Thread 37 Sunak : Rishi has a plan, right?

[DuncinToffee]

Or back to square one?

Previous thread

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/4991119-sunak-created-by-ai?page=40&reply=132989726

Dirty bastards. That really is beneath contempt. Hopefully it will be community noted.

Eta: it has been!

The Conservatives coms team are hopeless - drawing attention to the party's desperation won't attract more votes!

Don’t knock it!

But I assumed they had a crack team to produce this stuff - heaven knows they've got enough cash swishing about. Instead they are fecking hopeless. I wonder who signs this rubbish off (money is on Schapps).

Nobody who valued their career would go anywhere near them. Imagine having Comms Director for the PM, 2022 to 2024 on your CV.

Crack team ? That could explain the lot, snif

Anyone seen the news story about a pontine and breaking the ECHR rules?

Whilst I absolutely agree they shouldn't discriminate I can't help thinking when the government were happy to bypass human rights to treat minorities how they saw fit you can't blame the business men and woman of the country for thinking it's ok.

I found myself raging at Pontins and raging at the governments rhetoric all over again

Rishi's Recession

I think that one might stick

Shame it was announced too late for the thread title.

Absolutely thought the same.

I just looked it up and actually remember a thread on MN from someone who it happened to.

I’m particularly enjoying #rishession

Oh look! It's our own fault!

"UK economy fell into recession after people cut spending"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68285833

You can't spend what you don't have (or can't borrow). Cost of living crisis is not some abstract concept, we are living it.

Only doing this coz I’ve never done a gif on Mumsnet lol

People's spending has increased- on mortgages, fuel, insurances, transport, water.taxes, food, borrowing.

I'm no astute finance guy like Sunak, but even I can work out that this means there is a damn sight less left over to spend on niceties like new homes, cars, holidays, leisure.

The knock on effect is less manufacturing, less building, less shopping. This has been obvious for many many years. Why don't they teach it in economics classes? Or is Sunak so clever that this is part of a master plan?

I thought the whole idea was to stop us spending - that’s been their rationale for not settling public sector strikes.

Thanks for the new thread. @DuncinToffee

I shall be setting my alarm for later to get the results. A disastrous day for Sunak. Forget square one, he's put us all into reverse.

How mild can a recession be? A bit of man flu?

Look forward tomorrow for the post by-elections assessments. Sleep well.

Expectation management begins...

Tory source says they have "fought robust campaigns" - but "these by-elections were always going to be hard".

"The Government of the day rarely win by-elections.

"Both of these seats have been Labour recently and they require smaller swings* than were seen in recent by-elections"

https://x.com/ashcowburn/status/1758250293848863182?s=20

"Both of these seats have been Labour recently and they require smaller swings than were seen in recent by-elections"*

Wellingborough has been Tory for 19 years and Bone had a 62% share of the vote. 😂

Yep, and Kingswood since 2010 I think!

Is that back to square one?

It's as if the last 14 years of Tory Governments didn't exist.

If only …

Good things come to those who wait @BIossomtoes