Labour isn't working - Thread 19

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

We are bracing for the budget 😬

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.

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Good morning 😁

Welcome to the thread @SouthernAccents

I love getting the goss from your well connected friends. Its going to be a bumpy ride, no doubt about that. I can't contemplate Ed or Ange as PM. Shudder.

Welcome! I have also voted mostly Labour including on the most recent election, admittedly tactically to keep the SNP out.
Regretting that rather 😆

Morning!

Welcome, @SouthernAccents. 👋

@Parsley4321, if Starmer clings on, I can't imagine him agreeing to parachute Burnham in anywhere, as he won't want him to become an MP! I'm not sure that Burnham is as popular with the public as he imagines he is in his own head, tbh.

9 days til the budget...how much can they fuck the markets up between now and then?!

In other news...0° here this morning. 🥶 Some cars were frozen.

Me too. I'd breathe a sigh of relief if either of them took over from Starmer.

This implies there's a right Milliband 😀

I'm not sure that Burnham is as popular with the public as he imagines he is in his own head, tbh.

Indeed. What plays well in Manchester likely won't translate.

It's freezing here but it has been for days - well jel of people who were posting that they hadn't put the heating on yet because it was 16 degrees.

Frozen cars here too this morning. Winter is coming, in more ways than one. 9 days to go.

🤣🤣🤣

I do think that David is far superior to Ed. And was shafted by his brother. 🙄 Do we know if they get on?! 😬

Would I be lowering the tone if I mentioned that David Milliband is hot?

We've had it unseasonably warm for a bit. It definitely turned last week though, and even more this week.

No. He's easy on the eye alright. 😁

Ha at this David v Ed was a sliding doors moment for sure.

Thank you for your welcome.

Sorry, but I otherwise disagree with some of what you say.

-1c here today and my weather app says there's a chance of snow from Wednesday through to Sunday 🥶

Yes, not long to go until the budget now. At least then we'll have a fighting chance of knowing what's what.

There was an article in the Telegraph this morning with retailers pulling their hair out with this late budget and advertisers losing revenue as those retailers lose confidence that the general public will come to the Christmas party and push them into the black. The treasury's response may have well been an eye roll and a fake yawn. They don't get it or they don't care.

I'd be interested to know how they get on now too. Especially with how EM'S leadership went

I'd be interested to know how they get on now too. Especially with how EM'S leadership went

😂 hmm 🧐. I’m not sure about ‘hot’. But it’s all relative. It must have been difficult for little Ed, growing up with a better looking and more intelligent brother. Constant comparisons, always coming last. The psychological impact of that imprinting from a young age, is real. And now we all suffer the consequence. Similar in a way, to Bridget and Rachel.

Ed says they get on brilliantly still. David refuses (in a diplomatic way) to comment..

"It's the wrong Milliband Gromit, and he's gone wrong!"

Just looked up David Milliband wondering what he’s doing now - he’s president and CEO of the international rescue committee - a global humanitarian aid organizing - on a salary of $1.25 million a year! Not sure how I feel about an aid organization paying a CEO that much

I was not a fan of both Milibands agreed David was better, i do not think David would be great in the Private Sector away from NGO's or charities ! Nick Clegg however, was only ever playing at Politics he was always destined to be a big player in Globalist Companies.

Nick Cleggs career is indeed stratospheric. David isn't doing badly though.

It also says a lot that about politics and the Government in general that a competent man like Nick Clegg would at present be a god send to this Government.

Retailer here it’s bloody tough if I break even I’ll be lucky x