Rachel from accounts has crashed the economy

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So borrowing costs are now even higher than when Liz Truss was around.

The economy is well and truly cooked and in a far worse shape now that Rachel accounts is in charge.

Why isn’t this dominating the news cycle? Because it’s Labour.

The Tories were atrocious. Labour are an indescribable disaster for this country, surpassing the lowest of the low bars. Cue Labour apologists who don’t mind being made poorer and having the country destroyed, as long it’s Labour doing it to them.

Can someone explain to me why the former DfT secretary was charged if she mistakenly told the police her work phone was stolen and then she corrected the record?

Can I ask when exactly the grown ups that we were assured would be in charge are going to arrive do you think…? 🤣🤣

A great assessment.

In addition, the Blair Govt existed in 97/98 during global GDP growth of almost 10% (following the Asian FC).

• apologies I think the word bandied about no 10 was ruthless cuts not brutal.

What a calamity.

They immediately went after a vulnerable group of pensioners (those on low thresholds) to prove to the world they meant business 🤔

Then they said that Britain is the place to invest but didn't give us any rock solid foundations of how and why expect criticism of people who love green spaces and attacking the as nimby who must accept massive bland estates over green fields.

Fields!! The basket of England, attacked.

Again like pensions there may be some method to the Maddness but it's sledge hammer approach.
School!!

What a head liner... We will go after those rich bastard with children in private schools..

Without fundamentally understanding that actually yes some rich bastard are using private schools but what about a great swathes of utterly desperate parents whose children have some sort of special education needs that cannot be met in our ridiculous education system??

Look at Bridget post on mn utterly blind, we are putting children first and doesn't address the reasons why children are school refuses why parents are desperate using tutors and private school.

Xxx billion to green energy great. However there is not enough concrete proof that it works.
Is it worth the risk, why the gong ho all in approach? Why not tentative caution.

This is not mentioning the trans issue, Rosie Duffield, the attitude to grooming rape murder gangs.

And over it all a huge blanket of blame and misery and pessimistic attitude.

• apologies for spelling I am not a Russian butt English is my first language it's a shot android phone

As painful and depressing as it is to watch them mess it up, I thought the one thing that would override the nostalgia for Blair Labour gov would be a Starmer / Reeves one

She pleaded guilty to a criminal offence, no?

Fraud, I would imagine.

But why did they charge her if she was genuinely mistaken?

Louise ‘phones4me’ Haigh?

She pleaded guilty at trial, and was duly convicted.

Badly advised was her explanation I think. Possibly an excuse the chancellor will be using soon ☺️

Minister for stamping out corruption resigns because of, wait for it……corruption. You couldn’t make this shit up.

Does anyone know if Starmer has unlocked the cupboard and let Lamey out. He seems to keep him
hidden in case there is another blooper from him.

Red Miliband is still at large, pissing billions up the wall.

Angela ‘oi scum’ Rayner is probably scrapping outside some pub somewhere. Then again, after politics, she could build a career as an estate agent. After all she knows a thing or two about buying and selling.

Wes Streeting is busy plotting to overthrow Starmer, hoping no one notices that they guys has never achieved anything. Bringing that winning streak to his new job.

Bridget Philipson is busy trashing education hoping no one notices that she is so unemployable that only her own mum would give her a job - that too in a charity.

This country is doomed.

I'm actually quite fond of Streeting, if only for having enough integrity to U-turn on the trans calamity and puberty blocking harms and actually kept his word on actually safeguarding vulnerable children from the gender juggernaut.

@Upstartled I'm quietly hopeful about the direct referral scheme which I believe but ready to be corrected that Germany has.

I agree he’s the most intelligent of the front bench by far. And I suspect it’s that intelligence that gives him the confidence to recognise when he’s wrong and change tack.

Agree 👍

Streeting is, IMHO, the likely future leader for an electable Labour party. He is the only member of the Front Bench who looks close to mastery of his department, and possibly more importantly, the only one to cherry pick fights he can win. If you can do that with the NHS, then he has a fighting chance of broader success.

But quite seriously, I don't think he'll get to Leader without a bloody knuckle fight over cutting all benefits across the board, including pensions probably, by 10-15%. Which, considering the UK has amongst the lowest pension rates in Europe, is unlikely to win him any votes from seniors, who remain the most assiduous voters.

We certainly have a low state pension by EU standards, but income from private and occupational schemes is a relatively large part of retirement income in the UK compared to the rest of the EU. For those with occupational / private pensions a cut of 10/15% in the state pensions would not be a disaster, and for those without then pension credit would pick up the slack…. But, it’s a difficult message to articulate in a soundbite.

I agree that Streeting is the only member of the front bench with any political nouse, appears to be across the brief and is intelligent. Intelligent enough not to want the leadership any time soon I wager! But, give it a couple of years for the fall out of the last 6 months to settle and I would say he’s in with a shout. But, I worry there’s not the depth of talent to allow him to build an effective cabinet…

Rr today batted off critics re her going to China.

Ie going to an unpaletable country

So what is she doing about the USA?
Is she going to them?

I am planning to stop work early and cashing in my private pension. I am not working until 67 only to get my state pension fucked up even more. Read enough threats about this. I won't be the only one.

Would you pls explain how are they fixing the financial problems or economy?

It literally IS dominating the news cycle.

It's been 7 days. It's still the lead story on most outlets including BBC.

I really don't know what you want OP.

In short like in any backward country or third world. Only the ones in government positions are the only ones who will be ok. What an embarrassment for the U.K.

That’s probably why Rayner and Reeves are laughing at all this

They feel secure no matter what

I can't remember which of the multiple threads I am following it came up on, but there was one that suggested to me that Labour could have to follow the Argentine solution. In essence, cut all the safety nets. I was tempted to say so, but restrained myself.