The Conservative Party - Part Two.

[Guest sibon]

11 minutes ago, Dromedary said:

No, its a direct result of the covid pandemic. That is why inflation is going up globally and by around the same margin and it's only happened since covid started to take an effect.

It really isn't. German and French inflation is running at roughly 3%.

 

Excessive UK inflation might be caused by Brexit,  Or by endlessly printing money.  But not Covid.

 

In any case, who has been in charge through these  events? Who sets fiscal policy?

 

 

Edited January 12, 2022 by sibon

[Dromedary 166]

30 minutes ago, sibon said:

It really isn't. German and French inflation is running at roughly 3%.

Shouldn't that be the EU after all it is a trading block and a term frequently used to describe the EU. France are the odd one out as that does stand at around 3%. Germany's CPI however is a little higher than the UK at around 5.2%.

 

https://www.destatis.de/EN/Press/2021/12/PE21_564_611.html

 

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Excessive UK inflation might be caused by Brexit,  But not Covid.

Rubbish and you know it. It may coincide with Brexit but but has its grounding with the current covid situation and that's why the Euro Area  on average has also got similar high inflation at around 5%. 

 

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Inflation_in_the_euro_area

 

Some UK inflation history as well showing that it has hardly changed over the past 12 years until covid started taking hold.

 

https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/GBR/united-kingdom/inflation-rate-cpi

 

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In any case, who has been in charge through both events? Who sets fiscal policy?

Fiscal policy does not take into account sudden excessive rises in petrol, oil, gas or electricity which have been the main drivers in higher inflation rates, and the effects of that would have happened whoever was in charge.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12196322

Edited January 12, 2022 by Dromedary

[whiteowl 54]

Boris's position is untenable and he needs to go.

 

No doubt he won't do the honourable thing and resign but will try to brazen it out so it will be up to the powers behind him to push him.

[L00b 441]

Something to keep in mind, in advance of today’s PMQ and to answer apologists’ claims of a grounds-based exception:

 

https://twitter.com/AdamWagner1/status/1479943803733741575

 

 

[Mister M 1,629]

33 minutes ago, whiteowl said:

Boris's position is untenable and he needs to go.

 

No doubt he won't do the honourable thing and resign but will try to brazen it out so it will be up to the powers behind him to push him.

When Dominic Cummings made his infamous 'Barnard Castle eye test' press conference in the 10 Downing Street rose garden, people were wondering 'this is just not credible', why doesn't Boris Johnson just sack him?'

Well Johnson couldn't sack him, because Cummings knew that Johnson was knee deep in parties in breach of lockdown rules.

 

Who else also knew about these parties?

The former editor of the Sun newspaper, David Yelland tweeted yesterday:

 

 

The BBC's political editor Laura Kuennsberg tweeted yesterday 

 

What did Laura know, and when?

 

Why has all of this taken 18 months to come out. 

Serious questions of journalists need to be asked....

 

[melthebell 865]

54 minutes ago, Mister M said:

When Dominic Cummings made his infamous 'Barnard Castle eye test' press conference in the 10 Downing Street rose garden, people were wondering 'this is just not credible', why doesn't Boris Johnson just sack him?'

Well Johnson couldn't sack him, because Cummings knew that Johnson was knee deep in parties in breach of lockdown rules.

 

Who else also knew about these parties?

The former editor of the Sun newspaper, David Yelland tweeted yesterday:

 

 

The BBC's political editor Laura Kuennsberg tweeted yesterday 

 

What did Laura know, and when?

 

Why has all of this taken 18 months to come out. 

Serious questions of journalists need to be asked....

 

Im more surprised they arent running Labour are the enemy stories to hide them instead lol

[Delbow 708]

1 hour ago, Mister M said:

When Dominic Cummings made his infamous 'Barnard Castle eye test' press conference in the 10 Downing Street rose garden, people were wondering 'this is just not credible', why doesn't Boris Johnson just sack him?'

Well Johnson couldn't sack him, because Cummings knew that Johnson was knee deep in parties in breach of lockdown rules.

 

Who else also knew about these parties?

The former editor of the Sun newspaper, David Yelland tweeted yesterday:

 

 

The BBC's political editor Laura Kuennsberg tweeted yesterday 

 

What did Laura know, and when?

 

Why has all of this taken 18 months to come out. 

Serious questions of journalists need to be asked....

 

Also, there are police at Downing Street who appear to have turned a blind eye for this while their colleagues were zealously applying the law to the commoners. Cressida Dick's knighthood had better be worth it.

[Delbow 708]

10 hours ago, Dromedary said:

Shouldn't that be the EU after all it is a trading block and a term frequently used to describe the EU. France are the odd one out as that does stand at around 3%. Germany's CPI however is a little higher than the UK at around 5.2%.

 

https://www.destatis.de/EN/Press/2021/12/PE21_564_611.html

 

Rubbish and you know it. It may coincide with Brexit but but has its grounding with the current covid situation and that's why the Euro Area  on average has also got similar high inflation at around 5%. 

 

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Inflation_in_the_euro_area

 

Some UK inflation history as well showing that it has hardly changed over the past 12 years until covid started taking hold.

 

https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/GBR/united-kingdom/inflation-rate-cpi

 

Fiscal policy does not take into account sudden excessive rises in petrol, oil, gas or electricity which have been the main drivers in higher inflation rates, and the effects of that would have happened whoever was in charge.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12196322

Given the battering Labour got for the global financial crash that wasn't of their making, it would poetic if the Tories got a bashing for another global economic problem that's out of their control.

[Mister M 1,629]

Use of ‘VIP lane’ to award Covid PPE contracts unlawful, high court rules | Health policy | The Guardian

 

Some others have been very naughty Tories with lots of taxpayers money.

[Zinger549 233]

7 minutes ago, West 77 said:

It wasn't a police matter because people were allowed to go to their place of work and social distance in outside areas.  The fuss the media have created over this is unbelievable.  Even more so that it happened twenty months ago.  This is another incident where someone has stirred trouble most likely because they weren't happen with something or someone  unconnected at work.

Having drinks and nibbles in the garden is hardly work. 

[Delbow 708]

7 minutes ago, Zinger549 said:

Having drinks and nibbles in the garden is hardly work. 

Makes you wonder whether he's done a day's work in his life!

[whiteowl 54]

Boris on the ropes but looking like he's going to try an brazen it out as predicted. The man has no honour.