Is the way this Government is behaving normal for a Government?

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I don’t remember briefings weeks before budgets telling us how bad they’d be, constant kite flying regarding tax raises almost immediately after one budget has ended, regularly finding ‘black holes’ that almost exactly match up to money they’ve just spent and constantly shifting definitions of who exactly those with ‘the broadest shoulders’ are.
YABU - Yes this has always happened
YANBU -No this is not ordinary

“Popping off to Brazil” is part of his job.

He’s performed pretty well internationally.

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I think the sign-posting is because of the rumour mongering by the right-wing press. They would prefer to get their own message out there than have the Torygraph, Daily Fail and Ex-press leading a 1984 Big Brother style hate frenzy.

Labour are doing this by themselves.

Rachel literally did a briefing? I’m not sure you can blame anyone else for that although I have a feeling you will.

International schmoozing is part of the job, yes. But my point was about optics - they hinted heavily at tax rises knowing full well it would provoke the media and massively spook/worry some people AND they did it in the same week they knew he’d be leaving the country for what some commentators would view as a ‘jolly’. That’s just a really amateur move. Optics are everything in politics.

I think the markets sussed out this lot a while ago so I'm not sure it was about calming them down, I am thinking this is all about calming us down and preventing civil unrest.

I cannot imagine tax payers are going to be cockahoop when they come for their raid, and then announce there are no spending cuts.

There is absolutely no evidence at all that this government know how to wisely use taxpayer money, indeed there is a lot of evidence they have no clue how to use taxpayer money for the good of our country - e.g. Chagos Islands, paying off the Junior doctors who are now going on strike again, unable to reduce the welfare bill, Net Zero- public spending for them is estimated to be at around 45% of GDP and all services are absolutely horrendously inefficient. I just think people are reaching / have reached their limit, and it is a shaky line they are treading. And that is without even mentioning the blatant lies they told in their manifesto. Doesn't look good for them.

I remember in 2009 (I think) working on a government funded charity project and being told we couldn't do any publicity for weeks? maybe even months? before the election date because of "purdah". We weren't even government employees!

The trouble is they are not making any cuts, even where is desperately needed - they are just raising taxes

The right wing media are more interested in whipping up fear when the government is not so right wing. I hesitate to call Labour let wing but they are lefter than the media.

Absolute nonsense. The NEC are nothing to do with the budget 🤣

I think Reeves is preparing markets and the public so maybe it won’t be such a shock

There is already a lot of concern around the financial markets

Labour should have never made such promises they didn’t even need to that is the bizarre thing they have made this more difficult for themselves

I don't think we have had a little press conference before the budget before so obviously all is not well

Post of the day ^^

reeves is trying to prepare the markets so they dont crash on budget day. She is a not qualified for the job and has made a pigs ear of it. Hopefully she will booted out & the budget revised.

You’re right, there hasn’t been.

That’s what the chancellor is for.

The leaks and briefings are coming from the Government

They are absolutely to do with policy and the direction of the party. If you think that doesn’t affect a budget…. You do you!

Not really, could be read in any Daily Mail comments section.

Sorry, it’s how a a lot of people feel. As you will find out at the next election.

I think Rachel Reeves gets a hard time in the media and a lot of it because she’s a woman - that said, I have rarely seen someone who looks and speaks so clearly like they don’t have a clue what to do next.

No plan, no vision, constant blaming of everyone and everything else (some of which is valid). I have zero sense of what they want the UK economy to be. And utterly terrified of doing the wrong thing, instead of just following their convictions.

Agreed Julen7.

I think you raise a good point, it does seem to be rapidly descending into clown-car politics.

We've had broken promises, blatant lying, blame everyone else, and now a total failure to take ownership.

The forthcoming budget will highlight just how much they have damaged the economy, and we all know they are going to take a pasting in the local elections.

I really doubt they will last another 4 years.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/520954/brexit-votes-by-age/?srsltid=AfmBOooPVZIxZ7uAJA4T_kF648VFKT3hj6iuyk-P0wukkvpsvdUTkI-O

Reminder of who made us all poorer and got “tempted”. It ain’t the Young.