Jun 2024
11:39am, 19 Jun 2024
11,259 posts
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Fields
richmac wrote: Maybe the Billionaire recognises that Labour would form a government that is beneficial to his employees, the people his wealth is based on, in terms of a better society, education/healthcare etc while taxing him in a way he can stomach, giving everyone a win. It's not all about money is it Think you’ll find you don’t become a billionaire unless it is all about money |
Jun 2024
11:40am, 19 Jun 2024
5,337 posts
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J2R
If he's at all astute as a businessman, he'll simply have concluded that the Tories are completely f'ing useless and will want people running the country who aren't. Ideology doesn't really come into it. Don't forget, the ineptitude of the Tory government has meant that in most cases, it's been very harmful to businesses of all sizes. The only actual beneficiaries have been those awarded juicy PPE contracts, etc., and maybe some hedge funds. 'Fuck business', Johnson said, and they've done so.
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Jun 2024
11:46am, 19 Jun 2024
44,713 posts
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SPR
richmac wrote: Maybe the Billionaire recognises that Labour would form a government that is beneficial to his employees, the people his wealth is based on, in terms of a better society, education/healthcare etc while taxing him in a way he can stomach, giving everyone a win. Given he's always voted Tory and is a former donor, it won't be that. |
Jun 2024
12:22pm, 19 Jun 2024
8,973 posts
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Pothunter
He’s obviously doing what he thinks will have a better outcome for himself, but that doesn’t mean a worse outcome for the rest of us. A Tory win would be detrimental to all bar their cronies who are in line for “VIP lane” contracts. |
Jun 2024
12:30pm, 19 Jun 2024
24,635 posts
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larkim
Billionaires aren't the only ones who vote solely on the basis of self interest. Plenty of "ordinary" voters, certainly in the past, have weighed up individual impact of tax cuts etc for their own pockets and drawn a conclusion about which way that directs their vote.
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Jun 2024
12:40pm, 19 Jun 2024
50,253 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Anyone else got conspiracy theory feeling of 2.0% inflation EXACTLY equal to BoE target, 2 weeks before GE that the date that the INCUMBENT party called? Hmm. I'll get my tinfoil hat.  G
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Jun 2024
12:43pm, 19 Jun 2024
28,036 posts
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richmac
Could be Happy - don't worry though a Tory mess will pop in less than 24 hours to obscure that glint of light !
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Jun 2024
12:49pm, 19 Jun 2024
22,452 posts
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rf_fozzy
Headline inflation number is meaningless given that no-one feels that (might have made some difference *if* no previous CoL crisis) - need effects to shift votes for people who might be voting on CoL issues - particularly on mortgage rates and those effects can take ~months to feed through. BoE unlikely to cut rates tomorrow anyway is what I am reading. |
Jun 2024
12:49pm, 19 Jun 2024
5,323 posts
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paulcook
HappyG(rrr) wrote: Anyone else got conspiracy theory feeling of 2.0% inflation EXACTLY equal to BoE target, 2 weeks before GE that the date that the INCUMBENT party called? Hmm. I'll get my tinfoil hat. G Surely inflation is an entirely measurable figure that's continually tracked and that can't be argued against. |
Jun 2024
12:55pm, 19 Jun 2024
26,900 posts
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Bazoaxe
I get a pay rise on 1 July. Only 2.6% though. That’s the first rise in near two years. It doesn’t feel to me like my wages have kept pace with inflation. Granted that previous rise was decent but still lower than inflation at the time and before it hit peak levels. |
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