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The Bank of England has raised interest rates in an attempt to control galloping inflation:

Interest rates have risen for the second time in three months as the Bank of England tries to curb a rapid rise in the cost of living.

The hike to 0.5% from 0.25% came as the Bank warned prices would remain at a 30-year high for the rest of the year.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60197463

IMO that's not going to do too much to help reduce inflation, just make people's mortgage payments higher, the very last thing someone who is already reeling from increases in energy prices, general inflation and the pending increase in National Insurance.

That's not to say that I wouldn't like to see interest rates back up to their long-term average, but this may not be the right time to do it what with all the other problems going on.
 
And BlowJob's head of policy resigns over him slandering Starmer, just after BlowJob's non-apology for said slander.

Odd how BlowJob made that slander under Parliamentary privilege rather than even in the street outside the Houses, which would have allowed Starmer to sue the ******* arse off him. Not just weaselly, but cowardly, which is all we can expect from this twat.
 
And at the same time as announcing the "levelling up" paper, Sunak cuts most folk's council tax bill for next year, thus preparing the ground for the councils getting the blame for "levelling up" not working because they won't spend enough money, given that a load of the other money isn't new but re-labelled money they already have or were due to get anyway...

How ******* stupid do they think we are?

Oh, wait a mo...I think we have answered that one with PJ's LBC caller, my "I just like him!" eejit from Blyth, and other similar tales from other regulars in this thread.
 
Rise in energy bills in France capped at 4%.
Here in the UK we are getting a £200 loan and the bills are going up by 54%
 
Munira Mirza, the Downing Street head of policy, has resigned over Boris Johnson’s Jimmy Savile attack on Keir Starmer
 
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The PM makes the right call on the big decisions, so it's great to see him in #Ukraine after the British government sent the HMS Defender to the Crimean shores and provided anti-tank missiles to Kyiv when other countries rejected the supply of weapons.
 
Three since then!

Jumping before they are pushed in the fallout from Partygate?
 
Four senior aides to Boris Johnson have resigned from Downing Street within hours of each other amid growing pressure on the prime minister.

Director of communications Jack Doyle confirmed his exit shortly after the departure of policy head Munira Mirza.

They were followed by the chief of staff Dan Rosenfield and senior civil servant Martin Reynolds.

The top aides' resignations come as Mr Johnson faces increasing questions over his leadership from within his party.

Mr Doyle told staff that "recent weeks have taken a terrible toll on my family life", but that he had always intended to leave after two years.

However, Ms Mirza quit over the PM's false claim that Sir Keir Starmer failed to prosecute Jimmy Savile when he was director of public prosecutions, and his refusal to apologise.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak publicly distanced himself from the PM's original comment, saying: "Being honest, I wouldn't have said it."

And asked if Mr Johnson should apologise, he said: "That's for the prime minister to decide."

A statement from a No 10 spokeswoman said Mr Rosenfield had offered his resignation to the PM earlier on Thursday, but would stay on while his successor was found.

Mr Reynolds - who was the principal private secretary to the prime minister - will do the same, but then return to a role at the Foreign Office.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60253231
 
Boris lied about reduction in crime?

Are we surprised?

The prime minister and the Home Office have been criticised by the UK statistics watchdog for incorrectly claiming crime has fallen.

Speaking in the Commons on Monday, Boris Johnson said crime had come down by 14% since he took office.

It followed a Home Office press release last week that claimed the government "continues to cut crime".

The UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) said the prime minister "did not make clear" the figure excluded fraud.

It also said the Home Office had presented figures in a "misleading way".
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60250678
 
He fraudulently claimed a reduction in crime by omitting fraud as one of the crimes being counted! You see, THAT'S what I'm talking about; Trump couldn't be half that entertaining if he set his own underpants on fire! :D
 
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He fraudulently claimed a reduction in crime by omitting fraud as one of the crimes being counted! You see, THAT'S what I'm talking about; Trump couldn't be half that entertaining if he set his own underpants on fire! :D
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:):thumbsup:
 
Nadine Dorries shortly to appear on her front lawn in her nightie clutching a pint of wine to tell us that they were all bastards who jumped before they were sacked.
 
I see that The Fail and The Spectator are joining the rat platoons, swimming to safety.

I hope the stench of this lingers to the next GE, and I strongly suspect it will. Sunak will inherit a poisoned chalice.
 
Boris flew in a private jet to Blackpool for a photo op today. He shaved an estimated 20 minutes off the time it'd have taken by train
 
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