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Britain should prepare for new age of austerity, warns Simon Clarke​

Simon Clarke, the levelling up minister and a key Liz Truss ally, has told the Times that the market chaos that followed the government’s tax cutting mini-budget would pass and warned that Britain should prepare for a new age of austerity.

He also said the prime minister was “enjoying having the chance” to enact policies that “she believes is right”.

Despite the turmoil in financial markets, Clarke said that Truss was “astonishingly resilient” and urged the government to channel the spirit of Margaret Thatcher to push ahead with their vision.

The 38-year-old said:

If I was to describe one word for Liz at the moment, it is purposeful. She knew – and this was certainly something we discussed during the summer – that this would not be a comfortable process.
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Clarke added that for too long western countries have lived in a “fool’s paradise” and there would be cuts to government spending to ensure “full alignment with a lower-tax economy”.

Clarke said:

My big concern in politics is that western Europe is just living in a fool’s paradise whereby we can be ever less productive relative to our peers, and yet still enjoy a very large welfare state and persist in thinking that the two are somehow compatible over the medium to long term.
They’re not. We need to address that precisely because in the end, if we want those strong public services then we are going to have to pay for them. I think it is important that we look at a state which is extremely large, and look at how we can make sure that it is in full alignment with a lower tax economy.
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The perfect fumble said:

Britain should prepare for new age of austerity, warns Simon Clarke​

Simon Clarke, the levelling up minister and a key Liz Truss ally, has told the Times that the market chaos that followed the government’s tax cutting mini-budget would pass and warned that Britain should prepare for a new age of austerity.

He also said the prime minister was “enjoying having the chance” to enact policies that “she believes is right”.

Despite the turmoil in financial markets, Clarke said that Truss was “astonishingly resilient” and urged the government to channel the spirit of Margaret Thatcher to push ahead with their vision.

The 38-year-old said:


Clarke added that for too long western countries have lived in a “fool’s paradise” and there would be cuts to government spending to ensure “full alignment with a lower-tax economy”.

Clarke said:
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Utter cunts , picking on the poor after giving the rich 55k a year and the bankers free to earn nauseating amounts , cant tell you how angry i am
 
kaz7 said:
Utter cunts , picking on the poor after giving the rich 55k a year and the bankers free to earn nauseating amounts , cant tell you how angry i am
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Are you as nauseated about the amount all Premier league footballers earn ?
 
kaz7 said:
Nothing to do with what our gov does , the bankers and the rich wont put their money in the economy , they will invest it , trade it , meanwhile the poor and disabled are sitting ducks and are about to get battered
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So your saying that footballers are not the rich , the city of London generates far more money than any other sector of our economy. Bankers on average do not earn anywhere near what any city player earns . Like any profession the best earn more .
 
jazzy said:
So your saying that footballers are not the rich , the city of London generates far more money than any other sector of our economy. Bankers on average do not earn anywhere near what any city player earns . Like any profession the best earn more .
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You are the one trying to link footballers to this , nothing to do with unfair moves by the government
 
kaz7 said:
You are the one trying to link footballers to this , nothing to do with unfair moves by the government
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I don't think the government is being unfair,I think if you work hard you should reap the rewards
 
Just your reminder that some did and still do admire Johnson - this lad is probably one of them but has been destroyed by his own action on day 1. However as he was also involved in promoting and supporting a fringe meeting by another party - The Reform Party - it is clear where his true colours lie as some of his previous tweets about Brum and its Muslim population will attest to

www.theguardian.com

Young Conservative sent home for calling Birmingham a ‘dump’

Tory mayor of West Midlands Andy Street publicly rebukes Daniel Grainger for insulting the city
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domalino said:
I just can’t see the party that had Priti Patel in the home office a month ago is going to start trumpeting the benefits of immigration.
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i know, it's a bit through the looking glass, but they're already making noises that they want to relax regulations. can't remember where i read it, but definitely did.

anyway, liverpool are shit. at least we've had some good news today
 
The perfect fumble said:

Britain should prepare for new age of austerity, warns Simon Clarke​

Simon Clarke, the levelling up minister and a key Liz Truss ally, has told the Times that the market chaos that followed the government’s tax cutting mini-budget would pass and warned that Britain should prepare for a new age of austerity.

He also said the prime minister was “enjoying having the chance” to enact policies that “she believes is right”.

Despite the turmoil in financial markets, Clarke said that Truss was “astonishingly resilient” and urged the government to channel the spirit of Margaret Thatcher to push ahead with their vision.

The 38-year-old said:


Clarke added that for too long western countries have lived in a “fool’s paradise” and there would be cuts to government spending to ensure “full alignment with a lower-tax economy”.

Clarke said:
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He is my MP. Truss probably promoted him so she could have someone around her that she can think of as intellectually subordinate to her
 
jazzy said:
I don't think the government is being unfair,I think if you work hard you should reap the rewards
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Could you please define ‘work hard’? I know lots of people who have ‘worked hard’ all their lives and not been ‘rewarded’ like you speak of. Does a banker who ‘works hard’ worth the gazillions he gets paid? Any more that a train driver or road worker? You don’t make any sense.
 
kaz7 said:
If you cant work you get shit on ?
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Fred_Quimby said:
Could you please define ‘work hard’? I know lots of people who have ‘worked hard’ all their lives and not been ‘rewarded’ like you speak of. Does a banker who ‘works hard’ worth the gazillions he gets paid? Any more that a train driver or road worker? You don’t make any sense.
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We all have a choice when it come to the job we do , if you want to earn more money then learn a skill that pays well . ie train drivers
 
Fred_Quimby said:
Could you please define ‘work hard’? I know lots of people who have ‘worked hard’ all their lives and not been ‘rewarded’ like you speak of. Does a banker who ‘works hard’ worth the gazillions he gets paid? Any more that a train driver or road worker? You don’t make any sense.
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I found I worked hard at the start but frankly out of 42 years of working I was working less hard after 10 and positively coasting for the last 15 - a period in which brought me promotion and higher rewards - so I did alright out of the hard work I put in between 1979 and 1989 ?
 
Sunday Times scoop:

’Kwasi Kwarteng went to private champagne reception hours after delivering budget where hedge fund managers egged him on to commit to his plans. Investors who gained from plummeting £ told him: double down.’

This is not going to end well.
 
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