Prime Minister Hunt

[SophLad]

VOTE KIER GET CORBYN

[Protheroe]

Having reversed the policies which resulted in a £50bn wipeout, the markets have responded with a whopping 0.8% increase in the value of the FTSE (which has lost 6% since Truss took over).

Hard to think what the Tory slogan will be in the next election.  Can't be The Party of Economic Competency, can't be immigration, can't be unemployment, can't be Chaos with Kier.  Is there anyone else left to blame?

The bond market is all that matters. What's the FTSE got to do with anything?

[Ossian]

Having reversed the policies which resulted in a £50bn wipeout, the markets have responded with a whopping 0.8% increase in the value of the FTSE (which has lost 6% since Truss took over).

Hard to think what the Tory slogan will be in the next election.  Can't be The Party of Economic Competency, can't be immigration, can't be unemployment, can't be Chaos with Kier.  Is there anyone else left to blame?

The bond market is all that matters. What's the FTSE got to do with anything?

Index tracker funds

[SophLad]

Having reversed the policies which resulted in a £50bn wipeout, the markets have responded with a whopping 0.8% increase in the value of the FTSE (which has lost 6% since Truss took over).

Hard to think what the Tory slogan will be in the next election.  Can't be The Party of Economic Competency, can't be immigration, can't be unemployment, can't be Chaos with Kier.  Is there anyone else left to blame?

The bond market is all that matters. What's the FTSE got to do with anything?

Index tracker funds

Obvs.

[Borin' Baggie]

VOTE KIER GET CORBYN

The way things are looking at the moment Labour could amass such a big majority that they could split and be in government and be the official opposition.

There's a couple of polls going around that if they were to be replicated in a general election the Lib Dems or SNP would be the opposition and the Tories having fewer seats than Sinn Fein, owing to the undemocratic nature of FPTP.

[Protheroe]

Having reversed the policies which resulted in a £50bn wipeout, the markets have responded with a whopping 0.8% increase in the value of the FTSE (which has lost 6% since Truss took over).

Hard to think what the Tory slogan will be in the next election.  Can't be The Party of Economic Competency, can't be immigration, can't be unemployment, can't be Chaos with Kier.  Is there anyone else left to blame?

The bond market is all that matters. What's the FTSE got to do with anything?

Index tracker funds

Eh? So what?

[Baggybenny]

The whole lot of them were, initially, behind the 45p rate reduction, removal of the bankers bonus cap. etc etc
It shows their true colours.

[Protheroe]

The whole lot of them were, initially,  behind the 45p rate reduction, removal of the bankers bonus cap. etc etc
It shows their true colours.

Neither are bad policies. Unless - in the case of the former - you face a debt crisis, which we do. Or in the latter where the optics are appalling, even though the reality is that bankers have been paid far more basic salary (and far less on performance) because of the cap and depending on your viewpoint that can be a good or a bad thing. On the whole I tend to think it's a bad thing.

[SophLad]

Public showing their reaction to PM Hunt. An Albion-esque new manager bounce:

LAB: 56% (+3)
CON: 20% (-4)
LDEM: 11% (-2)
GRN: 5% (+2)

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@RedfieldWilton
, 16 Oct

[Shabby Russian]

I wonder what the point of pmqs on Wednesday will be.

I'd be tempted if I was Starmer to ask the speaker if he could direct his questions to the organ grinder not the monkey.