Renton

It wasn't called neoliberalism then, at leat I never heard it. Seems to me its use is so broad yet vague it's not useful. Is the EU neoliberal? It's often accused of it. If so, I have no issue with the ideology. Is Sweden neoliberal? Etc. I mean, yet again we are saying, or implying, Blair's policies were the same as the current lot. I don't accept that.

Come on God, throw in a thunderbolt.

Well exactly. PPI greatly improved services, at a cost. Its negatives are exaggerated and its positives underplayed imo. Hardly comparable to what's happening today with the energy cartel.

Mmmmm, sweet, sweet, titbag sweat.

I see the new witch is giving a speech to the country today. Worth watching for the entertainment value.

Monbiot doesn't have a monopoly on definitions. Neoliberalism was once synonymous with Blair's third way, a market economy with state influence. This is pure corruption. Meanwhile.

This isn't neoliberalism, a term I dislike anyway because it means different things to different people. But it's not neoliberalism by any reasonable definition. It's pure corruption. There is market failure in the energy sector and criminals are profiting from it. Similar to Russia circa 1990. Its the Russian way, funny that.

Just about to post that! "I always wanted to be a sugar daddy, but this?"

Cunt to the end but as mentioned, I suspect along with others he will be back.

Is Gloom the inly man left standing? Three jabs and I've had the fucker twice. Get well soon Gwmmill.

It's not working this time. Once ordinary people are visibly affected by their policies, it's game over. I find the Mail's desperate headlines more amusing than anything else nowadays.

She'll be back once Johnson becomes Conservative leader again.

Dystopia. Coming to you quicker than you think.

Cheers. CH is certainly the big one there. Jumpers and possibly fingerless gloves for me then. Insane.

Liz Truss: 81,326 Rishi Sunak: 60,399 That's closer than I expected. With 2/3 of the parliamentary party against Truss already, her selecting an ERG cabinet without Sunak in it, I can only see the tory psychodrama continuing whilst the country suffers. Fuck these cunts, I am beginning to feel murderous.

The Truss factor.

But the UK out of the protection of the EU though? A relatively small market, ripe for filleting from corporate vultures possibly? Actually, we've already been done by corporate vultures, what the fuck do the people own anymore?

Did I read somewhere that our international credit rating is now trashed and we are effectively paying the equivalent of the NHS on interest repayments? Are we at any risk of heading down the Venezuela route here, or was it only Corbyn who could do that?

A response from that Peston thread.

Btw, I know most tories think like Truss, but like Fight Club you don't fucking say it out loud. Even Johnson knew this. Bet most the conservative party have buyers remorse before even opening their shopping.

Aye, she's either a liar or a moron, probably both. There has been no progressive distribution of wealth in this country for 12 years. The super rich in particular have become much more wealthy in absolute and relative terms. And that is part of the reason for our poor growth, contrary to what she says. Trickle down economics is a sham which benefits less than 1% of the population. Its arguable whether ut even really benefits the 1% as they still need to share certain infrastructure and services with us plebs. Release the money to normal people and the economy will grow however. I'm glad Truss is coming out with this shit on the eve of her ascension. She has already given out so much rope if you hanged her her hideous head would be cleanly severed off. She is completely unelectable and the tory party is now nothing more than a right wing cult.

Looks like a shotgun wedding too, keeping up the old Irish tradition there.

Well tbf, that is quite a lot, they manage to fuck up on a weekly basis and have zero self awareness.My favourite was after taunting us with "Enjoy Burton", the very next year them getting relegated by Burton with the crucial goal goal scored by Darren Bent. Filmed for posterity by a Netflix documentary supposed to be about their promotion. I mean, you couldn't make that shit up, pure kismet.

Schalke lad, give us a massive Christmas Tree then we'll talk. NOT this one though.

I actually think Truss may have a personality disorder, like Johnson, like Trump. Pure narcissist and sociopath. Can't remember who said it, but sometimes when you feel you have impostor syndrome it's because you really really are an impostor. Fair enough, this applies to a few tory MPs, but it doesn't explain why so many people don't see the traits and vote for them anyway. Guess that's where gaslighting comes in. Won't work this time.