| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. 12:54 - May 22 with 3518 views | OldFart71 |
Despite taking in an extra 5 billion in tax the Government has managed to borrow the 4th highest since records began. It was expected to be 17.9 bn, but ended up at 20.2 bn. At this rate Labour will bankrupt the country before their five years are up.
Despite the country being taxed at it's highest since after WW2 it is now deemed that Reeves will either have to increase taxes or cut services.
How can Starmer proclaim he is looking into paying more pensioners the winter fuel payment because of the better state of the country.
No it's not in a better state and despite 14 years of Tory mismanagement Labour are even surpassing them in the handling of the economy. |  | | |  |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 16:38 - May 22 with 637 views | Herbivore |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 16:25 - May 22 by Leaky |
Can he worse asking for a freind |
Yeah, he can be much, much worse. He almost certainly would be much, much worse. |  |
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| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 16:39 - May 22 with 642 views | DJR |
I do sense there is a lot of sexism when it comes to Reeves. Rachel from accounts springs to mind but there have been others.
George Osborne never got this sort of treatment, even though I take the view that, in the long term, he was the worse Chancellor of recent years. |  | | |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 16:43 - May 22 with 618 views | BlueandTruesince82 |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 13:18 - May 22 by Bluecoin |
Reform are now bookies favourites to win the most seats at the next general election, I saw earlier.
That says it all. [Post edited 22 May 13:19]
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I really think it could happen. Maybe Labour will sort themselves out but I'm genuinely thinking, most sests or not wr will see a seismic shift in UK politics, a hung parliament snd some sort of Tory Reform coalition meaning the death of any sense and centerism that remains in their ranks and aTrumpain lurch to the right to really *#@% ourselves over as a nation.
I know its a long way off and I hope im wrong but genuine fear. |  |
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| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 16:48 - May 22 with 613 views | Oldsmoker |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 13:41 - May 22 by kizaitfc |
The way the media portrays politics, there is no good decision a chancellor can make.
Increase taxes - "taxes are already high", "same old labour increasing taxes", "we will drive the rich away"
Increase borrowing - "borrowing too high already", "same old labour leaving the country in debt"
Decrease spending - "Labour are the new Tories with austerity 2.0", "public sector already on it's knees"
Personally, I think because of the above and the huge majority Labour have they should have gone bolder to get the country back to full strength. Increase taxes for certain sectors and increase the additional tax rate to 47%. They can then bring taxes back down a year on from the election to get the voters back on side. At the moment everything is too small to make a difference yet what they are doing is being blown out of proportions and creating bad headlines. |
Increase taxes - "taxes are already high", "same old labour increasing taxes", "we will drive the rich away"
The rich who own the Daily Heil, Torygraph and Ex-SS are going nowhere.
Their Brexit Britain is being dismantled so poor people can eat and they don't like it.
If the Tory-biased press is hating it then it must be good. |  |
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| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 17:00 - May 22 with 567 views | giant_stow |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 16:39 - May 22 by DJR |
I do sense there is a lot of sexism when it comes to Reeves. Rachel from accounts springs to mind but there have been others.
George Osborne never got this sort of treatment, even though I take the view that, in the long term, he was the worse Chancellor of recent years. |
The sexism is grim .and I speak as a fairly unreconstructed arsehole, who still enjoys a bit of sexist banter. |  |
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| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 17:13 - May 22 with 544 views | blueasfook |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 16:39 - May 22 by DJR |
I do sense there is a lot of sexism when it comes to Reeves. Rachel from accounts springs to mind but there have been others.
George Osborne never got this sort of treatment, even though I take the view that, in the long term, he was the worse Chancellor of recent years. |
Did George Osborne lie and exaggerate on his CV? |  |
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| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 17:18 - May 22 with 538 views | Ryorry |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 14:50 - May 22 by J2BLUE |
Do the gullible include national governments and big investment companies like Blackrock?
Not saying I think Bitcoin is a good bet but our currency is also backed by nothing and Bitcoin is at least limited. |
Blackrock* is one of the biggest and most reprehensible corps in the UK. Quite possibly the most under-the-radar & underestimated for its sh1thousery too. It's a corporate con artist, the opposite of 'gullible'.
*See my posts of a few months ago (Feb?) for its disgraceful antics re SEZs/Freeports, which this govt., to its great discredit, has turned a blind eye to & bought into  |  |
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| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 17:20 - May 22 with 537 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
That's one bookie.
