Let's Get Political!

[Nemo]

I just can’t see who they can appeal to now.

I'm waiting for LL to turn before I truly think they're done...

[4D]

No fucking Plan B, that's the problem 

[RobertT]

I have to say, kudos to the script writer on this Sitcom.

[Matchworn Shirts]

Jeremy Hunt being linked with the role feels somewhat like a joke much akin to Sheena Easton and/or a manetee being linked to the Swindon managers job.
And a manatee would probably do a better job

[horlock07]

Jeremy Hunt being linked with the role feels somewhat like a joke much akin to Sheena Easton and/or a manetee being linked to the Swindon managers job.
And a manatee would probably do a better job

Hunt's got it, so there is hope for Sheena yet....

[Batch]

Hunt. Fucking hell. We've scraped though the barrel there

[Qunk]

Complete farce of a government. I’m politically pretty neutral (have voted for both labour and tories in the past) so I have no axe to grind, and from my point of view this mini budget was a mess from day dot. How could they not have foreseen the furore it would cause? Utterly incompetent. Truss has the votability of a peanut.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

Jeremy Hunt is rhyming slang isn’t he?

[Ticker45]

I have always maintained that apart from the odd MP who has some real background and say in whichever department they head up, the real work is always done by the Civil Service no matter which party is supposed to be in charge. In this case the Treasury totally got the Government back after the top man there was recently forced out, cross swords with the "Sir Humphrey's" (for the older ones among us) at your peril.

Yes, Kwasi Karteng had a degree in an area of economics but was totally out of his depth and coupled with the infighting was always going to lose as too many axes being ground out at the moment.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

Interesting take on Truss et al

https://www.doubledown.news/watch/2022/october/4/exposed-liz-truss-kwasi-kwarteng-the-dark-money-oligarchs-george-monbiot

[horlock07]

Hunt. Fucking hell. We've scraped though the barrel there

There are suggestions he has his eye on the long game as there may be a caretaker PM role coming available in the not too distant, albeit I assume it would be a battle between him and Allardyce as to who would get it until the end of the season.

In this case the Treasury totally got the Government back after the top man there was recently forced out, cross swords with the "Sir Humphrey's" (for the older ones among us) at your peril.

Yes, Kwasi Karteng had a degree in an area of economics but was totally out of his depth and coupled with the infighting was always going to lose as too many axes being ground out at the moment.

Not sure the Civil Service had much say in this one, the guy was booted out late in the day as they knew he would tell them it was bollocks (see also the OBR not being allowed to provide any supporting docs), whilst the principles proposed have been in the public domain and directly linked to Truss and Kwarteng since Britannia Unchained was published 10 years ago.

[ron dodgers]

Rachel Reeves is much better qualified just needs to switch to the Conservatives

[dalumpimunki]

Complete farce of a government. I’m politically pretty neutral (have voted for both labour and tories in the past) so I have no axe to grind, and from my point of view this mini budget was a mess from day dot. How could they not have foreseen the furore it would cause? Utterly incompetent. Truss has the votability of a peanut.

Lots of people, me included really like peanuts though.....

[tans]

Jeremy Hunt reverses nearly all tax cuts in mini budget and scales back support for energy bills

[Batch]

what a fucking shambles, IR35 and energy support being the biggest fuckers