Labour isn't working - Thread 4

[TheNuthatch]

A chat thread for those who don't like this Labour government.

Previous thread:
www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5333471-labour-isnt-working-thread-3

We should have that quote at the top of every thread. Very apt.

Stinger! 😎

Some good news! At least for me anyway 😛

James Cleverly is back on the front benches. He will be shadowing Rayner.

Woo hoo, that will piss Raynor off 😆😆

This is good news , hope he hold Rayner to account.

Good strategy given she’s the power player at the moment…

https://www.theoldhamtimes.co.uk/news/25330629.oldham-councillors-overpaid-due-administrative-error/

Councillors have been paid too much.
For how long?
Well they're not quite sure.

Rabbit in headlights here and NO answers

https://x.com/HoodedClaw1974/status/1947536223104352326?t=Ul9ZB3oqipiLzfdUAekpXA&s=19

And another one where he simply has no answers

https://x.com/RobertJenrick/status/1947303901771784295?t=81hMZndMTSig8DSLgKYhRQ&s=19

I thought of you @TheNuthatchhappy JC day to you 😬
Not Corbyn who has same initials ;

Below is a headache for Reeves and Starmer, if they’re actually aware enough:

The cost of government borrowing jumped higher today after the latest figures showing the Treasury borrowed more than expected last month.

The yield on 10-year gilts climbed nearly three basis points to 4.63pc, which was the sharpest rise across the world’s major economies.

Rising gilt yields mean the government has to pay higher returns to buyers of its debt.

The ONS said Britain’s debt interest costs nearly doubled in June, mainly as a result of so-called index-linked gilts, which are government bonds offering returns tied to the rate of inflation.

spot on 😢

Meg Hillier's face when he says there's lots of housing! The incompetence is off the charts in these clips.

He really does look like a rabbit in the headlights when anyone questions him on the economy. You can see him glitching and buffering. It's terrifying that Starmer is First Lord of the Treasury. Did he even understand the proposals in the budget before he signed it off? I think not.

It might be too late for the rental market though.
This new renters bill has some serious flaws that won't help renters.

Happy JC day to me. I definitely do not fancy Jezza! 😂

God those gilt yields are gonna bite. I dont see a way out of the spiral with our current PM and Chancellor.

@mumda Pretty much everything Labour have touched has been a complete f up. They just dont have the talent or ideas.

And then agrees with her by saying "well exactly" when she says councils are saying there aren't any houses, after he has just said there are 🙄 so which is it??

Yes to the buffering, without a pre written script he is clueless

This incompetent lot make me yearn for Boris!!! He was incompetent but at least brought some fun and humour into it!! Those lot haven't got a single sense of humour between them

What was that? Bizarre! He’s buffering. Clearly his reprogramming hadn’t happened in time.

Well that's my husband just been made redundant! Big Pharma who, thanks to Labour, are moving majority of his work overseas ie overseas workforce.
So Labour now lose a lot of income tax and higher rate tax payers. Sadly in our area it's unlikely he won't find an equivalent role so won't be a higher rate taxpayer again!

@twistyizzy That's awful, I'm so sorry. You both must be raging.

@twistyizzythat’s really difficult. I’m so sorry.

@twistyizzy that’s horrible I’m so sorry - it’s not as if it wasn’t all looming for months either - what a terrible thing for your family and the country.

@twistyizzyit’s probably very fresh and raw right now but I hope you feel supported and can see a way forward. Just awful to see real impacts.

Thank you, I'm ok but DH isn't. He has been there since he was 16 so can't see a way past all that.
Thankfully we will be able to pay mortgage off but the biggest worry is how we afford school fees.

I am fucking raging yes

He won't be entitled to benefits so basically, be a high rate tax payer ie someone who is a net contributor and, even when shit hits the fan you get fuck all!!! Live you whole life on benefits and get everything 😡😡

BMA strike going ahead??