http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Not the Budget en Sun, 31 May 2026 08:05:19 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=4#post-365201 Sat, 10 Dec 2022 21:10:47 +0000 chdot 365201@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Liz Truss and I ‘got carried away’ writing mini-budget, admits Kwasi Kwarteng </p> <p>Sacked chancellor says he and ex-PM failed to consider political and economic consequences </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/dec/10/liz-truss-and-kwasi-kwarteng-got-carried-away-writing-mini-budget" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/dec/10/liz-truss-and-kwasi-kwarteng-got-carried-away-writing-mini-budget</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=4#post-364809 Fri, 18 Nov 2022 14:27:49 +0000 chdot 364809@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>The British people ‘just got a lot poorer’, says IFS thinktank </p> <p>UK has scored ‘a series of economic own goals’, Institute for Fiscal Studies says after autumn statement </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/18/british-people-poorer-ifs-uk-autumn-statement" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/18/british-people-poorer-ifs-uk-autumn-statement</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=4#post-364774 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 13:51:28 +0000 chdot 364774@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Autumn statement 2022 live: OBR says living standards to fall 7% as Hunt confirms millions to pay more taxes </p> <p>Fiscal watchdog’s figures show eight years of growth wiped out; chancellor announces higher taxes and some cost of living support </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/nov/17/autumn-statement-2022-live-jeremy-hunt-to-unveil-budget-plans-as-labour-says-12-years-of-tory-economic-failure-holding-uk-back-rishi-sunak-latest-updates" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/nov/17/autumn-statement-2022-live-jeremy-hunt-to-unveil-budget-plans-as-labour-says-12-years-of-tory-economic-failure-holding-uk-back-rishi-sunak-latest-updates</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=4#post-364772 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 12:51:58 +0000 chdot 364772@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>And electric vehicles will no longer be exempt from vehicle excise duty, he says.</p> <p>…</p> <p>Hunt says his plans will involve 'substantial tax increase'</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/nov/17/autumn-statement-2022-live-jeremy-hunt-to-unveil-budget-plans-as-labour-says-12-years-of-tory-economic-failure-holding-uk-back-rishi-sunak-latest-updates" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/nov/17/autumn-statement-2022-live-jeremy-hunt-to-unveil-budget-plans-as-labour-says-12-years-of-tory-economic-failure-holding-uk-back-rishi-sunak-latest-updates</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=4#post-364769 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 12:05:48 +0000 chdot 364769@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Tomorrow @Jeremy_Hunt is expected to launch proposals on road pricing - a new form of taxation which will overhaul fuel duty and VED. Long awaited it takes a brave govt to propose wholesale change to the way we pay for driving </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/meeravadher1/status/1592845677058719748" rel="nofollow">https://mobile.twitter.com/meeravadher1/status/1592845677058719748</a></p> <p>Good </p> <p>If true </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=4#post-364768 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 11:28:58 +0000 chdot 364768@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/17/five-charts-that-will-shape-the-uks-autumn-statement" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/17/five-charts-that-will-shape-the-uks-autumn-statement</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=4#post-364637 Mon, 07 Nov 2022 21:02:13 +0000 chdot 364637@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/07/large-tax-rises-from-jeremy-hunt-could-put-uk-at-risk-of-deeper-slowdown" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/07/large-tax-rises-from-jeremy-hunt-could-put-uk-at-risk-of-deeper-slowdown</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=4#post-364618 Sun, 06 Nov 2022 19:39:36 +0000 chdot 364618@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/06/jeremy-hunt-set-to-outline-60bn-in-tax-rises-and-spending-cuts" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/06/jeremy-hunt-set-to-outline-60bn-in-tax-rises-and-spending-cuts</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=4#post-364558 Thu, 03 Nov 2022 11:54:06 +0000 neddie 364558@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's so stupid. What they are cutting is literally the very thing that can help people save money. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=4#post-364547 Wed, 02 Nov 2022 18:05:51 +0000 MediumDave 364547@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/advice-and-guidance/2022/11/emergency-budget-review-2022-23/documents/emergency-budget-review-2022-23/emergency-budget-review-2022-23/govscot%3Adocument/emergency-budget-review-2022-23.