fightoffyour Posted October 17, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, Xela said: Bring back Boris! Parachuted into Lichfield to save his seat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted October 17, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 17, 2022 9 minutes ago, desensitized43 said: So Liz dodges the urgent question because she’s got something super important and super secret that no one can know about. Turns up for the speech by her new chancellor, answers no questions and quickly exits before any can be asked back to the super secret bunker. Any amusing guesses what the super secret and super important “thing” is? It could be like the wizard of oz but she’ll need “all of the above” won’t she? Courage, a brain and a heart! Reuters British Prime Minister Liz Truss met earlier on Monday with lawmaker Graham Brady, who heads up the committee in charge of running Conservative Party leadership contests, The Guardian reported, citing sources from Truss's office. "Truss was with Sir Graham Brady during Labour's urgent question in HoC (House of Commons) - as per No 10 sources," Guardian Political Editor Pippa Crerar said on Twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted October 17, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, trekka said: Reuters Graham Brady asking her to stop them needing to change their rules and resign..... Or else they'll change their rules? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted October 17, 2022 Author Moderator Share Posted October 17, 2022 4 hours ago, Panto_Villan said: Yeah, you're right about the standing charges going up a lot. But while the costs for bailing out all the energy companies are passed onto the surviving ones that that will factor into the rises, apparently companies just get to choose what standing charge they want to charge people and this sits outside the standard cap. So it varies heavily from provider to provider. Quote Standing charges are a daily fee for gas and electricity customers and are added to your bill regardless of how much energy you use. Ofgem does not set a limit on this part of your bill – it is down to suppliers how they break down unit and standing charge prices below its overall cap. That article is not right. Standing charges are currently laid out by ofgem, same as unit charges https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/information-consumers/energy-advice-households/check-if-energy-price-cap-affects-you Quote Customer with typical usage, paying by direct debit* Energy Price Guarantee - From 1 October 2022 Electricity £0.34 per/kWh Daily standing charge: £0. 46 Gas £0.10 per kWh Daily standing charge: £0. 28 So, in terms of the government, I really don’t understand the determination not to levy an increased windfall tax on the likes of shell and BP and the others who are reaping huge profits for no extra effort, while at the same time the government is recovering money from poor people in the form of these standing charges, for energy distribution companies going bust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Here's my prediction. In the coming weeks Truss will miss a few meetings and a replacement will stand in for her. The official explanation will be urgent official business. Then she will announce that she is suffering with an illness for some time. This unspecified illness has become much worse recently and she needs to step aside for health reasons. The Tory Party will reluctantly accept her resignation and rally round her whilst she bravely recovers from the serious but unspecified illness. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted October 17, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 17, 2022 The complete irony is how she modelled herself on Thatcher, The Lady is not for turning was even cited I think, than has turned faster and completely on pretty much everything. The Lady most definitely IS for turning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desensitized43 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 37 minutes ago, trekka said: Reuters So undignified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 26 minutes ago, Mandy Lifeboats said: Here's my prediction. In the coming weeks Truss will miss a few meetings and a replacement will stand in for her. The official explanation will be urgent official business. Then she will announce that she is suffering with an illness for some time. This unspecified illness has become much worse recently and she needs to step aside for health reasons. The Tory Party will reluctantly accept her resignation and rally round her whilst she bravely recovers from the serious but unspecified illness. I think the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 31 minutes ago, Mandy Lifeboats said: Here's my prediction. In the coming weeks Truss will miss a few meetings and a replacement will stand in for her. The official explanation will be urgent official business. Then she will announce that she is suffering with an illness for some time. This unspecified illness has become much worse recently and she needs to step aside for health reasons. The Tory Party will reluctantly accept her resignation and rally round her whilst she bravely recovers from the serious but unspecified illness. Feigning illness will be so undignified. Surely cant happen but can see it exactly as you describe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 1 hour ago, desensitized43 said: So Liz dodges the urgent question because she’s got something super important and super secret that no one can know about. Turns up for the speech by her new chancellor, answers no questions and quickly exits before any can be asked back to the super secret bunker. Any amusing guesses what the super secret and super important “thing” is? It could be like the wizard of oz but she’ll need “all of the above” won’t she? Courage, a brain and a heart! She'll be in Ukraine tomorrow. Or a freezer. Can't remember which one works the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, Nicho said: Feigning illness will be so undignified. Not feigning illness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 9 minutes ago, DCJonah said: She'll be in Ukraine tomorrow. Or a freezer. Can't remember which one works the best. If she's terrified of Keir Starmer, I'd probably not recommend down-town Kiev at the moment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted October 17, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 17, 2022 29 minutes ago, Mandy Lifeboats said: Not feigning illness. Is being powerfully stupid an illness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chindie Posted October 17, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, mjmooney said: For the good of the country everyone should be given vintage V8s, coal fires, and instructed to leave fan heaters on in every room at all times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 (edited) Hunt did a much superior job at explaining things than the useless chancellor before and the even more useless PM Edited October 17, 2022 by Demitri_C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted October 17, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 17, 2022 3 hours ago, Mandy Lifeboats said: Here's my prediction. In the coming weeks Truss will miss a few meetings and a replacement will stand in for her. The official explanation will be urgent official business. Then she will announce that she is suffering with an illness for some time. This unspecified illness has become much worse recently and she needs to step aside for health reasons. The Tory Party will reluctantly accept her resignation and rally round her whilst she bravely recovers from the serious but unspecified illness. Interesting take. I think you may be spot on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 I still can’t get my head around the facts, 1) Truss promised to slash taxes if she was elected as Tory leader / PM. 2) Truss was elected Tory leader / PM 3) Truss slashed taxes. 4) Everyone lost their minds (rightly) 5) Markets tanked 6) Truss attempts to fix it, and fails 7) Truss sacks the Chancellor who was following her orders. 8 ) Truss position is hanging by a thread 9) Truss appoints a new Chancellor who’s first task is announcing all the tax cuts are being scrapped as they were a terrible idea. The key issue here for me was the tory members who voted for her to be leader, when she had such an idiotic plan. It looked a disaster from the start. It’s on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 9 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Hunt did a much superior job at explaining things than the useless chancellor before and the even more useless PM He is just a polished performer. Of course he is also the man that laid the chickens that have been coming home to roost in the NHS. Replace the first letter of his name with a C as that is exactly what he is. A grade A one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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