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

[countygump]

Obviously the BoE decided to spend £65bn of our money to save pension funds because they read the BBC website.

If you look hard enough you will find bias either way.

Project fear about energy costs? My bill was around £120 per month, it is already well over that now and looks like it will be £300. I think I will hold Truss to her lie at worse, misleading at best that no-one will pay more than £2500.

Truss is like a rabbit in headlights. Could be an interesting interview with Kuenssberg on Sunday. Of course, it will be totally biased though.

Now mine used to be @ 90 quid a month (both) and is now 176. But if you factor in the 67 pound rebate that's due to kick in next month? and all the other bits and bobs thrown our way, I think it's fair to say I'm paying slightly less, certainly no more. Turn them rads down young man.

[Robertomac]

OI think I will hold Truss to her lie at worst, misleading at best that no-one will pay more than £2500.

I think it's shocking how this has been covered by the media from the beginning of the energy price rises. They have really failed to explain that it's the unit price that is capped not overall usage. The government and media chucking around the figure of £2500 has been really misleading and totally disingenuous.

I honestly thought we'd scraped the bottom of the barrel with Boris, but the early signs of Truss are frightening. Whilst a crisis was unfolding last week (real or media hype) where was she? This is where strong leaders come into their own, but she was absent. She then thought she'd escape the ire and scrutiny of the MSM bigwigs by going for interviews with regional and local press which says to me she lacks bottle and conviction. She's out of her depth.

IMO if the leader of the elected government is ousted a GE should be automatically triggered.

[magpie_mania]

I think it's shocking how this has been covered by the media from the beginning of the energy price rises. They have really failed to explain that it's the unit price that is capped not overall usage. The government and media chucking around the figure of £2500 has been really misleading and totally disingenuous.

I honestly thought we'd scraped the bottom of the barrel with Boris, but the early signs of Truss are frightening. Whilst a crisis was unfolding last week (real or media hype) where was she? This is where strong leaders come into their own, but she was absent. She then thought she'd escape the ire and scrutiny of the MSM bigwigs by going for interviews with regional and local press which says to me she lacks bottle and conviction. She's out of her depth.

IMO if the leader of the elected government is ousted a GE should be automatically triggered.

Agreed, as I said, let's see how she does with Laura K tomorrow.

[Elite_Pie]

As U-turns go, I can’t recall a more humiliating one than today. After 10 days of insisting it was 100% the right thing to do, Truss and Kwarteng have now “listened”!!! We are clearly being run by a bunch of incompetents, and even the Tory MPs must realise it.

Although I’m sure Magpies1959 will blame it on the BBC.

[applepie2]

Yes and it only cost us via Bank of England £65 billion for things not to be as bad as thought

Exactly.

[GranthamPie]

QED… the Tories are a crime syndicate

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/kwa...-bonds-profit/

[Magpies1959]

There is no where to go now for the so called Conservatives. Just hand the keys to Labour.

[magpie_mania]

Two huge u-turns in one day (assuming the Govt sources are right about bringing forward the statement from 23rd November) is some going!

[countygump]

Two huge u-turns in one day (assuming the Govt sources are right about bringing forward the statement from 23rd November) is some going!

Seems so:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-63114183

[Elite_Pie]

Just catching up with the political news after four weeks away, and what a complete and utter mess we are in. Going back to the thread title, what exactly is "the leadership"? It's a totally inept person who gained power on the back of the votes of a modest majority from the blue rinse and gammon brigade. She surrounded herself with her supporters and delivered a disastrous "thanks for voting me in" mini budget which will definitely see yet more grovelling U-turns. The public don't want her, her own party don't want her, but the country is stuck with her. The Tories are now in an impossible situation, where if they bin her this early they will be a complete laughing stock, but if they stick with her they will be an even bigger laughing stock.