news & politics:discussion

[Guest]

Hunt supported a cut to corporation tax back in the leadership campaign.

[Neil]

25 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

No. But he might be next PM.

spaffer will be next pm.

[steviewevie]

5 minutes ago, Ryan1984 said:

Hunt coming in as chancellor, apparently.

Not sure what to think about that. Obviously seen as a unity choice. Maybe more sensible, more one nation Tory whatever that means. But what does that mean for Truss' tax cuts and growth thing?

[Punksnotdead]

4 minutes ago, Neil said:

i agree she'll be gone by xmas. it might be spaffer to replace her, and then an election becomes a possibility.

I've just stuck a few quid on Truss to be gone by the end of the year. I thought she'd be odds-on, but I actually got odds of 11/8.

[lost]

Hunt wanted New Zealand style Covid camps didn’t he or was that just a smear? Seems a strange choice unless Truss knows she’s toast.

[fred quimby]

Odd choice. But nothing surprises me with this lot

[Guest]

He was a big Sunak supporter so she's trying to get some type of unity in her Cabinet now.

[sime]

It's all so tragically entertaining. In the very worst way.

[Guest]

https://news.sky.com/video/corporation-tax-cut-not-sexy-but-necessary-says-jeremy-hunt-as-he-discusses-conservative-leadership-bid-12649235

Hunt will now have to raise corporation tax 😂 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, sime said:

It's all so tragically entertaining. In the very worst way.

It's like a really lame version of Game of Thrones.

[steviewevie]

14 minutes ago, lost said:

Hunt wanted New Zealand style Covid camps didn’t he or was that just a smear? Seems a strange choice unless Truss knows she’s toast.

yeah, the libertarian anti lockdown types don't like him, but they have Truss there...Hunt from another part of the party.

[Guest]

Jeremy Hunt is confirmed as Chancellor. ha

[squirrelarmy]

4 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

It's like a really lame version of Game of Thrones.

Except we’re the ones living in fleabottom

[steviewevie]

8 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

https://news.sky.com/video/corporation-tax-cut-not-sexy-but-necessary-says-jeremy-hunt-as-he-discusses-conservative-leadership-bid-12649235

Hunt will now have to raise corporation tax 😂 

weren't they all promoting tax cuts during the leadership campaign...required to win over the membership...that and woke/immigrant bashing...

[Guest]

1 minute ago, steviewevie said:

weren't they all promoting tax cuts during the leadership campaign...required to win over the membership...that and woke/immigrant bashing...

Most of them were, although I'm not sure what Rehman Christi was advocating for 😉 

[steviewevie]

pound is down

[steviewevie]

press conference at 2:30

[hodgey123]

Love these news days when you can't keep up with everything going on. Crazy.

The problem the Tories have with the leadership contest in the first place and now these replacements is that virtually all of the MPs have been on record one way or the other across the summer regarding their policy stance, e.g. Jeremy Hunt backing the corporation tax cut, and now he has been appointed Chancellor to... reverse the corporation tax cut. Labour have literally reams and reams of material that they can use in an election campaign to hopefully really nail the Tories' coffins.

[Crazyfool01]

14 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

pound is down

its up now 

[Guest]

 

[Crazyfool01]

 

[ian the worm]

Catch Phrase Bingo sheets at the ready. 
 

let the blame game begin……

[steviewevie]

just say spending cuts.

[SheffJeff]

Do they usually have the live GBP:USD exchange rates on this type of thing?  Don't think I've seen that before.

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, SheffJeff said:

Do they usually have the live GBP:USD exchange rates on this type of thing?  Don't think I've seen that before.

it has been there for a while on sky at least ..... since the mini budget anyway