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@MiketheSnow said in British Politics:
Tell us how you really feel
Hopefully we can say that same at Zarah after the next election.
If she has her way, this country would be in an even bigger hole that it is now.
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Do as I do not as I say. Oh, wait, what?
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I am by no means a Truss supporter, but she made it look like it was Starmer's first day today not her own.
As each day passes I don't believe that Labour will win the next election with Starmer at the helm.
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@pakman said in British Politics:
@MiketheSnow said in British Politics:
I don't like yours.
The left or the right?
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@MiketheSnow said in British Politics:
@pakman said in British Politics:
@MiketheSnow said in British Politics:
I don't like yours.
The left or the right?
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@MiketheSnow said in British Politics:
I'm not a clothing expert but I suspect there is quite a bit of structural support going on already...
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@MiketheSnow said in British Politics:
I am by no means a Truss supporter, but she made it look like it was Starmer's first day today not her own.
As each day passes I don't believe that Labour will win the next election with Starmer at the helm.
There was much talk about Beavers?!
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@nostrildamus said in British Politics:
@MiketheSnow said in British Politics:
I'm not a clothing expert but I suspect there is quite a bit of structural support going on already...
But we’re looking at some structural failure on her left side methinks
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@Catogrande said in British Politics:
@nostrildamus said in British Politics:
@MiketheSnow said in British Politics:
I'm not a clothing expert but I suspect there is quite a bit of structural support going on already...
But we’re looking at some structural failure on her left side methinks
maybe, or maybe she uses the momentum of the perky one to steer (based on my knowledge of large loaded Norwegian fishing boats...)
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@nostrildamus said in British Politics:
based on my knowledge of large loaded Norwegian fishing boats...
Those Oslo girls aren't what they used to be.
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@Bones said in British Politics:
@nostrildamus said in British Politics:
based on my knowledge of large loaded Norwegian fishing boats...
Those Oslo girls aren't what they used to be.
Oslo girls? Oslo girls? We used to dream of Oslo girls. Back in my day woulda' been a princess to us. We used to chat up Narvik bilge dropouts with the promise of half-frozen rakfisk and some tundra mosquitos dripped in seal lard and icing sugar.
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@pakman said in British Politics:
Isn't a meeting of the Fern British Politics sub-committee overdue?
Well
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@JC said in British Politics:
@TeWaio said in British Politics:
@JC said in British Politics:
@pakman said in British Politics:
@TeWaio said in British Politics:
@MajorRage exactly. He as chancellor took the tax burden to the highest % of gdp in 70yrs, then ran for the leadership saying cutting tax was irresponsible. The membership quite rightly told him to get in the bin.
Is frustrating as he's clearly a more smart/capable human than Truss, just shit tactics/direction. Kind of like the ABs under Foster..
Raising taxes coming into a recession isn't a good look.
Sinai didn’t advocate for raising taxes now though. He just didn’t want to lower them.
Yes but he had just raised them in the previous budget
I get that. But in the leadership contest he wasn’t arguing for lifting taxes again, he was arguing for not lowering them.
Anyway, so now we get to see if Truss is a Keynesian or a monetarist. Or indeed (as I suspect) more of a press-and-guesser
Whatever it takes to win the next election I imagine. Which is why we are in the mess we are in as there is a lack of long-term structural planning. Truss wants to lessen the Treasury's control (relax spending constraints). I wonder if that came from experience when she was Chief Secretary to the Treasury?
Truss has promoted Kwarteng to be Chancellor. He's an advocate of the free market and the shrinking of the state.
Kwarteng was also known to have locked horns with Sunak when he was the Business Secretary and Sunak was Chancellor on the best way to galvanise British business growth.
The first look at "Trussnomics" will be what is unveiled to combat rising energy prices. Kwarteng met with Bailey straight away today. Will the BoE keep raising interest rates as fast if energy prices are capped? Capping prices means that the government will be borrowing a lot of money to fund the gap that they customers will not be exposed to. This is a gamble IMO, because if the Russia/Ukraine conflict continues for years and wholesale energy prices continue to rise, funding the gap is not a viable long term plan.
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The Frack is back in the UK. The ban on the development of shale gas fields has been lifted. Areas that approve drilling will see a decent level of local investment. This could help see significant investment in the northern region. Green blob won't be happy (but when are they ever).
Expansion of nuclear energy, new gas and oil licence round to open up new fields. 2040 net zero targets will be reviewed to ensure they are align with the government's pro-business/pro-growth agenda. Britain to aim to be a net exporter of energy by 2040.
I'm not sure on the energy price cap (I think it is a gamble), but the investment in energy supply and the decision to at last use the energy resources available to the UK is a welcome decision.
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@stodders said in British Politics:
The Frack is back in the UK. The ban on the development of shale gas fields has been lifted. Areas that approve drilling will see a decent level of local investment. This could help see significant investment in the northern region. Green blob won't be happy (but when are they ever).
Expansion of nuclear energy, new gas and oil licence round to open up new fields. 2040 net zero targets will be reviewed to ensure they are align with the government's pro-business/pro-growth agenda. Britain to aim to be a net exporter of energy by 2040.
I'm not sure on the energy price cap (I think it is a gamble), but the investment in energy supply and the decision to at last use the energy resources available to the UK is a welcome decision.
Very positive second day at work
Well played
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