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/advice-and-guidance/2022/11/emergency-budget-review-2022-23/documents/emergency-budget-review-2022-23/emergency-budget-review-2022-23/govscot%3Adocument/emergency-budget-review-2022-23.pdf</a></p> <p>New budget just dropped:</p> <p>28.5m reduced spend on bus replacement and active travel. No further breakdown</p> <p>7.2m reduced spend on roads and taxis, largely because spending the money they have is hard due to supply chain issues. </p> <p>Priorities eh... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=4#post-364535 Tue, 01 Nov 2022 20:33:17 +0000 chdot 364535@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/scotland-emergency-budget-multi-millions-in-cuts-to-be-set-out-by-ministers-tomorrow-3901661" rel="nofollow">https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/scotland-emergency-budget-multi-millions-in-cuts-to-be-set-out-by-ministers-tomorrow-3901661</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=4#post-364380 Tue, 25 Oct 2022 18:09:49 +0000 LaidBack 364380@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>But look on the bright side, at least Boris Johnson pulled out early. If Stanley Johnson had done the same, we wouldn't be in the mess we are all in now. </p> <p>Rish! Sunak and his exclamation mark of ambition will become prime minister without doing a single interview or undergoing even the most cursory public scrutiny, without anyone voting for him – not even his own party, never mind having to face the wider electorate. There is no planet on which any of this is democratic.</blockquote></p> <p>From today's National / Wee Ginger Dug</p> <p>Had hard day yesterday - poking fun at the idiots gives me hope.<br /> Hope Rish! ditches Alister Jack as colonial overseer for Scotland! Must do surely?! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=3#post-364352 Sun, 23 Oct 2022 09:58:53 +0000 chdot 364352@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/23/whitehall-fears-hunts-spending-cuts-could-tip-uk-into-deep-recession" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/23/whitehall-fears-hunts-spending-cuts-could-tip-uk-into-deep-recession</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=3#post-364347 Sat, 22 Oct 2022 14:43:41 +0000 LaidBack 364347@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>National front page nails it. 'No liar, cheat or crook should hold office of PM once, let alone twice'.<br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/ScotNational/status/1583560505284874252" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/ScotNational/status/1583560505284874252</a></p> <p>Guardian front page has 'Tory tribes go to war'. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=3#post-364336 Fri, 21 Oct 2022 19:22:50 +0000 chdot 364336@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/21/clamour-grows-for-early-uk-general-election" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/21/clamour-grows-for-early-uk-general-election</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=3#post-364335 Fri, 21 Oct 2022 18:23:34 +0000 chdot 364335@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.itv.com/news/2022-10-21/damning-partygate-evidence-means-boris-johnson-could-be-gone-by-christmas" rel="nofollow">https://www.itv.com/news/2022-10-21/damning-partygate-evidence-means-boris-johnson-could-be-gone-by-christmas</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=3#post-364334 Fri, 21 Oct 2022 18:15:22 +0000 nobrakes 364334@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Today I realised that I would be quite relaxed about a scenario whereby the army declare martial law, forcibly remove all tories from Westminster and get some kind of stability sorted long enough to get another election on the go. Preferably with some more balanced voting system than FPTP. I never thought I would see such madness in the UK as we are seeing this week. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=3#post-364330 Fri, 21 Oct 2022 16:58:59 +0000 MediumDave 364330@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The politics of eternity beckons as so much of politics is about "being" rather than "doing" these days. In that in simply "being" Johnson need not address the various nefarious things that he's been doing. Truss was attempting the same trick but was unable to pull it off, so hopefully we're not as close as all that. Maybe sufficient Tories will indicate they will cross the floor to render the bouncing buffoon's candidacy moot. Relying on Tories for moral fibre though...what a position to be in. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=3#post-364329 Fri, 21 Oct 2022 16:27:28 +0000 Morningsider 364329@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Laidback - they are all at it! Endless vox pops with raging loons and interviews with stark staring bonkers Tory backbenchers - who all seem to have forgotten the Tory wipe out at the last English local government elections and seismic byelection losses.</p> <p>"Boris" is a media creation and they simply can't seem to let go. Thinking of stationing a bucket in front of the TV, as it is only a matter of time before I ralph. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=3#post-364328 Fri, 21 Oct 2022 16:05:56 +0000 LaidBack 364328@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>State media Scottish branch™ are going big on the 'everyone loves Boris' theme.<br /> <em>(In bed with flu like thing so listened on catch up to Mornings with Stephen Jardine.)