would’ve been a drop in the ocean with what...

I’ve said before numerous times don’t confuse me holding a balanced view on politics as me being a dyed in the wool Tory voter. I’m probably as down the middle as they come and have voted for both main parties equally. If you have a look at what steps the government has taken over the past...

Think that’s a little one eyed. I think austerity went on for too long but going into 2010 election Labour were also proposing brutal cuts. Austerity would’ve happened whoever had won, the world economy was in meltdown. Also, we’re not playing catch up with the economy now. I think we’re 0.8%...

Flirting with Rayner. Can’t help himself

To be fair we’ve had a financial crash and a pandemic to contend with. What is totally unacceptable is that during this period the super rich have been coining it in

No, not the very poorest/unemployed but everyone working full time and a lot of part time will be paying NIC so I’m sure those on lower wages will appreciate the rise in threshold from 9k to 12.75k. It was the right thing to do Note - I advocated UC uplift as well as threshold rise

UC should’ve been bumped back up. The increase in NIC threshold will help lowest paid though Edit - not sure anyone on higher income has received a tax cut overall. Higher rate thresholds have been frozen and increase in NIC

I’ve said before, in a sense fair play, it would’ve been the easiest thing to do and then make a big thing about it being a brexit benefit but they’ve chosen not to do it. I presume because this would’ve cut bills for plenty of people that can afford it so they’ve done weird council tax rebate...

I think the energy bills assistance is as previously advised when the new cap figure was confirmed earlier in the year ie council tax rebate and ‘loan’ reducing bills. I’d be shocked if further assistance doesn’t come in Autumn when they know what the new cap will be, assuming energy costs are...

It is supposed to be a wider statement/mini budget though, not just focussed on cost of living, although appreciate that’s at forefront of peoples minds Glad he’s raised NIC threshold to 12.5k.

The wank ?! 😂 Bit harsh. At least let him do his announcement first. Whatever peoples political persuasion I’m not sure many could complain about his actions during pandemic Agree about UB/UC. Forgot about that

You’re in a positive mood PVA 😊 To be fair his hands are tied to some extent. Cost of government borrowing is increasing due to rises in interest rates, which will continue although guessing inflation is bringing down true cost of debt. The Ukraine war is causing a lot of the issues and will...

Yeah, that’s always been the case, even if he had overthrown government in a few days and replaced it, how do you maintain control without mass genocide ?! It would take tens or hundreds of thousands of troops. Shambolic and totally ill thought through unless there’s something I’m missing or he...

Bad vegan on Netflix is worth a watch especially if you liked Puppet master or stuff like that

Yeah, I’ve always felt the West should’ve left further involvement ambiguous mentioning civilian targeting, war crimes, use of nuclear weapons, safety of nuclear reactors etc all of which could trigger a response from us I’d never have supported military action but as you say, you don’t take...

It’s the kind of tactic trump used. We all know why he does it, these words stick in peoples minds, whether true or not. it’s how many people believe them which is more important