You said "Reform are now bookies favourites to win the most seats at the next general election". That's bookies plural, implying all bookies.
I asked chatgpt: "As of May 2025, Reform UK is not the bookmakers' favourite to win the most seats in the next UK general election. Labour remains the frontrunner, with odds around 6/4, reflecting a 33.33% implied probability of winning the most seats. Reform UK has moved into second place, with odds of 11/4, indicating a 26.67% chance."
I accept your apology in advance! |  |
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| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 17:21 - May 22 with 534 views | Ryorry |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 16:39 - May 22 by DJR |
I do sense there is a lot of sexism when it comes to Reeves. Rachel from accounts springs to mind but there have been others.
George Osborne never got this sort of treatment, even though I take the view that, in the long term, he was the worse Chancellor of recent years. |
I don't do sexism.
Wouldn't care if she were a pale blue androgynous martian with antannae for ears and oranges for eyes - she's just a disaster. | |
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| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 17:23 - May 22 with 525 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 14:38 - May 22 by Bluecoin |
It proves some people are backing Reform to win the next GE with their hard earned, not Labour. |
Labour are still the favourites with most bookies. | |
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| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 17:53 - May 22 with 462 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 15:32 - May 22 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
She’s not really done anything wrong other than inherit a sh1tshow, and in fairness she’s just enacting government fiscal policy, not dictating it. The problem is we are running so much national debt it’s eating up increasing amounts of government spending. Adding a couple of pc on 0.5% of the top earners is not going to cover even the £20bn ‘black hole’, let alone the >£100bn of annual debt servicing.
It’s also a function of how badly run our economy has been over the last few decades. Germany has built a successful export based economy, with better public services and much lower debt to gdp. The only way forward really is some long term policy to encourage investment and diversify our economy. That and taxes on wealth (not income since that’s not how the genuinely wealthy take their income). |
Are you saying we're in debt slavery? |  |
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| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 18:03 - May 22 with 445 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
I got some ETH during the early days of the pandemic and it is up 1,183% as of today. I am personally not brave enough to put that much into something this volatile as a long term strategy but certainly made handsomely out of it. |  | | |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 18:11 - May 22 with 422 views | mellowblue |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 16:39 - May 22 by DJR |
I do sense there is a lot of sexism when it comes to Reeves. Rachel from accounts springs to mind but there have been others.
George Osborne never got this sort of treatment, even though I take the view that, in the long term, he was the worse Chancellor of recent years. |
It's not sexism really. It's based on doubts about her cv and what she was doing at the B.O.S. She claimed to be an economist there. So the joke is that she was on customer complaint or accounts, hence the nickname. Could equally have been applied to a male with a suspect cv. | | | |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 18:12 - May 22 with 417 views | Dubtractor |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 14:38 - May 22 by Bluecoin |
It proves some people are backing Reform to win the next GE with their hard earned, not Labour. |
Betting is a mugs game innit.
Not sure why you're getting flack for this btw. I mean, you can be a bit of a bell on here, but just stating facts about betting odds isn't really that controversial. |  |
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| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 18:17 - May 22 with 406 views | Bluecoin |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 17:20 - May 22 by The_Flashing_Smile |
That's one bookie.
You said "Reform are now bookies favourites to win the most seats at the next general election". That's bookies plural, implying all bookies.
I asked chatgpt: "As of May 2025, Reform UK is not the bookmakers' favourite to win the most seats in the next UK general election. Labour remains the frontrunner, with odds around 6/4, reflecting a 33.33% implied probability of winning the most seats. Reform UK has moved into second place, with odds of 11/4, indicating a 26.67% chance."
I accept your apology in advance! |
Does this make it plural enough for you!!
https://www.betmgm.co.uk/sports#event/1021612580
No hard feelings! |  | | |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 18:37 - May 22 with 353 views | jaykay |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 14:38 - May 22 by Bluecoin |
It proves some people are backing Reform to win the next GE with their hard earned, not Labour. |
i expect you have bought a load of nappies from farage
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-record/20250127/281728390195699 |  |
| forensic experts say footers and spruces fingerprints were not found at the scene after the weekends rows |
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| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 18:39 - May 22 with 352 views | Bluecoin |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 18:03 - May 22 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
I got some ETH during the early days of the pandemic and it is up 1,183% as of today. I am personally not brave enough to put that much into something this volatile as a long term strategy but certainly made handsomely out of it. |
Hats off to you. You've been on a wild ride! Great return but has had a disappointing year so far. I'm not a holder myself, but follow it.
