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Starmer has just appointed Blair’s former chief of staff Jonathan Powell as the UK’s National Security Adviser to replace Tim Barrow. Keir says “Jonathan has devoted his career to protecting the interests of the country, having served for seventeen years as a diplomat in the Foreign Office and ten years as Chief of Staff in No 10, and I am delighted to appoint him to this important role.”

Fresh from negotiating the Chagos deal.... says it all really.

“If one can't be civil one should stay silent. I don't allow insults.”

asimpleinvestor.

Sadly you're on the wrong forum.

The recent revelations from the labour party regarding Trump from Lammy, Rayner, Streeter, Milliband et al and by default parliament, wouldn't suit your agenda either.

You're in danger of mostly talking to yourself here, just like our now, TWO resident clowns (you know who you are). 🤡🤡

Just saying.

Quote by ‘offmessage’ earlier….

“We actually don't have enough immigration in the UK.”

“The pathetic, uninformed, insecure little xenophobes will be the economic death of this country.”

You have certainly chosen the correct handle for your views, offmessage. 🤣

"Some appear to believe it covers outside of educational establishments also but it doesn't."

And you believe it's not heading that way asimpleinvestor?

How right you are 88, unfortunately Starmer's outlook that day will be realised soon. The demotivating policies from this shower confirm it.

Lulu…

“UK growth would be halved in the event Donald Trump”

You must keep up, Reeves has already done that dumbo.

Starmer has sent David Lammy over to personally congratulate the Donald lol.

"Reeves trashed the gilt market last week by pushing up UK 10-year gilt yields to peaks much higher than the 3.47% seen the day after Kwasi’s budget in 2022. The fallout hasn’t stopped there.

At this morning’s auction UK bonds saw the weakest demand since December last year. 10-year yields are still high at 4.496%. Investors’ concerns haven’t been assuaged by Reeves’ special post-budget media round – the bashed market limps on."

What a $hit show.

And this...

"MPs were shocked that it would only take a 0.3% increase in interest rates to entirely wipe out Reeves’ “fiscal headroom.” It’s not just the gilt market coming to terms with the scale of Reeves’ spending…

“A 1.3% increase in the interest rate… that actually results in the current balance in five years being in deficit by £11 billion, so you’re actually missing the rule by £11 billion… To get the current balance down to essentially zero so to take away all the current headroom, we have point three.“

The budget has already prevented faster interest rate cuts according to economists and boosted future inflation. Reeves’ pretend “fiscal stability” is a house of cards."

“OBR personnel are currently before the Commons Treasury Select Committee to answer questions about their budget forecast.”

Labour MP Jeevun Sandher, who was busy parroting Labour budget lines on the airwaves last week, was confused that Reeves’ injection of £22.6 billion extra to the NHS won’t boost potential output. He claimed that output was revised down under the Tories thanks to ‘declining public health’ and complained that the OBR doesn’t think extra cash will now help…

OBR Chairman Richard Hughes slapped Sandher down:

“Myself and my predecessors have revised down our views of potential output pretty steadily since the aftermath of the financial crisis. Every country in the world has suffered a big hit to potential output, including those like the US who’ve continue to spend lots and lots of money on healthcare. The idea that there’s a direct link between how much are spending on healthcare and the potential output of the country is not demonstrated by the data.

That is – chucking more money for day-to-day NHS spending won’t help growth. Hughes also pointed out no further plan has been spelt out by the Treasury: “We know very little about what the government’s plans are for healthcare spending after.“ So much for “Reform or die.”

“I have stated this previously and I reiterate, it is preferable to share information that can be independently verified rather than depending on hearsay and third-party accounts, as the latter often turns out to be mere speculation rather than factual which helps nobody least of all your own arguments.”

asimpleinvestor your posts here are beginning to come across as some sort of arbiter of the truth. However your reasoning is somewhat ambiguous. If you talk down to people as in the manor above you may leave yourself open to ridicule.

