UK's conservative government doing everything it can to crash the UK's and the world's economy (1 Viewer)

[coldseat]

Holy hell Batman! Talk about screwing your own country over. Same thing would happen here if Republicans held both the congress and the presidency.

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LondonCNN Business —
The UK government’s decision to implement the biggest tax cuts in 50 years while borrowing tens of billions of dollars to subsidize soaring energy costs this winter is a massive gamble that’s sent shockwaves through financial markets.

Since Friday, when finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng formally announced the plans, the British pound has plunged 5% against the US dollar, bringing its total losses so far this year to an eye-popping 21%. The euro, for comparison, is down about 15% against the dollar during the same period.

The turmoil doesn’t end there. Investors have raced to dump UK government bonds as they worry about the extra £72 billion ($77 billion) in borrowing due before April. The yield on 5-year debt, which moves opposite prices, has jumped from about 3.6% to more than 4.4% over the past two trading sessions — an astronomical jump in a corner of the financial universe that typically logs movements in tiny fractions of a percent.
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The pound's crash will make inflation worse and push interest rates higher | CNN Business

The UK government's decision to implement the biggest tax cuts in 50 years while borrowing tens of billions of dollars to subsidize soaring energy costs this winter is a massive gamble that's sent shockwaves through financial markets.

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[Taurus]

Poor drug addled hate-filled messy diapered democrats. lol

Nah, the denizens of TigerDroppings lean Republican.

 

[Peace]

Nah, the denizens of TigerDroppings lean Republican.

Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is an epidemic for the Left.

 

[Taurus]

Trump Doormat Syndrome (TDS) is an epidemic for the Right.

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[Peace]

FIFY

OK, you want to get into this kind of shirt? lol

 

[Peace]

Really?

See, what I can't figure out is this. Trump was whining about election fraud for months before the election. In fact, he never stopped whining about it because he got curbstomped by the popular vote in 2016. So no less a figure than the President of the United States was watching this election like a hawk, yet (according to him) massive fraud occurred. How? He was in charge and looking right at it. Like a rent-a-cop watching burglars walk off with a 70" TV. Hell, hundreds of 70" TVs, one after another.

And then, once he'd lost, he filed no less than fifty lawsuits. Again, this is someone with all the resources of an alleged billionaire AND the President and he lost every one. At no point did the Kraken, Flopsweat Rudy or any of his other lawyers produce a single piece of evidence in court. Not ONCE.

If you buy the Big Lie, Trump let it happen right under his nose and couldn't do a damn thing about it before or after. Which, given the massive advantage in money and power he enjoyed, makes him the most incompetent boob on the planet.

If you don't buy the Big Lie, he's still a feckless twit, but for different reasons. If you're a Trump supporter but you accept that he lost fair and square, you've got to wonder why. Covid was reelection giftwrapped on a silver platter and all Trump did was eat the box. If he'd been able to put aside his cowardice and vanity for just ten minutes, he'd have realized that the one thing that unites all Americans is an outside threat. He knew in January (according to his own words) that Covid was coming and it'd be nasty, but like a frightened child, he curled up in a ball and pretended it wasn't real. He could have come out saying Covid's on the way, but if we work together, follow the science, hunker down and do all we can not to infect each other, we'll get a vaccine as soon as humanly possible. It'll be free and once we have universal immunization, the threat will be all but eliminated. He'd have won going away. But he's too weak, too craven to lead like that. So instead we got "It's a hoax from the Democrats" to "It'll be gone by April, like magic." "Bleach! Yeah, bleach could work, maybe UV light?" to "If we don't report the infections, they didn't happen." Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands died who didn't have to. He's the Mrs O'Leary's cow of Presidents.

Of course, it goes without saying what reasonable people think of him. Eighty million of us made that crystal clear.

Why then does anyone of any political stripe listen to a damn thing he says?

You're over looking Joe Biden. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY in their right mind votes for that brain dead sack of shirt unless he's a TDS sufferer.

The election was rigged. All that's left to do is find the perpetrators and make sure it doesn't happen again.

 

[Taurus]

OK, you want to get into this kind of shirt? lol

Obviously you do, Cheatoboy. Bring it.

 

[Taurus]

You're over looking Joe Biden. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY in their right mind votes for that brain dead sack of shirt unless he's a TDS sufferer.

The election was rigged. All that's left to do is find the perpetrators and make sure it doesn't happen again.

That's all you got? Pfft. SAD!

I mean, ya boy Trump had the full power of every law enforcement agency in the land and couldn't find it. Proof he's a moron. He didn't stop it in 2020, why would you think he could in 2024?

 

[cuddlemonkey]

That still doesn't quell the suspicions, so you're out of luck there.

No, you just fail to understand why your argument is fallacious. Let's try this. Do you believe in the Christian god and that some form of Christianity (Catholic, Baptist, Methodist etc) is the only gateway to salvation and, ultimately, a heavenly reward in the afterlife?

Nope. I never once argued the validity of Clinton's or Obama's wins.

But this one? It's suspicious as hell.

So it's only massive fraud without evidence because you are personally incredulous?

