Quote from: andy popp on July 07, 2022, 09:33:30 amWell, he's gone (or going) but how can anyone realistically expect the Tories to conjur a functional government out of this morass of stupidity? Very little has changed, really.Unfortunately yes. Three leaders in six years suggests a party that has some deep structural problems. Voting for a party led by Johnson suggests something quite wrong with the U.K. Looks like another couple of years of shite government.
Well, he's gone (or going) but how can anyone realistically expect the Tories to conjur a functional government out of this morass of stupidity? Very little has changed, really.
Woohoo...... The law breaking liar is going. I'm not sure if any of the cabinet that supported him, then turned to save their own skin are fit to replace him tho.Hopefully the 1922 lot get him out sooner rather than later.
They have no way of dealing with the current cost of living crisis, no matter who is in charge, because the Tory Party as it exists right now doesn't have the ideas to resolve it. It's a party of blind commitment to idealogical undermining of the economy.
Quote from: seankenny on July 07, 2022, 11:14:47 amQuote from: andy popp on July 07, 2022, 09:33:30 amWell, he's gone (or going) but how can anyone realistically expect the Tories to conjur a functional government out of this morass of stupidity? Very little has changed, really.Unfortunately yes. Three leaders in six years suggests a party that has some deep structural problems. Voting for a party led by Johnson suggests something quite wrong with the U.K. Looks like another couple of years of shite government."Strong and Stable"
Mine from a couple of days ago:https://twitter.com/mrjohnofarrell/status/1544259833385328640?t=hJOj7Q3cKJEA38sabJCXnQ&s=19
Quote from: Will Hunt on July 07, 2022, 06:20:48 pmMine from a couple of days ago:https://twitter.com/mrjohnofarrell/status/1544259833385328640?t=hJOj7Q3cKJEA38sabJCXnQ&s=19Brilliant! Paywalled, but BJs article for the Telegraph about Gordon Brown "lashing himself to the radiator" in order to avoid being evicted from no. 10, is really quite something in the current context.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/0/boris-johnson-gordon-brown-election-2010-bathroom-real-problems/
Interest rates may be rising, but probably not by much, and certainly not to the same extent as they have in other historical periods of high inflation.This is not so much because of the high level of personal borrowing many people currently have; but more due to the massive levels of government borrowing.If interest rates on government debts were to go beyond 3 or 4% the nation would no longer be able to manage the repayments.How to lower inflation without raising interest rates will be a major problem for the UK government (and many others) for some time to come.
Quote from: Dac on July 12, 2022, 04:59:20 pmInterest rates may be rising, but probably not by much, and certainly not to the same extent as they have in other historical periods of high inflation.This is not so much because of the high level of personal borrowing many people currently have; but more due to the massive levels of government borrowing.If interest rates on government debts were to go beyond 3 or 4% the nation would no longer be able to manage the repayments.How to lower inflation without raising interest rates will be a major problem for the UK government (and many others) for some time to come.I read something saying something similar - basically raising interest rates high enough to curb inflation will make gov debt unmanageable, so instead they're going to let inflation run higher than they would like (cost of living disaster!) but this helps reduce the real terms debt as its "inflated away".
Choosing your favourite tory candidate is a bit like deciding which toilet you want to use at Glastonbury.Tugendhat does seem the least bad to me.At the point politics is at now, I would just take competence and some moral integrity, regardless of party, left/right leaning or policies.
