icowden
Pharaoh
Well, lets see if Burnham mans up. I think we can get most of what we import from America from China instead.
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Well, lets see if Burnham mans up. I think we can get most of what we import from America from China instead.
Pblakeney
Squire
This. Doesn't have to be China but that is most likely.
Stevo 666
Guru
I expanded it to include the IMF because the overall message is similar.
It's pretty clear looking at these that several institutions are cautioning Labour over spending, debt and tax levels. Economic common sense to most people.
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Stevo 666
Guru
Burnham move looks like it's designed to look good. Read somewhere that it's worth about 80p a week.
Pross
Guru
As I said the other day, when things go up there are cries of outrage "have to choose between heating and heating" but when it comes down by the same amount it's a piffling amount that won't make a difference to anyone.
Stevo 666
Guru
Who was outraged about having to make that choice?
And given Burnham has some big issues in his in-tray, do you think that knocking 80p or so a week off electric bills and capping bus fares at £2 are the right priorities and the bold moves we were promised?
Pross
Guru
The media always drag out people who say that then drag out people to say the same amount being cut will make no difference.
It's pretty obvious he's just giving out some quick and easy policies whilst working on those take longer. It's pragmatic and good to see after years of policies being announced without being thought through and then being u-turned. The bigger policies will come and they seem to be trying to reinforce the message that change takes time which is a much needed dose of reality. Trying to please everyone immediately was the biggest failing of Starmer.
bobzmyunkle
Veteran
Ah yes, 'common sense'. Otherwise known as prejudiced ignorance.
spen666
Veteran
icowden
Pharaoh
Took me a while. Couldn't work out if it was shoot reporting or shoot satire.
Turns out it's the latter. Looks like it's a pretty poor quality satirical site.
First Aspect
Legendary Member
Weren't they warning the Tories about the exact same things? And doesn't it amount to "warning" that spending too much or borrowing too much is bad, m'kay; and that depending on how you go about it, raising tax rates doesn't necessarily mean collecting more tax?
We're I to guess, I would guess that these truths would be written on the inside of toilet cubicle doors in the treasury by now, in those little clip frames that used to contain car finance adverts.
AndyRM
Elder Goth
That's generous.
spen666
Veteran
That was not what I intended to post
This was the Rotherham Bugle post I meant to link to
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spen666
Veteran
Fair enough if you can't answer the valid comments made by The Rotherham Bugle
Duplicating something only adds more costs. Move the whole thing if it works, but how does an office in Manchester help Cornwall or Newcastle compared to an office in London.
Taxpayers are paying a huge additional cost so Burnham can get home early on a Friday for the weekend
Unrelated, its reported Burnham flew in government plane to Glasgow and then to Manchester...Journeys that could have been made by rail. so much for net zero.
Or is it some animals are more equal than others and net zero only applies to some people? I'm sure someone could write a book about this sort of behaviour