ender4 Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 11 minutes ago, El Zen said: Hang on, I don’t know how hard you’ve been hit by inflation in the UK, but our central bank is now making my life fairly f***ing miserable raising interest rates so I’ll spend less money, because inflation. Yet your government is handing out massive tax cuts? Has the BoE raised interest rates recently? If so, tax cuts to the rich coupled with raised interest rates must be the worst kind of ‘f*** you’ to working people? yep, exactly. BOE put interest rates up by 0.5% yesterday. Now tax cuts for the rich today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 When does the uprising begin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 VONC before Christmas still a possibility? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted September 23, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 23, 2022 8 minutes ago, El Zen said: Hang on, I don’t know how hard you’ve been hit by inflation in the UK, but our central bank is now making my life fairly f***ing miserable raising interest rates so I’ll spend less money, because inflation. Yet your government is handing out massive tax cuts? Has the BoE raised interest rates recently? If so, tax cuts to the rich coupled with raised interest rates must be the worst kind of ‘f*** you’ to working people? Tories gonna Tory. Inflation iirc is around 10% for us, interest rates are rising fairly quickly (BoE announced a rise to 2.25% yesterday, highest since before 2008), so of course what you do is reduce taxes with a big song and dance, and swear that tax reductions will be invested by those that win from them disproportionately to make everyone richer. Meanwhile the wheels fall off services, nobody has any money because everything is expensive, and lots of money goes to accountants to reap the maximum reward from this new bounty of money the rich get. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted September 23, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 23, 2022 3 minutes ago, DCJonah said: When does the uprising begin? Never. We're British. We love a rich boot to lick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 6 minutes ago, DCJonah said: When does the uprising begin? I think there could be unrest this time. Feels like a poll tax moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 1 minute ago, Jareth said: I think there could be unrest this time. Feels like a poll tax moment. I doubt it. People are too lazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Just now, Genie said: I doubt it. People are too lazy. True true, but Truss has only just started, it'll get worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Jareth said: I think there could be unrest this time. Feels like a poll tax moment. Most are the country are very happy with the budget. Daily Mail saying how great it is, The Sun saying how it'll "save YOU HUNDREDS", Tory voters all excited about cutting benefits, self-employed all excited about scrapping IR35 so they can pretend not be employed, house-buyers loving stamp duty cut, my boss rang me very happy with corporation tax 'cut', and so on. Edited September 23, 2022 by ender4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 3 minutes ago, ender4 said: Most are the country are very happy with the budget. Daily Mail saying how great it is, The Sun saying how it'll "save YOU HUNDREDS", Tory voters all excited about cutting benefits, self-employed all excited about scrapping IR35 so they can pretend not be employed, house-buyers loving stamp duty cut, my boss rang me very happy with corporation tax 'cut', and so on. How odd, all the Tory backbenchers were very glum, they know they've lost the next election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 5 minutes ago, Jareth said: True true, but Truss has only just started, it'll get worse My theory is that angry constituents are going to be pissing in their Tory MP’s ears. They will gradually start to turn on the PM as they realise another shit leader is risking their seat on the gravy train. Fast forward through several cock ups, failed promises and stupid ideas, and we’ll then hear about letters going into the 1922. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Boris and Sunak were better that this lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desensitized43 Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 I think this might be the point where the Tories have realised they’ve no chance at the next election and they have truly **** the country so have decided to stuff as much cash in their pockets before getting thrown out. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 8 minutes ago, desensitized43 said: I think this might be the point where the Tories have realised they’ve no chance at the next election and they have truly **** the country so have decided to stuff as much cash in their pockets before getting thrown out. And then Labour get in, are really unpopular because they have to reverse all these terrible policies, which opens the door for the Tories to get back in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Genie said: I doubt it. People are too lazy. Na they will just go on forums or social media and vent. Like that will make any difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted September 23, 2022 Moderator Share Posted September 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Chindie said: Never. We're British. We love a rich boot to lick. Quite. People in this country love to go on about the French being cowards or "surrender monkeys", but those **** would've been wheeling out the guillotines months ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 23, 2022 Moderator Share Posted September 23, 2022 1 minute ago, NurembergVillan said: Quite. People in this country love to go on about the French being cowards or "surrender monkeys", but those **** would've been wheeling out the guillotines months ago. and burning sheep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted September 23, 2022 Moderator Share Posted September 23, 2022 1 hour ago, ender4 said: Most are the country are very happy with the budget. Daily Mail saying how great it is, The Sun saying how it'll "save YOU HUNDREDS", Tory voters all excited about cutting benefits, self-employed all excited about scrapping IR35 so they can pretend not be employed, house-buyers loving stamp duty cut, my boss rang me very happy with corporation tax 'cut', and so on. Lots of Twitter accounts proclaiming how delighted they are because "lefty tears". Also plenty of sentiment supporting the idea that these policies are great for those who work hard and bad for "scroungers" and "benefits cheats". You'd think every right-wing voter in this country earned at least £150k, the way most of them go on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted September 23, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 23, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Genie said: I doubt it. People are too lazy. Wait till these measures cause rampant inflation, which forces the BoE to massively raise interest rates, which will mean people can't pay their mortgages and lose their houses. And then they see massive bonuses for bankers, and the Government literally not giving a flying s**t if they are sleeping in a box under spaghetti junction. Things could get very ugly, just like in the 80's. Edited September 23, 2022 by HKP90 Typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 (edited) What they are doing now is criminal and just compounds logic given their policies between 2010 and 2017. Money was cheap to borrow then yet they trumpeted austerity and decimated public services. Now money is getting increasingly more expensive to borrow they are borrowing shit loads to give the richest a big tax cut and subsidise energy companies. The long term pain from what they have done today is going to fall on the shoulders of all of us including our children. Edited September 23, 2022 by markavfc40 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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