UK Politics

[Neil]

On 10/16/2024 at 11:23 AM, lost said:

Both parties spending the "getting people back into work" money. Labour are going to start jabbing the unemployed with ozempic apparently.

 

 

They won't get the likes of me back into work unless govt agencies start employing people with health issues 

[pink_triangle]

Watched a few clips on social media and seems that kemi destroyed generic. The quote that the first thing she would do in office as PM is reverse vat on private schools cold be good for labour election literature.

[steviewevie]

If they start to get some improvements in NHS and other public services as well as start to get the economy growing then I expect next election will be labour saying we're making progress don't let the tories come along and ruin everything like they did before.

Some big Ifs in there though.

[Ryan1984]

2 hours ago, steviewevie said:

If they start to get some improvements in NHS and other public services as well as start to get the economy growing then I expect next election will be labour saying we're making progress don't let the tories come along and ruin everything like they did before.

Some big Ifs in there though.

Didn’t inflation come down this week? But no Sunak-style “the plan is working”.

[steviewevie]

1 minute ago, Ryan1984 said:

Didn’t inflation come down this week? But no Sunak-style “the plan is working”.

yeah well Sunak could be using that if he had held off calling the election till November...but then they would have had to do another budget which i think in the end is why they went early...leave the sh*t show for Labour to deal with.

[steviewevie]

Latest is inheritance tax is going up...so awaiting why this would be a disaster for x, y and z from the telegraph and co.

[steviewevie]

also...apparently HS2 is back! (sort of)

[steviewevie]

First few weeks of November are going to be 🍿. Budget causes markets to go all Liz Truss and labour tear themselves apart, Tories pick one of two nutters to lead their party, and Trump wins bigly in US.

[lost]

A few suggestions she's going to break the £40bn barrier:

 

 

Edited October 18, 2024 by lost

[steviewevie]

14 minutes ago, lost said:

A few suggestions she's going to break the £40bn barrier:

 

 

Lamont wins! What a star.

[Neil]

Day one: start free holiday.

Day two: day off.

 

Nice work if you can get it.

[steviewevie]

losers

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[lost]

Breaks a manifesto pledge via fiscal drag because most people don't understand inflation.

[steviewevie]

may as well just put up income tax. f**k it.

[lost]

Agreed, the Tories were going to lose anyway so if they'd been honest in their manifesto and not invented this £22bn blackhole they would actually have a mandate for the stuff they are doing.

[steviewevie]

6 hours ago, lost said:

Agreed, the Tories were going to lose anyway so if they'd been honest in their manifesto and not invented this £22bn blackhole they would actually have a mandate for the stuff they are doing.

well hindsight is a wonderful thing...think Labour were always nervous they would blow it with the whole tax bombshell thing.

[steviewevie]

so ungrateful

 

[steviewevie]

Had a go at this..

 

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Edited October 21, 2024 by steviewevie

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[steviewevie]

Now that Trump and Starmer are enemies we're going to have to rejoin the EU with all their nice social democrat governments.

[steviewevie]

Anyway, no matter what Starmer says, he really needs a Democrat win in US...if they want to keep any sort of relationship, let alone a special one.