O/T:- ⚠️Impressed with the leadership [The UK Party Politics Thread]

[Magpies1959]

You do a pretty good job yourself.
Any fool could see that the last few years have been unusual to say the least for a government in power. If I believed Labour would have us in a stronger position economically then fair enough, but their covid stance was the same, if not harder lockdown rules and for longer applied, so more financial wreckage. Their energy policy would be as green or greener, so as above.
Please don't call them my Tories as I would happily live without any or the lying scumbags that politicians are, from all parties.
Tell me it is not true that if we had carried on using our oil, gas and started fracking and got our cleaner nuclear up and running sooner (stopped by Labour) we wouldn't be in this financial mess economically speaking.

[the_anticlough]

You do a pretty good job yourself.
Any fool could see that the last few years have been unusual to say the least for a government in power. If I believed Labour would have us in a stronger position economically then fair enough, but their covid stance was the same, if not harder lockdown rules and for longer applied, so more financial wreckage. Their energy policy would be as green or greener, so as above.
Please don't call them my Tories as I would happily live without any or the lying scumbags that politicians are, from all parties.
Tell me it is not true that if we had carried on using our oil, gas and started fracking and got our cleaner nuclear up and running sooner (stopped by Labour) we wouldn't be in this financial mess economically speaking.

Our principle economic problem is that the balance of power between capital and labour has tipped way too far in favour of the former. A large chunk of the inflationary spiral has been caused by out-and-out profiteering on the part of large corporations across all economic sectors.

Record profits, record corporate bonuses, high shareholder dividends, price fixing The FTSE top 350 have seen profits rise by 43% since the start of Covid. Meanwhile, more and more ordinary people sink further into debt, see the lowest living standards in real terms for many a decade, struggle to run a car, heat their houses, eat at all....

The UK has a profiteering crisis. And it isn't being reinvested that's for sure.

There no fool like an old fool, btw

[BanjoPie]

Our principle economic problem is that the balance of power between capital and labour has tipped way too far in favour of the former. A large chunk of the inflationary spiral has been caused by out-and-out profiteering on the part of large corporations across all economic sectors.

Record profits, record corporate bonuses, high shareholder dividends, price fixing The FTSE top 350 have seen profits rise by 43% since the start of Covid. Meanwhile, more and more ordinary people sink further into debt, see the lowest living standards in real terms for many a decade, struggle to run a car, heat their houses, eat at all....

The UK has a profiteering crisis. And it isn't being reinvested that's for sure.

There no fool like an old fool, btw

Pretty much most of the UK’s and worlds problems could be solved - all that is needed is for certain people to stop being GREEDY. Greed is at the heart of most of the worlds problems !!!

[Elite_Pie]

Pretty much most of the UK’s and worlds problems could be solved - all that is needed is for certain people to stop being GREEDY. Greed is at the heart of most of the worlds problems !!!

Agree completely Banjo. I have no problem with those who work harder, are brighter, have good ideas, or take a few risks getting a bigger slice of the cake. It's when they get an absolutely humungous slice that I have a problem. Surely a couple of billion pounds is a more than sufficient reward? The richest people in the world have in excess of 100 billion pounds, while the poorest people in the world starve to death. How can this still be happening, and how can the gap still be widening in this day and age? As you've already said the simple answer is GREED.

Oh well, after Boris we will have Liz Truss in charge of sorting out our corner of the world. As Soccerman might say "In Liz we trust"!!!

[JoePass]

Agree completely Banjo. I have no problem with those who work harder, are brighter, have good ideas, or take a few risks getting a bigger slice of the cake. It's when they get an absolutely humungous slice that I have a problem. Surely a couple of billion pounds is a more than sufficient reward? The richest people in the world have in excess of 100 billion pounds, while the poorest people in the world starve to death. How can this still be happening, and how can the gap still be widening in this day and age? As you've already said the simple answer is GREED.

Oh well, after Boris we will have Liz Truss in charge of sorting out our corner of the world. As Soccerman might say "In Liz we trust"!!!

Spot on.

[Elite_Pie]

Spot on.

Let's hope it works out better than it did with Dave, Theresa and Boris.

[upthemaggies]

I think we've reached the point where it really doesn't matter now who is the British PM or even which party is in 'power'.

[JoePass]

Let's hope it works out better than it did with Dave, Theresa and Boris.

I have thought long and hard about this. I don’t want this Tory administration. I want Bike shed Angie as PM, Diane Abbott as Chancellor, David Lammy as Foreign Secretary and Blair as an international advisor. How the hell could anything go wrong with these world renowned major politicians in charge, come on, you know it makes sense. Oh yes, and 3 bellies Thornberry as Health Secretary.