Liz fucking Truss then.....

[Gnasher]

15 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

I reckon this will be the most short lived tenure in modern history.

 

Someone said Johnson was the worst man at the worst time when Covid was upon us, the same can be said for her during an economic and energy crisis. She's a clown, like a cartoon Ghostbusters version of Thatcher.

 

 

 

 

[Anubis]

The star that burns twice as brightly burns half as long…

[TD_LFC]

A dying star is fucking dense though.

 

 

[skend04]

27 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

I reckon this will be the most short lived tenure in modern history.

 

Someone said Johnson was the worst man at the worst time when Covid was upon us, the same can be said for her during an economic and energy crisis. She's a clown, like a cartoon Ghostbusters version of Thatcher.

Woah there!

Cartoon Ghostbusters was great. 

[clockspeed]

13 minutes ago, Anubis said:

The star that burns twice as brightly burns half as long…

Blade Runner a bit of class in a thread about a clueless person . Brightened up my day. However when I all over  in usual conservative press revisionism "All these moments will be lost in time like tears in the rain " and they will get voted in again . Depressing . I am away to the Kylie tread for a pick me up.

[skend04]

Pound down again today to $1.12 so far, before the trickle down budget. It's fortunate we don't buy our gas in dollars otherwise we'd really be fucked.

[Section_31]

42 minutes ago, skend04 said:

Pound down again today to $1.12 so far, before the trickle down budget. It's fortunate we don't buy our gas in dollars otherwise we'd really be fucked.

 

It's amazing stuff. 

 

Basically they're trying to sell bonds to fund the debt but aren't publishing information about the economy and are going against pretty much every accepted piece of wisdom about getting your economy stable. 

 

Reminds me of when Gove came into the Education job and used to spout Daily Mail headlines as policy 'learn arithmetic', 'spare the rod spoil the child'. 

 

This is how Truss and Kwarteng approach economics. 'lower tax - more growth - more growth, more revenue'. 

 

They're cartoon caricatures of right wing thinkers.

[TD_LFC]

Kwarteng's budget, mini budget, fiscal event in a nutshell - Good time to be rich, bad time to be poor.

[House of Dirk]

Its the Tory way

[Gnasher]

 

 

 

 

 

[Gnasher]

Massive handouts for the rich whilst promising to punish the poorest in society like those in part time work and on benefits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's class war.

[Gnasher]

 

 

 

[Arniepie]

Has the BBC just given up any pretence at impartiality now?

[Scooby Dudek]

If you can give then crdeit for one thing, at least now they are not trying to hide the fact they couldn't give two shits about 99% of the population. 

[skend04]

https://twitter.com/EdConwaySky/status/1573247604259164160?t=lJQvwzHA1fDaKVsNsVzRhA&s=08 

 

It's like the markets don't need an OBR assessment to realise what a crock of shit that mini-budget was. Get your wheelbarrows out lads, bread might cost a bit more than a pound tomorrow.

[Anubis]

Flags out in force. Laying into Caroline Lucas over comments on climate and environment. Happy with budget as there is something for everyone…

 

Tory HQ online offensive in full swing.

[TD_LFC]

Willing to swap £ for Drachma, Lira or Hungarian luncheon vouchers.

[Bobby Hundreds]

By attacking benefits they have set the narrative among the right wing fucking loons about people on benefits being the problem. It's so fucking easy for these theives.

[Dave D]

Todays Mini Budget committee revealed

 

   

[skend04]

Pound dropping Vs Euro too, not just against a strong dollar. Looks like the markets really don't like what's happened this morning.

[Gnasher]

 

 

 

[Gnasher]

 

That's a big shift.

 

 

[Gnasher]

 

 

 

[skend04]

1 minute ago, Gnasher said:

 

 

 

Well over half the party didn't want her and 40% of the membership didn't vote for her. If the budget unravels as quickly as it's looking like it will do there'll be carnage amongst the Tories.

[Gnasher]

I wonder Jon,  i wonder,