Thread 17:. Big Dog returns?

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@Janiie Any chance of you explaining why we shouldn't be angry that someone who created laws that banned birthday parties then had his own illegal birthday party?

Any chance of you explaining why we shouldn't be angry that someone who appointed a known sex pest then defended them when they were a pest again?

Thise countries are laughing at the UK despite their own problems, we are winning the race to the bottom, not good is it.

Calm down watch a bit of strictly is my advice.

And yet the laughing stock that is the Tory party just got a laugh on Strictly, priceless.

'Laughing stock' 🥱. How many times has this been said. Change the record. I tell you when we would be a 'Laughing stock' if wibbly Starmer and bellowing Rayner were attempting to run the show.

Seen what the foreign press are saying about us? The entire world is watching with dropped jaws.

Blossom maybe they need to concentration on their own issues but If we make them feel better...hey Jo..

However many EU countries are also really in trouble right now.

Whataboutery and name calling, anything else?

Evening endorsements update

Rishi Sunak: 126 (+15 since lunchtime*)
Boris Johnson: 58 (+4)
Penny Mordaunt: 25 (+2)

• Rishi Sunak is now guaranteed a spot in the top two if he runs.

Tracker: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

twitter.com/patrickjfl/status/1583888894528872448?s=46&t=7HpQ0POtU2uBTMjtuHvZog

To anyone questioning the laughing stock (that really really hits home with Tories because deep down they know it's true), read press from a variety of countries, speak to other nationalities,... Yep we are.

This!

The foreign press like to laugh at the UK, they still haven't forgiven us for Brexit and it of course distracts from their problems.

Didn't a BBC TV presenter say 'I'm not interested in Germany' when someone pointed out inconveniently that their inflation rate was higher than ours thus proving it is a global post pandemic/Ukraine war issue. But nope, its all Big Dog's fault.

Oh, @Janiie did you not follow your own advice to watch strictly?

@Roussette

I'm not a Tory? If that post was to me...I'm just not sure which countries are in any position to be laughing except people like Putin

Yes, it is all his fault. Got it in one.

@TheHouseonHauntedHill are there any EU countries that don't have a government at the moment?

G7 comparison - based on flash estimates, German inflation higher, after unwind of some cost of living subsidies after summer, at 10.9%…
Then UK on 10.1%
Then Italy,
Then US on 8.2%, France on 6.2%, but the latter two are also on decline.
Canada expected at 6.8% & Japan 3%

twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1582620061499625472?s=46&t=7HpQ0POtU2uBTMjtuHvZog

Food price inflation in the UK is at 14.3.

@Janiie if it is because of Brexit that other countries are laughing at us, does that include the meriment in India and Nigeria for example at our current government?

At least you are now agreeing that we are being laughed at, it is good to make progress towards understanding reality.

Rosette I'm being extremely presumptuous thinking you are repsonding to me because I'm not reading back far enough.

I just really dislike this whole they are laughing at us idea.

When everywhere is struggling..

The old measure, the Retail Prices Index has hit 12.6% in September, last time it was higher was in January 1981, just under 42 years ago…

Food 🍲 +14.6%. Never higher since Jan 1989

Housing. Energy 🏡 +9.3%. Highest since March 1991

Restaurants/ hotels 🍔 +9.7%. Highest since March 1992

Services 👩🏼‍🌾 +5.3%. Highest since March 1993.

*all actually records on existing time series, ONS has modelled data from before

These are v concerning charts - this is food and beverage annual inflation rates since 1950… todays 14.5% rate exceeds the 2008 spike and is now the highest since April 1980 (14.7%), so 42 years… but v very close to being the highest since September 1977

twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1582725059751206912?s=46&t=7HpQ0POtU2uBTMjtuHvZog

@TheHouseonHauntedHill have you read any newspapers from other countries recently? Visited news websites from other countries? Spoken to people from other countries.

Trust me there are plenty out there laughing at us.

Foreign press laughs at all sorts of things, who cares?

It amusing to them?> We would be tittering I'd this was Macron?
But should anyone in France care?

NON!

I just want to remind everyone that 205,843 people would absolutely disagree with the assertion that Boris Johnson got us through covid.

Jgwi I don't doubt it.

I just don't care...in the way some poster's do??
They seem incredibly worried that some jounro on le monde may have written some funny peice?

Why not laugh with them?

Who cares?

Exactly.

The lettuce went all over the world. Of course other countries are struggling, not just us. However they have not had the revolving door of PMs, Foreign Secs, Chancellor's that we have

Governing is not being done, there's too much infighting, jockeying for position, divisions, shoring up support, etc.

I read somewhere that every time there is a new Minister in a key position it takes weeks and weeks for them to get up to speed to actually do the job.

We are totally fucked

they still haven't forgiven us for Brexit

I’m not sure India, the US, Australia or N Zealand give a flying fuck about Brexit. They’re laughing or aghast.