OT - Captain Foresight

[MadAmster]

So, Captain Hindsight has been pushing for a windfall tax on the excessive profits of Shell, BP et al for months. BJ has been deriding him for months about it saying "typical Labour" wanting to tax businesses at every turn. This despite BP's CEO saying he agrees with Starmer, that they have more money than they know what to do with and such a tax would not affect future development. Even yesterday at PMQs BoJo was making the same snide remarks.

Then Sunak comes out and invokes the windfall tax to help the worse off in the current crises (yes, plural). Looks like Starmer has earned a new moniker.. Captain Foresight.

IMO the current administration in Wastemonster has lost the last dregs of any credibility it had left.

[ramAnag]

So, Captain Hindsight has been pushing for a windfall tax on the excessive profits of Shell, BP et al for months. BJ has been deriding him for months about it saying "typical Labour" wanting to tax businesses at every turn. This despite BP's CEO saying he agrees with Starmer, that they have more money than they know what to do with and such a tax would not affect future development. Even yesterday at PMQs BoJo was making the same snide remarks.

Then Sunak comes out and invokes the windfall tax to help the worse off in the current crises (yes, plural). Looks like Starmer has earned a new moniker.. Captain Foresight.

IMO the current administration in Wastemonster has lost the last dregs of any credibility it had left.

Can we have the ‘like’ button back please? Nail on the head, MA.

[swaledale]

So, Captain Hindsight has been pushing for a windfall tax on the excessive profits of Shell, BP et al for months. BJ has been deriding him for months about it saying "typical Labour" wanting to tax businesses at every turn. This despite BP's CEO saying he agrees with Starmer, that they have more money than they know what to do with and such a tax would not affect future development. Even yesterday at PMQs BoJo was making the same snide remarks.

Then Sunak comes out and invokes the windfall tax to help the worse off in the current crises (yes, plural). Looks like Starmer has earned a new moniker.. Captain Foresight.

IMO the current administration in Wastemonster has lost the last dregs of any credibility it had left.

Any credibility the Tories might have had vanished when the elected Johnson as leader, but that wasn't the worst of it, he then got rid of most intelligent decent competent people and appointed a cabinet of arse licking incompetents who would struggle to run a whelk stall between them. Hence we have the almighty **** up that exists today!

[ramAnag]

Any credibility the Tories might have had vanished when the elected Johnson as leader, but that wasn't the worst of it, he then got rid of most intelligent decent competent people and appointed a cabinet of arse licking incompetents who would struggle to run a whelk stall between them. Hence we have the almighty **** up that exists today!

This too I agree with...but I think MA was talking in relation to those who have continued to support Johnson and the new look right wing Tories since the last election.
Even they must surely now realise what we have always known...that they elected an over educated dishonest fool, and that the ‘Captain Hindsight’ taunts are without foundation, given that the Government’s reaction (albeit one aimed at deflection) to the fuel crisis are based entirely on policy suggested by the opposition months ago.

[MadAmster]

.... and during Covid, many of the actions taken by HMG were being pushed, weeks previously, by Starmer.

[swaledale]

Ah but he is boring MA, no charisma, so obviously can't be a leader! I'd settle for a dull boring and at least half competent PM for the net few years! At least he has actually done a proper job, unlike Johnson who has basically been paid for writing lies (and been sacked twice for lying) from non jobs over the years. Still he will crash and burn from this one as well!

[Geoff Parkstone]

I'm not sure Craig has the requisite leadership skills, but with Tom Lawrence almost certainly on his way out, it might not be a bad call...

[ramAnag]

I'm not sure Craig has the requisite leadership skills, but with Tom Lawrence almost certainly on his way out, it might not be a bad call...

Lol...10/10 for humour...and for deflection too.

In truth Fozzy and Johnson have one thing in common...they’re both hopeful of hanging on to their jobs. The difference is that the former is worthy of respect and deserves to whereas..........

[MadAmster]

Lol...10/10 for humour...and for deflection too.

In truth Fozzy and Johnson have one thing in common...they’re both hopeful of hanging on to their jobs. The difference is that the former is worthy of respect and deserves to whereas..........

Reading this I suddenly remembered that Johnson is a synonym for a certain part of the male anatomy. Is this mere coincidence?

[ramAnag]

Reading this I suddenly remembered that Johnson is a synonym for a certain part of the male anatomy. Is this mere coincidence?

Hardly...most sensible folk have recognised him as a dick for years.