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Re: Prices and politics – politicalbetting.com
A political movement based on drinking Peroni.‘Twas ever thus"the prices crisis isn’t caused by elites"?I thought the same thing.
How would you describe Trump, the GOP, and his billionaire funders, enablers and sycophants then?
And the fact that it's a War being driven by fundamentalists of the three Abrahamic religions.
Are they not an elite?
Peronism, for example. Which Trumpism resembles to quite a degree.
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He needs to be replaced by someone who can think on their feet. No more umming are erring candidates need apply. That means an exclusion for Milliband, Healey, Reeves and Powell for starters.I am struggling to understand how a critical mass of MPs unseats Starmer in May.I cannot see Starmer being ousted, though in reshuffling his cabinet he needs to be careful not to provoke a contest
I just cannot see it. They’ll brief anonymously and angrily and he’ll reshuffle the cabinet.
Re: Prices and politics – politicalbetting.com
Trump's off on one again this afternoon. When will Starmer do they decent thing and let the KIng off the hook regarding the US visit.Starmer wouldn't fucking dare. Chaz is going to have to go and kiss arse.
Dura_Ace
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I don't think that people will go back to Labour and Conservatives, in response to rising prices.
FPT My back of the envelope calculation for the local elections is that Reform will gain around 150 seats in London, and around 1,200 outside it. Labour's vote share is down by half on 2022, so they'll likely be losing more than half the 2,400 seats they are defending.
FPT My back of the envelope calculation for the local elections is that Reform will gain around 150 seats in London, and around 1,200 outside it. Labour's vote share is down by half on 2022, so they'll likely be losing more than half the 2,400 seats they are defending.
Sean_F
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I'm not sure the idea that the more prices shoot up and there's shortages and so on that this means people will cling to the status quo.
Russian revolution started with protests over price of bread iirc.
Russian revolution started with protests over price of bread iirc.
Re: Prices and politics – politicalbetting.com
Interesting article Rochdale, but you can't have it both ways. It can't be bad that Ref/Green will fall away AND bad that Lab/Con will remain, surely?
Cookie
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Trump live with his cabinet is just unbelievable and actually quite frightening
What have we done to deserve this malign narcissist President and his cohort of equally bad colleagues
I fear he will have destroyed alliances and economies in the west beyond Putin's wildest dreams, and once broken may never be repaired
This crisis will test every government and not many will avoid the electorate's anger, fairly or unfairly
What have we done to deserve this malign narcissist President and his cohort of equally bad colleagues
I fear he will have destroyed alliances and economies in the west beyond Putin's wildest dreams, and once broken may never be repaired
This crisis will test every government and not many will avoid the electorate's anger, fairly or unfairly
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Thanks for the article Rochdale.
Prices will go up, energy cost increases have a knock on effect on food and other basic commodities. Hitting the start of March with big increases in fuel and fertiliser is bad news for keeping costs down.
However, its not as big a shock as Ukraine, and could be a slow burner over the summer.
I expect Starmer to try and dig in after the May results, but if the £ in your pocket/online bank account isn't going as far there will be a lot of concerned Labour MPs. A volatile electorate gives them a lot to think about over the summer.
Prices will go up, energy cost increases have a knock on effect on food and other basic commodities. Hitting the start of March with big increases in fuel and fertiliser is bad news for keeping costs down.
However, its not as big a shock as Ukraine, and could be a slow burner over the summer.
I expect Starmer to try and dig in after the May results, but if the £ in your pocket/online bank account isn't going as far there will be a lot of concerned Labour MPs. A volatile electorate gives them a lot to think about over the summer.
DoctorG
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Off topic, but I see in a previous thread, that rcs1000 has, like Dr. Foxy, attacked the quality of American food.
Two thoughts: The success of, for example, McDonald's in other nations and, for example, KFC in Japan(!) suggests that the two may be in a minority.
Second, anyone who has read Calvin Trillin will know that many of our favorite food choices are tied to pleasant experiences when we were growing up. (There's a good discussion of that in the first chapter of American Fried. )
And that there is much good food to be found in the US if you stop looking for imitation French cuisine:
https://www.amazon.com/Tummy-Trilogy-American-Fried-Helpings/dp/0374524173/ref=sr_1_2?crid=8MZ1M3WRLDB4&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.GU7hSjG2nir-AGbavebZHpBF-S5GVf3MKm1ZX_9iewYM-UxkhGHelGU5lTOyr0WZV-oyYuBxK8xaBg8YOZsSWyPu9r4wTUoSG15TluPC3rTqx293YxtIc7XSu0BAPb-rc4DA4XsgPz-ugI1QWU-u9rLxF2T8t56DsUast2rxIlF42m7ohErgqKAjvrpzjqEUgYmJYIdGqiXGLbBhSD8CF9CxqnQfETxe-2K4wqP78Uk.e_HBIa6xwE8xKejuFcpIdD5N211h-sweg97gt21ZzG0&dib_tag=se&keywords=American+Fried&qid=1774540460&s=books&sprefix=american+fried,stripbooks,182&sr=1-2
For example, I appreciate his suggestion on how to best cook corn on the cob: First, bring the water to a boil, and then send the fastest boy to the field to harvest the ears
Two thoughts: The success of, for example, McDonald's in other nations and, for example, KFC in Japan(!) suggests that the two may be in a minority.
Second, anyone who has read Calvin Trillin will know that many of our favorite food choices are tied to pleasant experiences when we were growing up. (There's a good discussion of that in the first chapter of American Fried. )
And that there is much good food to be found in the US if you stop looking for imitation French cuisine:
https://www.amazon.com/Tummy-Trilogy-American-Fried-Helpings/dp/0374524173/ref=sr_1_2?crid=8MZ1M3WRLDB4&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.GU7hSjG2nir-AGbavebZHpBF-S5GVf3MKm1ZX_9iewYM-UxkhGHelGU5lTOyr0WZV-oyYuBxK8xaBg8YOZsSWyPu9r4wTUoSG15TluPC3rTqx293YxtIc7XSu0BAPb-rc4DA4XsgPz-ugI1QWU-u9rLxF2T8t56DsUast2rxIlF42m7ohErgqKAjvrpzjqEUgYmJYIdGqiXGLbBhSD8CF9CxqnQfETxe-2K4wqP78Uk.e_HBIa6xwE8xKejuFcpIdD5N211h-sweg97gt21ZzG0&dib_tag=se&keywords=American+Fried&qid=1774540460&s=books&sprefix=american+fried,stripbooks,182&sr=1-2
In the 1970s, Calvin Trillin informed America that its most glorious food was not to be found at the pretentious restaurants he referred to generically as La Maison de la Casa House, Continental Cuisine. With three hilarious books over the next two decades―American Fried; Alice, Let's Eat; and Third Helpings―he established himself as, in Craig Claiborne's phrase, "the Walt Whitman of American eats." Trillin's three comic masterpieces are now available in what Trillin calls The Tummy Trilogy.I haven't read the third, but can tell you that the first two are funny -- and informative.
For example, I appreciate his suggestion on how to best cook corn on the cob: First, bring the water to a boil, and then send the fastest boy to the field to harvest the ears
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Disagree strongly with the thread header. It doesn't matter why the inflation has happened - the incumbents will be blamed for it. The only thing that helps Labour is that there is a bit longer until the next GE than there was in 2022. But it doesn't help much.
