Let's Get Political!

[Batch]

I can't read Sunak as anything other than Snoke.,,

[Ardiles]

Seems a reasonably good budget in the circumstances.  Bears no resemblance to anything that the Tories have been saying for the previous decade.  If Labour had proposed something similar, the Tory press would have attacked it viciously.  It will be interesting to see how it's covered in the Telegraph and the Daily Mail.

[horlock07]

Seems a reasonably good budget in the circumstances.  Bears no resemblance to anything that the Tories have been saying for the previous decade.  If Labour had proposed something similar, the Tory press would have attacked it viciously.  It will be interesting to see how it's covered in the Telegraph and the Daily Mail.

Tories brilliant, Labour wankers!

[pauld]

Seems a reasonably good budget in the circumstances.  Bears no resemblance to anything that the Tories have been saying for the previous decade.  If Labour had proposed something similar, the Tory press would have attacked it viciously.  It will be interesting to see how it's covered in the Telegraph and the Daily Mail.

Barring broadband and the odd nationalisation (which the Tories have already done with Northern Rail), Labour pretty much did propose something similar. Certainly as you say, much closer to the Labour manifesto than anything the Tories proposed.

That aside, so far seems to be sensible and if this does spell the end of austerity, not a moment too soon. Most of that "new spending" and "emergency package" for coronavirus is needed to *start* putting a dent in the damage done by a decade of austerity.

Looking forward to seeing Sunak being attacked as a Marxist crackpot by the usual suspects

EDIT: the red diesel fuel duty thing specifically excludes agriculture, rail, fishing and domestic heating so I cut that bit out. Although if it's excluding all those sectors, seems a bit pointless really.

[GosportNob]

Sunak is a slobbering Marxist.

Only good/exiting element of the budget was his reference to works of fiction such as McDonnell's book!

Farming exempt from red deisel tax change I believe? Please try harder as this was a Thunberg climate emergency sop?

[GosportNob]

Ok I'm really pissed off now. Whoever thought it was clever to change my forum name (Presumably a moderator/admin) needs to get a fucking life!

I assume this has been done before if a user/posters beliefs are a fraction to the right of pauld?

Goodbye to you all.

[normy]

Barring broadband and the odd nationalisation (which the Tories have already done with Northern Rail), Labour pretty much did propose something similar. Certainly as you say, much closer to the Labour manifesto than anything the Tories proposed. Although freezing fuel duty except for red diesel seems a bit harsh on farmers, but given they've decided we don't need a food sector, much less agriculture, may as well start the kicking now.

That aside, so far seems to be sensible and if this does spell the end of austerity, not a moment too soon. Most of that "new spending" and "emergency package" for coronavirus is needed to *start* putting a dent in the damage done by a decade of austerity.

Looking forward to seeing Sunak being attacked as a Marxist crackpot by the usual suspects

Agreed.   I wonder if this big giveaway and borrowing Budget could have been done quite a few years ago (in theory)  when interest rates were also very low, but I don't really get economics, perhaps there were reasons they could not?

[pauld]

Good to see money being set aside to remove combustible cladding from housing. Several years too late, but that's not Sunak's fault.

[pauld]

Agreed.   I wonder if this big giveaway and borrowing Budget could have been done quite a few years ago (in theory)  when interest rates were also very low, but I don't really get economics, perhaps there were reasons they could not?

There were, but they were political not economic reasons. Austerity was always a political project.

[Reg Smeeton]

I can't read Sunak as anything other than Snoke.,,

How about snoek.... Saffer fish

[Bob's Orange]

Ok I'm really pissed off now. Whoever thought it was clever to change my forum name (Presumably a moderator/admin) needs to get a fucking life!

I assume this has been done before if a user/posters beliefs are a fraction to the right of pauld?

Goodbye to you all.

see ya! Have another cunt point to boot.

[Batch]

Ok I'm really pissed off now. Whoever thought it was clever to change my forum name (Presumably a moderator/admin) needs to get a fucking life!

I assume this has been done before if a user/posters beliefs are a fraction to the right of pauld?

Goodbye to you all.

soapy tit wank.

Audrey, offering any solidarity?

[jayohaitchenn]

Heh

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

Got used to it ages ago. Badger of Honour!

[BambooToTheFuture]

He's noticed