like the queen this thread will never die: in which we ALL resign (ourselves to disgusting miseries to post-boris politics 2022)

Let's all sing
God Save The King
And after we do
The voters will swing

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— Simon Hedges (@Orwell_Fan) September 25, 2022

(I feel regret for Sunak in terms of how he might feel regarding what he would have done differently and the difference it could have made.)

I don't think the grasping little toerag could have done anything to win over the membership, he was too much of a continuity candidate. Not that he didn't try.

(I get the impression that Truss's economic policies do not make sense for the UK or for global economics.)

(1/10) The broadcast version of episode 2 of #LabourFiles on Labour's 'antisemitism crisis' has some good stuff but lacks a coherent narrative and leaves out the Panorama documentary and EHRC report. This thread details what's in the longer online version. https://t.co/B87vvGYp2S

— Heather Mendick (@helensclegel) September 25, 2022

xp

the government's policies make absolute sense, the aim is to transfer as much money, public and otherwise, to themselves and the wealthy people who support them

talk about a gamble or a risk is a figleaf that dishonest politicians and dishonest journalists are using to pretend this isn't the case

and that's just before we consider whether shorting the pound is a deliberate strategy to further enrich these people (hint: it is)

i do sort of feel that it's more about implementing an ideology rather than a pure cash grab but same difference i guess

they are one and the same

The ideology is imprecarious nihilism - smash and grab, but also trust that whatever happens you'll stay afloat.

imprecarious is a terrific multivalent word

we finally got our party back 🥹 pic.twitter.com/jRgm71M1vi

— yamo porrits 2.0 (@2yamo2porrits) September 25, 2022

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the notion that draping yourselves in the flag and tugging the forelock to the monarchy = a grown up party ready for govt is such obviously facile nonsense that I can only conclude they actively do not want my vote nor the vote of anyone with any shred of self respect.

(xp) lol

it's not remotely serious stuff

I think it will probably come across as quite cynical and opportunistic to lots of the flag-shaggers, especially the ones who think they are in some mysterious way a centre-left party.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FdhaJvqXkAYQZzh?format=png&name=small

"Please don't contact me again"

her husband get's cold caught out chatting racist shit on camera and she proposes more censorship is what is needed.

Who is he and what does he say?

Dan Fox, ex director of Labour Friends of Israel, shown in footage discussing Sadiq Khan with actual fash, one of whom he describes as an old friend

tbf he's trying to persuade his goose-stepping chums that Khan is "the right kind of muslim"

obviously it's outrageous to suggest that any Labour member is a racist simply because of who they've spoken to

Perish the thought.

also he was doing that Sadiq is one of the "good ones" line iirc

oh sorry nv already said that!

Not a promising start to the week for sterling in Asian trading: a new low versus the dollar below $1.0770, down about 0.8% from Friday pic.twitter.com/WjvElpLipN

— David Milliken (@david_milliken) September 25, 2022

Oh that’s old news, it’s now down to historically low $1.03. Markets talking down Britain, refusing to “let the benefits sink in” as the IEA put it

This will mean higher inflation and interest rates. The press will only turn if it hits the housing market.

Also higher unemployment.

I think it will probably come across as quite cynical and opportunistic to lots of the flag-shaggers, especially the ones who think they are in some mysterious way a centre-left party.

Yeah, true flag shaggers will look right through it. And a quick look at social media will show that plenty of these types still believe Labour to be leftist extremists, as with the democrats in the US the reality doesn't really matter.

Al Jazeera is the first news organisation to publicly state what I have been saying: Britain's anti Corbyn activists are linked to the EDL. I gave this lead to Hannah Al-Othman when she was as Buzzfeed and was seeking personal accounts of Islamophobia. She refused to cover it.

— naadir (@naadirjeewa) September 25, 2022

Exclusive:

Public sector faces 2 year squeeze as Liz Truss axes plans for spending review

The spending envelope will be same as set out in 2021 - when inflation was forecast to peak at 4%

Means real terms pay cuts for millions & difficult choices for schools and hospitals https://t.co/CD0uZSOkiI

— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) September 25, 2022

They don't know what they're doing

This is nightmare for most of middle class - someone with a £250k mortgage currently paying 3% would see their interest rate rise to 6.5% or simple terms annual interest bill rise from £7,500 to £16,250 They would need to find over £700 extra per month to not lose their house https://t.co/dXn2wkq3MG

— Guy Stallard 🇺🇦 (@Guy_Stallard) September 26, 2022

tanking the pound to own the libs

The housing market crash is here.

Met a friend of mine yesterday and she was saying she can just about keep up with her payments as it is..

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/26/pound-plummet-underlines-schoolboy-error-by-kwasi-kwarteng

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— Jon Stone (@joncstone) September 26, 2022

is the pound worse less than the dollar yet? good idea for a website

Doubt they'll get rid of her but let's enjoy the banter.

Would be an incredible achievement to be elected leader of your party, become Prime Minister, kill the queen, tank the pound and get fired all within one menstrual cycle. Unreal girlbossing. https://t.co/acVwIh8UPl

— Sister Birkin (@judeinlondon2) September 26, 2022

borrowing requirements would fall a lot if say, UK government announce a massive cut in NHS spending, education, no net zero, privatisation of strategic assets (NHS again) to contain pressures on sterling/gilts.

— Daniela Gabor (@DanielaGabor) September 26, 2022

it was reported before Truss premiership even started that a big batch of letters of no-confidence were going in within weeks anyway, now she's doing such a grand job of growing the economy there might be a few more, especially from the less secure of the 2019 intake.

Johnson back by Xmas

"I'm not going to make any comment now".

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng remains tight-lipped when questioned about the mini-budget.

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— Sky News (@SkyNews) September 26, 2022

already looks like dead man walking and this is the honeymoon period

I thought chancellor's are supposed to reassure the markets or like say something when they've just tanked the pound, lol.

That is odd!

I heard a load of headlines and talk on radio about the economy. I realised I didn't understand any of it.

Imagine you're Kwasi Kwarteng: you've got strident views about economic policy and you even wrote a book about it. you finally get the job as chancellor, the peak of your game, and get to test out your ideas! turns out they are garbage and the economy explodes

— Jon Stone (@joncstone) September 26, 2022

I mean this guy went through Eton had a Kennedy scholarship at Harvard etc.. so he can't be *that* thick. Yet a lot of evidence suggests otherwise.

I heard a load of headlines and talk on radio about the economy. I realised I didn't understand any of it.
Neither do I. Neither do politicians. And that's the tragedy.

I mean, if every wage demand of every union was automatically met for all time, would we really be in a worse position economically than we are? Politicians and economists rely on us believing them when they tell us that it would be, but I've made a point of never just believing anything anyone ever tells me ever! I've got to be 51 years old and it's served me reasonably well thus far.