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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #26,006
clint van damme said:
Why are we the only G7 country thats economy hasn't returned to pre pandemic levels?
Why does no one ask these cunts when they trot out this bullshit?
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The arseholes have trashed the country - even the Italian economy outperforms it these days ffs.
 

clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #26,007
O'Mara gets 4 years, good.
Let's hope the PPE fraudsters are convicted and get sentences that reflect The amounts of public money they stole.
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #26,008
clint van damme said:
O'Mara gets 4 years, good.
Let's hope the PPE fraudsters are convicted and get sentences that reflect The amounts of public money they stole.
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I wouldn't hold your breath. Unless one of them goes turncoat and criticises the Tories in which case the full weight of the law will be brought down upon them.
 

Skybluefaz

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #26,009
 
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Skybluefaz

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #26,010
They've formed a band.
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #26,011
Skybluefaz said:
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‘led by Liz truss backers’

Says it all really
 

David O'Day

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #26,012
Skybluefaz said:
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no crayon left uneaten
 
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shmmeee

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #26,013
Skybluefaz said:
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #26,014
I do like this idea that there are some people who actually don’t want the economy to grow. And in double irony they tend to be the ones pushing policies that would actually grow it.
 
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clint van damme

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #26,015
Skybluefaz said:
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Beautiful. They're going to be out of office for years at this rate.
 

clint van damme

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #26,016
They are beyond useless.

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Skybluefaz

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #26,017
clint van damme said:
Beautiful. They're going to be out of office for years at this rate.
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They just can't help themselves.
 

clint van damme

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #26,018
Skybluefaz said:
They just can't help themselves.
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I actually have a bit of a tin foil hat theory.
They know they're going to lose the next election, but apparently what they fear most is a hung parliament because the libs would insist on PR as part of any deal and that would fuck them over massively in the long term.
So I'm not saying there's a plan to gey mullered but I wouldn't be surprised if there are grandees in the party who would normally squash this sort of carry on but are just letting it slide.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #26,019
clint van damme said:
I actually have a bit of a tin foil hat theory.
They know they're going to lose the next election, but apparently what they fear most is a hung parliament because the libs would insist on PR as part of any deal and that would fuck them over massively in the long term.
So I'm not saying there's a plan to gey mullered but I wouldn't be surprised if there are grandees in the party who would normally squash this sort of carry on but are just letting it slide.
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Have the constituency boundary changes already been approved for the next GE?
 

clint van damme

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #26,020
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Have the constituency boundary changes already been approved for the next GE?
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I don't think they've been decided yet, though there's plenty of time to rubber stamp them before the next GE
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #26,021
clint van damme said:
I actually have a bit of a tin foil hat theory.
They know they're going to lose the next election, but apparently what they fear most is a hung parliament because the libs would insist on PR as part of any deal and that would fuck them over massively in the long term.
So I'm not saying there's a plan to gey mullered but I wouldn't be surprised if there are grandees in the party who would normally squash this sort of carry on but are just letting it slide.
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You credit them with far too much political nous, forward thinking and cooperation.
 
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David O'Day

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #26,022
clint van damme said:
I don't think they've been decided yet, though there's plenty of time to rubber stamp them before the next GE
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both parties are selecting based on current boundaries it seems
 

skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #26,023
So we narrowly avoided recession then.

Funny thing is that yesterday at a parliamentary select committee meeting the Governor of the Bank of England was being grilled and the Tory MP on that committee was framing their questions in a manner that the current economic is all the fault of the BOE. Wake up this morning and Hunt is all over the TV claiming credit for the current economic climate. A quarter of stagnation is now a success story for the UK.
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #26,024
skybluetony176 said:
So we narrowly avoided recession then.

Funny thing is that yesterday at a parliamentary select committee meeting the Governor of the Bank of England was being grilled and the Tory MP on that committee was framing their questions in a manner that the current economic is all the fault of the BOE. Wake up this morning and Hunt is all over the TV claiming credit for the current economic climate. A quarter of stagnation is now a success story for the UK.
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BoE were late dealing with inflation, as all central banks were and have semi admitted it (nobody foresaw the war though to be fair). Keeping rates around zero/one and carrying on printing money well into last year was a massive error

Hunt/sunak did take action to clear up Truss’ mess, which has no doubt helped with inflation and settle things down. Challenge for them is what next…without wanting to sound like truss’ lot (god forbid !)…where’s the growth plan
 

skybluetony176

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #26,025
CCFCSteve said:
BoE were late dealing with inflation, as all central banks were and have semi admitted it (nobody foresaw the war though to be fair). Keeping rates around zero/one and carrying on printing money well into last year was a massive error

