Politics Thread 7: Dishy Rishi's Cabinet of Horrors

[Octoroc]

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Oh the ironing!

[Garth]

Shall we have a sweepstake on how long she lasts?

Gone tomorrow, lol.

[Ecno]

The lettuce is going to win isn't it?

[Johnny Ryall]

Her being gone isn't even the interesting part at this point

I want a general election plz

[Cuttooth]

Putting my neck out to say she's gone this afternoon.

[Drumstick]

Putting my neck out to say she's gone this afternoon.

This is my feeling too.

[Ecno]

This would all be incredibly funny if we weren't 27 months from a general election.

[rinks]

Maybe she'll sack Hunt now.

[Garth]

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[Garth]

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She's not going anywhere, just like Kwasi.

[Cuttooth]

Bankers' bonuses are still going to be uncapped, so not everything in the mini budget is dead. Small victories for Truss and Kwarteng.

[KK]

More like the corpse of Liz Truss will sit next to Jeremy Hunt for Commons statement.

[Lagamorph]

They'll spend more means testing any help for energy bills than it would ever cost to just fix the price for everyone.

The main thing that needed changing with the existing help was that it needed to be funded by taxes on energy wholesalers, not general taxation.

[Tomous]

If she makes it to Wednesday, PMQs is going to be fun.

Starmer should keep asking if Hunt can answer because he wants to speak directly with the PM.

[Ecno]

They'll spend more means testing any help for energy bills than it would ever cost to just fix the price for everyone.

The main thing that needed changing with the existing help was that it needed to be funded by taxes on energy wholesalers, not general taxation.

This just isn't true. The forecasted cost is/was £120bn over the next 2 years on the consumer part alone. The yearly MoD budget is a tad under £50bn.

The huge profits all lie with the Qataris, the Norwegians etc. The proposed (and available) windfall taxes barely touch the sides- Labour's proposals had something like £12bn?

[Tomous]

They'll spend more means testing any help for energy bills than it would ever cost to just fix the price for everyone.

The main thing that needed changing with the existing help was that it needed to be funded by taxes on energy wholesalers, not general taxation.

Over 6 months was Labour's plan and makes more sense. Why commit to 2 years of borrowing at this point when you don't know what the fuel price will do?

6 months makes more sense and can be revisited again in April.

[William Shatner]

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Thanks god the bankers are having their uncapped bonuses, I was beginning to worry about them

[Tomous]

If I was Truss, and about to go down in history as the worst PM ever, I'd dissolve parliament, call a GE, say it was my plan to burn the Tories to the ground all along, and then rejoin the Lib Dems. Boom, instant hero to the majority of the country. And her Dad might return her calls again.

[KK]

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[Moggy]

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