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Even the BBC is forced to admit our distinguished Chancellor was somewhat economical with the truth:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cewjkv8jylko
There is also a political dimension to this omnishambles.
Given that Reeves and Starmer both already knew the OBR had said tax receipts were strong, why did they keep on saying that they would have to increase income tax when they knew it would not be necessary?
All it has done is:
Anger their Cabinet colleagues for being kept in the dark;
Enrage their backbenchers, many of whom have seen their chances of being re-elected to little more than zero;
Gifted the Opposition a chance to attack them for potentially breaking a clear manifesto pledge;
Send Labour even further south in the opinion polls (as low as 15% in some surveys).It is incompetent and utterly hopeless, no matter how anyone tries to spin it.
Just when you thought this government couldn’t possibly get any worse, Lammy – the man who thinks Marie Antoinette discovered radium – wants to get rid of jury trials for most cases.
Best post budget comment?
from a Leeds bricklayer ‘Some days I want to give up, but here’s people on benefits depending on me’
then we have
A businessman who signed a letter praising Labour for it’s ‘fiscal disciple’ ahead of the election is closing his shops. … citing high costs and ‘economic uncertainty’, saying the business environment had ‘simply become unsustainable’
And within economic circles the ‘R’ word is being mentioned ….. yes recession.
good luck to allRecession is a Tory word Kid , happens when there in charge , markets have accepted the budget and all’s good there , FTSE had a really strong year , interest rates calming , Torys must be reeling after losing another big party funder to Reform ….you can here the knives sharpening for Badenoch
The FTSE has seen a huge rise this year , common sense says it’s likely to slow however many thinks it’s been undervalued for years , it’s the shadow of AI that’s leaves the question mark
I don’t know or much care who Richard Murphy is, but he loves his techno speak that could be taken to mean anything.
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I crawled on six crooked highwaysBest post budget comment?
from a Leeds bricklayer ‘Some days I want to give up, but here’s people on benefits depending on me’If benefits are so good then why doesn’t he quit and go on them? I’m sure all those people ‘depending on him’ will still get theirs.
Perhaps he could go to France, throw all his papers away and come over on a boat, he’d get everything for free then.
Are people really this stupid?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/13/fake-anti-labour-video-billion-views-youtube-2025
Yes. Yes they are.
Strange, I’d have thought that those on the right would be outraged at this interference with, and threat to, our democracy by foreign actors. If Labour is doing such a bad job then why are they having to make things up?
Came across a article about comrade Starmer’s early years when involved with a publication called ‘socialist alternative’ from which I gather was as popular as he is today.What caught my eye was the assessment of Starmer by one of his former colleagues.He says ….
During the election campaign, he claimed there is ‘no sign’ that Starmer’s radical youth left any trace on his current politics. ‘The guy is an empty suit….’ he said. ‘I think he’s just a puppet saying whatever he’s being told to say and it’s going to be the worst you’ve ever seen. Every day it seems he’s able to insult our intelligence and morals in a new way, which is beyond comprehension … I don’t think he’s his own person. I think other interests have their hands firmly up his backside.
‘He’s pretty wooden right? He’s not so inspiring. I don’t think there’s anything special about Keir.
Of the magazine in question.
For all it’s sound and fury, even it’s founder conceded: ‘No one read it’
good luck to all
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