Would you say that if she were male? She hasn't had any dirt dished up on her private life, nothing personal said against her at all as far as I've seen. Boris and his however many kids and affairs were bought up. People are just saying that they think she is absolutely shit at the job, that she has held for less than 2 months. It's not like her job is a supermarket manager that we'd have a moan about if there was only 1 till open. Whoever is the PM, one way or another effects all of our lives. Some will benefit from policies, some won't, but pretty much the whole country has agreed that tanking the economy with a 'mini budget' is not the best way forward. You're making it sound like we should just say 'oh dear, that's a shame, never mind'. 80,000 members of the Conservative party voted for her on the back of her leadership bid policies, are they allowed to be miffed that the policies they voted for have been binned? In 3 weeks we've seen pension funds obliterated, mortgages increased by £400 per month, pretty much overnight. Nothing has been solved regarding inflation & we're now looking at austerity mark two. It's not a personal attack, the attack's have actually come from her by saying that anyone who thought the 'mini budget' was madness is part of a mythical 'Anti-Growth Coalition'. I haven't joined a mythical coalition but when the 'mini budget' was announced my thought was 'WTF'. Now she's sacked the Chancellor that she chose & who implemented the policies that she put forward for her leadership bid, but has put in another one who has completely changed it, are people supposed to say 'oh well, never mind, she tried'? No one is 'hounding' her, people rightly expect that the PM will answer questions and give a rationale to her plans. Saying growth is not good enough. It's not too much to ask what her 'actual' future plans are for the country. It is the most ridiculous case of saying one thing and doing the complete opposite I have ever heard of but the PM basically has people's lives' in her hands. Asking questions and wanting answers for something so serious is not 'hounding'.
I think you misunderstand the purpose of the cap - It wasn't a punitive measure rather (in hope at least!) a preventative one. Very similar budgets and pay structures were in place prior to 2008 but it didn't stop the financial crisis. The purpose was to try and discourage risky, short term practices so if, as you say, the bonuses have been replace by 'role-based allowances' as part of fixed pay then maybe they are less inclined to take such big risks. That certainly doesn't support this government's long held position though, that the caps make UK banks less competitive...
Agreed. There is an expression: "In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is King." Compared to Truss and Johnson Hunt is a political colossus. I too feel there is a slight improvement and perhaps things won't be quite as bad as we all feared now that at least there is a grown-up in charge. And no, I never thought I'd say that about Jeremy Hunt!Whatever else it is, Politics is wonderful entertainment
I've never liked Jeremy Hunt personally, thought some of his policies (particularly around the NHS and the Leveson enquiry) have been absolutely dreadful, if not corrupt, never trusted him and believe him to be a self serving, career politician,
But at least he's good at it. He's like a breath of fresh air, a grown up in the room, all of those things compared to the Brexit cabal of the last 3 years. Ok it's only one in a cabinet of 20 but it's a start. And I'm sure that the fact he's the richest cabinet member (sorry Rishi, he didn't marry into it) won't effect what he does at all.
I genuinely think he's a huge improvement. It's a Funny old world
I understand perfectly the purpose and background of the bankers' bonus cap and, presumably having read the content of my post, it's a little insulting that you'd think otherwise.
Have you been in a coma these past couple of months?
www.cornwalllive.com
I've managed to miss anything particularly interesting that's been dredged up from her personal life.
If there is any further evidence needed of how bad things have got, it is that Jeremy Hunt has ended up the smartest person in the room.
Arbeit macht frei?
we shall see!
I think I probably realised thatThat was my point
<sigh> I'm wasted on here