Hunt/sunak did take action to clear up Truss’ mess, which has no doubt helped with inflation and settle things down. Challenge for them is what next…without wanting to sound like truss’ lot (god forbid !)…where’s the growth plan
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Problem is the BOE like all central banks is a reactionary organisation. It’s not as simple as saying that they were late. Something happens and they then react. They’re also constrained by political pressure, they’re not truly independent and they were very definitely under political pressure to keep interest rates low as it was the only driver of investment. The country couldn’t afford a crash in the housing market especially.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #26,026
CCFCSteve said:
without wanting to sound like truss’ lot (god forbid !)…where’s the growth plan
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Yeah, worth noting that growth can also be large public spending projects - doesn't have to be just cutting taxes for the sake of it!
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #26,027
Deleted member 5849 said:
Yeah, worth noting that growth can also be large public spending projects - doesn't have to be just cutting taxes for the sake of it!
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Also got to find a way of encouraging investment and increasing productivity
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #26,028
skybluetony176 said:
Problem is the BOE like all central banks is a reactionary organisation. It’s not as simple as saying that they were late. Something happens and they then react. They’re also constrained by political pressure, they’re not truly independent and they were very definitely under political pressure to keep interest rates low as it was the only driver of investment. The country couldn’t afford a crash in the housing market especially.
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They weren’t really constrained during 2022 though. They totally misjudged inflation and then a bad situation was made a lot worse by the war. BOE Chief economist warned them in summer 2021

Bank of England's Andy Haldane voices 4% inflation fear - BBC News

The Bank of England's departing chief economist warns that the risk of high inflation is "rising fast".
www.bbc.com
 

clint van damme

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #26,029
CCFCSteve said:
They weren’t really constrained during 2022 though. They totally misjudged inflation and then a bad situation was made a lot worse by the war. BOE Chief economist warned them in summer 2021

Bank of England's Andy Haldane voices 4% inflation fear - BBC News

The Bank of England's departing chief economist warns that the risk of high inflation is "rising fast".
www.bbc.com
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The only inflation he needs to worry about is the right side of his head the lop sided c**t
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #26,030
clint van damme said:
The only inflation he needs to worry about is the right side of his head the lop sided c**t
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clint van damme

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  • Feb 12, 2023
  • #26,031
Well, well, well



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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Feb 12, 2023
  • #26,032
clint van damme said:
Well, well, well



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So it hasn't been the fault of various groups of people wanting to put the country down then?
 

clint van damme

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  • Feb 12, 2023
  • #26,033
Sick Boy said:
So it hasn't been the fault of various groups of people wanting to put the country down then?
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I bet some tory buffoon tried to trot out that line.

Time for them to get on with delivering what was promised.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Feb 12, 2023
  • #26,034
clint van damme said:
I bet some tory buffoon tried to trot out that line.

Time for them to get on with delivering what was promised.
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Both parties know it but for differing reasons neither can come out and say it. The Tories can’t come out and admit that their pet project is a disaster and Labour have to keep quiet on it this side of the next election. Again, the best thing for the country would be a GE and change of management.
 

skybluetony176

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  • Feb 12, 2023
  • #26,035
clint van damme said:
Well, well, well



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Still hanging onto the unicorn though “brexit would eventually prove to be the right decision”.
 

clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 12, 2023
  • #26,036
skybluetony176 said:
Still hanging onto the unicorn though “brexit would eventually prove to be the right decision”.
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In time they might be proven correct, I have my doubts, but they didn't say that at the time.
They should have been delivering from day one, that's what was promised.
If they can't deliver, they should do as Brighton says and call a GE.
 
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skybluetony176

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  • Feb 12, 2023
  • #26,037
According to the Mail today being against this is left wing snobbery

 

clint van damme

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  • Feb 12, 2023
  • #26,038
skybluetony176 said:
According to the Mail being against this is left wing snobbery

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There's pictures of some of their members wearing white supremacist and nazi gear.

No surprise Anderson is mates with them.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Feb 12, 2023
  • #26,039
clint van damme said:
In time they might be proven correct, I have my doubts, but they didn't say that at the time.
They should have been delivering from day one, that's what was promised.
If they can't deliver, they should do as Brighton says and call a GE.
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The problem is in the time frames they say Brexit will prove to be the right decision, it'll be well-nigh impossible to prove if it was Brexit or not that made it so.
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Feb 12, 2023
  • #26,040
Deleted member 5849 said:
The problem is in the time frames they say Brexit will prove to be the right decision, it'll be well-nigh impossible to prove if it was Brexit or not that made it so.
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Yep as well as being complete tosh
 
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