Lord Duckhunter

Labour inherited a tricky economic situation and have proceeded to make it worse. They lied to the country that their manifesto was “fully costed” and apart from VAT on private schools, wouldn’t be raising taxes. To get round this ridiculous corner they boxed themselves into, they raised the worst tax possible. Killing what business confidence there was stone dead. The triple whammy of NI raise, Minimum wage increase & Rayners employment law changes coming down the line, have cost jobs and will continue to do so. It’s not going to get better for them anytime soon. Market forces will force them to change course & they will also have to ditch Rachel from accounts, and corruption allegations will eventually do for the Anti corruption minister.

Starmer talking up the freedoms offered by Brexit in the field of AI. “We are now in control of our regulatory regime. So we will go our own way on this.”

Jess Phillips called George Galloway a “rape apologist”, told Abbott to Fuck off and said she wanted to stab Jezza in the front, and we’re supposed to feel sorry for her because she got a bit of clog back?

So has Starmer. Looking after us plebs that pay for tickets.

To be fair, Baz has gone up in my estimations. Having watched the Swansea lad today, I may have been a bit harsh on Baz. He might not be the worst goalkeeper in the championship next season. Instead, he’ll be the second worst…

Routine win, never in doubt. All I can say is thank fuck Lego was moved on, as watching both teams playing Lego ball would have me contemplating staying at home with the snap dragon. Archer, Smallbone and Adam fucking Armstrong really were pony when they came on. If Swansea are going to play like that, they really need a keeper who can knock the ball about rather than actually save anything. I know of an Irish lad they could buy. We could even throw Lego footballers Smallbone & Manning in to sweeten the deal.

Adam Armstrong would probably stick it in her ear by mistake…

That’s probably the worst defence of a player I’ve ever seen.

People are only upset because he’s shite, Some will be upset if Jack Stephens is starting next year, and unlike Baz, Jack actually contributed towards our play off win. People want a better centre half in place for next season, and they want a better keeper than foam wrists Baz. You keep comparing him with AM, as if that makes him good enough to be number 1. He’s not, he wasn’t before he got injured, and he won’t be afterwards either. One of the worst shot stoppers I’ve ever seen in a Saints shirt.

Was it subject to a gagging order like Nick Brown’s suspension , or are the press free report on why he was suspended?

If Baz is in nets next season we won’t get promoted, awful keeper….

Looks like Martina Navratilova has summed up Campbell and the forum’s favourite Tory pretty well here.

I heard similar from a senior midwife. After a caesarean birds can only go home after they’ve pissed a certain amount. If they haven’t done so after a few hours they are sent home with a catheter, not great for the bird and also needs taking out the following week. Some of the older midwives said that a remedy was blackcurrant squash which apparently makes you piss. Instead of giving them water to try and make them piss, they started giving them blackcurrant squash. The result was loads more women passed the required amount, and went home without the dreaded catheter. A few quid on blackcurrant squash saved dignity and a lot of dosh. After a few months one of the managers complained about the amount being spent on the squash and asked why so much was being purchased. When the situation was explained their answer was they had to stop buying it, when the midwives said this would ultimately cost the NSH more money, the reply was they didn’t care as that wasn’t one of their controllables and came from a different budget.

Shame on The Guardian

Are they trying to attract more lads to the chicks game? If so, I can think of a few other innovations that would work better.

If need about 15 pints of our piss water to watch 9 pinters running round trying to kick a “footy”. Just get some decent ale in the bars, that’s all they need to do.

I’d have thought making the Minister for children a cabinet position was pretty easy to do, especially when you’ve criticised the previous government for not doing so. But I guess like you he didn’t think that really easy measure a “priority”. How long do you give Starmer to implement the recommendations in full. How long before it becomes “unforgivable “ that he hasn’t done so. Personally, I doubt he ever will as the compensation could be as much as 10bn. That’s the reason the Tories didn’t do so, and I’m pretty sure it’ll be the reason labour dont. No doubt you won’t find that quite so “unforgivable “. But we’ll wait and see.

I think Sir Kier and Rachael from accounts have more to worry about economically than a letter from Truss. Increased borrowing costs means they’re rapidly running out of fiscal headroom. It’s one thing to fiddle your fiscal rules, another one to then break the new ones. If we continue like this she’ll have to impose more spending cuts, or come back for more taxes (something she claimed she wouldn’t). Truss’ budget was an instant disaster, Reeves’ seems to be a slow burning one.

Should Starmer have made the Children's minister a cabinet level position in July?

So we can’t criticise labour because the Tories didn’t do it , is that your defence of them. You still won’t answer the question. Why isn’t the Children’s minister cabinet level position (a recommendation) That’s not a money thing, or a time thing, it could have been done in July. Labour had no more intention of implementing the review than the tories, until Musk got involved.

Looks like Andy Burnham has joined the far right bandwagon.

Starmer first cabinet could have included the children’s minister as per the Jay report. What is he waiting for? It’s “staggeringly pathetic” to claim he couldn’t have done so in July.

Shouldn’t this be on the Musk thread. Large scale conspiracy involving multi log ins, and the abuse of SOG?

If it was that important to Labour couldn’t they have done so in July. One recommendation was for a cabinet level minister for children, why didn’t Sir Kier appoint one to his first cabinet? Just as accusations can be made that the Tories are only pushing this because of Musk, accusations can also be made that Labour are only reacting to the Jay report because if Musk. It’s also relevant to point out that the Jay report wasn’t specifically reporting on Pakistani rape gangs, but wider abuse. If it’s true that Rochdale was only mentioned in relation to Cyril Smith and only 1 victim was interviewed, then clearly it was inadequate. Both parties have tip toed round this issue because of the racial element. Theres no doubt Labour would have jumped on this bandwagon had they been in opposition (knowing the Tories wouldn’t set up one), so their moral outrage is just as cynical. I agree with Dan Hodges with regards to the future and Labours present stance, he wrote; “And ultimately, it will prove to be an exercise not just in political stupidity, but futility. Because eventually, a full public inquiry into the rape gangs is going to be held.There is no way this can be avoided now. The bandwagon is rolling. There is no stopping it. Starmer and Labour can try to stand in its way. But if they do, it will crush them.“

As bad as Martin, bloody hell that’s bad. Especially considering Martin’s record was massively flattered by atrocious finishing from Beto….