Oh will you look at that! A government u-turn!

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AIBU to think this government is now totally dead in the water..?

Wonder what all the Truss handmaidens tying themselves in knots to defend the tax cut will say now..?

But no one is saying they shouldn't have reversed the policy, so Labour U turns aren't relevant.
People are saying that the policy shouldn't have existed, and that therefore Truss shouldn't get a pat on the back for reversing it. That's not the same as saying "u turns are bad and they shouldn't have done it".

I'm glad they've U turned. I just wish they hadn't made the ridiculous decision in the first place. It was madness and has proved their utter incompetency.

Take your point BuildersTeaMaker. But they've lost an extraordinary amount of political goodwill and financial credibility. But yes they'll remain in power and if voted out leave a country with decimated public services.

Surely It’s a sign of a good leader to admit a policy they have implemented is wrong, and to scrap it? Far worse to know it’s wrong and continue with it.

Thanks You Michael Gove
(I never thought I'd say that!)
What a u turn from 24 hours ago when she was demanding trust behind an assertive, determined front.

@BoxcarMilly
Have a look back at the Labour Government's U turn during the IMF crisis in 1976 (James Callaghan was Chancellor then)

Ha ha you'll have to U Turn on that statement... what a ...

Yeah, it's just not the sort of thing you can do if you want to get back in.

I’m now pissed because I played the drinking game this morning whenever KK said ‘Distraction’.

and to the apologists on here: Stop chatting shit.

Christ, we're going all the way back to 1976 with the the whataboutery! 😆

Larry The Cat for PM!

🤣

@walkingonsunshinekat "Ha ha you'll have to U Turn on that statement... what a ..."

???? 😕

And no doubt the Tory voters will bleat that this, too, is a clear sign of how wonderful their party is.
Jaw-dropping incompetence.

How is it a sign of a good leader to make such a ridiculous policy that crashes the economy?! This was foreseeable.

Plus I don't think they had much choice about the U turn.

@GottaGetOutofDairy

I also can't believe they didn't change the 20%/40% thresholds. That would have achieved their aim but in a way that would have driven the right headlines (for them) and provided great cover for the other (fucking awful) decisions about the environment, welfare and freeports

I think it’s because the Tories have, since Thatcher, been ideologically driven by US style neo-liberalism. Not, of course, by small c conservatism. (which is why, among hundreds of other examples, they now keep appointing adulterers as PM). So anyway, it’s not about what works it’s about what ticks the right ideological boxes and gets them a lay on the head from the financial elite and corporations that run the show. Hence the 45p tax cut. They couldn’t give a flying fuck what is in the “best interests of society” - they’ve got rules to follow:
Private sector good, public sector bad.
More money into pockets of rich good (wealth creators)
More money into hands of poor bad (alcohol and cigarettes)
etc

Yes, let's all shower her with praise.

(Hint: people aren't angry at the u-turn.)

a pat on the head ^ though “lay” arguably works pretty well.

Callaghan wasn't Chancellor in 1976 - might be wise to get your facts right before coming out with ever more absurd comparisons.

@SleeplessInEngland "we're going all the way back to 1976 with the the whataboutery"

It's still true whether you like it or not !

Go boil your head!

That just about sums up the level of political and economic debate on social media.

And yet you are RedAppleGirl.

That was missing a here!

Let us not allow this discussion about a Tory government U-turn in 2022 to be derailed into a discussion about 1976. It's a daft enough attempt at whataboutery that it can stand by itself.

Back onto the point, conference is going to be lit.

@walkingonsunshinekat "Callaghan wasn't Chancellor in 1976 - might be wise to get your facts right before coming out with ever more absurd comparisons."

You are quite right, thank you for that correction - he was actually Prime Minister at the time (!)

And here's a book about it entitled "When Britain went Bust"

www.ft.com/content/3b583050-d277-11e6-b06b-680c49b4b4c0

The Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660 was a pretty spectacular U-turn, though, like all the others mentioned by our friends from the land of Whataboutery, completely irrelevant on here.