[hibeejim21]

Here’s how G7 nations fared in the July-September quarter:

Canada: +0.4% (according to advance data)
France: +0.2%
Germany: 0.2%
Italy: +0.5%
United States: +0.6%
United Kingdom: -0.2%


UK at the bottom of the G7 economic output league table. Confirmation that the tories have fucked the economy.

[0762]

I must add to these comments by expressing real empathy for lotsa people in this country who have been totally f##### up in different ways by Tory mismanagement of the country's economic fabric. All the aspirations of young people in the property market being suddenly dashed to other groups of people who are experiencing real challenges covering the provision of food v heating their homes properly, the survival of many small businesses "in the balance", the negative impact on social servs and the vulnerable, the huge NHS issues and lack of proper recognition/support of staff who are trying so hard to provide the service under severe pressure. Dizzy Lizzie's mini-budget botch up disguises the years n years of dystopian Tory governance. What I find particularly disgusting is the shameless manner in which many of these Tory-Brexit morons present their own criticisms of this failure that portray a false image of some other political agency that was at fault in the past decade - outrageously impudent politics being "played out" by a lotta these deceitful bastards because they've been allowed to "get away with it" for donkey's years!! Eg the Brexit con/lies and they persist in doing it; the pandemic lies, the Scot referendum lies in 2014 - that's just the "tip of the iceberg" btw!!

[themaclad]

Remember those days when you wanted a PM gone for being in the vicinity of a piece of cake, next March your fuel will be going up by 12p per litre, enjoy.

The old phrase be careful what you wish for springs to mind

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[hibeejim21]

Quite incredible really.

The tories were yaying and hollering through 55 billion of tax cuts to benefit the very richest in society only weeks ago. Now we are seeing huge tax raises and massive cuts to public services. Also yayed and hollered through parliament.

If they wanted to tax the rich they would have restored the 50p rate rather than dragging in more to the 45p - which has a flat fee impact of 1250 anyway.

The stealthy lowering of tax thresholds through high inflation will damage many more people way more severely.

[themaclad]

Both Sunak and C Hunt campaigned for tax cuts during the leadership contest

[theo_luddite]

More shit that the gerrymandering bastards have sneaked in under the wire for the next elections whilst throwing dead cats like going back to old imperial weights and measures on the table.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...ung-people

[0762]

The warnings re this methodology to gain voting advantage were made months n months ago and it is definitely a copycat of this kinda stuff being done in the US - proved beyond doubt in independent studies that it benefits RW/fascist political parties with voters who provide them with a core "presence". In the UK, the ridiculously outdated FPTP voting system already gives the Tories an electoral advantage - already benefits them as they never get anywhere near even 50% of the voting population actually backing them and proper voting reform is a pipedream. We are so passive in this country now that most folk appear to be "sleepwalking" through a blatant form of electoral fraud that erodes the whole reasoning behind having democratic elections to decide on new governments being formed for the greater good of the country. The word "backward" certainly comes to mind.

[0762]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/voi...80ed803fd6

This vg article from The independent kinda sums up why lots n lots of people in this country really despise politicians in general. Do the Tories indeed have a death wish? I'm sure there is indeed a conspiracy "behind the scenes" to bring down Sunak sooner rather than later for various reasons. I question the whole political ideology attached to the Tories and why they haven't officially changed their party name to "the selfish, greedy bastards party" and be done with it. Then the population in England will finally have no doubts re what they are actually voting for although I've no doubt there will still be millions n millions of dimwits who will still back these shameless, unscrupulous c####!!

[0762]

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/6...-in-prison

So the Argentinian Vice-President is jailed for 6 six years for fraudulently giving public contracts to her friends/cronies!!! Remind you of anything closer to home? And note that Sunak was the CoE at the time of this country's shame when it comes to this kinda fraud with a lot more money attached to it than applies to Kirchner.

[hibeejim21]

The PPE scandal with Mone and Hancock really does take the biscuit. An absolute shitshow, perpetuated by the cronyism of westminster and a hallmark of Johnsons bogus, corrupt to the core government. Ripping off joe public at that time was unspeakably low.

Scotland and Wales at least went down a different route.