I looked at ETH for my degen bag, but went with Solana. Currently I'm loading up on Sui. I think it's the one to watch.
Not suggesting you should all go and buy it, before anyone starts having kittens, ffs. [Post edited 22 May 18:40]
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| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 18:48 - May 22 with 319 views | Swansea_Blue |
Is this significant and what are the implications on their budgetary plans? |  |
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| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 19:29 - May 22 with 267 views | DJR |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 17:13 - May 22 by blueasfook |
Did George Osborne lie and exaggerate on his CV? |
I've no idea, but for me destroying public services is as bad as it gets.
Anyway, this suggests misogyny is pretty widespread in politics.
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/women-politicians-face-double-burden-of-online-toxici
"The researchers found that abuse directed at women in politics is viewed as more severe than those aimed at men, even if the nature and frequency of abuse received is similar. The study also explains why this occurs, showing that attacks on women are more likely to be perceived as motivated by misogyny and a desire to exclude women from public office, compared to abuse directed at men. In contrast, attacks on women are less likely than those on men to be seen as driven by other factors, such as policy disagreements."
The reference in that extract to the exclusion of women from public office could be said to be apt in the case of Reeves, given how many people are questioning her competence and whether she will survive, which seems to me complete nonsense because she is an integral part of the government. [Post edited 22 May 19:30]
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| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 19:38 - May 22 with 232 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
Wow, two. It's still not all bookies, as you were implying. Overall Labour are still favourites. | |
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| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 19:39 - May 22 with 229 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 18:12 - May 22 by Dubtractor |
Betting is a mugs game innit.
Not sure why you're getting flack for this btw. I mean, you can be a bit of a bell on here, but just stating facts about betting odds isn't really that controversial. |
Not facts though, is it? He implied Reform are favourites with all bookies. Overall it's still Labour. | |
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| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 19:58 - May 22 with 202 views | Bluecoin |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 19:38 - May 22 by The_Flashing_Smile |
Wow, two. It's still not all bookies, as you were implying. Overall Labour are still favourites. |
Apologies I didn't do a full UK Sportsbook analysis of the odds before I posted.
Let's try again. Reform are favourites with most bookies, I see on odds checker. That's says it all.
I'm not getting into a debate comparing Sportsbook offers by the way , got better thing to do tonight bud! | | | |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 20:08 - May 22 with 156 views | portmanking |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 18:03 - May 22 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
I got some ETH during the early days of the pandemic and it is up 1,183% as of today. I am personally not brave enough to put that much into something this volatile as a long term strategy but certainly made handsomely out of it. |
Bitcoin is *the* long term strategy of the lot. It's the only genuine form of digital collateral there is. The cat is well and truly out of the bag now and people like BlueBadger will be the ones wishing they'd taken it seriously in 5 years' time. | | | |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 20:13 - May 22 with 145 views | Ryorry |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 15:32 - May 22 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
She’s not really done anything wrong other than inherit a sh1tshow, and in fairness she’s just enacting government fiscal policy, not dictating it. The problem is we are running so much national debt it’s eating up increasing amounts of government spending. Adding a couple of pc on 0.5% of the top earners is not going to cover even the £20bn ‘black hole’, let alone the >£100bn of annual debt servicing.
It’s also a function of how badly run our economy has been over the last few decades. Germany has built a successful export based economy, with better public services and much lower debt to gdp. The only way forward really is some long term policy to encourage investment and diversify our economy. That and taxes on wealth (not income since that’s not how the genuinely wealthy take their income). |
"she’s just enacting government fiscal policy, not dictating it"
Are you saying she had no input whatsoever into this govt's fiscal policy?
If so, why bother having a Chancellor at all! | |
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| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 20:22 - May 22 with 135 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| Oh dear, Calamity Reeves is at it again. on 20:13 - May 22 by Ryorry |
"she’s just enacting government fiscal policy, not dictating it"
Are you saying she had no input whatsoever into this govt's fiscal policy?
If so, why bother having a Chancellor at all! |
Of course she has input, however the criticism she comes in for is enacting the government’s (admittedly fairly vacuous) policy.
She’s being targeted for overshooting their budget, and at the same time not implementing more public spending. She could look at wealth taxes but Starmer being the timid leader he is would likely block that for fear of media and business backlash. | | | |
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