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Thread 16 Trussterfuck, big dog the aftermath

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DuncinToffee · 07/10/2022 09:30

Welcome to the growing Anti Growth Coalition

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Notonthestairs · 14/10/2022 11:32

I shouldn't be gobsmacked at how badly they've handled this but I am.
All they had to do in September was to announce energy support. They would have been flag waved on.

Everything else could have been left to a November budget with a full forecast, lots more trailing of policy shifts, comment pieces in the Mail & Telegraph to signal change in direction. BoE would have been able to plan around it etc.

It would still have been messy and Labour would have been able to knock holes in the arguments. But the catastrophic market shifts would have been more limited.

Hubris.

Notonthestairs · 14/10/2022 11:37

I'm told that Kwasi Kwarteng is being sacked as Chancellor as Liz Truss prepares to reverse the mini-Budget

Not clear who will be replacing him

Events moving very, very quickly this morning

No 10 not commenting

twitter.com/steven_swinford/status/1580868139692134400?s=46&t=mM0sBWgusr1eJr7yFBkO0A

ClaudineClare · 14/10/2022 11:55

ClaudineClare · 13/10/2022 14:57

Just saw this un the Guardian:

Kwarteng said he is “not going anywhere” and refused to rule out any changes in the future. He acknowledged that there was “some turbulence” after the mini-budget but said it’s a “very dicey situation globally”.

Based on past events, when a minister under fire says they are not going anywhere they often end up gone very quickly!

😇

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DuncinToffee · 14/10/2022 11:56

Nadhim Zahawi or Sajid Javid to take over?

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GreenLunchBox · 14/10/2022 11:57

Because they're in it for the power, not for the good of the country. In the good old days (ie before Brexit) politicians used to resign for things that wouldn't even make the papers these days.

AdamRyan · 14/10/2022 12:00

DuncinToffee · 14/10/2022 11:56

Nadhim Zahawi or Sajid Javid to take over?

Rishi Sunak
I would laugh my head off

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DuncinToffee · 14/10/2022 12:02

That's when they still had integrity, Johnson got rid of that.

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DuncinToffee · 14/10/2022 12:08

Jeremy Hunt is being mentioned now as well

I'll join you with the 🍿

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jgw1 · 14/10/2022 12:11

DuncinToffee · 14/10/2022 11:56

Nadhim Zahawi or Sajid Javid to take over?

Govey, Govey, Govey.

Cornettoninja · 14/10/2022 12:11

Notonthestairs · 14/10/2022 11:32

I shouldn't be gobsmacked at how badly they've handled this but I am.
All they had to do in September was to announce energy support. They would have been flag waved on.

Everything else could have been left to a November budget with a full forecast, lots more trailing of policy shifts, comment pieces in the Mail & Telegraph to signal change in direction. BoE would have been able to plan around it etc.

It would still have been messy and Labour would have been able to knock holes in the arguments. But the catastrophic market shifts would have been more limited.

Hubris.

And this is what’s so boggling. Literally all they had to do was keep things ticking over.

the80sweregreat · 14/10/2022 12:13

What will she say ?
Let me be clear , blah blah
(I haven't got a clue what to do )
Points fingers at the press

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DuncinToffee · 14/10/2022 12:13

I am going to need a bigger tub 🍿

my experience of Kwarteng is that he would not be someone to go quietly, or take one for the team, especially in a situation where he was literally enacting the signature policy of the PM.

Indeed senior financiers here in DC were of the impression he would “take her with him” 👀

twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1580878071506227200?t=ITbF_vobs2B417wznR_o4Q&s=19

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TokyoSushi · 14/10/2022 12:20

Jeez, I've been in a big work meeting for 2.5 hrs and my phone had been pinging wildly the whole time! Just catching up with everything now and got Sky News on at my desk!

L1ttledrummergirl · 14/10/2022 12:25

Just heard he's gone. Her next?

Notonthestairs · 14/10/2022 12:27

Surely she can't just shift Chancellor? He's enacted her policies! She signed them off!

the80sweregreat · 14/10/2022 12:27

He hasn't gone just yet!
It's just speculation at the moment , but who knows ?

Cheguevarahamster · 14/10/2022 12:28

It's all going a bit Pete Tong. I hear that Kwasi learned about his sacking via Twitter 🤦. Do you think they are going to stay an operation save Truss, a la big dog? What would it be called?

TokyoSushi · 14/10/2022 12:29

Notonthestairs · 14/10/2022 12:27

Surely she can't just shift Chancellor? He's enacted her policies! She signed them off!

I think she's going to try! "It was all Kwasi's fault, nowt to do with me"

She signed it off and then sat there nodding & cheering whilst he delivered the bloody thing!

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DuncinToffee · 14/10/2022 12:29

BBC News is saying he has been sacked

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TokyoSushi · 14/10/2022 12:36

Sky now reporting KK gone.

Cornettoninja · 14/10/2022 12:38

Ta ra Kwasi, thanks for playing ‘fuck up the country’, unfortunately you just weren’t quite subtle enough.

jgw1 · 14/10/2022 12:40

TokyoSushi · 14/10/2022 12:36

Sky now reporting KK gone.

Oh, I do hope it is Gove next.

Cornettoninja · 14/10/2022 12:41

Thanks to James O’Brien for alerting me to the daily stars ‘truss vs lettuce’ feed

the80sweregreat · 14/10/2022 12:41

Who will be the new one ?
Another no hoper?
Or someone who knows what they are doing ?
..

the80sweregreat · 14/10/2022 12:42

I'm hearing Coffey's name mentioned ..
She'll cut the tax on cigars.