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Economist/YouGov Poll: Inflation is the issue that by far the most Americans say is their most importanthttps://t.co/ZZdh9GsmBm pic.twitter.com/shMzV4xr3I
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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/24/opinion/trump-election-inflation-working-class.html
But that sums it all up really. The great demos will vote for the snake oil man and then get what's coming to them.
How long before Biden's years are seen as a golden oasis before the fall?
It was a corrupt bargain between von Papen and Oskar von Hindenburg that ushered in Hitler.
The real question would be - what is the advantage of having your fuel production in Saudi, when you can have it home? The sun doesn't shine *that* much brighter there, than say, the Arizona desert....
https://news.sky.com/story/chancellor-rachel-reeves-to-change-public-finance-rules-to-borrow-more-for-investment-13240354
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg745ggn3no
That reporting makes it sound like there was a load of money locked in a box in the treasury that just needed unlocking, rather than what in reality it means is loads of extra borrowing.
If - for example - Gordon Brown and George Osborne had borrowed in 1998 or 2012 to build high speed rail, FTTP cabling (the South Koreans had it) and nuclear power plants that would by now have paid back that borrowing and continued making a healthy return for decades, we'd be in much better shape as a nation now.
The problem for 70 years is that we've been borrowing to fund current account spending while our legacy infrastructure either decayed away or was replaced with cheap rubbish that's now decayed away in turn.
I haven't been able to find a reputable source for this. Is there one?
The only side effect of COVID vaccines seems to be the 178,563 Zune players I've bought. So far. Aside from that, awesome.
And his loans are infamously stingy too...
How much attention to this distinction do we think the financial markets will give, or will they be more concerned by aggregate borrowing levels?
Inflation/prices 25%
Immigration 13%
Jobs and the economy 11%
Health care 10%
Abortion 7%
Abortion even being in the top 5 is a huge change, I believe, compared to some years ago. Healthcare being 4th is good for the Dems too.
The question asked is which issue is most important to you. The equivalent YouGov polling in the UK asks for respondents' top 3 issues. I'm unclear why these are being asked differently, and it makes comparison across to the UK results difficult (economy 48%, immigration & asylum 44%, health 43%, crime 21%, housing 20%). The UK approach seems more useful to me.
I doubt Reeves will suffer the same fate, but she and the government must be praying the markets do not react adversely to her announcement and her actual Autumn Statement
I do find it disturbing that another politician, and in this case a key one, said before the election they would not change the borrowing rules but after being elected says with a straight face they are going to do so contrary to the previous comments
I am very concerned for the amount of tax and borrowing Reeves is proposing, and whilst some borrowing to invest might be justified, we are approaching a serious day of reckoning for the government which is already unpopular
Let's reserve judgement until we know the details but the saying one thing and doing the opposite just leaves a bad taste
Just be honest please
It's frankly embarrassing that Sofia has a better local transport infrastructure than anywhere outside of London...
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bill-gates-arrest-warrant-philippines/ Was an Arrest Warrant Issued for Bill Gates in the Philippines? No.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bill-gates-india-sued/ Is Bill Gates Being Sued by India Over Vaccination Deaths? No.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/italy-bill-gates-arrest/ Is Italy Calling for Bill Gates' Arrest? No, the Italian government isn't, but one 5SM MP did.
There's an obvious pattern!
I was listening to George Osborne the other day, regretting he had cut investment. Pointed out that many of the projects he cancelled still need to be built (indeed Reeves has put some on hold). Really hope we finally have a govt that will take a long-term approach and get on and build.
And they're in much worse fiscal shape than we are, although Reeves clearly wants to change that.
https://youtu.be/1z6o1GIEsQE?t=53&si=zMzIA9XqN0C4zz2c
New hospital - if it leads to fewer people 'on the sick' and/or it is more efficient (yeah, right).
Not sure how a new prison leads to increased revenue.
Definitely see the Gordon Brown definition of 'investment' being used within the first 6 months.
They think the exporter pays the tax but the price they pay will remain the same ($100) when in reality that $100 item from China now costs $300, so they are forced to purchase the $200 version manufactured outside of China...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/oct/24/labour-budget-keir-starmer-rachel-reeves-imf-uk-politics
CBC - Some [24 out of 153] Liberal MPs issue a deadline to Trudeau: make up your mind to stay or go by Oct. 28
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal-caucus-meeting-trudeau-future-1.7359883
CBC - How the internal push to force Trudeau to resign played out — and what might happen next
Internal calls for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign as Liberal leader were aired out behind closed doors Wednesday as Liberal MPs met on Parliament Hill.
What happened in the caucus meeting?
Sources speaking to Radio-Canada said that 24 MPs signed an agreement to call on Trudeau to step down as Liberal leader.
Two sources told CBC News that B.C. MP Patrick Weiler read out a separate document — which laid out an argument for Trudeau's resignation — during the meeting. Weiler pointed to the boost that Democrats gained after U.S. President Joe Biden backed out of the presidential race and suggested the Liberals could see a similar rebound.
MPs were given two minutes each to address the room during the three-hour-long meeting. About 20 — none of them cabinet ministers — stood up to urge Trudeau to step aside before the next election, sources said. But a number of MPs also stood to voice support for the prime minister.
The dissident MPs gave Trudeau until Oct. 28 to decide on his future, sources said. But no consequences attached to that deadline were mentioned in the document read to caucus Wednesday.
The prime minister himself addressed the meeting and two MPs told CBC News that he became emotional when he talked about his children having to see "F--- Trudeau" signs in public. At the end of the meeting, Trudeau said he would reflect on what he heard but didn't indicate that he would resign. . . .
Despite the pressure on Trudeau, the decision on whether to stay or go ultimately rests with him. He has said repeatedly he wants to lead the party into the next election; it remains to be seen if Wednesday's meeting will make him reconsider. . . .
The Liberal caucus could have had a secret ballot option if MPs had agreed to adopt the provisions in the 2015 Reform Act — legislation meant to make party leaders more accountable to their caucus members.
Under the act, if 20 per cent of caucus members sign a petition calling for a leadership review, a vote is triggered. If a majority of the MPs vote against the leader, they are forced to step down. This measure was used to oust former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole in 2022.
But the Reform Act states that parties must vote on whether to adopt its measures after each general election and the Liberals have never done so. Even if the Liberals did have the Reform Act option at their disposal, the 24 MPs who signed the document wouldn't be enough to force the vote. . . .
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/what-happened-liberal-meeting-trudeau-leadership-1.7361018
No I don't think anyone on here would be surprised in the slightest.
I’ve half started writing a short story, where it turns out that the bullshit modern art market is actually time travellers preventing the next Hitler by burying him/her in money….
https://x.com/disclosetv/status/1849474234633900077
But wouldn't it be a much better investment to prevent people getting ill in the first place? This is where Labour need to show some steel and invest in things that reduce the burden on the state.
Government looks at private sector "that looks easy, we can do that".
As for this quote. What a load of BS.
Speaking on Sky News’ Electoral Dysfunction podcast, Harman said Starmer did not appreciate why this was a live issue for so many country, and she said the PM should “lean in to a sense of cultural respect and equality”
Mayoral elections could go back to an ordinal system.
Who says you can't sell the same thing twice?
Preferred the Hepworths.
[Yorkshire Sculpture Park]
An honest Chancellor, one who wanted to be candid with the British people about their very unhappy state, would not be looking to deceive the naïve in this way. They would be looking to genuinely improve the situation. Instead, we are going to pretend things are fine for a few more years until the markets say enough.