Think there are better and easier ways to make a fortune in politics than by tanking your own country’s reputation in the bond markets tbh.
According to the Sunday Times quite a lot of those people who have got rich had a meeting with the PM a few days before the budget. They wouldn't do something that blatant would they???Reading on Twitter that the shortening of the pound has made quite a few people rich. Something to do with a hedge fund that our friend Kwasi has something to do with , surely he wouldn’t be looking after his own interests and would have the interests of the country at heart??
But why turn down the chance when it presents itself? He knew what the market reaction was, and this sort of info should go to no one outside of Parliament first for this exact reason. It’s insider trading plain and simple.
Did he? His own deputy was merrily tweeting away about the (very brief) rise in sterling after the initial announcement. The rules on politicians and their personal investments are a mess and need overhauling, but the idea that a politician is going to deliberately tank the entire economy to make millions for themselves is a bit too Bond villain-esque to be plausible.
Did he? His own deputy was merrily tweeting away about the (very brief) rise in sterling after the initial announcement. The rules on politicians and their personal investments are a mess and need overhauling, but the idea that a politician is going to deliberately tank the entire economy to make millions for themselves is a bit too Bond villain-esque to be plausible.
Are you taking his deputy's tweets in good faith? It was the usual gas lighting from this bunch of crooks.
I think it was quite deliberate. As were his comments on the media rounds yesterday to trigger another fall. Some Tory donors did very well out of this, including his ex boss, friend, personal mentor and sponsor. All he wants is to migrate money from the poor to the rich. If that isn’t obvious now it never will be.I’m taking them as a sign of someone who’s out of their depth and doesn’t really understand the possible fallout of what they’re doing.
Maybe @shmmeee is right and I should be dazzled by Kwarteng’s intellect as one of history’s great supervillains, but I think Hanlon’s Razor is more likely to apply here.
I think it was quite deliberate. As were his comments on the media rounds yesterday to trigger another fall. Some Tory donors did very well out of this, including his ex boss, friend, personal mentor and sponsor. All he wants is to migrate money from the poor to the rich. If that isn’t obvious now it never will be.
Think you are giving Kwarteng an insane amount of credit here.
If ‘Tory donors making money by speculating on the economy’ is enough to convince you there’s a giant conspiracy afoot, then which politicians of the last 50 years haven’t been deliberately at it?
It’s not really a conspiracy when it’s happening right in front of your very eyes.Think you are giving Kwarteng an insane amount of credit here.
If ‘Tory donors making money by speculating on the economy’ is enough to convince you there’s a giant conspiracy afoot, then which politicians of the last 50 years haven’t been deliberately at it?
Nothing would happen anyway even if it was as plain as day. No consequence for those in powerAccording to the Sunday Times quite a lot of those people who have got rich had a meeting with the PM a few days before the budget. They wouldn't do something that blatant would they???
Not saying they are correct, but do you think he's been sat at home on his own coming up with this in a locked room with his own crayons?
It’s not really a conspiracy when it’s happening right in front of your very eyes.
Look at his employment history, look at who has financed his political career, look at who’s benefited from his policies. I’ll give you a clue. All the same people.The system isn’t rigged because of the Machiavellian scheming of some Tory super-villain, it goes a lot deeper than that. What you’re suggesting is childish.
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