Have you ever seen such a sore loser?….
I don't know about sore loser, but complete and utter *unt seems more appropriate
Have you ever seen such a sore loser?….
he's an economics guy, that will drive election plan. he'll want to have one last Budget and let some effect of that come through. if Q1 GDP growth is positive that'll help, first interest rate cut in March/April, look to get it over with in summer (June, early July). otherwise wait until October (miss the conference season). leaving to Jan would look bad in itself and probably mean economic numbers haven't improved.I’m predicting that Rishi is going to be pushed into announcing an election date by his own party.
His instinct will be to hold on as long as possible, in the hope that there’s an upturn in the party’s fortunes, while those with an axe to grind will grumble and organize below him.
Should there be any sign of an organized coup he’ll immediately push the election button in order to save himself.
I'm not so sure, they will want to cling on to power by their finger tips, having one last dip into the gravy train that is OUR money, before having to sign on.I’m predicting that Rishi is going to be pushed into announcing an election date by his own party.
I'm not so sure, they will want to cling on to power by their finger tips, having one last dip into the gravy train that is OUR money, before having to sign on.
They are corrupt, feathering the nest of themselves and their mates. Hunt has done to the economy that which he did to the NHS, screwed it, he did not 'reduce inflation' our independent bank did, together with the global reducing of fuel and food costs.
I just hope that the gullible members of the voting public, do not fall for the tax cut bribe funded by the further cuts in public services as being muted for the next budget.
he's an economics guy, that will drive election plan. he'll want to have one last Budget and let some effect of that come through. if Q1 GDP growth is positive that'll help, first interest rate cut in March/April, look to get it over with in summer (June, early July). otherwise wait until October (miss the conference season). leaving to Jan would look bad in itself and probably mean economic numbers haven't improved.
I'm not so sure, they will want to cling on to power by their finger tips, having one last dip into the gravy train that is OUR money, before having to sign on.
They are corrupt, feathering the nest of themselves and their mates. Hunt has done to the economy that which he did to the NHS, screwed it, he did not 'reduce inflation' our independent bank did, together with the global reducing of fuel and food costs.
I just hope that the gullible members of the voting public, do not fall for the tax cut bribe funded by the further cuts in public services as being muted for the next budget.
Your points are valid, but my point is that desperate cornered creatures are unpredictable. I wouldn’t put it past them to try and swap leader again, even though Rishi is (depressingly) about as good as it gets for them.
I think that yet again it’s going to be internal Tory squabbling, rather than any thought of what’s best for the country, that’s going to determine when the next election is eventually scheduled for.
And they will then spend the next five years blaming Labour for all the stuff that comes out of the woodwork, and the consequences of their own actions.A GE will let them off the hook. A bit like getting sacked from your shop job before they find out you’ve been munching all the Curly Wurly’s.
I hope they do.I wouldn’t put it past them to try and swap leader again
yes, reckon he'd rather face the country than another leadership election.I agree that’s what he’ll want, but he governs by the grace of a party who are all watching him closely and openly sharpening their knives.
If he so much as feels a movement of air behind him he’ll push the election button. Not because that’s what he wants, but because they can’t then swap him out and retain the vaguest semblance of being a functional, electable political party.
I'm not sure they are as much shy as ashamed of themselves. They know they are doing something which might case them some good individually but collectively disastrous for society. They know that the real reasons they do it, they don't like brown people, they are well off enough not to need the NHS or local services, so don't mind if they go to ruin are unsayable in public, so they come up with implausible excuses, such as they can't vote labour, because there were power cuts in the 70s.The 'shy tory'.
Yes, there are millions of voters who will vote tory and would prefer to not admit it.
I would imagine they are the sort of people who, if they found a wallet on the street with money in it, would keep it.
Tax cuts now, really are the last ditch gambits of all last ditch gambits.Rishi Sunak has insisted that his government can afford to cut taxes, despite the country having entered a recession, because “economic conditions have improved”.
Problem is, is that if they win the election they will have to implement the tax cuts ...Tax cuts now, really are the last ditch gambits of all last ditch gambits.
Not a single sensible person thinks that now is a sensible time, or that the economy can withstand a pre election giveaway. Yet they continue to think about themselves. They continue to salt the earth for the incoming labour party
Personally think this is a lazy narrative from the press. By-elections typically have lower turn out, there's nothing unusual in that. Neither of yesterday's turnouts are anywhere near the list of lowest by-election turnouts, and aren't even low by the standards of the current parliament (there were 3 in 2022 that were substantially lower (under 30%, Southend West at 24%).Labour should be extremely worried that people are not enthused enough to come out and vote for them yet