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wtf even is this post?
I liked him better when he coached Chile
Cant really argue with any of that, especially the last line.
Little America it is then.
It’s the system. The majority of people in the UK are not hard-right and there is even a small majority in favour of EU membership (if that were possible). Problem is, a large number of those people are concentrated in the cities. Under our constituency-based, FPTP system, the minority can exercise disproportionate influence. So, you’re right, a bit like America.
a sardonic attempt at deconstructing representative politics within a non-representative political system.
I don’t know if it’s a phrase Truss used but case in point all the same:
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Just saw this, the race to the bottom continues.
Pathetic isn't it. Show how little they think of their own electorate above all else.
So sounds like we know what their strategy is going to be going forward. Refocus on tax and then offer tax cuts at a general election. The old classics basically.
Hopefully every policy the Tories claim they can't fund will be compared to the excess profits they've allowed oil companies to keep.
If they did even a small windfall tax you're talking tens of billions that could be fed into renewables drive.
Hopefully every policy the Tories claim they can't fund will be compared to the excess profits they've allowed oil companies to keep.
If they did even a small windfall tax you're talking tens of billions that could be fed into renewables drive.
Ironic phrase considering the amount of sewage being pumped into the sea.
I mean that's obviously why they're using that phrase right? It's not ironic it's a deliberate choice like some lame attempt at brainwashing.
Francking is back. Brilliant.
We need to stamp that shite out.
Surely they know how easy this is to spot and how ridiculous it looks.
My theory is that Truss’ team has sold them all down the river there. Boris‘ had his client journalists and it was obviously to anyone who was really taking notice but I expect they worked a lot harder to brief them all individually and keep it relatively ”natural”. Who ever is leading Truss’ COMs has lazily sent the same cookie cutter tweet to all the journos sucking on the Tory teet and embarrassed the lot of them. Disappointed with Ridge, I don’t watch Sky News but have seen some of her interviews go viral and thought she was one of the better ones.
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It'll take 10 years to see any output and it won't impact prices. But the current short term crisis is being cited as justification.
Not surprising now that our PM is an ex Shell employee and our energy minister is a climate change denier, they are not investing in green energy for the future.
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Clear Poo Water.
My contact in the treasury says the energy bills solution isn't what they would do. It will benefit people who are doing ok and who are well off, but not those struggling 
the kind of sums being spoken about, and the way in which the government intends to raise said funds, would, in a democracy, necessitate a popular vote. since covid, we're talking about 100s of billions of pounds being added to the public debt column and not a single meaningful chance for the public to have its say. it's a farce.
imagine a referendum along the lines of a) support government initiative; b) support nationalization and eventual creation of publicly owned renewable company; c) support a wealth tax as the means by which to achieve either a or b. but then the electorate does not refer to the people but to capital. what passes for democracy is fundamentally broken. or, if you're well off or exist to make money for people who are well off, then I suppose it's all fine.
the last election came down to "get brexit done". ignoring whether you supported brexit or not, because it was mostly a wedge issue which divided people even if I'd have voted remain, the effect is that the people are locked out of the representational mechanism. the media plays a key role in this. it's telling that you can find people with more substantive opinions to add on a football sub-forum than you can on the majority of corporate media websites and channels the majority of the time. the press really has become a class of clerks. they just amplify whatever it is officialdom or capitaldom has told them on any given day. it's not like it was incredible in terms of integrity fifteen years ago but there has been an incredible decline nonetheless. from bad to abysmal.
imagine a referendum along the lines of a) support government initiative; b) support nationalization and eventual creation of publicly owned renewable company; c) support a wealth tax as the means by which to achieve either a or b. but then the electorate does not refer to the people but to capital. what passes for democracy is fundamentally broken. or, if you're well off or exist to make money for people who are well off, then I suppose it's all fine.
the last election came down to "get brexit done". ignoring whether you supported brexit or not, because it was mostly a wedge issue which divided people even if I'd have voted remain, the effect is that the people are locked out of the representational mechanism. the media plays a key role in this. it's telling that you can find people with more substantive opinions to add on a football sub-forum than you can on the majority of corporate media websites and channels the majority of the time. the press really has become a class of clerks. they just amplify whatever it is officialdom or capitaldom has told them on any given day. it's not like it was incredible in terms of integrity fifteen years ago but there has been an incredible decline nonetheless. from bad to abysmal.
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Disappointed the Guardian is in there.
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Exactly, a return to Tory values, as the majority of the Tory party sees it.... that's why the membership voted for Truss.
It's a great pity the Labour membership don't get to do the same with electing their leader.
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Whilst that's true on balance I think this is probably the right solution for the economy isn't it. Choice is between solely help those who need it most who don't have the money to spend in the economy OR help everyone a little and businesses will see less losses.My contact in the treasury says the energy bills solution isn't what they would do. It will benefit people who are doing ok and who are well off, but not those struggling
If it was me we'd do both but I'm a filthy lefty who thinks the poor should be helped.
How dare you not think about the economy.
But he is thinking about helping the present economy, people who are struggling even without the energy crisis... except of course hes not may be thinking about future generations who will pick up the bill.... "like the poor, they are always with us"!
Smoked Salmon
There's probably a Smoked Gammon if you look hard enough.Smoked Salmon
'You can't tax your way to growth' is starting to grate as badly as 'the will of the people' did back in the day.
Anyone know who Natasha Barnaba is? She donated 100k within 2 days... google says she's a 39 year old interior designer with no significant other information.
Truss looks so out of her depth in the HoC, staring blankly while other MPs talk all around her. May has to intervene to sound a bit sensible. Kwarteng looks like he's been caught in the headlights.
Will she last till Xmas?
Will she last till Xmas?
All the press where giving it large by saying Labour underestimated her yesterday at PMQs. She will come undone when people begin to unpick her policies. She is like someone you put as the face of the company when other people are actually running it.
No, but Alessandro Barnaba is associated with Clinova, a healthcare company.
Some one should have tweeted that back. The problem is that the once clear blue water is now full of shite.