The Labour Government

[Phil1]

Think that’s the first post of yours on this thread for weeks that doesn’t mention the 22 billion black hole.
You feeling ok?

 

[BlueHammer85]

Think that’s the first post of yours on this thread for weeks that doesn’t mention the 22 billion black hole.
You feeling ok?

good reminder, will edit.

 

[bluenova]

I think investing (through borrowing) in infrastructure spending is probably a good plan if (rightly) we are to push a strong growth agenda.

Whatever she does, I hope she is spending the next few weeks persuading the markets and the BoE of the strategy or else it will be Truss V2 on November 1st.

If you look at all the economics columns, and updates from financial advisors, they all seem to be expecting very similar things, so I doubt there will be major surprises.

There's plenty of reports over the last few years, that the markets were a lot more scared of the Tories, whose economics have been more about political expediency, than the orthodox dullness they actually want. Even John McDonnell spent years cosying up to the City of London, persuading them he wasn't going to burn down the country - something that Truss didn't seem to care about at all.

 

[bluenova]

This is genuinely hilarious.

He clearly think he's a modern man, who is in touch and self-aware. Yet can't help but show himself up as feeling somehow special, because of what his ancestors did nearly a millennia ago.

Will be good to see the back of them.

‘This is our culture’: what Earl of Devon thinks hereditary peers bring to Lords

As Labour looks to stop all dukes and earls sitting in second chamber, Charles Courtenay defends the ‘long view’ they represent

www.theguardian.com

 

[metalblue]

Johnson was never qualified to run a village post office. But yet you voted for him?



Projection?

Yes I voted for him. He was a clown, only vaguely effective if he could throw money at a problem. See it’s not difficult to take a balanced approach to how you vote.

Projection? I’m assuming reading isn’t one of your skills. Only one of us defending a party like it’s one of our own kids.

 

[metalblue]

This is genuinely hilarious.

He clearly think he's a modern man, who is in touch and self-aware. Yet can't help but show himself up as feeling somehow special, because of what his ancestors did nearly a millennia ago.

Will be good to see the back of them.

‘This is our culture’: what Earl of Devon thinks hereditary peers bring to Lords

As Labour looks to stop all dukes and earls sitting in second chamber, Charles Courtenay defends the ‘long view’ they represent

www.theguardian.com

No issue with them binning off hereditary peers. They just need to make sure they have a politically balanced HoL and enshrine in law it must stay that way when dishing out titles in the honours list.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Yes I voted for him. He was a clown, only vaguely effective if he could throw money at a problem. See it’s not difficult to take a balanced approach to how you vote.

Did you realise that before you voted for him?

This was after Garden Bridge.

Projection? I’m assuming reading isn’t one of your skills. Only one of us defending a party like it’s one of our own kids.

Do you think that this is possibly minor stuff even improper and in bad taste? Not actually corrupt as the gang of bories would suggest?

 

[metalblue]

Did you realise that before you voted for him?

This was after Garden Bridge.


Do you think that this is possibly minor stuff even improper and in bad taste? Not actually corrupt as the gang of bories would suggest?

With Johnson I wasn’t aware he was known as a pathological liar until he was PM. It may have been muted in the public domain but I don’t recall seeing it. It was certainly well understood by the media.

Regarding the freebies. This isn’t a Labour problem. It’s a politics problem. I’m pleased a light is being shone on it - this cuts across all parties and they need to clean their act up. No ifs or buts. As I say it’s not a Labour problem and if they sort it out then it’ll be a tick in the good job column.

That said I’m enjoying seeing Starmer squirm because I don’t like the character of the man and how they’ve managed this is a car crash.

 

[Chippy_boy]

No issue with them binning off hereditary peers. They just need to make sure they have a politically balanced HoL and enshrine in law it must stay that way when dishing out titles in the honours list.

Sadly not going to happen. They will be stuffing the place full of Marxists faster than you can stick peanuts in your mouth.

 

[Chippy_boy]

That said I’m enjoying seeing Starmer squirm because I don’t like the character of the man and how they’ve managed this is a car crash.

Agreed. I had not considered the huge comedy value of having these idiots in charge. Of course they will wreck the economy even more than its already wrecked, and make us all poorer whilst doing so, but we can at least have a damned fine chuckle at them whilst they do it.