Stop voting for fucking Tories

[I like neeps]

Quite a nice display of why being a regional or provincial journalist doesn't mean you're not as smart or as informed or as incisive as the big name journos

Moreso as your career doesn't depend on cowtowing to those in power for access.

[Insane_Homer]

Time for a positive Covid test !

Na, more like terror attack territory now.

[tabascoboy]

[I like neeps]

Time for a positive Covid test !

Na, more like terror attack territory now.

Go the whole hog when the PR visit to Zelensky happens tomorrow ask to fight on the front lines.

[fishfoodie]

Time for a positive Covid test !

Na, more like terror attack territory now.

Go the whole hog when the PR visit to Zelensky happens tomorrow ask to fight on the front lines.

Still a better chance of surviving till Christmas

[Paddington Bear]

Quite a nice display of why being a regional or provincial journalist doesn't mean you're not as smart or as informed or as incisive as the big name journos

A lot of them are significantly better. No interest in the gossip game

[I like neeps]

Quite a nice display of why being a regional or provincial journalist doesn't mean you're not as smart or as informed or as incisive as the big name journos

A lot of them are significantly better. No interest in the gossip game

Which is what is so surprising. Why not call in a pet hack like Tom Newton Dunn, Harry Cole, Christopher Hope as they know if they make the interview in any way unflattering their media outlet will be very unhappy with them. Why allow local BBC journalists (who aren't in the London office of the BBC with Robbie Gibb glowering at them) the chance to mention reality rather than wibble wibble I want to keep my job so I'll ask what you want wibble wibble.

[Paddington Bear]

Quite a nice display of why being a regional or provincial journalist doesn't mean you're not as smart or as informed or as incisive as the big name journos

A lot of them are significantly better. No interest in the gossip game

Which is what is so surprising. Why not call in a pet hack like Tom Newton Dunn, Harry Cole, Christopher Hope as they know if they make the interview in any way unflattering their media outlet will be very unhappy with them. Why allow local BBC journalists (who aren't in the London office of the BBC with Robbie Gibb glowering at them) the chance to mention reality rather than wibble wibble I want to keep my job so I'll ask what you want wibble wibble.

I honestly think the main thing going on is that she's completely delusional. 'I won't get a fair hearing from the hacks but out in the real world people like these policies' etc. Helps to explain the Thatcher cosplay.

[Margin__Walker]

[Hal Jordan]

I must admit that this thread has made me smile a few times in the last months with the ludicrous conspiracy theories, particularly from the likes of dpidin, neeps, os and Saint.

And here we are.... fucking hell, I, obviously naively, thought none of this could actually happen in our country.

I dunno about the conspiracy theories, I still put it down to us being managed by the absolute dregs of an already weak political class.

3rd term governments are generally pretty inept and lacklustre, but the unprecidented fratricidal nature of the current conservative party is something else. They were scraping the bottom of the barrel five years ago, they've now scraped right through it, and are currently scraping through the floor of the pub cellar. They'll be finding lost Roman ruins by the election.

[sockwithaticket]

I must admit that this thread has made me smile a few times in the last months with the ludicrous conspiracy theories, particularly from the likes of dpidin, neeps, os and Saint.

And here we are.... fucking hell, I, obviously naively, thought none of this could actually happen in our country.

I dunno about the conspiracy theories, I still put it down to us being managed by the absolute dregs of an already weak political class.

3rd term governments are generally pretty inept and lacklustre, but the unprecidented fratricidal nature of the current conservative party is something else. They were scraping the bottom of the barrel five years ago, they've now scraped right through it, and are currently scraping through the floor of the pub cellar. They'll be finding lost Roman ruins by the election.

That feels eerily like a prophecy for the return of Johnson (which I have also been predicting) and his grab bag of 'I did a Classics degree doncha know?' quotes.

[petej]

Quite a nice display of why being a regional or provincial journalist doesn't mean you're not as smart or as informed or as incisive as the big name journos

A lot of them are significantly better. No interest in the gossip game

It also shows an arrogance combined with an inability to learn. Johnson got skewered by regional journos during covid. Cut straight through the bullshit unlike Kuenssburg and Peston.

[I like neeps]

I dunno about the conspiracy theories, I still put it down to us being managed by the absolute dregs of an already weak political class.

3rd term governments are generally pretty inept and lacklustre, but the unprecidented fratricidal nature of the current conservative party is something else. They were scraping the bottom of the barrel five years ago, they've now scraped right through it, and are currently scraping through the floor of the pub cellar. They'll be finding lost Roman ruins by the election.

That feels eerily like a prophecy for the return of Johnson (which I have also been predicting) and his grab bag of 'I did a Classics degree doncha know?' quotes.

