THE RISHI SUNAK MUPPET SHOW
ZDENKO KOS MSc MEc BScEcon Hons MBA • 22 June 2023
LIVE FROM WESTMINSTER
From the “mortgage catastrophe” to Jeremy Hunt’s revelations from the government’s pandemic preparedness, there’s been plenty going on in Westminster. Here are the key points:
- Polling suggested that most people wrongly think Rishi Sunak’s pledge to halve inflation would either mean prices going down (32%) or staying the same (31%). Only 23% said that this still meant prices would go up. Later in the day, Downing Street claimed the government is still on course to meet its target of halving inflation by the end of the year.
- At the Ukraine recovery conference this morning Sunak gave a speech saying “Russia must pay for the destruction that they’ve inflicted”.
- Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, the DUP leader, wrote to Sunak urging him to scrap controversial legislation to address the legacy of Northern Ireland’s Troubles. Later in the day, Ireland said it would consider taking legal action against the UK if parliament passes the Northern Ireland Troubles (legacy and reconciliation) bill.
- In PMQs, Keir Starmer said the cost of the Tory mortgage penalty is an extra £2,900 a year. Sunak replied that interest rates are at similar levels in Canada and the US and Australia and New Zealand, adding that the government has a plan to reduce inflation. The Guardian’s political correspondent, Andrew Sparrow, opined that Starmer won in the exchange, noting that he was “on very strong ground today because he devoted all his questions to what he called the Tory ‘mortgage catastrophe’”.
- Jeremy Hunt appeared before the Covid-19 inquiry, where he dropped several bombshells, including that quarantining people sooner “might have avoided” the first coronavirus lockdown, the UK did not sufficiently learn from the experiences of Asian nations which had dealt with virus outbreaks, and that pandemic preparation exercises had “too narrow a focus”, only considered mitigation rather than prevention, and did not “ask the right questions”.
- Mark Walport, David Cameron’s chief scientific adviser who also appeared before the Covid-19 inquiry, warned him in 2013 that the UK’s assessment of risks, including from pandemics, was not being used properly to prevent and mitigate dangers and was being kept too secret.
- Labour insisted it still wants to abolish the House of Lords despite planning to swell its size with new peers in order to push through policy if it forms a government.
- Suella Braverman rejected calls to move responsibility for the Windrush compensation scheme from the Home Office, with the home secretary saying it would cause “delay and needless bureaucracy”.
- More than 1m households across Britain are expected to lose at least 20% of their disposable incomes thanks to the surge in mortgage costs expected before the next election.
- Downing Street declined to say whether Shaun Bailey, the former London mayoral candidate for the Conservatives, should take up the peerage given to him in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours after a video emerged of him taking part in a mid-lockdown Christmas party.
The Tory frontbencher Jenrick, currently the shadow justice secretary, filmed himself pursuing members of the public who snuck onto the tube without paying last week.
It is even more concerned issue because they advertise that they are replacement to all who can not have regular bank account for the reasons as bankruptcy, CCJ’s, Debt Relief Order, Debt Management and other such issues.
Chelsea completed the European quadruple: After successes in the Champions League, Europa League and the former European Cup Winners' Cup, the club has now also won the Conference League - as the first club in history.
Since he came into the office for the 2nd time, the US president has initiated a radical restructuring of the state apparatus and issued an almost incalculable number of decrees.
It is not strange that two biggest political parties at Westminster and Parliament itself are finding themselves buckled, bent and contorted by the furious arguments provoked by the Israel-Gaza war.
Make no mistake for me much better final would be a final Atletico Bilbao against FK Bodö, who would have been the first Norwegian club to be in a European final. They would work their socks off!
Invincibles Chelsea Women clinched the treble with a 3-0 Women's FA Cup final win against Man Utd Women, ending the domestic season unbeaten.
Bizarrely, under this deal, yoga teachers, buskers and takeaway chefs now qualify as skilled labour – meaning they will also be able to bring their dependents. Keir Starmer seems determined to make us the soft touch immigration capital of the world and never misses an opportunity to surrender.
Pope Francis is saying goodbye to a world in which the law of the strongest prevails. In which there is no talking, but shooting, in which there is no negotiation, but bombing. Who will now persistently try to make peace?
Everyone in Slovenia should be proud, as I am, that the president of the European Football Association (UEFA) is Slovenian, from a country with just over 2.3m inhabitants. You all should give him a break and shut up!
Cheers to all the people who love me,
Cheers the losers who lost me, and
Cheers the lucky bastards who get to meet me!
Make no mistake, despite all the promises, the Kos team realised quite quickly that not all that glitters is gold. Re/Max is an average real estate agency; I would never ever use them to buy my private home anywhere and I would not recommend them to my worst enemy, especially not this agent who should be avoided by all means.
