Two "scientists" on Laura Kuenssberg right now trying to take the credit for inventing the Covid vaccine. Bloody loony left BBC, we all know Boris Johnson did that
Well, it looks like we're getting Hunt's 'this is what you asked for, don't blame me' financial statement this morning.
Woke up this morning and checked the BBC news app, more u turns coming today, more comments from Tory MPs complaining the PM won't last and jockeying for position to replace her. It's an absolute shambles. Surely someone, somewhere can demand a general election, the country needs a working government not this circus
I imagine if someone demands it and Labour gets in, they will use the same excuse as Hunt to do bugger all so what’s the bloody point.
This is by far the worst government I've ever seen, shambles is the only word. They've had twelve years to get things organised and things really couldn't be much worse.
Although the tories have a big HoC majority, if they appoint another PM, the calls for a GE will be huge. However unless and until the polls turn in their favour they are unlikely to be turkeys voting for Christmas.
As long as Hunt sticks to what was said about benefits and pensions and takes money off the greedy bastards at the top I’ll be happy.
Trouble is, if he sticks to that the "markets" will struggle (funny as they are ran by the one affected) Not that I follow these thing much, but I honestly can't remember a situation like this before where policy is changed because of the stock markets? Happy to be corrected though
Not so much of a correction, perhaps a reminder? 1976, Dennis Healy at Heathrow about to board... had to turn back and arrange an IMF loan as the £ was falling? Black Wednesday 1992 had to drop out of ERM? 1931, even before my time UK tried to return to the Gold Standard? I would liken the currency and bond markets with their trillion and trillion $ sloshing around to a quote from Game of Thrones.. John Snow asked Daenerys what her dragons ate, she replied, "Anything they like"
Definitely corrections mate, although in my defence I was only 1 in 1976 and 1992 was messy with discovering drink and other social things
Energy price guarantee cut short. Freeze on alcohol duty rates gone. No tax cut for lower earners. Very much as we were ie the way the markets want it. No improvement.
IIRC what Labour proposed was a 6 month guarantee, (ie over winter) funded in part on windfall tax oil companies. Then if Ukraine war still going with energy prices still high, review the situation.
That's because we're not as we were. Trust and confidence in the government has completely evaporated. It's hard for the market to be certain of the future when the conservatives are leaking info about plots to change leadership again already. Even if they don't change leadership, it seems clear that there is no confidence in the pm and Hunt has the real power. I don't disagree with what Hunt has done today on the face of it. Hopefully it's enough to allow Mortgage rates drop a little, though it might take a bit of time and some damage has already been done.
