Hard Graft Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 41 minutes ago, Clown Job said: Shat It 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 It didn't take long for the first Johnstonesque u-turn, having insisted there would be no u-turn, did it? And the PM herself was out defending it yesterday. Obviously Kwarteng deserves the grief he got over it, but Truss' attempts to evade the blame by saying it was his idea were desperation. You're in charge, not him: tell Kwarteng to f**k off if you don't agree with him. If it goes into the budget, you can be sure the PM approves it. I await the "that's it sorted, let's all now move on stuff" that will no doubt be churned out by the previously irked MPs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 (edited) This will be a great relief for Tory voters knowing that they can continue to support a party that cuts benefits for the most vulnerable with a clear conscience. Phew! Edited October 3, 2022 by Granny Danger 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 The telegraph running a story about just how Thatcherite Truss is, that didn't even manage to last 11 hours. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Looking forward to the general election campaign, when they start referring to this as "Introducing a 45p tax bracket" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 I take it we'll hear no more from the hyenas who were demanding that the SG 'fall into line'. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 (edited) I'm expecting a rousing chorus of "You don't know what you're doing" when Kwasi or Liz makes a speech to the party conference. Fucking incompetents. ETA: Still a need for the word clusterfuck in the thread title imo. @Clown Job Possibly an omnishambles as well. Edited October 3, 2022 by Suspect Device 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 1 hour ago, williemillersmoustache said: How will the wealth trickle down now? I feel sad for all those who can't afford their energy bills who the Scottish Tories have lamented missing out on this trickle. Douglas Ross, Murdo Fraser, Stephen Kerr, Craig Hoy, Liz Smith, come on down. Let's be fucking having you. Founder members of the Wet Washing Club... they've been hung out to dry. (Sorry, it's early, best I could do at short notice.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Nice to see the Express on the ball, as ever. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Calling it a 'fiscal event' to avoid having the OBR looking at the figures worked out well then. That a PM and Chancellor can even think about trying to get away with that stunt is cause for worry. And when that smug git says 'we get it, we listened' he sure as f**k doesn't mean he listened to the public outcry. He's been hauled over the coals for this. Probably punted in a week or two. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted October 3, 2022 Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 4 minutes ago, O'Kelly Isley III said: I take it we'll hear no more from the hyenas who were demanding that the SG 'fall into line'. You mean BBC Scotland last week? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, O'Kelly Isley III said: I take it we'll hear no more from the hyenas who were demanding that the SG 'fall into line'. The basic rate change hasn't yet been binned tbh. That was also being funded by borrowing and costs a lot more than scrapping the 45% rate does. She might manage to bring Tory MPs back around, but I'd wager the markets still think she's a fucking idiot. Edited October 3, 2022 by Michael W 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 (edited) Surely someone will take pity on these poor top rate taxpayers who were looking forward to a kittle extra in their bank accounts... maybe some kind of pop concert? Thoughts and prayers time, surely? Edited October 3, 2022 by Salt n Vinegar 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 I saw someone suggest that these people just don't have political instincts. Kwartang is in a safe Tory seat, blue rosette on a donkey territory. His party has been in government ever since he was elected. Truss was also elected in a safe Tory seat in 2010, she has always been in government. They have never had to make policy calls and think about the impact of them politically, not really. So they've fallen into the think tank trap. Think tanks and policy researchers etc are useful but politicians shouldn't confuse their papers with truth and should be informed by them not regurgitate them wholesale. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 9 minutes ago, Salt n Vinegar said: Surely someone will take pity on these poor top rate taxpayers who were looking forward to a kittle extra in their bank accounts... maybe some kind of pop concert? Thoughts and prayers time, surely? I will be out applauding them tonight hope you can join me 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Probably a rare moment of intelligent politics on display here, inventing a reason to depose that idiot from his ministerial post. It's almost certainly bollocks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Just now, 101 said: I will be out applauding them tonight hope you can join me That's fine... these sorts of things used to be on Thursdays and sorry, I can't do Thursdays any more. Will there be wee ribbons or plastic wristbands available? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Aufc said: Not surprised that this is happening after the backlash (including from a lot of people who would have been better off). One tax change that I would be in agreement is stopping the removal of the personal allowance over 100k. I feel everyone should get a personal allowance Agree about the PA. If abandoning the top rate tax change stops the Tories bickering, well great. Bin it. As I keep saying the cost was minimal but the optics, I suppose, were bad. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 13 minutes ago, Michael W said: Probably a rare moment of intelligent politics on display here, inventing a reason to depose that idiot from his ministerial post. It's almost certainly bollocks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post williemillersmoustache Posted October 3, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2022 "I would like to cordially invite all those demanding I copy the UK government and scrap the top rate of tax to get it directly up them" 31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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