Westminster Politics

She's struggling to think what to say and keep up. The word market is a bit disastrous. Labour should note to keep her away from the media, rather like some footballers who should be instructed they are not allowed to shoot.
She is the Fred of the Labour party.
 
Have you seen Johnson and Cameron’s bank balances since leaving office?
True. It’s just they could have easily earned similar amounts of money and done similar amounts of coke working in the private sector.

It seems the likes of Starmer, Boris and Cameron get some sick thrill out of torturing both themselves and us.
 
True. It’s just they could have easily earned similar amounts of money and done similar amounts of coke working in the private sector.

It seems the likes of Starmer, Boris and Cameron get some sick thrill out of torturing both themselves and us.

I’m not convinced they could, the profile it earns them and the connections and influence they built globally is lucrative. Johnson has earned nearly £5m from the speaking circuit alone since leaving office 18 months ago. Previous to being PM he was apparently in debt. Then you have all the kick backs outside of the official fees.
 
I’m not convinced they could, the profile it earns them and the connections and influence they built globally is lucrative. Johnson has earned nearly £5m from the speaking circuit alone since leaving office 18 months ago. Previous to being PM he was apparently in debt. Then you have all the kick backs outside of the official fees.
Ah cheers. Your right and tbh I had no idea Boris was in debut before.
 
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No surprise. I started saving for the first time in my life last year at the age of 43. Still probably a better idea to overpay the mortgage instead, but having been made redundant in the last few years, I need a safety net. So far I've saved about enough to keep me going for a month. So still screwed, potentially!
 
True. It’s just they could have easily earned similar amounts of money and done similar amounts of coke working in the private sector.

It seems the likes of Starmer, Boris and Cameron get some sick thrill out of torturing both themselves and us.

No they would not. Johnson would not be hired by any relevant position in the private sector even with his background. At best middle management. Being a politician opens you the doors through favours given during their tenure. They put them in a high paid position as *insert whatever name* doing jack all besides meeting other people based on the influence that they still have in the party.
 
No surprise. I started saving for the first time in my life last year at the age of 43. Still probably a better idea to overpay the mortgage instead, but having been made redundant in the last few years, I need a safety net. So far I've saved about enough to keep me going for a month. So still screwed, potentially!
Yep. All it takes is another crash and so many of us are fecked.

Such a shite economy.
No they would not. Johnson would not be hired by any relevant position in the private sector even with his background. At best middle management. Being a politician opens you the doors through favours given during their tenure. They put them in a high paid position as *insert whatever name* doing jack all besides meeting other people based on the influence that they still have in the party.
He started as a writer for The Telegraph and then went on to become the editor of The Spectator. There’s plenty of well paying and useless jobs in the private sector.
 
Yep. All it takes is another crash and so many of us are fecked.

Such a shite economy.

He started as a writer for The Telegraph and then went on to become the editor of The Spectator. There’s plenty of well paying and useless jobs in the private sector.

Doubt that he did more than 80k-100k a year that would keep doing for the rest of his life. Sure is a great salary but just to have a comfortable normal life and nothing compared with the amounts that he is making. The choice being a writter of politics is easy. Specially he probably worked more before than now
 
Doubt that he did more than 80k-100k a year that would keep doing for the rest of his life. Sure is a great salary but just to have a comfortable normal life and nothing compared with the amounts that he is making. The choice being a writter of politics is easy. Specially he probably worked more before than now
He would have more money if he had a vasectomy.
 
My wife and I had savings before 2023 and they don't exist now. Just massive credit card bills to get us through the cost of living crisis.
Sorry to hear that. Yeah it’s really shite at the moment.
What was her point? That parents should foot the bill or that young people can't have something because she didn't have it?
Pretty much. She had it bad so now no one can have it good.
 
always amazes me that people who complain about not having savings don’t just dip into their trust funds.
 
I'd love to have had it as 'bad' as she did. Would happily swap all the wonderful perks I'm enjoying now for the house prices, cost of living and job security she had in her day.
Incoming boomer redcafe attack force about to tell you of the horrors of bin strikes and outdoor toilets! Which tbf looking back at the past(60’s - 80’s)it does look fecking awful but that’s most because everyone was really racist and voted for Thatcher.

The baby boomers might be the first generation in a long time who actively don’t want the younger generations to be better off or even have the same as they did.


always amazes me that people who complain about not having savings don’t just dip into their trust funds.
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Wasn’t sure where to put this



Peak boomer mindset

:lol:She only gets one (loud) clap.

The food in the 60s and 70s must've fecking been awful, given how my nan used to either cook stuff in lard or boil it to death. They only had two or three TV channels as well.
 


No sooner did I discover the InfoSys link, it became hugely obvious this was the end game.

Nice it's now becoming more public.
 
:lol:She only gets one (loud) clap.

The food in the 60s and 70s must've fecking been awful, given how my nan used to either cook stuff in lard or boil it to death. They only had two or three TV channels as well.

In the early 60s, there was nothing like as much food as now.
And nothing like as much variety.
And nothing like as many obese people either.
 


No sooner did I discover the InfoSys link, it became hugely obvious this was the end game.

Nice it's now becoming more public.


Infosys is an $80 billion global conglomerate. Its hardly surprising to see them on a government supplier list.

There are plenty of examples of corruption but imo this isn't one of them.
 
Infosys is an $80 billion global conglomerate. Its hardly surprising to see them on a government supplier list.

There are plenty of examples of corruption but imo this isn't one of them.

they’re also not the only company in the world to
offer their kinds of services. as with any potential conflict of interest, it’s easier to just to walk away from it and choose someone else. of course they won’t though, because money.
 
Infosys is an $80 billion global conglomerate. Its hardly surprising to see them on a government supplier list.

There are plenty of examples of corruption but imo this isn't one of them.

But don't you think such conflicts of interest should be actively avoided regardless of how the deals came about? Do you believe Infosys are the only company who could have delivered the contracts they got?