No they don't, they can start whenever they like.
Ashworth was woefully poor on the BBC immediately following the Truss press conference. He was asked directly, twice, which parts of the mini-budget that remain in place Labour didn't agree with. He swerved it both times, so the interviewer gave up as he was out of time. I know this is standard politician procedure and they are all drilled to do the same, but it's just so frustrating. Be better - it's not hard.
Indeed. Insists on long interchanges about MMT when there is no suggestion that the thread subject, Truss, even knows what MMT is.
you need to move on, the ppe billions have gone, just gone, and no one knows where, it's just another, "one of those things"
Absolutely this. The country requires answers, not being constantly reminded of what we already know.
am i correct in thinking you will vote abc, anyone but conservative?
the best thing that can happen now is truss naming a date
strategically, labour will be attempting to maximise the political anguish for the torys, so as to govern for a decade or more
That sounds like winning by default. The country needs solutions, not the least worst option.
This was their 2019 election manifesto, got it pretty spot on if you ask me. Tax the rich to fund public services - Tick. Tories want to tax them less and cut services. increase the health budget year on year - we'd be far better prepared for Covid. Tories just thought how their mates could make a quick buck out of overpriced and unusuitable PPE. Get Brexit sorted in 6 months, Tories still wrangling with the EU 3 years on. Nationalisation inc the national grid - would have had more control over current energy prices. - Tick 10gbp minimum wage - would mean the poorest would have been better off to deal with the cost of living crisis
Rightly so he swerved it, the devil is in the detail and right not to fall into the trap of saying 'don't agree with this cut' then in your own budget you make a similar cut but it's inextricably linked to something else that you weren't able to go into. Headline is that Labour MP goes back on disagreeing with said cut even if it's a completely different context.
When you've got a microphone in your hand and/or a camera in your face then you are in control of the messaging at that moment in time. You have the benefit of being able to give your view of the world, without it going through a biased filter that will twist your words to suit a different narrative.
if truss had an ounce of patriotism in her, she would resign
...and to follow-up on myself, this is important because after hearing the interview I was left with the impression that Labour had an expensive policy that seemed to have no solid funding proposal behind it.
The interviewer is controlling the questions. You're upset Ashworth didn't answer a specific question about which parts within the mini budget he didn't agree with. That isn't an answer you can give in 30 seconds because a budget is a collection of interrelated policies. So Ashworth wanted to control his message, but you wanted him to answer that question. You can't have it both ways.
I would really like more honesty in politics but if you have political ambitions then there has been nothing to suggest in the last few years that honesty and openness will be successful, rather the complete opposite. Being blatantly dishonest is continuing to be way to be successful in Politics. Liz Truss became Prime Minister a month ago and is now going in the exact opposite direction to her whole election campaign.
It wasn't a soundbite, it was an interview that ran for some time. She was given two opportunities to explain the funding. I was able to find the answer myself and I could explain it in about 15 seconds.
do you hold the torys to the same level of fiscal responsibility?
I didn't see or hear the interviews so I hesitate to defend the interviewees, but giving answers on the hoof about Party Policy in regard to a constantly reversing/changing mini budget statement is difficult and likely to bite you in the bum.
