Aren't you glad now that we left the EU?

[Harbal]

@Bread

Putting interest rates up is sheer stupidity,

So how can you resist supporting it, then?

[Harbal]

I’m even getting on my own nerves now. I think I’d better log out.

[Maree]

@Muddy

There are different reasons .
The covid pandemic in China , tech downfall, problems in America the Ukraine war .
But the major reason for our economic downturn is Brexit .
We knew this would happen , economists knew this would happen but we were beguiled by Johnson and his ilk whose aim has always been personal advancement .
We hate to have foreigners laying down the law for us - and all this is right - but we have cut off our nose to spite our face .

Exactly right

[wendeey]

@Bread

Sure, but shutting down supply chains has been a massive influence on prices of goods as the availability of them is scarce. Due also because manufacturing was shut down for about 2 years.

Manufacturing exempt from UK coronavirus lockdown

[d00d]

Re Inflation,

Has anyone mentioned Greta?

She’s got a lot to answer for.

[Bread]

A lot of the manufacturing lockdowns were overseas (as well as here), such as chip manufacturers. Look at how the lack of chips for cars has increased the second hand prices of them (one example).

[Harbal]

@Bread

A lot of the manufacturing lockdowns were overseas (as well as here), such as chip manufacturers.

I don’t know about overseas, but the chip shop up the road from me stayed open throughout the lockdown.

[d00d]

@Harbal

@Bread

A lot of the manufacturing lockdowns were overseas (as well as here), such as chip manufacturers.

I don’t know about overseas, but the chip shop up the road from me stayed open throughout the lockdown.

Here in London, No.10 continued to party, as did millions of antivaxxers, piss-up Aussies, ravers & all. London Transport continued to do business as did the big city money machine. It was definitely: one rule for them and another rule for them. Makes you proud, we got through it.

[Muddy]

@Bread

The problem is we have a government that is following socialist tax policies and a head of the bank of England who wants to make things even more expensive by raising interest rates.

Socialist tax policies
You must be joking .

[Muddy]

@Bread

Putting interest rates up is sheer stupidity, we should be doing the opposite and extending our loan periods over a much longer time. I honestly do not recognise this government as being conservative. As a member of the tory party for as long as I can remember, I cancelled my membership in 2021 and will not renew it until they start cutting taxes and helping businesses.

Don’t you since when has the Tory party been the party of cutting taxes other than those which benefit themselves and their well off colleagues.

[Bread]

high taxes big state is socialist policies.

Do you think the conservative party are cutting taxes Muddy ? If you don’t your agreeing with me.

[Bread]

Corporation tax, personal taxation has been lower under the conservatives than labour historically until now. We have (under a Boris Johnson / Rishi Sunak conservative government) the highest taxes since the 2nd world war.

Only a socialist would who doesn’t pay tax would be clapping their hands at this statistic.

[Bread]

Don’t forget the piss ups in Davos last year, where facemasks were only put on when the cameras were about and the piss ups and curry evenings Starmer had.

Mark Drakeford was disco dancing at his party in Wales and Sturgeon was breaking social distancing and lock down rules with her facemask charade. Meanwhile Sky News who kept telling us what to do and pumping the covid propaganda had presenters Burley, Rigby and Coates partying all over the country as well.

And don’t forget the NHS having cakes around the nurses stations and creating and choreographing tictok dances and putting them all over the internet when they should have been “saving lives”.

What a farce.

[Harbal]

@Bread

high taxes big state is socialist policies.

Socialism is what we badly need right now. The state should work for everybody, not just the well off.

[Bread]

Socialism fails every time.

What socialist country would you like the UK to be like ?

[Harbal]

@Bread

What socialist country would you like the UK to be like ?

Utopia.

[Bread]

You don’t know then

[Harbal]

@Bread

You don’t know then

Okay then, clever clogs, what’s the right answer?

[Bread]

I’m not a socialist - your asking the wrong person.

You have a choice though, Venezuela, Cuba etc ?

Which one would you like the UK to be like ?

[Harbal]

@Bread

You have a choice though, Venezuela, Cuba etc ?

Which one would you like the UK to be like ?

Which has the better weather; Venezuela or Cuba?