Labour isn't Working - Thread 35

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

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

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Do any of them have the eccomic creds and intelligence to even see where she went wrong ? It's such an important job surely there should be the highest threshold and experience to do it ??

I'm hoping there's <somebody> who's capable, for all our sakes!

Previous holders of this role
The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP
2022 to 2024

The Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng
2022 to 2022

The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi
2022 to 2022

The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP
2020 to 2022

The Rt Hon Sajid Javid
2019 to 2020

The Rt Hon Philip Hammond
2016 to 2019

The Rt Hon George Osborne
2010 to 2016

<Google enters the chat>

https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/chancellor-of-the-exchequer#:~:text=Current%20role%20holder-,The%20Rt%20Hon%20Rachel%20Reeves%20MP,Exchequer%20on%205%20July%202024.

If they tax workers more hospitality isn't going to survive. Because whatever little spare cash people already have will be gone.
If they touch workers before welfare and some of the rich pensioners they may as well call a general election.

They made such a song and dance over no tax rises on working people they’ll be toast if they try it.

I notice threads with some clamouring for higher taxes already, it didn’t take long.

Don't forget pension skimming at 40% and taxing ISAs

A lot of MN Labour posters gushed about Starmer after the election, defended him for mishap after mishap, fawned over his performance at PMQs for no discernible reason, and generally presented him as Mr Righteous & Capable.

Now they have to give the man a laughably false eulogy at his political funeral because they’d look foolish if they admitted they were horribly wrong all along.

It’s always worth considering the other side’s criticisms of leaders and senior figures and trying to be objective, and accepting that all politicians have feet of clay. But the left are so convinced of their and their politicians’ moral and intellectual superiority that they’re incapable of doing that.

Bridget for the hat-trick? 🙏🏻

Hello Placey! Nice to see you back again.

How’s this chaos-free government going down among the Labour faithful?

Well obviously none of us know who the previous chancellors are. We need educating. 🙄

Enough froth for a foam party 😂

Some are struggling aren’t they. So glad Kemi is lasting longer. A few were sure he would.

Well reeves was their best and if ed comes forward ?

I really hope he doesn't! 😫

It is quite unbelievable we have had more prime ministers in 10 years than since Wilson.
Also where is all the froth about Starmer ? I can’t find it
A small interjection completely off piste however for the love of god all the bloody shite about the Fury’s.
If only Tyson had dug in and said Venuesula is staying on at school getting an education which he wanted and which her mum vetoed what a role model for travellers instead of marrying a genie in the bottle at 16 fux sake

I know, not very nice of me but I did enjoy the footage of Reeves ingratiating herself with AB yesterday and looking supremely uncomfortable. AB should only save the people that resigned on principle…

My dd’s original friendship gang at school was 5 lovely little girls and now, as of this summer it’s down to 2. Without Labour, they’d have gone straight through together.

Starmers wife looked like she had been crying all weekend

It’s true if it was your husband or wife you’d be very sad for them - but he will probably be able to do what he said and spend the whole summer with them. He’s missed a lot of important occasions. No doubt there’s a friend with a holiday home somewhere nice.

Caught Sarah Vine on a podcast with Hitchens last night. Talking about the turnover of prime ministers.

He said in Thatchers day cabinet meetings were brainstorming sessions, which could get fierce but they stayed at the table until it was hammered out. Thatcher steering the ship. They didn't flounce there was far less media watching their every move.

Vine said similar that the media and social media were out of control second guessing, being savage about MPs which affected their performance and reaction to issues. Few ministers can withstand that constant battering and twisting of facts.

They spin in the wind. They're the ones who should be banned from reading social media. It cuts deeply for their families.

What was the title of the podcast? It sounds worth a listen.

I follow my local MP on Facebook - everything they post gets hate posts.

Sorry it just popped up as these things do.