 

[cuddlemonkey]

You're over looking Joe Biden. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY in their right mind votes for that brain dead sack of shirt unless he's a TDS sufferer.

The election was rigged. All that's left to do is find the perpetrators and make sure it doesn't happen again.

What would it take for you to believe that the election was free and fair? If Trump said it, would you believe it?

 

[efil4]

Trump didn't break any major rules, and he sure as hell didn't keep anything that will turn the country over to our enemies, so the antis have done nothing but waste tax payer dollars.

Trump is going to be your next president, and that's really all that matters at this point.

Lol rules.

Well you are right that no rules were broken. Unfortunately, it's worse than just rules. He broke laws.

Please tell me you know the difference between rules and law? Or are you gonna need explaining that too?

I'm beginning to think that you have exhibited the full extent of your knowledge and gotta say, I'm embarrassed for you.

 

[superchuck500]

Trump didn't break any major rules, and he sure as hell didn't keep anything that will turn the country over to our enemies, so the antis have done nothing but waste tax payer dollars.

Trump is going to be your next president, and that's really all that matters at this point.

I’m not sure what you consider a “major rule” but Donald Trump, private citizen, doesn’t have a security clearance. We’ll see how it shakes out but he clearly broke a number of laws - not to mention the laws he broke lobbying Secretaries of State to change election results.

I thought you guys were into law and order - it’s a total farce. The ultimate irony is that your guy, not those you insisted should be charged and jailed, is going to be the criminal defendant.

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

Trump didn't break any major rules, and he sure as hell didn't keep anything that will turn the country over to our enemies, so the antis have done nothing but waste tax payer dollars.

Trump is going to be your next president, and that's really all that matters at this point.

This post is just dumb.

It just shows that you are completely ignorant to the procedures that accompany materials that are classified as S/TS SCI. I suggest you should refrain from making any further comment about that subject and sticking to the talking points of a more reputable source.

 

[bdb13]

I’m not sure what you consider a “major rule” but Donald Trump, private citizen, doesn’t have a security clearance. We’ll see how it shakes out but he clearly broke a number of laws - not to mention the laws he broke lobbying Secretaries of State to change election results.

I thought you guys were into law and order - it’s a total farce. The ultimate irony is that your guy, not those you insisted should be charged and jailed, is going to be the criminal defendant.

They're too partisan and brainwashed to realize or care that they've been slow cooked into becoming extremists.

Trumpism at its core is the idea that right wing political power MUST be maintained AT ALL COSTS. They know there's still this system they have to operate within, but political power is to be wielded in such a way that it's rendered useless except when needed to bend their way.

Said it before in some form or another - in lieu of democracy they long for an Americanized, right wing version of a Middle Eastern dictatorship.

 

[MT15]

They're too partisan and brainwashed to realize or care that they've been slow cooked into becoming extremists.

Trumpism at its core is the idea that right wing political power MUST be maintained AT ALL COSTS. They know there's still this system they have to operate within, but political power is to be wielded in such a way that it's rendered useless except when needed to bend their way.

Said it before in some form or another - in lieu of democracy they long for an Americanized, right wing version of a Middle Eastern dictatorship.

This is spot on, and it will get you labeled as a commie liberal. Which is so laughable. But it will happen.

 

[brandon]

They're too partisan and brainwashed to realize or care that they've been slow cooked into becoming extremists.

Trumpism at its core is the idea that right wing political power MUST be maintained AT ALL COSTS. They know there's still this system they have to operate within, but political power is to be wielded in such a way that it's rendered useless except when needed to bend their way.

Said it before in some form or another - in lieu of democracy they long for an Americanized, right wing version of a Middle Eastern dictatorship.

Other than each theocracy's desired religion, there is very little difference at this point between American right-wing extremists and Middle Eastern right-wing extremists.

 

[Peace]

This post is just dumb.

It just shows that you are completely ignorant to the procedures that accompany materials that are classified as S/TS SCI. I suggest you should refrain from making any further comment about that subject and sticking to the talking points of a more reputable source.

Trump Derangement Syndrome is what's dumb. You've had your shot at Trump and you came up short.

Donald Trump will be running for the Presidency in '24 and he'll have my vote.

 

[Peace]

I’m not sure what you consider a “major rule” but Donald Trump, private citizen, doesn’t have a security clearance. We’ll see how it shakes out but he clearly broke a number of laws - not to mention the laws he broke lobbying Secretaries of State to change election results.

I thought you guys were into law and order - it’s a total farce. The ultimate irony is that your guy, not those you insisted should be charged and jailed, is going to be the criminal defendant.

He didn't do anything major enough to cripple our national defense. This is a witch hunt, nothing more.

 

[Peace]

Lol rules.

Well you are right that no rules were broken. Unfortunately, it's worse than just rules. He broke laws.

Please tell me you know the difference between rules and law? Or are you gonna need explaining that too?

I'm beginning to think that you have exhibited the full extent of your knowledge and gotta say, I'm embarrassed for you.

He didn't break any laws, either. This is a witch hunt, nothing more.