Dr Strangelove (how I learned to stop worrying and love Boris)

Would that apply to governments wearing the red rosette as well?

 

Their ego's, sense of superiority over us plebs, sense of entitlement to public funds,and complete lack of self awareness do not allow any form of contrition. They believe themselves to be above such things as decency and humility. They really do not have any redeeming characteristics at all do they

 

The list of shame continues to get bigger week by week: ...Boris Johnson, Matt Hancock, Owen Patterson, Chris Pincher, Charlie Elphicke, Neil Parish, Andrew Griffiths, David Warburton, Rob Roberts, Imran Ahmad Khan, Dominic Raab, Gavin Williamson and now Nadhim Zahawi. All sacked/forced to resign/ had the whip removed for various sleazy antics. And that is without even mentioning Dominic Cummings.

 

That's quite a first eleven ...

... decent bench as well

 

He’s just stating the truth, one of my best mates was a labour Mp who was going to change the world when he got in, He didn’t change the world when he got in but he certainly changed his life style. I don’t believe you disagree with vic9 you are just on a wind up,

 

There are a lot of insecure men who feel threatened by successful women. They try to bolster their own egos by trying to knock a woman's achievements. Nor realising it just shows their own inadequacies more.

Personally being totally useless anyhow and being happy with that... means others success male or female (unless it is beating me at golf) doesn't matter.

 

Just when you think Boris Johnson has reached the outer limits of egotistical attention seeking ...

... he's gleefully repeating the content of a private conversation between him and Putin.

And what good does he think it can possibly do ffs.

The man is an out of control imbecile.

 

A dangerous out of contol imbecile at that.

 

We've had every excuse you can imagine for the mess the country's in and told our problems are global problems, caused by Covid, Putin, etc etc etc.

This morning we're waking up to find we're the only G7 country with a minus growth rating, worse than Italy, France, Germany, etc.

Twelve f*cking years of this boasting and endless promises to get to this shambles ...

.... cost of living flying up to record levels but workers are just supposed to shrug and trudge on

"The UK is expected be the only country to shrink next year across all the advanced and emerging economies. Even sanctions-hit Russia is now forecast to grow this year."

The IMF said the economy will contract by 0.6% in 2023, rather than grow slightly as previously predicted.

 

However, the IMF also said that after the Autumn Statement plans it thinks the UK is now "on the right track".

Mr Gourinchas said the plans outlined by the Treasury in the months since the Autumn Statement showed the UK was "certainly trying to carefully navigate these different challenges and we think that they are on the right track".

The IMF expects the UK to grow in 2024, revising up its forecast to 0.9% from 0.6%.


It seems like Rishi is getting us back on track after what's come before him.

 

It would be interesting to see list of IMF forecasts and what actually happened.

The UK seeks to be permanently on their **** list while everyone else having similar problems gets a cuddle.

 

It's 3 years today for Brexit... The timing of this announcement, eh

 

Over the past week I've started compiling a list of all the things that have improved in the last 12 years:

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There are none so blind than those who will not see?

 

Yes, the IMF are perfect and have never gotten anything wrong ever.

 

IMF shows poor track record at forecasting recessions

https://www.ft.com/content/60581224-3335-11e8-b5bf-23cb17fd1498

 

transport minister Richard Holden disputed the forecast.

Asked if the IMF is wrong, Mr Holden told Sky News: "I think so."

He added that the IMF has got its forecasts wrong "in the last couple of years", and that he thinks "Britain can outperform its prediction like it has done for the last two years".

The Conservative minister told Kay Burley that the UK economy has "grown faster than Germany since 2016" and "grown faster than France, Italy, and Japan since 2010".

Mr Holden also said the body's report "praised" the actions Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have taken to try to stabilise the country's finances.

Former cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg agreed with Mr Holden, telling Sky News his earlier remarks about the IMF were "sheer genius".

"Well, first of all, this is a forecast," Mr Rees-Mogg said.

"And when was the IMF forecast last right? So you've got to understand that forecasts are not historic fact."

"Short-term challenges should not obscure our long-term prospects - the UK outperformed many forecasts last year, and if we stick to our plan to halve inflation, the UK is still predicted to grow faster than Germany and Japan over the coming years," he said in a statement.

 

Even if the IMF forecast is miles away it still doesn't mean the UK is doing well ...

... or does anyone really believe things are good.

It's funny how people alwaya respond to 'unreliable statistics' with more statistics that are supposed to prove their point

'IMF biased against the UK ... euronews.next, based in Lyon, impartial.'