I'd be surprised if enough Tory MPs voted to have Johnson on the ballot but squint and you can see a situation where they convince themselves he's their only chance of winning.

[_Os_]

Two trends seem to be emerging.

People are blaming the Tories for their mortgage rises. This wasn't the case before the mini budget, but they've fucked things so badly it's all being put on the Tories. These rises were going to happen anyway, but not as severe, and whereas before the peak would be 4%-5% and probably be above 2% for the next half decade, now no one really knows. I don't see how the Tories get out of this, if they say it's not because of them that's not entirely true or believable. If they give the full truth in long detailed paragraphs (which would be a very bad move), they've still been in power for 12 years so they still can't really disassociate themselves from it. Mortgages seems to have replaced/equalled the energy situation very quickly. If that becomes strongly associated with the Tories, then they can forget those it's going to cost voting for them for a much longer period than just the next election.

The Tory position is now tax cuts for the rich to boost growth, this is trickle down economics even though they deny it. But the Tories are also against wage rises because they're inflationary. Even though Tory policy has just boosted inflation. This amount of contradiction isn't sustainable, wage rises (which are inflationary if there's no increase in productivity) look more likely now simply because more people will have sympathy for the unions.

[dpedin]

Having fecked up the economy watch out for them fecking up the rest of our lives with all the deregulation they have promised. Shit in the rivers and beaches is just the start of it - environmental, employment and consumer rights are all going to be stripped back to in effect becoming almost non existent. They need to do this to satisfy their dark money bosses and it also falls into their definition of a free market economy - read JRM Snr book the Sovereign Individual. They have given themselves the right to do all this without parliamentary scrutiny and will carry on regardless of public outcry and the economic situation and will hitch it to the new freedoms the UK has post Brexit. Deregulation is also a precursor to the establishment of the tax dodging crook dominated Freeport's/Charter Cities they have planned. They will in effect sell off large parts of our country to the likes of DP World to 'manage' on their behalf. Remember we have seen these before and the EU closed them down following investigations into them being used as tax avoidance havens, to support the movement of criminal activity and goods and money laundering.

If we think feckin up the economy has been bad just wait until they get going with the deregulation agenda and selling off bits of the UK to crooks and dodgy countries like Saudi. Brexit was just the first step in their plan - we are fecked until we get rid of these dangerous feckers.

[fishfoodie]

I have a feeling that if they survive, & that's a big if; the first port of call for cutting costs will be the almost complete removal of supports for Farming.

[Torquemada 1420]

The thing is, they haven't even done anything yet, they've tanked the economy just by saying what they are going to do.

Precisely. The UK is literally facing Armageddon. They came within a hair's breadth yesterday of all the public sector pensions going pop. And they aren't out of the woods there yet. Good luck telling all the NHS, police, fire service, armed forces etc that they won't be getting a pension after all. Mass civil disobedience doesn't seem quite as distant a possibility as it did a week ago.

[Torquemada 1420]

Having fecked up the economy watch out for them fecking up the rest of our lives with all the deregulation they have promised. Shit in the rivers and beaches is just the start of it - environmental, employment and consumer rights are all going to be stripped back to in effect becoming almost non existent. They need to do this to satisfy their dark money bosses and it also falls into their definition of a free market economy - read JRM Snr book the Sovereign Individual. They have given themselves the right to do all this without parliamentary scrutiny and will carry on regardless of public outcry and the economic situation and will hitch it to the new freedoms the UK has post Brexit. Deregulation is also a precursor to the establishment of the tax dodging crook dominated Freeport's/Charter Cities they have planned. They will in effect sell off large parts of our country to the likes of DP World to 'manage' on their behalf. Remember we have seen these before and the EU closed them down following investigations into them being used as tax avoidance havens, to support the movement of criminal activity and goods and money laundering.

If we think feckin up the economy has been bad just wait until they get going with the deregulation agenda and selling off bits of the UK to crooks and dodgy countries like Saudi. Brexit was just the first step in their plan - we are fecked until we get rid of these dangerous feckers.

The only public asset left to sell is the NHS. Make sure you have good private medical insurance. Or a spare kidney or two.

[C69]

Having fecked up the economy watch out for them fecking up the rest of our lives with all the deregulation they have promised. Shit in the rivers and beaches is just the start of it - environmental, employment and consumer rights are all going to be stripped back to in effect becoming almost non existent. They need to do this to satisfy their dark money bosses and it also falls into their definition of a free market economy - read JRM Snr book the Sovereign Individual. They have given themselves the right to do all this without parliamentary scrutiny and will carry on regardless of public outcry and the economic situation and will hitch it to the new freedoms the UK has post Brexit. Deregulation is also a precursor to the establishment of the tax dodging crook dominated Freeport's/Charter Cities they have planned. They will in effect sell off large parts of our country to the likes of DP World to 'manage' on their behalf. Remember we have seen these before and the EU closed them down following investigations into them being used as tax avoidance havens, to support the movement of criminal activity and goods and money laundering.

