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?

Michelle Mone, Dido Harding, Alex Bourne.

According to The Sunday Times, the government gave £1.5 billion to companies that are linked to the Conservative Party.[25] Although the NAO said there was "no evidence" ministers were "involved in either the award or management of the contracts",[17] companies that had links to government ministers, politicians and health officials were put in a high-priority channel[26] that was fast-tracked; those in it were ten times more likely to win a contract.[17] In an opinion piece, BBC economics correspondent Andrew Verity said there was an increased risk contracts would be seen to be "awarded not on merit or value for money but because of personal connections" when fast-tracking occurs.[17]

The rich have got richer, the poor have got poorer. Governments can choose to reverse this/apply policies that redress this balance. They have chosen their route; they will pay the price. And whoever gets in will have to pick up the mess.

In the meantime people set off for the food banks.

Then all that will happen is the rich and wealthy will funnel their wealth elsewhere other than taxes etc

Yes, someone always says that. It didn’t happen when basic rate was 33% in Thatcher’s day. I’d like to know where they’re all going to go - Europe’s closed to them now.

"Then all that will happen is the rich and wealthy will funnel their wealth elsewhere other than taxes etc"

A bit like Zahawi's offshore accounts?

Their voter base is older so I assumed they have smaller mortgages. Could be wrong though.

Didn't this take place under Boris' government rather than Rishi. We aren't voting for Boris this time round.

A lot can change within a year. I wouldn't write the conservatives off just yet.

It sounds likely tbh

If ML gets his way they’d benefit from higher rates for savings

Great for you.

But suppose you were part of a family including young children who are dependent on one adult's income to be able to service the mortgage/renti and bills, and that adult suddenly became unable to work due to, say, severe illness leading to disability, and any other adult in the family stood no chance of being able to earn enough. Do you think providing support for people in those circumstances should be optional?

If that's what the Tories are relying on, it has an incredibly shaky basis. Bear in mind that their latest acquisition as a columnist has no motivation to sugar-coat things for Sunak's benefit.

They would be rash to assume that the older voter is automatically Conservative. Those over 65 now are the generation who grew up in the 60s and 70s who don't necessarily have a wholly materialist outlook on life. I know all the dangers of relying on anecdotal information, but nowadays I find it really quite rare to talk to an older person who intends to vote Conservative next time round - and that includes people who have tended to vote Tory in the past.

Cabinet collective responsibility isn't escaped that easily. Sunak and the rest of the current government happily sat next to Johnson and supported him time after time while all that was going on, and indeed some of them would support him again wholeheartedly if he reappeared tomorrow. There is no evidence that Sunak is trying to reverse these practices, and frankly the fact that Mone is still swanning around enjoying the public funds siphoned her way is a disgrace. Sunak can't even take credit for displacing Johnson, he only moved to do something about it when he could see a chance to advance his own career.

Wasn’t Sunak Chancellor then? This isn’t a different government, much as Sunak is trying to pretend it was.

Sunak has been in government since 2018. He's balls deep.

@SunnyEgg

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

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Liz Truss tried to go for more debt but it didn't work out too well for her.

I said to a friend the other day, I think they're trying to kill us all

Sunak was Chancellor of the Exchequer and therefore a member of the when it took place.

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But who are we really voting for? The Tories keep changing leader and with that, direction.

Vote Cameron, get May.
Vote May, get Johnson.
Vote Johnson, get Truss.
Then Sunak.
Vote Sunak, get who?

A Vote for the Tory party is a vote for the continued decline of the UK.

Cayman Islands,

Just a bit of a shame he couldn't be bothered to put some effort into countering Johnson's lies during the Brexit campaign.

True the EU is unlikely for those looking for a tax haven anyway

Tbf the problems with (and lies regarding) Brexit were pointed out time and time again. People who tell you that they voted for Brexit thinking they'd get utopia are either stupid or liars. They were well aware that the sunlit uplands came at the expense of shitting on the majority of the population, they just assumed they'd be the ones doing the shitting. Some of them were even right.

@itsgettingweird

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

You seriously think anyone will trust the libdems after what they did in the coalition???

Lots did such as Nigel Mansell who moved to Isle of Man during Thatcher's time.

Lots of authors emigrated in the 70s under Labour's punitive tax rates on "unearned" income.