Your recent mutterings about farm machinery going to Poland illustrated by a link to the Kent Messenger is typical. Posting one link of a theft that quotes "they can be sold all over the world", no specific country was mentioned is hardly conclusive evidence.

If stolen farm machinery is being transported to Europe then eastern Europe is the preferred destination.

There are many articles online that state Poland as a destination.

A bit like your own irregular Vs illegal immigrants.

“There is no universally accepted definition of irregular migration.” You call it what you want. I'll stick to illegal, thank you.

These ongoing subtle changes to established terminology is never properly justified and IMO is the ongoing work of the woke brigade in an attempt to re-educate the masses. Mostly leftwing activists to align with their not so hidden agenda.

Have a good day.

The identity politics mask has slipped already, putting everyone in a box….

Dawn Butler.

“white supremacy in blackface”‘

“victory for rac ism”

And Starmer? As usual he's keeping his head down, seeing which way opinions go and hoping it will die down and be forgotten.

What a great leader. 🫣

Probably Starmer's worst nightmare.

1) she's black, that will be tricky for him.

2) she's a woman ♀️ and he doesn't know what they are.

A901

Yes I'm aware of that news from Cleverly but as I said he hasn't refused anything just ruled himself out. Nothing has been offered.

Strange posts this morning…

“Who cares” Obviously you do, you're talking about it.

“refusing front bench role’

Cleverly hasn't refused anything, nothing has been offered yet.

You would think supporters (as misguided as they are) of the newly elected labour party would be shouting about their achievements since taking office, but no.

And why is that? Isn't that obvious? It is to most, that's the majority with a brain.

It's established that labour has had a disastrous start to their five year tenure so already their most ardent supporters are more concerned about what is happening on the benches opposite.

Election jitters already, and so there should be. Labour has only once in its history won a second term, under Blair and this current idiot is not going to make it twice.

As you're so interested in the new opposition all will be revealed at 1100 hrs today.

Enjoy your weekend.

Sorry 😔 for the length of the post, it's sad that you can't concentrate for that long STP so you won't even read this last sentence.

‘Reeves was left with £18 billion less headroom in her spending plans after the OBR made a whopping error in its projections for public sector net financial liabilities.

According to Bloomberg, the quango originally found the headroom in 2028-2029 to be £62 billion. It was then corrected to just £43.9 billion. That’s 82% of the so-called and unproven £22 billion ‘black hole.

It’s probably not a good idea to tie your budgets to a forecaster that’s miscalculated UK public sector net borrowing by £53 billion every year since its establishment.’

But that's what the amature chancellor Reeves has done.

We all know a labour government would end in chaos but who would have thought that it would start in chaos.

Well plenty of posters here warned all the misguided.

Hehe.

The fact that the left brigade are still desperately searching the internet trying to extract every morsel of reasonable decent news about this $hit show of a government is pathetic. The desperation in your posts shows your lack of belief in robber Reeves actions.

You can't ever justify socialism, there is never enough money, it just doesn't work.

End of.

1p pint reduction.

1p might have helped in the 60`s and seventies but really?

A bit like Gordon Brown's 75p rise for pensioners.

Be under no illusion Reeves announced the no change in fuel duty through gritted teeth. There would be outrage akin to the winter fuel payment if she increased it after 14 years of no rises and reductions.

You can see right through these shysters.

But we still got the mandatory tobacco rise.

Bronco, let's hope you get the third op and all goes well. January 2025 is under a different regime.

We are still waiting for the £22 billion black hole explanation from the government as the OBR couldn't explain and didn't even mention it.

I asked the resident numptie 🤡 to explain it two months ago I wonder if he's got a clue now?

Recipe for disaster, an absolute $hit show.

I would think that the folks on this BB are relatively cushioned from this lot.

However, I honestly despair for the youth of this country and by association the future.

Darth.Trader as someone who doesn't vote you have no voice, your views are totally irrelevant and worthless.

Best stick to DYOR.