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With the economy shrinking, does this make the Tories head of the anti-growth coalition?

I think it's worse, what kind of terror attack would it need to cause that level of damage to the
country that they have done?

Spot the parody.

4.30pm yesterday:
https://twitter.com/RosieisaHolt/status/1579857857712820224

8.30am today:
https://twitter.com/GMB/status/1580103472921268224

It’s the second one
AmIRight?

Adam Curtis

Is there anyone better at summarising the geopolitical era that has defines today and tomorrow?

Wil give it a listen. I do wonder if the actions had been timed such that the cases against the newspapers didn't coincide, then there might have been more traction as each might try to take the other down?

Great work by the Home Secretary who has now annoyed the Indian government enough with her comments about migrants that they are considering pulling out of a flagship trade deal

Its delicious isnt it; literally anyone can shit on the UK and its heartwarming to see an ex-colony doing that.

Well, the Trussterfuck just confirmed that she will not cut public spending in PMQs.

Oh and also appeared to U-Turn on the section 21 thing too.

Is she just in "fuck it" mode now?

this whole "commited to increasing growth" thing is so awkward, who the hell came up with it. Even the "leveling up" shit sounded more coherent. Dave down the pub doesn't give a fuck about increasing GDP.

Dave down the pub doesn't give a fuck about increasing GDP.

But what if his slice of the pie grew? 😂

Hah, yeh there was reports yesterday that this is basically the feedback at focus groups, people care about quality of life and standard of public services not how well GDP is doing so they just don't engage with it at all

Tell Dave how TrickleDown™️ is going to make him wealthy beyond his wildest dreams.

But Dave down the pub might be fooled into thinking that they're not economically illiterate if they use the big words.

Tbf i bet big Dave would love a bigger pie

commited to increasing growth

It's primarily a message to the markets I suspect

They can't say 'must avoid a recession' etc

I was only half listening (I find the whole schoolyard atmosphere infuriating) but it sounded a bit like she was committing to higher public spending in total, which the energy bills cap will give even if they cut a load of other spending.

That pie thing is such a shit analogy I can't even explain.

I think the thing that pisses me off most about the Tories is how everything they do seems to be trying to get away with something for their own personal or idealogical benefit. It's simple economics to know a stuff like a skilled and healthy workforce can produce great value than a sickly, unskilled one. More money kicking around should mean a higher standard of living for everyone. Instead we've got shitheals trying to dismantle our health care system, defund education, remove university courses, reduce social help and force everyone in to a kind of libertaran hellscape in pursuit of some 60 years out of date free market ideals. If anyone in power actually gave 2 shits about the quality of life of the every day person they could do something as simple as increase funding for local councils. Instead we're left with haunted husks more interested in tanking the value of the £ for their investments.

You're basically describing progressive conservatism which is growing rapidly in Europe. As opposed to what we have, which is 40 year old fiscal conservatism, which has been a completely failed experiment which they seem to want to repeat because this time it'll work, right?

Its just such bullshit. The average UK household earns less now than it did in 1990, adjusted for inflation.

The problem is this is the Dave down the pub

I’m called Dave and can confirm I would like moar pie.

Catchy protest call/response chant:

What do we want?

GDP growth at 2.5%!

When do we want it?

In the medium term!

Careful now

You're right, maybe 0.2% is setting the bar right.