UK Politics Thread part II

[blackswan40]

Leeds as always had transport problems train station just off city square in the town centre but the bus station is at the other end of town.
Leeds has been promished a supertram system on three seperate occasions and each time its been knocked back due to ever increasing costs the nearest leeds got was the steel posts being erected in middleton belle isle and hunslet in the mid 90's.
Since the 90's the leeds skyline as changed lots of new student acommodation lots of new office space and shopping malls leeds is now the second largest financial center outside london lots of money and redevelopment going on maybe this time leeds will get the supertram the building blocks of the so called northern powerhouse.
Wil the money be spent elseware like on type 26,31,83 warships or on new military helicopters.

[Jimbuna]

The momentum is stronly on the side of Liz Truss.

Tory leadership: Tom Tugendhat backs Liz Truss

Former Tory leadership contender Tom Tugendhat has become the latest senior Conservative to back Liz Truss in the contest.

Mr Tugendhat, who was knocked out in fifth place, said the foreign secretary could unite the Conservative Party.

Writing in The Times, he said Ms Truss's international experience also persuaded him to endorse her.

Ms Truss and former chancellor Rishi Sunak are the final candidates in the contest to replace Boris Johnson.

Mr Tugendhat's endorsement of Ms Truss, who is now seen as the frontrunner in the contest, follows that of Defence Secretary Ben Wallace on Thursday.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62354297

[Jimbuna]

[Jimbuna]

The latest bribe and coming from a man who is richer than our Queen.

I wonder who will benefit the most?

Rishi Sunak has said he will cut the basic rate of income tax from 20% to 16% by the end of the next parliament if he becomes prime minister.

This would amount to a 20% tax reduction, he said - the "largest cut to income tax in 30 years".

But supporters of his Tory rival Liz Truss have accused the ex-chancellor of a U-turn on the issue and said that people cannot wait for tax cuts.

Conservative Party members will start receiving ballot papers later.

The winner of the leadership contest will be announced on 5 September, with Mr Sunak and Ms Truss competing for the No 10 job.

Mr Sunak said the policy is part of his "radical" tax vision, but it builds on his previously-announced 1p cut to income tax in April 2024.

He said he will take a further 3p off by the end of the next parliament, which could be as late as December 2029.

Supporters of Ms Truss said she would "cut taxes in seven weeks, not seven years", as she has pledged to scrap April's National Insurance rise, cancel a planned corporation tax rise and temporarily suspend green levies on energy bills.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62373675

[mapuc]

Don't tell me that a majority of the Torie member believe this ?

Those who on Sept. 5th has to decide who shall lead the Tories after B.J.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

I still believe Truss will win.

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

I still believe Truss will win.

I think so too. It was this sentence:

"Rishi Sunak has said he will cut the basic rate of income tax from 20% to 16% by the end of the next parliament if he becomes prime minister."

Which made me write "Don't tell me...

For me it sounds like words from a desperate politician.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Only desperate to be the next PM

[Jimbuna]

Tonight the pair (Truss and Sunak) will go head to head in a televised debate on Sky News at 8pm in front of a live audience.

I wonder what promises we will hear tonight and especially after the announcement (not an hour ago) by the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee that interest rates are rising from 1.25% to 1.75%.

[Moonlight]

Fishy Rishi has stabbed himself in the back now, the bleeding idiot doesn't know how to run a campaign never mind run the country, someone ought to sellotape his mouth shut before he makes any more cock ups like this one. Liz Truss will smack him round the head with this story and make him pay for de-levelling the country down.

Tory leadership: I took money out of deprived urban areas says Sunak

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62436193

[Jimbuna]

When your worth £730 million I'm not sure he will be all that bothered.

[Moonlight]

^Yep!, I believe it's the prestige of being Prime Minister of the UK that he's after, well at the rate he's going he's only going to get this one chance and he's doing everything politically wrong to achieve that aim, the bleeding moron needs to engage his brain before his mouth in future.

Migrants

Nobody likes being taken for a fool – but that is the way voters have been treated over migrant crossings.

It is bad enough that Home Secretary Priti Patel has been unable to stop ever larger groups of individuals coming to the UK by this perilous and illegal route. Worse, we now know that we have been duped.

All this time, an army of well-intentioned but misguided Left-wing politicians, lawyers and do-gooders have been spinning the line that the vast majority of people who make these dangerous journeys are desperately fleeing war, persecution and terror.

It’s a narrative that suits the Government, playing into the generosity and compassion of the British people who believe that this country should offer refuge to innocent foreign nationals fleeing bullets and bombs.

Unfortunately, all too often it’s rubbish

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...TICE-asks.html

Four in 10 Channel migrants are from ALBANIA - not a country devastated by war of famine - secret military file reveals

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...e-Albania.html

[Jimbuna]

[Jimbuna]

Former Labour prime minister Gordon Brown has called for an emergency budget before the UK hits a "financial timebomb" this autumn.

Mr Brown said millions would be pushed "over the edge" if the government does not address the cost of living crisis.

Conservative leadership rivals Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have clashed over how they will address high inflation.

He wants them to agree an emergency budget with PM Boris Johnson this week, or for parliament to be recalled.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62456429

Gordon Brown!

Heaven help us

[Jimbuna]

Boris Johnson has no plans to introduce big tax and spending measures before he leaves office to ease the cost-of-living crisis, Downing Street has said.

Business group leader Tony Danker has urged ministers to "grip the emerging crisis", arguing it "made no sense to wait" for the next PM to arrive.

And Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister, has called for an urgent meeting with the devolved governments.

Downing Street said it recognised the public were facing "challenging times".

However, Mr Johnson's spokesman argued it would be up to his successor to make any decisions on further help.

Mr Johnson is due to leave office in early September, and No 10 said "by convention it is not for this prime minister to make major fiscal interventions during this period".

Cabinet Office minister Kit Malthouse said the government had already and was continuing to do work on cost-of-living problems.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62467987