AIBU to think Rishi Sunak is actively trying to piss off the entire country?

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Or does he genuinely not get it?

Every time he speaks he seems further detached from reality. His interview today was insanely out of touch.

Got a mortgage? Stuffed

Work in the public sector? Stuffed.

Rent your home? Stuffed

Live in a small town? Stuffed

Supported Brexit? Disaster

Not to mention the Johnson honours scandal and Liz Truss.

AIBU to think the only people happy are his fellow super rich?

After Brown/Blair, we were in the shit BEFORE the Tories - they've just dug us even deeper in it.

The shit that was caused by a global recession which, thanks to Brown’s fiscal astuteness, was weathered far better than the Tories could have dreamed of.

Are you less well-off? Do you feel that support you need in order to function should be optional?

The Tories got into power, and kept it, because of all sorts of promises about how well they would manage the economy. So they really cannot rely on any excuses about things that happened over 13 years ago.

National budgets are not like domestic budgets - different rules apply.

It is not shortage of money that is the problem, it is who the current government chooses to give it to that it is the problem.

But seriously, how can they? The banks can't and won't hold off indefinitely. For this to work, they need to make the promise now, because obviously a moratorium of a year of 18 months isn't much use if you're going to be repossessed immediately afterwards. And if they make the promise now, it's the equivalent of giving the green light to mortgage holders all over the country that they might as well stop repayments because the Tories are going to bail them out for years to come. Which in turn is going to mess up the economy even more, and piss off all the potential voters who slogged through paying off their mortgages in full.

This is just cloud cuckoo land.

The interest that the UK is paying on the huge national debt IS a problem.

It was £9.8 billion in April, so running at £117.6 billion per year.

That's more than the country spends on education!

That deal is only with the biggest lenders. There are an awful lot of people with mortgages with smaller lenders who just won't be able to afford to hold off repossessions.

I suppose if your idea of Charismatic is "well spoken Head Boy", then you might find PM Sunak Charismatic. But most people find him out of touch, incapable of understanding and a bit patronising.

Keir Starmer was a QC and Director of Public Prosecutions before he became an MP.

The Tory's have better ideas.

Erm I beg to differ. They flailed about re energy and ended up taking labours ideas.

So clearly Labour have good ideas.

They have an energy plan for the future and have been honest about financing it. I want honesty.

No party will be perfect but at least all the others can currently be trusted

Johnson was charismatic.

Look where that got us. 🙄

Thanks for this stat.

Very interesting

No. And the problem is that squeezing income at source and ignoring interest rates encourages borrowing, whereas increasing interest rates deters against borrowing as it costs the individual more - loans and credit cards have a higher APR and mortgage interest rates are higher so people theoretically borrow less.

Analysis of Department for Work and Pensions figures shows that since the Conservatives entered Government, the number of disabled people living in poverty has rocketed to 3.8 million – a 44% increase since 2010.

I'll vote labour in the next general election because my local mp (tory, first time ever in our red constituency) has been all but invisible since the Boris implosion. He was largely ineffective before that.

I think the state we're in now, I'd rather try something else than stick with the same old and expect a better result. I am not a fan of Starmer. I think its a huge disappointment that he hasn't managed to capitalise even slightly on the long succession of tory shit shows, so I'm not filled with confidence by him. I think its a shame Andy Burnham was cast aside as he's the sort of leader I think we'd benefit from.

Yes I doubt any party would go for more debt atm, or if they do it will cost in servicing it

This

My parents and husband do okay but I would be able to support myself and my daughter anyway without their help.

And is Rishi giving it to that is the problem? Please give me examples that have happened under this administration.

It doesn't need to work or solve any problems it just needs to sound convincing enough to convince the daily mail crowd and their two brain cells.

Luckily their main voter base has smaller mortgages or no mortgages at all.

This is just cloud cuckoo land.

Of course it is. Given that there are only around seven million mortgage holders in the UK, it’s highly unlikely that they’d be subsidised at the cost of pissing off renters and those who own their properties outright.

Not sure of the split but Martin Lewis was pushing for increased savings rates from banks this morning as a way to approach it

This would benefit savers and older no mortgage holders

Sometimes that's the pickle and sometimes some of the public do not always realise all these points.