Politics Thread - September 2025

[steve davies]

As I've said before many times Steve, 14 years of raping and pillaging of the country's assets are sadly not going to be a quick fix.

Billions upon billions disappeared from the public purse during that time.

It's going to be painful in the short term, while they get to grips with it.

They were literally handed a flaming pile of shit.

But thank gawd they got in when they did, otherwise it might've been irreparable.

The country could see that, hence the overwhelming majority.

There is no cure Mike we have gone to far down the road and the tories and even our own assembly ripped the taxpayers for billions during covid which as we all know will quietly be swept under the carpet.
we wrote off 51 million of missing covid funds in our own assembly FFS how can you possibly have the power to do that?.
My criticism of Starmer is that his cabinet consists of no one ( until the reshuffle yesterday) who has run or worked for a private business in their lives which is why i believe the NI on employers has tanked the economy.
Rachel is a dead woman walking and starmer will have her under the bus shortly instead of taking any responsibility himself.
I dont think the pain will be short term mike and our kids and grandkids will feel it for years to come

 

[TH63]

Diane Abbot though

 

[Nugent]

I think she's doing the right thing here. A lot of people on boats come across ahead of their families who they don't want to risk in the boat trip. I didn't realise they could apply within a month of getting asylum but, as they can, I suspect they know that this is possible.

So, removing that "right" will stop an influx of people coming here under the scheme. It also means the men who travel on the boats may think it's not worth it because they may never be able to bring family across.

Time will tell if it works, but it's a lot more meaningful than claiming we can pay Afghanistan to take their citizens back.

If you think all the blokes coming over are doing it for their families to come then you are gravely mistaken.

Britain’s borrowing costs have risen faster than any other G7 country in the wake of Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to reshuffle his team of economic advisers.

The yield on 30-year UK gilts – the return that investors demand from the Treasury to fund its debt – rose to a 27-year high of 5.64pc on Monday.


FFS worse than Truss well done Kier & Rachel

This labour govt is shit Steve.

All the business owners I speak to are fucked off with the employers NI.

 

[kernel]

It's like the rape gangs and the cover up never even happened. Shame on these women.

 

[Arfur Ap Llewellyn Europe]

There is no cure Mike we have gone to far down the road and the tories and even our own assembly ripped the taxpayers for billions during covid which as we all know will quietly be swept under the carpet.
we wrote off 51 million of missing covid funds in our own assembly FFS how can you possibly have the power to do that?.
My criticism of Starmer is that his cabinet consists of no one ( until the reshuffle yesterday) who has run or worked for a private business in their lives which is why i believe the NI on employers has tanked the economy.
Rachel is a dead woman walking and starmer will have her under the bus shortly instead of taking any responsibility himself.
I dont think the pain will be short term mike and our kids and grandkids will feel it for years to come

Agree on the NI decision. We all know full well you have to tax and chase the wealthy and those mega corps that exploit tax loopholes, but they chose to go for the powerless yet again, sadly.

 

[TH63]

Britain’s borrowing costs have risen faster than any other G7 country in the wake of Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to reshuffle his team of economic advisers.

The yield on 30-year UK gilts – the return that investors demand from the Treasury to fund its debt – rose to a 27-year high of 5.64pc on Monday.


FFS worse than Truss well done Kier & Rachel

That’s a bit of a simplistic and dare I say it, biased view Steve.

Michael Saunders, senior advisor at Oxford Economics, said there were multiple reasons behind the higher gilt yield.

“It largely reflects global factors, plus a bit of worry about sticky UK inflation, ongoing UK fiscal deficits, and long-term political risk caused by rise of Reform,” he said.

Well done Nige, Richard and Rupert

 

[steve davies]

That’s a bit of a simplistic and dare I say it, biased view Steve.

Michael Saunders, senior advisor at Oxford Economics, said there were multiple reasons behind the higher gilt yield.

“It largely reflects global factors, plus a bit of worry about sticky UK inflation, ongoing UK fiscal deficits, and long-term political risk caused by rise of Reform,” he said.

Well done Nige, Richard and Rupert

It reflects where we are at the moment though tony. when you consider the fall out from Truss we are now the worst in the G7 when 6-9 months ago we were at the top. my opinion is based purely on the Ni rise on employers. i employ just under 40 people and my employers NI contributions started at just under 10k. in the budget as well as the rise she cut that 10k in half so now i start paying at just under 5k.
i have had to adjust my costs accordingly Tony as have any other employers and that will affect the cost of living as hauliers, supermarkets etc put their costs up to cover the increase.
my 40 employees contribute in tax ni etc and i have had scope to increase the workforce but would rather stay where i am and that seems to be the trend for most employers as we see the number of vacancies drop.
an extra 10 employees Tony would take the burden off the state and they would be paying into the pot and also benefitting the economy by spending their wages in supermarkets, restaurants etc.
I believe it was the wrong decision and that is reflected in the lost confidence the markets have in the uk hence the high gilt yield interest payments. Starmer needed business people in his cabinet with experience of running businesses and he had none up until his reshuffle yesterday.
Businesses need incentives to be able to grow so they reinvest in their workforce and expand which benefits everybody. Under the current government the reverse is true and as i have said before we are to far down the track now with debt etc and i don't think for one minute reform would make an iota of difference and you can add the tories, greens or whoever else into that mix.
the country needs a complete reset and we don't have the party or personnel capable of doing it and anyone getting in will just plunge their heads into the trough to benefit themselves and not give a shit about the country or their constituents because they all seem to be selfish entitled pricks who care only about what they can make for themselves in the short time they are MP'S

 

[jon1959]

New Green leader Zack Polanski vows to 'replace' Starmer's Labour

The London Assembly member beat Green MPs Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns by a landslide.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Zack Polanski has led the Greens to their first Westminster by-election victory, just six months after taking over the party.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Nugent]

That’s a bit of a simplistic and dare I say it, biased view Steve.

Michael Saunders, senior advisor at Oxford Economics, said there were multiple reasons behind the higher gilt yield.

“It largely reflects global factors, plus a bit of worry about sticky UK inflation, ongoing UK fiscal deficits, and long-term political risk caused by rise of Reform,” he said.

Well done Nige, Richard and Rupert

Yeah but what does Prof Tom of Durham University think?

 

[LlanBlue86]

Oh what a dull cunt starmer is.
So we supply the vikings with better ships capable of launching attacks on us from even further away.

Has he forgot about their history of maniacal invasion attempts?

Whats he planning next week? Selling tanks and aircraft to Germany?
What a fucking idiot

You only need an inflatable dinghy to invade this country they are wasting a lot of money on those ships

 

[Nugent]

You only need an inflatable dinghy to invade this country they are wasting a lot of money on those ships

100% llanny

The footwashers will be out in force ti welcome em.

 

[Nugent]

 

[kernel]

tho

 

[Nugent]

tho

Ill let the leftys answer this one

 

[Eat Y'self Fitter]

Ill let the leftys answer this one

Answer what bruv?

 

[Arfur Ap Llewellyn Europe]

Let's not also overlook the unprecedented havoc caused by the big Orange Baby's tariff crusade.

 

[LlanBlue86]

This guy definitely cares about the environment and plastic in the oceans.

 

[Eat Y'self Fitter]

 

[Eat Y'self Fitter]

 

[NumberAde]

Farage no-show chaos at hard-right US conference as he misses deportation speech

Absentee MP Nigel Farage was due to give a speech on "getting mass deportations done", but arrived in Washington DC too late to speak

www.mirror.co.uk