Thread 15. Big Dog has been rehomed but we still need a poop scooper.

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Link to old:
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Hopefully I've done this so it works.

and stress that other counties face disruption

Reading a few threads on here, I can already call bingo on that one.

This. I used to sit on top of a gas fire in my hippy chic 1930s fur coat. Difference is I was in my early 20s. I’m nearly 70 now and feel the cold a lot more. No way do I want to return there.

Well, if other countries are having similar things going on, maybe the media should mention it more? Just for balance really .
Im the very first to have a rant about the government, but maybe more awareness of why might not go amiss too.

We need Clav back for that.......

The other countries trope is bollocks. Which other economy has the IMF commented on?

But they are just biased and overstepping the mark. Apparently.

Is Clav Liz, they both seem to have disappeared.

That media thread is bonkers. Another reason we have the crash is that it was going yo happen anyway so Truss has done us a favour by hurrying it along. We should all be grateful.

Kwasi Kwarteng comments on the suggestion by his junior Treasury Secretary Chris Philp that the UK may not hike benefits in line with the rising inflation.

"We are talking about helping people in the round. It's premature of me to come to a decision about that" Kwarteng says

twitter.com/kitty_donaldson/status/1575496003406659584?s=46&t=2njNuCaF6nCrnF0d59f8bA

Not too premature to ditch the cap on bonuses though.
People on benefits use their money and use it locally. It gets straight back in to the economy.

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Good news - OBR report to be published by end of October so before the next BoE meeting. Ridiculous that they thought they could leave it til afterwards.

First draft to be with KK next Friday. I guess they will want to revise elements...

twitter.com/meljstride/status/1575494060432760832?s=46&t=2njNuCaF6nCrnF0d59f8bA

Well it makes sense to me.

What's the point of investing in an economy because the tax is low when none of the people who live there have any money to spend on their enterprise?!

That's both the general public and large public sector institutions who have had real term funding cuts and austerity.

Investment needs return.

I heard that. Radio 4. But Japan did the same.

Putins fault.

Funnily enough the World Bank concluded macroeconomic & political stability, high quality infrastructure and skills were key for investors Itsgettingweird.

It’s a very strange concept that investors will be attracted to a country with a trashed economy. And lunatic politicians.

Has Truss started sweating about that yet

Absolutely.

Levelling up with the major part of the mandate.

They are deliberately doing the opposite internally and internationally levelling is down at the same time.

I agree with those who say it's criminal as they work for us.

A certain type of predatory vulture like asset stripping disaster capitalist finds the vulnerable attractive because the vulnerable have few options and few defences and can be very thoroughly exploited then abandoned.

It's not the kind of "investment" anyone would want for a country they cared about.

NEW: two new polls out show enormous leads for Labour.

Survation: 21 points
YouGov: 33 points.

That is wipeout territory for the Conservatives.

Lewis Goodall

Former chief whip is calling out the mini budget on twitter

The Government must scrap 45p, take responsibility for the link between last Friday & the impact on peoples mortgages & make clear that it will do everything possible to stabilise markets & protect public services
twitter.com/JulianSmithUK/status/1575530631613882371?t=f8UUCobEUhxSy0RD2CWDZg&s=19

And another

Deltapoll gives Labour a 19pt lead

This seems to summarise the latest polls.

www.markpack.org.uk/155623/voting-intention-opinion-poll-scorecard/