Make no mistake: Rewards for the failure of a dreadful and disgraceful Conservative government under Rishi Sunak is slap in to our faces. The same was under Boris Johnson and previous therefore was rightly kicked out of office. Fingers crossed not to come back ever again.
Britain, France and the US have supplied Ukraine’s armed forces with powerful longer-range missiles to help fight Russia’s invasion. But the Ukrainian army really wants the German-made Taurus systems.
The big question now is whether there’s any chance for a lasting peace, or if the fighting will drag on until one side gives in completely. Only time will tell if peace is possible, but one thing is certain: the Minsk agreements are a reminder of how hard it is to find common ground when both sides are so far apart.
The Serbian government is said to have granted citizenship to nearly 800 Russian citizens, including 204 influential Russians.
Do we have answer: Not really, because there is no solution to end all these “cold wars” between the pharmaceutical giants and others researchers. They will never ever join the forces therefore in research and development so far the cancer is concern there there is impossible to join the forces, because they will never ever be able to draw the line between whose invention or development was more crucial for the final products.
In Kyiv, the two leaders visited a memorial where they laid wreaths in the national colours of the UK and Ukraine
What is the centre of gravity of a democracy? What functions must a political institution have to perform its duties and guarantee survival?
A BLUEPRINT FOR SUSTAINABLE TRADE
Now we all come together for Christmas and New Year celebrations.
The bottom line here is that patients and their families need to be the winners and not the losers!
Loser always has an excuse like Kemi "to be honest". Well, the winner always has a plan and program what this new Labour government has which was not the case with previous 14 years of Conservative government.
The first Labour’s Budget since 2010 after the party’s return to power in July’s 2024 General Election, delivered by the first female Chancellor Rachel Reeves.
I would like to help Sir Chris Hoy and his family; I would also like to help the many thousands and thousands of individuals in the UK suffering with cancer.
Moscow has a legitimate right to announce that the West attacked Russia. The risk of retaliation against the EU and US using nuclear missiles becomes ever closer.
My grandma would win on the last 3 occasions if she would not be dead and be a manager of such a squads.
I was 100% sure that I will never ever in my life say "thank you" to the person who destroyed Britain before Liz Truss.
For now, the only problem Sir Keir Starmer faces is where to put all his MPs, as the House of Commons only has seating space for 427 people.
There are 12 of the 26 members of the cabinet who are running for re-election I personally would like to see losing their seats
UK parties have 'conspiracy of silence' over post-election budget challenges, think tank says
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It was more of a meeting of politically and morally failed leaders who are fighting to stay in power, except for the host, the Italian Prime Minister.
These are tough and serious times, where serious people are needed to solve them on legal and democratic way as much as possible.
Please forgive me, but I have to ask you as well: "Laura Trott, do you believe in all the crap which comes out from your mouth?"
Time for you Rishi to pack your coffers (your wife's and kids are already packed) and see you in California.
"The world is full of violence and weapons. People seem to be going crazy," he said in a video eight years ago posted online.
Some 30,000 Georgians took to the streets Wednesday in the latest round of a weeks-long mass protest against a "foreign influence" law whose adoption by parliament has prompted a blizzard of international condemnation.
So far the mayor’s position in 3 the biggest cities in UK, Labour retain London where Sadiq Khan was elected for the 3rd time consecutive (impressive, despite congesting charge, Ulez,…) with 43.8% votes.
Question for PM: Do you really believe in all the crap coming out from your mouth and how do you sleep at night?
The blame here has to be shared with all the Palestinian people living there. They have known for years that Hamas made an entire labyrinth under their houses in Gaza.
"Too late, my time has come
Send shivers down my spine, body aching all the time
Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth ..."
You tried hard to give to whoever was watching you today impression infront of election on 2nd May 2024, but i believe this with all other antics and minx conservatives are doing lately will be a bit to less to late.
You want me to go further with you Kay Burley? Sky News are saying to be "Independent" News Channel. I very much doubt about this! I can disclose instantly minimum of 9 (nine) very questionable and dodge issues about your "independence".
Stability is underpriced in politics… And the only way to liberate the country from the pattern of recent years and put an end to the cost of Tory chaos is to end their period in power.
The incumbent thus emerges as the clear winner of the presidential election. There was no significant opponent.
Tories have left us and were said trying to set out credible plans to make sure that we can invest as quickly as possible in those priority public services, get the economy growing so, that we can recoup money into the public sector and deliver it into the public services.
I wonder whether I will live enough long to see closure of any recent and previous enquiries, or I will die before, as quite a few victims of Post Office scandal already passed away.
That was a marvellous cup tie, and Chelsea celebrate more with relief than joy. A last-minute winner is a fine way to clear the pipes after the misery of Wembley
"The way you lose is so painful but now we need to keep going keep moving. They scored and we didn't score" was one of childish comments of CFC manager Pochettino.
There are no doubt Speaker Hoyle takes MPs' safety seriously but by no means he should apologise as he did.