Rusty Nails
Country Member
I know, and the Labour Party used to be such a harmonious group before he came along.
Leadership debate.
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I know, and the Labour Party used to be such a harmonious group before he came along.
cookiemonster
Veteran
- Location
- Far away from the asylum
deptfordmarmoset
Über Member
A surprising number of people didn't know whether this was real or not.
View: https://twitter.com/LeftyWanker/status/1552919366907445248
View: https://twitter.com/LeftyWanker/status/1552919366907445248
newfhouse
pleb
ebikeerwidnes
Senior Member
I need to be able to 'like' this more - it'll only let me do one!!
Once a Wheeler
New Member
What was:
1971: Edward Heath and Anthony Barber; dash for growth.
1972: The Barber Boom.
1973: Yom Kippur War, oil crisis.
1974: Three-day week, stagflation, pound plummets on currency markets. Five drab years ending in the Winter of Discontent.
What if?
2022: Liz Truss and chancellor unknown; dash for growth.
2023: Nation emerging from pandemic restocks the larder and nearly pays its fuel bills.
2024: Continuing war in Ukraine, continuing fuel crisis.
2025: Recession, stagflation, pound plummets, trade declines, Scottish Independence, Northern Ireland joins the Republic, King Charles abdicates, EU launches humanitarian aid programme for England.
1971: Edward Heath and Anthony Barber; dash for growth.
1972: The Barber Boom.
1973: Yom Kippur War, oil crisis.
1974: Three-day week, stagflation, pound plummets on currency markets. Five drab years ending in the Winter of Discontent.
What if?
2022: Liz Truss and chancellor unknown; dash for growth.
2023: Nation emerging from pandemic restocks the larder and nearly pays its fuel bills.
2024: Continuing war in Ukraine, continuing fuel crisis.
2025: Recession, stagflation, pound plummets, trade declines, Scottish Independence, Northern Ireland joins the Republic, King Charles abdicates, EU launches humanitarian aid programme for England.
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All uphill
Well-Known Member
Sounds about right to me.
The part I find gloomiest is the potential for a return to major civil unrest in NI.
I've not listened carefully, but has either candidate had anything to say about NI?
OP
OP
Salty seadog
Senior Member
To busy taking lumps out of each other.
100% true…..nice to see blue on blue bludgering each other though, makes for good viewing and just shows them up the odious pair that they are
newfhouse
pleb
They’ve both magicked the problem away, so it’s all good.
mudsticks
Squire
Problem, what problem??
newfhouse
pleb
Whoops. This bit, despite being completely obvious, should probably have stayed in his head.
View: https://twitter.com/NewStatesman/status/1555476253045673987?t=kl1MKqFpIzuhu0YVSTK_5g&s=19
View: https://twitter.com/NewStatesman/status/1555476253045673987?t=kl1MKqFpIzuhu0YVSTK_5g&s=19
Xipe Totec
Something nasty in the woodshed
Alternatively, he's in the heart of the Stockbroker Belt, telling the necessary handful of Tory party members precisely what they want to hear in order to secure their votes. And everyone else can fück off and die. Literally.
BoldonLad
Old man on a bike. Not a member of a clique.
- Location
- South Tyneside
Surprisingly, securing votes is rather essential, if you wish to win an election, it could even be regarded as a key skill, for a Politician IMHO.
Xipe Totec
Something nasty in the woodshed
Well yes. My point, which evidently needs clarification, is that Mr Sunak is not remotely concerned by the toweringly grotesque optics of this comment - ergo, it is not the spectacular, career-crushing gaffe that an awful lot of people seem to imagine it is.
He really does not care, or even pretend to do so - and in its own funny little way, this is an almost disarmingly honest comment from such a ruthless, venal, career-fixated psychopath.
