The Conservative Party - Part Two.

[Jim117 72]

I would like to know what the plan is to help out all the “working poor “who are about to be bankrupted by their energy bills. Given that Maggie flogged the utility’s off and there is also another thread on here regarding water bills.

[Delbow 699]

34 minutes ago, hackey lad said:

Think the large Lady is warming up her vocal chords .

Hopefully he can just about cling on until the next election

[El Cid 216]

44 minutes ago, sibon said:

You can get a three month subscription to the DT for three quid if you try. Easy to cancel online too.

 

Might be the best three quid you've ever spent to watch them setting the attack dogs onto Johnson.

Just ask West 77 for his username and password!

45 minutes ago, sibon said:

It's nothing to do with parties though. They just think that he's too left wing😀

He's toast.

He cannot say he has managed the economy well, not with 7% inflation

[Dromedary 166]

1 hour ago, Mister M said:

Why are the Metropolitan Police in contact with the cabinet office over this matter if there aren't any potential breaches in laws, never mind rules?

Met Police in contact with Cabinet Office over reports of lockdown-breaking Downing Street party | The Independent

Because that's how the police work when a potential offence has been committed. They obviously need to investigate the rumours to see if there is any truth to them because of all the publicity given by the media.

[Delbow 699]

10 minutes ago, El Cid said:

Just ask West 77 for his username and password!

Username: West77

Password: spankmemaggie

 

[Dromedary 166]

20 minutes ago, El Cid said:

Just ask West 77 for his username and password!

He cannot say he has managed the economy well, not with 7% inflation

7%? it's more like 5%. Now just remind us of what % inflation is elsewhere in Europe and the USA, no don't bother. According to the FT (7th Jan 21) its 5% in the Eurozone and 6.8% in the USA.

Edited January 11, 2022 by Dromedary

[El Cid 216]

2 minutes ago, Dromedary said:

7%... it's more like 5%. Now just remind us of what % inflation is elsewhere in Europe and the USA, no don't bother. According to the FT (7th Jan 21) its 5% in the Eurozone and 6.8% in the USA.

Its 7.1% actually!

 

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/timeseries/czbh/mm23

[Mister M 1,624]

36 minutes ago, Jim117 said:

I would like to know what the plan is to help out all the “working poor “who are about to be bankrupted by their energy bills. Given that Maggie flogged the utility’s off and there is also another thread on here regarding water bills.

Up until recently, the message to the poor was to 'get on your bike' and 'work your way out of poverty'.

 

Since the penny dropped that that's what the vast majority of the poor have always done, the Tories have supported various interventions such as top ups, in work benefits, modest rises in minimum wages etc. Sometimes they have to be dragged kicking and screaming, e.g. Marcus Rashford's intervention during the lockdown about food poverty.

 

I suspect that the 'entrepreneur' Molly-Mae Hague articulated what some Tories would love to say on the issue, but daren't:

Molly-Mae Hague criticised for ‘gross’ and ‘tone deaf’ comments on wealth inequality | The Independent

 

 

[hackey lad 3,965]

47 minutes ago, Delbow said:

Hopefully he can just about cling on until the next election

For Labours sake .

[Mister M 1,624]

20 minutes ago, Delbow said:

Username: West77

Password: spankmemaggie

 

[Dromedary 166]

10 minutes ago, El Cid said:

Its 7.1% actually!

 

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/timeseries/czbh/mm23

That's the RPI and not the CPI. The CPI is the main measure of inflation and is now the international accepted way of how it is calculated to meet international standards. The RPI rate is 7.1% but the CPI is 5.1%.

Edited January 11, 2022 by Dromedary

[Mister M 1,624]

22 minutes ago, Dromedary said:

Because that's how the police work when a potential offence has been committed. They obviously need to investigate the rumours to see if there is any truth to them because of all the publicity given by the media.

Oh okay. I thought that they said that they didn't investigate retrospective breaches of law with regards to Covid....