It tells you everything you need to know about the present state of the Tory party that Hunt - a man who always appears to be in the midst of a prostrate examination - is considered their biggest political heavyweight.
Hes an imbecile, but everything’s relative
speculating again about a GE
I wonder if he will announce a date today for an autumn one, just to stop the gossip
speculating again about a GE
I wonder if he will announce a date today for an autumn one, just to stop the gossip
Interesting.
Today might the *best* ahem - economic window they may get. Inflation is likely to tick up again and they're all over Twitter with their lying **** banner of crushing inflation.
I would say it's unlikely but probably the most possible window of short term phoney positivity they will get.
The BoE was looking like pivoting on interest rates back in March and May - but have since dragged their stupidly stubborn heels.
Dunno - I think these gossips often turn out to be nothing. Probably an announcement how they've squashed inflation (give us a break.)
The Tories aren't even in control of the economy other than letting it be out of control.
We knew inflation would reset when supply caught up.
Cul-de-sac economics.
A potential interest rate cut to 5.00% in June would be an epoch-defining success by post-Covid standards...
As mentioned on JoB this morning, an early July election would land around the Euro 24 quarter or semi final so possible timed to jump on the band wagon? Also falls in to the second half of the year, which is what that funny, little man just said in PMQ's.
I see the ‘Party of Lawnorder’ has told the police to stop arresting people
I read a while ago that according to "un-named senior conservative sources" they were warned about this happening repeatedly since 2010, and just didn't give a hoot about it.
Inflation is likely to tick up again
How long before the recent increase in the Minimum Wage takes to impact inflation?
Sunak is being extremely oblique about the possibility of a GE. Keeps saying "the second half of the year" which is a nonsense reply cos it can't possibly be in the first half of the year cos we're nearly in June already.
Like saying "Brexit means Brexit".
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The Tories aren’t even in control of the economy other than letting it be out of control.
I thought that was the whole point of Tory economics. To try and exert any sort of control is communism or something
How long before the recent increase in the Minimum Wage takes to impact inflation?
Not so sure. Lower wages are sucked up by the cost of living increases currently.
Interest income to the rich has likely been part of inflation equation recently.
A potential interest rate cut to 5.00% in June would be an epoch-defining success by post-Covid standards.
Yeah I've been saying that one for a while. That gonna happen at some point shortly. Although they would be ahead of the Fed which remains hawkish on rates.
Either way spin will be spun. And election timing will be part of it.
BoE should have been cutting a while ago but they've can't give up their ridiculous logic, and not looked to have failed.
How long before the recent increase in the Minimum Wage takes to impact inflation?
It probably won't. We have to have two upcoming inflation spikes likely, both supply side... food* and energy** again. If they don't fall on us at the same time, and the government can time the election right, it'll look like a return to "normal" for inflation for just long enough for it to help them...
* too wet in UK, too dry elsewhere, plus more Brexit costs coming
** lower energy prices unlikely to be maintained to the end of the year
if sunak gets out the podium and announces the cones hotline Mk2 this evening its going to be very annoying
https://twitter.com/PickardJE/status/1793270219533586856
No more false hope, please...name the date so we can all have a farewell and F- off party.
Probably just going to be a reshuffle to create the Minister for Prisoners Doing Time at Home or some other innovation...
Worth remembering July is the second half of the year.
if sunak gets out the podium and announces the cones hotline Mk2 this evening its going to be very annoying
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Or we've got to stock up on beans because they've made the world so dangerous.
Panasonic are announcing a new full frame camera at 15:00 maybe he's doing that?
Ok, I'm calling it, it's going to be a Summer election. 👍😁
Im going for him naming a date in the autumn
are there any techbro CEO jobs that have suddenly become vacant in Silicon Valley?
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Im going for him naming a date in the autumnare there any techbro CEO jobs that have suddenly become vacant in Silicon Valley?
I suspect he'll market himself as an AI expert over there, billions of dollars going that way at the moment and Sunak loves his dosh.
Helps him avoid having to talk to the working class.
Rishi: I've called this press conference to tell you that we have a plan, and that Labour doesn't. And we've turned a corner and plan to keep delivering for hard working people...
This morning's inflation figure and marginally-revised growth figure is going to be the economic high point of the next six months, probably.
looks like July 4th
Can we hurry up and move on, please?
PMQs today sounded completely back to front... with everyone knowing they are on the wrong benches.
I was going to take the day after the election off just to ostentatiously celebrate, but will be on holiday anyway if it's early July. The sonofapitch does it just to spite me, I'm sure!
I've been on holiday the last two times we've had a change in PM, I've got a holiday booked for the 29th june -6th july just saying.
This morning’s inflation figure and marginally-revised growth figure is going to be the economic high point of the next six months, probably.
Correct.
This is the whole balloon of their campaign. That voters don't like inflation.
(inflation didn't come in as low as expected BTW and will probably return, and growth is weak.)
5 pm presser, most of the press calling it for July
Well 5ish. Wish he would get a move on and put us all of out his misery.
Squash the student vote, hope the middle aged are lost in summer activities, rely on the oldies turning out no matter what.
If Sunak & Hunt want to hang their hat on the economy, they have a very tight window where figures look good (in the press but not the real world).
All makes sense to me.
But I hope they lose by even more than the current polls suggest.
Don't get complacent and go for the "they're all the same, so I'm not voting" or the "the Tories have lost anyway, so I can freely vote for third/fourth/fifth placed candidate to make a point"... everything can fall apart in the voting booths... Sunak can still win.
4 million people screaming at their radios right now as Sunak claims he looked after us all during Covid, when in fact it left them out on a limb.
Didn't expect his announcement to have a soundtrack...
So its official, July 4th.
"seized the opportunities of Brexit to make this the best country in the word to build a small business" ... what a cheeky ####!
Things can only get better blasting out in the background 🤣🤣🤣
Are the tech companies really going to employ him? With his record?
With his record?
With his wifes money and his and her connections?
Tech company no but he would definitely be an asset for the tech adjacent venture capitalists/hedge funds
He'll have a contact list second to none.
Anyway, that sounded like a resignation speech.
It's not what you know but who you know. Former prime ministers (and deputy prime ministers) can do very well by relying on the phone numbers stored in their mobiles.
Edit: Sorry for some reason I missed the first sentence in Kelvin's previous post. The point was already made.
@kelvin It’s about three weeks before schools break up in England so lots of the middle aged will still be around. Not sure where studes are generally registered these days, I was registered at home I think,
Thank god, top trolling from the people with the sound system.
The speech was horrific and looking like the drowned rat he is didn't help.
Just realised I may be abroad, might fly out that day and vote early.
That speech was a gift to political sketch writers up there with May's p45 conference one.
Allegedly tory MPs were told to space out their standing down announcements over the summer so it didn't look like a flood and rumours of more about to defect too
They won't be pleased by this, will we see a flurry now?
The point was already made.
Yeah, but you explained it.
It’s about three weeks before schools break up in England so lots of the middle aged will still be around.
Not for years 11 & 13. Or Universities, lots of colleges, etc...
But I wasn't necessarily thinking of people with kids still at school, more those slightly older... getting breaks in before the school holidays push the prices up... they are still less likely to vote Conservative... unlike the retired.
Thank god, top trolling from the people with the sound system.
Steve Bray. They've changed laws and reorganised how they film broadcast because of him. He... does... not... give... in....
will we see a flurry now?
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Seeing mention of holidays, students etc. fills me with fear that the bastards will win through complacency. Get voting early folks https://www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote
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