If we think feckin up the economy has been bad just wait until they get going with the deregulation agenda and selling off bits of the UK to crooks and dodgy countries like Saudi. Brexit was just the first step in their plan - we are fecked until we get rid of these dangerous feckers.

The only public asset left to sell is the NHS. Make sure you have good private medical insurance. Or a spare kidney or two.

Private Healthinsurance may cover you for a few minor issues.
The Private Health sector relies on the NHS for so many major health issues, not to mention the Emergency care sector.

[Torquemada 1420]

This is just as bad. What must her MPs be thinking?!

"That's me fucked at the next election, then"

One thing those c**ts on the 1922 Committee won't stand for is losing their seats. The spectre of losing them for a generation will mean some are already sharpening knives.

[Torquemada 1420]

Having fecked up the economy watch out for them fecking up the rest of our lives with all the deregulation they have promised. Shit in the rivers and beaches is just the start of it - environmental, employment and consumer rights are all going to be stripped back to in effect becoming almost non existent. They need to do this to satisfy their dark money bosses and it also falls into their definition of a free market economy - read JRM Snr book the Sovereign Individual. They have given themselves the right to do all this without parliamentary scrutiny and will carry on regardless of public outcry and the economic situation and will hitch it to the new freedoms the UK has post Brexit. Deregulation is also a precursor to the establishment of the tax dodging crook dominated Freeport's/Charter Cities they have planned. They will in effect sell off large parts of our country to the likes of DP World to 'manage' on their behalf. Remember we have seen these before and the EU closed them down following investigations into them being used as tax avoidance havens, to support the movement of criminal activity and goods and money laundering.

If we think feckin up the economy has been bad just wait until they get going with the deregulation agenda and selling off bits of the UK to crooks and dodgy countries like Saudi. Brexit was just the first step in their plan - we are fecked until we get rid of these dangerous feckers.

The only public asset left to sell is the NHS. Make sure you have good private medical insurance. Or a spare kidney or two.

Private Healthinsurance may cover you for a few minor issues.
The Private Health sector relies on the NHS for so many major health issues, not to mention the Emergency care sector.

Hence my kidney reference.

[fishfoodie]

This is just as bad. What must her MPs be thinking?!

"That's me fucked at the next election, then"

One thing those c**ts on the 1922 Committee won't stand for is losing their seats. The spectre of losing them for a generation will mean some are already sharpening knives.

Every time #10, or #11 issues a moronic statement, saying, "Non, je ne regrette rien", I think another 5 or 6 letters arrive in Brady's inbox.

This shower of shit are still planning on a Party Conference next week FFS; & I can't imagine anything they can say now; short of announcing a GE, that won't materially worsen the state of the Nation.

[Hal Jordan]

Gove to step in and save us as the "sensible candidate"?

Although I often think he's happier being an éminence grise.

[_Os_]

Lord Wolfson (the CEO of Next, and a howling Brexiter) is demanding HS2 is scrapped so that tax cuts can be afforded. Of course Lord Wolfson is personally benefiting from reduced taxes.

This is their next move in this mess, they now have an immense tax hole to fill, they're simply to fucking stupid and/or arrogant and/or invested to back down. So the UK is going to have to become a less developed nation (permanently damaging growth) to afford this. If it's not HS2 it has to be something else.

[tabascoboy]

[Insane_Homer]

[_Os_]

Slide 15 on this page shows how big the fiscal hole they're now trying to fill is:
https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/pu ... what-next/

Assuming likely growth by 2026/2027 there will need to be spending cuts of £37bn-£47bn for debt to be falling. As of 2018, Brown's 2008 bank bailout cost £23bn after most of the bailout was recouped. So it looks like these morons are determined to foist an event larger than the 2008 crash onto the UK.

[fishfoodie]

Slide 15 on this page shows how big the fiscal hole they're now trying to fill is:
https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/pu ... what-next/

Assuming likely growth by 2026/2027 there will need to be spending cuts of £37bn-£47bn for debt to be falling. As of 2018, Brown's 2008 bank bailout cost £23bn after most of the bailout was recouped. So it looks like these morons are determined to foist an event larger than the 2008 crash onto the UK.

pfff £37bn is all that Test & Trace cost for two years.

