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Moff

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,001
How can a budget that’s desperately needed to help the poorest be so weighted towards the richest.

Appalling and shameful governing.
 
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jimmyhillsfanclub

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,002
Deleted member 5849 said:
Part of me would like to agree with you, but I've been thinking that since about 2001-ish when it exploded upwards, and it's yet to happen!
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Yep...you're probably right. The housing market is very much like the premier league in that respect.......
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,003
Moff said:
How can a budget that’s desperately needed to help the poorest be so weighted towards the richest.

Appalling and shameful governing.
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I'll say this though, it can't be accused of being populist... surely?!?
 
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David O'Day

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,004
Deleted member 5849 said:
I'll say this though, it can't be accused of being populist... surely?!?
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It's madness and probably handed Labour the next GE without them having to even try

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shmmeee

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,005
Deleted member 5849 said:
I'll say this though, it can't be accused of being populist... surely?!?
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She’s willing to do unpopular things To get this country back on track NW!
 
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Northants Sky Blue

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,006
Its completely bewildering during a cost of living crisis.

Giving free money to earners over £150k,
Attacking those on Universal Credit.

The Mail will be spinning like a ballerina but he's surely lost them the election with this?
 

Philosoraptor

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,007
 
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David O'Day

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,008
They've tanked the pound and made gilt prices rise

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Moff

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,009
shmmeee said:
She’s willing to do unpopular things To get this country back on track NW!
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Guaranteeing she won’t retain power at the next election is more populist I would imagine!
 

shmmeee

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,010
Massive open goal for Labour now. Not for the first time. Let’s hope Kier O’Hare has his shooting boots on.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,011
Also huge opportunity for a new Hang The Pedos And Fund The NHS Party now the Tories have abandoned it.
 
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skybluetony176

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,012
Deleted member 5849 said:
First shots against unions too.
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Got a feeling that’s going to backfire. The union’s have a pretty strong mandate before calling a strike and when members are voting in very sizeable majorities to strike of the back of that mandate it seems almost inevitable that token offers are going to be rejected in any ballot. Could actually strengthen the Unions position when repeated token offers repeatedly get rejected in a ballot. Don’t know for sure obviously but I can’t help but think that ultimately this will end up being embarrassing for the government. There’s a growing militant attitude towards the government in the working and indeed middle classes.
 

chiefdave

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,013
Philosorapter said:
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What's the story there? Assuming there's some local issue that has caused this.
 

David O'Day

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,014
chiefdave said:
What's the story there? Assuming there's some local issue that has caused this.
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probably but that weirdo will spin it
 

shmmeee

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,015
chiefdave said:
What's the story there? Assuming there's some local issue that has caused this.
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Won it by 30 odd votes in May and the guy died, but it’s been close since the UKIP vote collapsed in 2016
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,016
Moff said:
How can a budget that’s desperately needed to help the poorest be so weighted towards the richest.

Appalling and shameful governing.
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It’s what the majority of those voting for the levelling up tories fell for
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,017
Sky Blue Pete said:
It’s what the majority of those voting for the levelling up tories fell for
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tbf Truss is not Johnson, idologically.

It's also fair to say that Johnson's actions, however, have given power to the right of his party to enable Truss.
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,018
Despairing
 

Bugsy

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,019
Welcome to the new ERA



Government told to prepare for 'growth in homelessness'
The government has been told to prepare for a growth in homelessness after Mr Kwarteng delivered his mini-budget.
Polly Neate, CEO of Shelter, said:
The real growth this government should be ready for is a growth in homelessness.
The chancellor has done nothing to help the 2.5 million private renters who are already behind or constantly struggling to pay their rent. Cutting stamp duty won’t protect those at risk of losing their homes, but it will push up house prices.
Every day our helpline advisers answer calls from families on the brink of losing their home as they can no longer keep up with runaway rents or afford to eat. This mini-budget is not going to ease the terror families feel, with the chancellor leaving housing benefit frozen at 2020 levels.
The government has missed its shot today to prevent a rapid rise in homelessness. To keep people at the sharpest end of this crisis in their homes, housing benefit must be unfrozen now. Allowing homelessness to rise will cost the economy more and ruin countless lives.
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People earning £1m to get £55k tax cut next year
This is quite a staggering figure from Torsten Bell, chief executive of think tank the Resolution Foundation.
It's based on the latest announcements in the chancellor's mini-budget.


 

duffer

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,020
shmmeee said:
She’s willing to do unpopular things To get this country back on track NW!
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Fiscally incompetent things too, it would seem.

Other than as a vehicle for the insane, the inane, or the corrupt, what actually is the purpose of the Conservative party now?
 
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David O'Day

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,021

pretty shocked there wasn't a shiny and new bounce
 

skybluetony176

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,022
This is a budget that is designed to keep us plebs paying our energy bills. Unless you’re wealthy.
 

David O'Day

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,023
 

skybluetony176

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,024
Still, the government has the confidence of the market’s

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That’s huge. Pretty much every commodity in the world is traded in USD so the chances of inflation rising again has just gone up.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,025
Deleted member 5849 said:
First shots against unions too.
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Saw that. And of course they will make it a postal vote with a jacked up turnout requirement.

It’s daft, if they don’t agree with the union’s position they’d vote against a strike anyway
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,026
Brighton Sky Blue said:
It’s daft, if they don’t agree with the union’s position they’d vote against a strike anyway
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That's true. As an aside, the minimum vote requirement allows for a manipulation of democracy, as if you're against a strike it's probably worth your while not to vote, than to vote against.
 

skybluetony176

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,027
Kin ell. Grown man gets upset at people pointing out the immediate consequences of his actions so calls them unpatriotic. In other news a convicted wife beater who comes under criticism because of his behaviour accuses his critics of being anti marriage

 
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PVA

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,028
Labour will win the next election and have to pick up the pieces left by this shambolic government.

It'll be a near impossible task, people will still struggle, and the Tories will shout 'look how irresponsible Labour are!'

The gullible/thick will lap it up, and hey presto, another 12 years of Tory government to follow.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,029
Deleted member 5849 said:
That's true. As an aside, the minimum vote requirement allows for a manipulation of democracy, as if you're against a strike it's probably worth your while not to vote, than to vote against.
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The turnout requirement is much higher than you usually get for local elections which don’t have to be done by post. But what do you expect after 40 odd years of anti union laws being passed?
 

skybluetony176

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,030
And still falling.

 
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PVA

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,031
 

skybluetony176

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,032
You know that book they all wrote “Britannia unchained”, was there a typo on the proof copy that they all missed and the title should have been Britannia Enchained? Even Tory back benches are saying that this budget is a disaster. The authors of that book are clueless, did people really take them seriously?
 
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SBT

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,033
I picked a great time to plan a trip to the US. Maybe if I sell a house or two before I leave I can afford a meal there.
 
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Sick Boy

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,034
SBT said:
I picked a great time to plan a trip to the US. Maybe if I sell a house or two before I leave I can afford a meal there.
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I’m in New York at the moment, it’s brutal with the Euro too.
Going to London next week so going to be taking advantage of the dollar to pound exchange rate, which is something at least.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Sep 23, 2022
  • #21,035
What say you lefties? Reformy enough or no?


 
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