Quote of the day

[Sarah]

Former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers tells Bloomberg:

I think the UK is behaving a bit like an emerging market turning itself into a submerging market.

also

Between Brexit, how far the Bank of England got behind the curve and now these fiscal policies, I think Britain will be remembered for having pursuing the worst macroeconomic policies of any major country in a long time.

https://twitter.com/lewis_goodall/statu ... aex38JKBTA

[Richard Frost]

“I think there’s absolutely no shame in a leader listening to people and responding.”

Liz Truss defends her decision to reverse the government’s plan to scrap the 45p higher rate of tax.

The Week 4/10/22

[Richard Frost]

“I don’t want my song being a soundtrack to lies.”

M People’s Mike Pickering objects to Liz Truss using Moving On Up as her conference walk-on song.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-m ... r-63145566

[Chadwick]

I would love to have a front page of The Telegraph with a plane taking off to Rwanda, that’s my dream, it’s my obsession.

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/p ... 96123.html

Some people dream of world peace or a cure for cancer. Others are obsessed with irrational cruelty to fellow humans.

[Richard Frost]

“I don’t know whether that is arrogance, lack of respect or insecurity.”

Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, tells the BBC that she has not received a single phone call from Liz Truss since she became prime minister more than a month ago.

Presumeably her phone is a two way instrument.

[macliam]

“I don’t know whether that is arrogance, lack of respect or insecurity.”

Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, tells the BBC that she has not received a single phone call from Liz Truss since she became prime minister more than a month ago.

Presumeably her phone is a two way instrument.

Only if someone answers it.......

[Richard Frost]

“I don’t know whether that is arrogance, lack of respect or insecurity.”

Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, tells the BBC that she has not received a single phone call from Liz Truss since she became prime minister more than a month ago.

Presumeably her phone is a two way instrument.

Only if someone answers it.......

It sounds as though she has not tried to call. Although equally I would not blame the Truss if she ignored it.

[Richard Frost]

“The dark cloud of suicide means that too much potential has gone unfulfilled and too many families have been left incomplete. The work to tackle this must respond to evolving challenges and be fit for the decade ahead.”

On World Mental Health Day, former home secretary Sajid Javid talks about losing his brother, Tariq, to suicide four years ago and urges the government to do more to prevent others from taking their own lives.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63199359

[blythburgh]

“The dark cloud of suicide means that too much potential has gone unfulfilled and too many families have been left incomplete. The work to tackle this must respond to evolving challenges and be fit for the decade ahead.”

On World Mental Health Day, former home secretary Sajid Javid talks about losing his brother, Tariq, to suicide four years ago and urges the government to do more to prevent others from taking their own lives.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63199359

Hopefully the family tragedy will mean the Govt does something meaningful and not spout good intentions that lead to very little or even nothing

[Chadwick]

Hopefully the family tragedy will mean the Govt does something meaningful and not spout good intentions that lead to very little or even nothing

From this government, I'd be grateful for the good intentions.