Only in UK political art, a picture of a green lettuce is surrealism.
Key quote:
Given Labourâs huge majority it is unclear how effective a force the independents will be in Parliament.
I suspect about 2.5% as effective as when Corbyn was leader of Labour.
So Corbyn and 4 MPs elected on Sectarian lines. Thatâll have the Government shitting it!
Readable piece here from a reasonably authoritative and non-partisan source on where Rachel Reeves is making some of the same old mistakes of her predecessors. Iâd hoped for betterâŠ
Strange premise for this piece. âYou shouldnât try to run the country like a household but let me now assume that is what Reeves is trying to do and why she is wrong, even though I opened this by saying that its totally different anywayâŠâ.
He closes the piece with this glorious riddle - âAnd, to be clear, I donât believe in the household analogy. But if sheâs going to use it, she should at least follow it. And sheâs not doing that.â
Politicians have long favoured the conceit of using the household budget analogy because it often suits the economic choices they want to make (cuts, belt tightening etc) and also because they choose to presume we are too thick to understand the difference. If only the Prof could treat us like adults and leave the riddles and perhaps describe what he would actually prefer her to do instead.
You need to remember that youâre a distant outlier outwith the financially-illiterate audience for writing like that.
Heâs a knobhead. Far left wing arse with an axe to grind.
There is a fairly major assumption in the premise that is unstared, which is that the real finance cost would not change with lots more borrowing. Given the effect of the lettuce on bond markets with major implied fiscal policy changes that may not be entirely realistic.
I agree. All that talk of household budget analogies and she hasnât even thought of replacing the Heinz baked beans with supermarket own brand alternatives, or turning the thermostat down a couple of degrees.
Fucking amateur.
Starmer still struggling to remember who is the PM at PMQs but enjoyed his put down of the Nats.
⊠including Lord Bethell and his amazing Schrödingerâs phone.
His next wife, at a guessâŠ
He shoots ⊠âŠ
