Thread 21. Sunak. How many more will be deserting the sinking ship?

[Roussette]

Here we go. Previous thread.

www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/4735780-thread-21-sunak-return-of-the-numpties?page=20&reply=124466839

[pointythings]

new thread here

This thread is filling up, we still have plenty to say so here we go!

[Blossomtoes]

Perfect.

[Roussette]

Go for it pointy !

[DuncinToffee]

I like it pointy

[pointythings]

We need a new thread - may I suggest Sunak: Taxes, Truths and Tories.

[DuncinToffee]

Rishi Sunak has saved over £300,000 in tax in the last three years thanks to the Tories' decision to cut CGT in 2016

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/23/rishi-sunak-saved-tax-capital-gains-cut-voted-for-in-2016

[DuncinToffee]

Keir Starmer's tax return

https://twitter.com/BestForBritain/status/1638943783143219205?s=20

[jgw1]

@DuncinToffee

you probably just don't understand the nuances of tax or are jealous or a rich basher, take your pick

Correct.

[DuncinToffee]

@jgw1

And yet when I point out that the rich pay a lower proportion of their income in tax than the poor, some posters get most upset.

you probably just don't understand the nuances of tax or are jealous or a rich basher, take your pick

[DuncinToffee]

https://twitter.com/BMA_JuniorDocs/status/1638864176649994241?s=20

11-15 April will be the next round of Junior Doctors strike action in England.
 
The Government is still refusing to make a credible offer - or any offer at all - to resolve our dispute.

[jgw1]

@DuncinToffee

Sunak’s tax returns

#KayBurley - Rishi Sunak's effective tax rate is 22%... I'm sure I pay more tax than that?

Dan Neidle(tax policy association) - "You probably pay twice as much as that... Sunak benefits from that low rate, but he's the man that has the power to change it."

#BBCBreakfast

https://twitter.com/Haggis_UK/status/1638824230912393217?t=bKe5sypR--T-KyJ7L3kTxg&s=19

And yet when I point out that the rich pay a lower proportion of their income in tax than the poor, some posters get most upset.

[L1ttledrummergirl]

Something else to look forward to then.

[DuncinToffee]

Bank of England increases base rate to 4.25%- 0.25% rise. Eleventh increase in a row.

[Rosula]

@Notonthestairs

Here's all the Conservative MPs who voted with Boris Johnson against Rishi Sunak's new Brexit deal.

twitter.com/adambienkov/status/1638559732658057230?s=46&t=Uw4lJNwxFZFnX0Xs3doHYg

48 didn't record a vote.

Add Braverman and Dorries and you've got a list of the Tory party's nutters and idiots right there.

[Rosula]

So what do Johnson and Truss claim they would have done instead of the Windsor Framework, and on what basis do they claim the other parties involved would have agreed?

[DuncinToffee]

Sunak’s tax returns

#KayBurley - Rishi Sunak's effective tax rate is 22%... I'm sure I pay more tax than that?

Dan Neidle(tax policy association) - "You probably pay twice as much as that... Sunak benefits from that low rate, but he's the man that has the power to change it."

#BBCBreakfast

https://twitter.com/Haggis_UK/status/1638824230912393217?t=bKe5sypR--T-KyJ7L3kTxg&s=19

[DuncinToffee]

@Piggywaspushed

She was moaning about lecturer strikes last week!

Did you see the 'she wasn't that bad' when Jeff mentioned Truss

[newnamethanks]

Hoyle is bloody hopeless, very poor indeed.

[Zonder]

@DuncinToffee

Speaker is useless

https://twitter.com/implausibleblog/status/1638531275798528002?s=20

Alison McGovern, "He says we are halving inflation on the very day we have found out that inflation is in fact rising. How can Prime Minister Rishi Sunak correct the record?"

Hoyle, "It's up to him."

Hoyle needs sacking. Bring back Bercow!

[DuncinToffee]

https://twitter.com/PickardJE/status/1638583754988953611?s=20

Rishi Sunak has published a statement of how much tax he paid last year but I'm not sure it's a "tax return" per se

(see Nicola Sturgeon's actual tax return to spot the difference)

[tobee]

Sunak has released what he's paid in tax. As bbc news notes he's done so on a busy news day.

[jgw1]

@Roussette

Do you know... I could've nearly written that list

So predictable

Is it 2017 all over again with remoaners getting in the way of a true Brexit?

[Notonthestairs]

ERG suggesting that Government wouldn't have had a majority -

Break: ERG number crunching shows @RishiSunak needed opposition MPs to get his Northern Ireland deal passed. There were 48 Conservative abstentions which they say = 24 no votes. Add that to 22 actual No votes and you have 46 No votes which = loss of government majority

twitter.com/nicholaswatt/status/1638564372426420225?s=46&t=Uw4lJNwxFZFnX0Xs3doHYg

All a bit desperate on their part.

[BashirWithTheGoodBeard]

@BringBackCoffeeCreams

The problem with the Windsor Agreement is that it doesn't come with the promised unicorns. Some are still not accepting the reality that leaving the EU means there has to be a border somewhere. You can't reason with people who are in total denial of reality.

That sums it up very well.

[IClaudine]

Sorry, there is a partygate thread. I am getting everything wrong today!