Are we all Trussed up...

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Debs wrote: 3 Oct 2022, 12:25pm One U turn down, and (at least) two more to go:

Removing the cap on bankers bonuses

Borrowing mega-bucks to pay the greedy energy suppliers ransom demands, instead of windfall taxing their massive profits.
We can but hope!
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reohn2 wrote: 3 Oct 2022, 1:21pm
Nearholmer wrote: 3 Oct 2022, 10:20am
.......I don’t like their policies, but the bit that really gets me is how cr@p they are at the bare basics of management ……. It’s totally staggering!
Ain't that the Truth?

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Could be the title of Kwarteng and Truss' new book on the economy :lol: :lol: :roll:
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It's pretty worrying when the first thing a new PM/Chancellor do crashes the pound, collapses the markets, big interest rate rises, etc. then as they start to unwind it they come-up with "I learnt that lesson".

How many more lessons do they still have to learn and can the country survive that many disasters?

It's a country they are running not some school experiment where you learn from your mistakes.

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mjr wrote: 3 Oct 2022, 2:49pm
reohn2 wrote: 3 Oct 2022, 1:21pm
Nearholmer wrote: 3 Oct 2022, 10:20am
.......I don’t like their policies, but the bit that really gets me is how cr@p they are at the bare basics of management ……. It’s totally staggering!
Ain't that the Truth?

"How to alienate yourself from the public and your own party in one easy step"
Could be the title of Kwarteng and Truss' new book on the economy :lol: :lol: :roll:
They are implementing the unpublished sequel to "Britainnia Unchained"

"Britainnia Unhinged"
Very well put(many a true word,etc) :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Jdsk wrote: 3 Oct 2022, 10:02amNext up is the Chancellor's speech this afternoon. My guess is that the conference now won't be looking for blood.
ConservativeHome on the reaction:
https://conservativehome.com/2022/10/03 ... amp-squib/

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What the business minister Reece Mogg would like to do to UK labour rights:- https://www.ft.com/content/799ed62c-86b ... 553c6e47ec
Thankfully even Truss could see that wouldn't work..... .....though it does show what Dickensian attitudes some Tories have toward workers rights.

EDIT:- OTOH Truss may have another nasty trick up her sleeve:- https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-63125506

EDIT:- to add:- https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... hris-philp
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Marr telling it like it is(2.28 of your time):- https://youtu.be/HnPBVUz6Zl8
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Thanks R2, but I couldn't stand listening to him for anything over one minute, let alone watching him! :shock:
Grief, what a horrible speaker.

I'm glad we don't own a telly if that's what they put on.
Not that I don't agree with him, but goodness me. Shut up! :shock:
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Mick F wrote: 4 Oct 2022, 10:08am Thanks R2, but I couldn't stand listening to him for anything over one minute, let alone watching him! :shock:
Grief, what a horrible speaker.

I'm glad we don't own a telly if that's what they put on.
Not that I don't agree with him, but goodness me. Shut up! :shock:
I agree. Never managed to listen to him on the radio either but that video ... I didn't even make 1 minute. Which is a shame as good content lost because of bad (professional) presenter.

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Psamathe wrote: 4 Oct 2022, 10:56am
Mick F wrote: 4 Oct 2022, 10:08am Thanks R2, but I couldn't stand listening to him for anything over one minute, let alone watching him! :shock:
Grief, what a horrible speaker.

I'm glad we don't own a telly if that's what they put on.
Not that I don't agree with him, but goodness me. Shut up! :shock:
I agree. Never managed to listen to him on the radio either but that video ... I didn't even make 1 minute. Which is a shame as good content lost because of bad (professional) presenter.

Ian
You are both aware that he had a massive stroke a very few years ago, that he was fortunate to survive, never mind recover from to the extent he has? It continues to affect him.
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Bonefishblues wrote: 4 Oct 2022, 11:01am
Psamathe wrote: 4 Oct 2022, 10:56am
Mick F wrote: 4 Oct 2022, 10:08am Thanks R2, but I couldn't stand listening to him for anything over one minute, let alone watching him! :shock:
Grief, what a horrible speaker.

I'm glad we don't own a telly if that's what they put on.
Not that I don't agree with him, but goodness me. Shut up! :shock:
I agree. Never managed to listen to him on the radio either but that video ... I didn't even make 1 minute. Which is a shame as good content lost because of bad (professional) presenter.

Ian
You are both aware that he had a massive stroke a very few years ago, that he was fortunate to survive, never mind recover from to the extent he has? It continues to affect him.
My not being able to listen to him goes back long before several years ago.

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Psamathe wrote: 4 Oct 2022, 11:16am
Bonefishblues wrote: 4 Oct 2022, 11:01am
Psamathe wrote: 4 Oct 2022, 10:56am
I agree. Never managed to listen to him on the radio either but that video ... I didn't even make 1 minute. Which is a shame as good content lost because of bad (professional) presenter.

Ian
You are both aware that he had a massive stroke a very few years ago, that he was fortunate to survive, never mind recover from to the extent he has? It continues to affect him.
My not being able to listen to him goes back long before several years ago.

Ian
I am surprised you attempted to view then, given your aversion goes back some years - probably best to avoid him completely.
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reohn2 wrote: 4 Oct 2022, 8:54am
EDIT:- to add:- https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... hris-philp
That's something I've never agreed with, people having to work for theit dole money. If these jobs need doing then unemployed people should be employed to do them and paid the proper rate for the job.
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pete75 wrote: 4 Oct 2022, 11:37am
reohn2 wrote: 4 Oct 2022, 8:54am
EDIT:- to add:- https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... hris-philp
That's something I've never agreed with, people having to work for theit dole money. If these jobs need doing then unemployed people should be employed to do them and paid the proper rate for the job.
Indeed. And if claimants are forced to work, when will they get time to apply for jobs, go to interviews and so on? You could even start to think the Conservatives are more interested in providing businesses with an effectively-trapped cheap labour force than in getting people off the dole and benefits, couldn't you?
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I'm not one to jump to conclusions, but I have to say that Mr Philp comes across as a particularly unpleasant piece of work to me.
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