</em><br /> Few actual callers. Few texts in saying GE should take place asap, balanced against much longer contributions from professional commentators with Tory leanings. Not many local voices. Henry Hill etc.<br /> For a supposedly Scottish oriented show it allowed the meme that 'the country loves BJ' to run - in contrast to opinion poling in Scotland that would suggest the opposite. So very Radio 5 Live and not reflected in reality here.<br /> Now Stephen did point out BJ's criminal lies but those daft enough to phone in said that ordinary people wouldn't worry and he was the one voted for in 2019.<br /> Ex PMs get £115k pension btw but Liz Truss is really the person to dislike.<br /> Finally Nick Jones ex political correspondent from BBC came in and shamelessly plugged the Boris line.<br /> Scotland, Wales and NI are spectators, as is much of England. Democracy is being destroyed as people tune out.<br /> Apart from podcasts and a couple of newspapers alternative views are not being heard. Listenership of Radio Scotland probably historic anomaly though! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=3#post-364313 Thu, 20 Oct 2022 15:36:11 +0000 gembo 364313@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thought he was still being investigated?</p> <p>Impeach the PM </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=3#post-364312 Thu, 20 Oct 2022 15:11:18 +0000 Morningsider 364312@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If he came back I reckon the First Minister could simply declare independence and the EU, UN and co. would shrug and go "fair enough". </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=3#post-364311 Thu, 20 Oct 2022 14:51:49 +0000 Baldcyclist 364311@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>BoJo standing, couldn't make it up. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=3#post-364310 Thu, 20 Oct 2022 13:38:11 +0000 gembo 364310@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Liz has just trussed off </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=3#post-364309 Thu, 20 Oct 2022 08:36:09 +0000 LaidBack 364309@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Anyone else feel like a Canadian watching US politics?</p> <p>We've been waterboarded all year with incompetent right wing politicians being discussed by right wing commentators. (No Tory majority here since mid 1950s)</p> <p>Scotland's sole Labour MP Ian Murray was allowed to present his view on Radio Scotland but I note Shona Craven and Andrew Tickell aren't getting so many BBC gigs.</p> <p>The UK is a very odd Union of countries. I reckon a Labour government in England will at least have dialogue with ScotGov. Joanne Cherry worked well with them on restricting BJ and his BS. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=3#post-364304 Tue, 18 Oct 2022 22:49:52 +0000 Baldcyclist 364304@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Pro Indy economist says "ScotGov currency plans are so wrong he'd vote no in a future referendum":<br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/ScotNational/status/1582400361020772355" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/ScotNational/status/1582400361020772355</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=3#post-364302 Tue, 18 Oct 2022 20:39:05 +0000 jss 364302@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was struck by the comments made by one of Nicola’s own economic advisors - Prof Mark Blyth - pulling out of a 300 year old union with free movement of goods , people and services is going to be lot messier than pulling out of a 30 year EU union<br /> He reckoned it would be “Brexit times ten”( but worth it eventually in his opinion)<br /> I think Nichola will be canny enough to have learnt from the success of the Brexit campaign -namely to deal in broad optimistic terms “taking back control” and so on, rather than discussing difficult detail which may not be so flattering to the cause.<br /> However detail is the habitual abode of Don Diablo </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=3#post-364300 Tue, 18 Oct 2022 12:51:44 +0000 Baldcyclist 364300@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>At least it will be our own dire financial mess though, cheers. ;) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=3#post-364299 Tue, 18 Oct 2022 12:48:17 +0000 Baldcyclist 364299@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nope, voted yes in 2014. If you had me on twitter or FB you'd see all the propoganda on my timeline for yes then.</p> <p>Then the sh*tshow that was Brexit happened, and the realisation that if such a small (comparitively to Indy) change could cause so much turmoil for the country and have such a dire financial impact on each and every one of us, what will the magnified impact be of Indy.</p> <p>The impact of Brexit is a drop in the ocean to the -ve financial impact that Indy will have on all of us. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21137&page=3#post-364298 Tue, 18 Oct 2022 11:57:36 +0000 Yodhrin 364298@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is it rational? Sounds more like a collection of standard-issue BT talking points to me, which is odd to hear from someone who once thought indy was "a grand idea"...</p> <p>I always wonder - do people really change, or do they just eventually reveal who they were all along? </p>