[SaintK]

Yep, should imagine that will focus the minds of a few Tory MP's and not just those in marginal seats

Labour have 33 point lead over Tories in new YouGov poll
A YouGov poll for The Times puts Labour on a 33 point lead over the Conservatives, understood to be the biggest gap recorded since the late 1990s.

Labour’s lead is fuelled by voters switching directly from the Tories with 17% of those who backed Boris Johnson in 2019 saying they would vote Labour.

Only 37% of 2019 Conservative voters said they were planning to stick with the party

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[_Os_]

Slide 15 on this page shows how big the fiscal hole they're now trying to fill is:
https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/pu ... what-next/

Assuming likely growth by 2026/2027 there will need to be spending cuts of £37bn-£47bn for debt to be falling. As of 2018, Brown's 2008 bank bailout cost £23bn after most of the bailout was recouped. So it looks like these morons are determined to foist an event larger than the 2008 crash onto the UK.

pfff £37bn is all that Test & Trace cost for two years.

I've just looked up how big the reductions were during Austerity MK1, they were smaller £30bn.

So more tax cuts and more cuts to services, and the growth that still hasn't come magically appears. This is a cargo cult.

[sturginho]

Jesus, they'll be relegated to 3rd place if it carries on!

EDIT: Put those numbers into electoralcalculus.co.uk, the tories end up with just 3 seats!

[Lobby]

As well as funding tax cuts for the rich from benefits and pension cuts for the poor, the Tories have decided that part of their plan should include increasing health disparities:

"Thérèse Coffey is ditching the government’s long-promised white paper on health inequalities, despite the 19-year gap in life expectancy between rich and poor, the Guardian has been told."

"A second source with knowledge of Coffey’s intentions said: “The disparities paper is toast. My understanding of why they’ve pulled it is [that it’s] ideological — the white paper is an affront to this government’s view of what makes for health.”

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... inequality

[sefton]

You know it’s bad when the Daily Heil can’t even drag out a supportive front page.

[I like neeps]

"That's me fucked at the next election, then"

One thing those c**ts on the 1922 Committee won't stand for is losing their seats. The spectre of losing them for a generation will mean some are already sharpening knives.

Every time #10, or #11 issues a moronic statement, saying, "Non, je ne regrette rien", I think another 5 or 6 letters arrive in Brady's inbox.

This shower of shit are still planning on a Party Conference next week FFS; & I can't imagine anything they can say now; short of announcing a GE, that won't materially worsen the state of the Nation.

Doesn't matter how many letters are in his inbox there can't be a vote for a year.

To change the course they need resignations on mass e.g. what brought May and Johnson down or make clear in no certain terms publically they won't vote for the programme.

[_Os_]

Chris Philp saying triple lock pensions are being considered for the scrap heap to afford the tax cut.

HS2, triple lock pensions, they have £37bn-£45bn to make up for, this bonfire is piss poor so far.

[I like neeps]

They can replace them with a string cortet playing Nearer My God To Thee.

Also... These polls are before energy bills go up next week!

[_Os_]

Meanwhile in Tory alternate reality.

[I like neeps]

Meanwhile in Tory alternate reality.

It must be bad if Chopper has stopped talking about the royal yacht!

Harwood is a troll explaining Truss' thinking going into number 10 (not her current thinking though you'd guess) and if anyone wants a laugh Grimes was fired from GB News this week who didn't feel the need to even tell him.

[Lobby]

Meanwhile Cameron’s Strategy Director had this to say about Truss:

“Polling expert and former strategy director to former prime minister David Cameron, Andrew Cooper, gave his reaction to Liz Truss’s local radio interviews in this evening’s episode of The News Agents podcast.

Lord Cooper told presenters Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel: “If your starting position is basically to tell a lie, to pretend that something which clearly happened and has clearly gone wrong and clearly wasn’t part of the plan, and to say that hasn’t happened, you know, you’re on incredibly thin ice.

“That’s a terrible strategy for managing a difficult situation.”

[_Os_]

It must be bad if Chopper has stopped talking about the royal yacht!

Harwood is a troll explaining Truss' thinking going into number 10 (not her current thinking though you'd guess) and if anyone wants a laugh Grimes was fired from GB News this week who didn't feel the need to even tell him.

They're morons and haven't worked out yet that their platform is now a deep recession they're going to be blamed for, mortgage increases they're going to blamed for, and $35bn+ of spending cuts to afford a tax cut aimed at the rich they're going to be blamed for.

This is the most catastrophic politics I've ever seen, maybe (only maybe) Zimbabwe excluded. The ANC have considerably more political sense and pragmatism than this. It's totally batshit.