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[Rita_Poon]

Saw a homeless chap earlier and just had to help, so I jumped on the bus and traveled to the nicest most affluent part of town, found the largest most luxurious looking house and popped a tenner through the letter box.

That trickle down effect will reach him by the end of the day surely.

 

[neil999]

Can anyone put forward the case of an early General election being called? Only way out of this nonsense

 

[mahermi1]

Can anyone put forward the case of an early General election being called? Only way out of this nonsense

With the mess and the massively increased National debt the Tories have left us in Houdini himself couldn't get us out of it.

 

[brigadier]

Surely this bunch of horrible corrupt greedy cretins can’t get in again in the next GE.

Truss is employing people who specialise in vote rigging, they are going to fight the next election like their criminal lives depend on it.

 

[mightymoyes]

Can anyone put forward the case of an early General election being called? Only way out of this nonsense

If we actually lived in a democracy there would have to be. But we don't

 

[Agent Blue]

Read this article this morning and thought that there were some very interesting points made.

I have to agree with the points that a weak opposition is contributing to the Cons boldness in looting the country and that there is a political vacuum that could be filled by extreme populism because of the need for radical solutions to the problems that we face.

Britain is crying out for radical solutions, but Labour still thinks it’s in the 1990s | Jeremy Gilbert

If calls for progressive change are met with derision, something more sinister will fill the vacuum, say the author Jeremy Gilbert

www.theguardian.com

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Read this article this morning and thought that there were some very interesting points made.

I have to agree with the points that a weak opposition is contributing to the Cons boldness in looting the country and that there is a political vacuum that could be filled by extreme populism because of the need for radical solutions to the problems that we face.

Britain is crying out for radical solutions, but Labour still thinks it’s in the 1990s | Jeremy Gilbert

If calls for progressive change are met with derision, something more sinister will fill the vacuum, say the author Jeremy Gilbert

www.theguardian.com

Labour are about 15 points clear in the polls? That seems marginally better than the thumping defeat Labour experienced when they had the kind of leader who touted the ideas in that article.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Listen careful Tory voter this is what they really think of you!

So if you're going to sit back and take that and then give them your support too, are you stupid?

That's why non Tory voters throw the term about.

 

[neil999]

Polls in the next few weeks will be interesting..

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Listen careful Tory voter this is what they really think of you!

So if you're going to sit back and take that and then give them your support too, are you stupid?

That's why non Tory voters throw the term about.

Goodness, that bloke has absolutely no clue at all. We're off the back of a record year for venture capital funding, which was up over 100% on the year before and saw over $600 billion invested in entrepreneurs globally. This largesse is primarily because of the prolonged period of incredibly low interest rates and people with lots of money to invest.

Venture Capital 2021 Recap—A Record Breaking Year

After astonishing investment totals in the first six months of the year, it’s no surprise that 2021 ended up being a record breaking year for VC funding.

insight.factset.com

The exception to this is your bog standard small businesses that aren't identified as high tech or high growth. Funding for them has been hard to come by not because of taxation but because of the regulations brought in to ensure banks don't screw up after 2008.

Why Banks Are Not Lending to Small Businesses

Banks used to lend to startup businesses very easily. Nowadays, it is getting more difficult because banks are denying about 80 percent of startup businesses.

www.crestmontcapital.com

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

When the reality of these long term cuts are understood there should be people on the streets.

If Labour do not come out now with an alternative strategy then they may as well pack in.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

When the reality of these long term cuts are understood there should be people on the streets.

If Labour do not come out now with an alternative strategy then they may as well pack in.

That's the thing isn't it? They're not planning on cutting public spending at all? They're just not caring about balancing the books and are trying to stoke the economy when the BoE are trying to rein in inflation.

 

[evilwebby]

Labour claims the tax cuts help the top 1%. I'd bloomin hope so. Nobody gets left behind.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

That's the thing isn't it? They're not planning on cutting public spending at all? They're just not caring about balancing the books and are trying to stoke the economy when the BoE are trying to rein in inflation.

They most likely know that they won't be getting another term so are effectively sabotaging the economy to kill the next gov.

 

[Aberblue]

They most likely know that they won't be getting another term so are effectively sabotaging the economy to kill the next gov.

That's the most likely explanation of this government's actions.