Put your Hands up 

If your not going to get 

DRY BUMMED 

in two weeks 

 

5 minutes ago, Cheese said:

Maybe this explains a few things?

 

Keir Starmer got some new shoes though. Let's not forget this!

4 minutes ago, Cheese said:

Maybe this explains a few things?

 

😅 Nope.

At least we’ve got the 22 billion down to 9.5 billion. 😉

So they’ll have gone up 2.7% over 8 years?

Wish the cost of everything else had matched that. 

2 minutes ago, mickbrown said:

So they’ll have gone up 2.7% over 8 years?

Wish the cost of everything else had matched that. 

Should have put them up by more. Same as inflation. 
Can’t understand why Starmer wanted to scrap them. 🤷‍♂️

9 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

Should have put them up by more. Same as inflation. 
Can’t understand why Starmer wanted to scrap them. 🤷‍♂️

To be fair, how long ago was that clip from? I assume a while ago as I think Neil was doing the interview.

15 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

Should have put them up by more. Same as inflation. 
Can’t understand why Starmer wanted to scrap them. 🤷‍♂️

Wanted to get elected. 😜

15 minutes ago, mickbrown said:

Wanted to get elected. 😜

Anything from the top shelf. 🧸👍

9 hours ago, crawshawbooth said:

No shit Sherlock !

I think a few on here thought your 3am posts were the result of late night boozing.

They are sober and considered.

I offer this fact without opinion.

25 minutes ago, Winchester White said:

To be fair, how long ago was that clip from? I assume a while ago as I think Neil was doing the interview.

He’s been leader for 4 years. So less than that. 🤷‍♂️

He dropped that policy in May 2023. Are any of these "gotchas" from after then?

18 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

Anything from the top shelf. 🧸👍

Bet he knows the difference between Sunak and Khan😉

12 minutes ago, jayjayoghani said:

He dropped that policy in May 2023. Are any of these "gotchas" from after then?

Gotchas? It wasn’t a policy. It was either a total lie or a misunderstanding of the economics of the UK. Have you any idea of the cost of scrapping the tuition fees? Either way not a good look.

17 minutes ago, mickbrown said:

Bet he knows the difference between Sunak and Khan😉

You’ll never forget Julie will you. 😄 

Pensioners getting less

Students paying more

#inittogether

Is the pound still in freefall?

2 minutes ago, Casino said:

Pensioners getting less

Students paying more

#inittogether

Pensioners getting more pal. 4.1% 🍾 

Students paying more (next year)  after an 8 year freeze by the Tories. Not sure what you’re saying to be honest. 
 

1 minute ago, BobyBrno said:

Pensioners getting more pal. 4.1% 🍾 
 

Great news

Well done, Keir

Keep bumping it up for a few more years

8 minutes ago, Casino said:

Is the pound still in freefall?

When was it in free fall? Bought a load of Aussie dollars at 1.98 last week and it’s now at 1.96. Small gain but happy with it. 👍

1 minute ago, Casino said:

Great news

Well done, Keir

Keep bumping it up for a few more years

Wont be long. 😉

Edited November 5, 20241 yr by BobyBrno

2 hours ago, Casino said:

Pensioners getting less

Students paying more

#inittogether

All pensioners are poor and cold and hungry.

All students subsist on £10+ avocado toast meals. 

Didn't you get the memo? 

 

4 hours ago, BobyBrno said:

Gotchas? It wasn’t a policy. It was either a total lie or a misunderstanding of the economics of the UK. Have you any idea of the cost of scrapping the tuition fees? Either way not a good look.

He scrapped the idea over one year before he was elected. 

35 minutes ago, jayjayoghani said:

He scrapped the idea over one year before he was elected. 

This is no place for facts.

1 hour ago, Traf said:

This is no place for facts.

Correct mate. Especially when it comes to what your current government promised only a few weeks ago and have totally reneged upon.

12 hours ago, BobyBrno said:

😅 Nope.

At least we’ve got the 22 billion down to 9.5 billion. 😉

There was an article in the telegraph about this.

Can't remember the exact details, but iirc they referred to it as day to day costs, as is the norm with all governments.

Fuck knows what the truth of it all is, probably somewhere in between.

Couple of things to note though: the OBR is historically poor at its predictions, and it has been suggested by some that governments should stop farming their work out and make, and stand by,  their own thoughts and decisions.

Second, 9.5bn of hidden money is a lot.

12.5bn of "missing money" suggests an inability to read data available well before an election, and/or bullshit made up to justify some spiteful measures that could turn out to be very counterproductive.

9 hours ago, jayjayoghani said:

He scrapped the idea over one year before he was elected. 

He also scrapped the proposed re-nationalisation of public bodies.

Reporting that it would be too expensive. 

Again well before the election. 

Nowt wrong in and of itself, but it has been abundantly clear for some time that such a move would be unaffordable, so it begs the question, why say it in the first place?

We know what the game is- all opposition parties do it.

Governments also try to do it, but they're caught between a rock and a hard place; as promising something not done already leads to the obvious question of why hasn't it happened. 

Like a player getting better by not being in the side, it's much easier to say what you're going to do, but a lot harder when in the job.