UK Politics Thread 🇬🇧

[88m3]

Record number of UK mortgage deals pulled in one day as market mayhem takes hold

Hundreds of mortgage deal offers in the U.K. have been pulled after market chaos sparked concerns about interest rates rising as high as 6% for 2023.

www.cnbc.com

I would lose my mind

 

[jj23]

Delusional

 

[88m3]

Delusional

I'm not even sure if American Conservatives would try and pull this shyt in this day and age

 

[jj23]

 

[Carl Tethers]

On some, "So, is Vladimir Putin in the room with us now?" shyt

 

[FAH1223]

I'm not even sure if American Conservatives would try and pull this shyt in this day and age

If they had the majorities the Tories have they would

 

[jj23]

Seriously though.. someone convince me this isn't a coordinated short of the pound...

 

[King Static X]

If they had the majorities the Tories have they would

True. Also, UK Conservatives don't have a filibuster to worry about at all.

 

[jj23]

Labour surges to 33-point lead over Tories - YouGov

Britain's opposition Labour party has surged to a 33-point lead over the ruling Conservatives, according to a YouGov poll, after days of chaos in financial markets triggered by the government's planned tax cuts.

www.rte.ie

@FAH1223

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Starmer in his fukkin BAG right now

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Corbyn looking like a fukkin clown

 

[jj23]

Corbyn looking like a fukkin clown

Corbyn would have won the election if not for internal labour sabotage. I certainly know the country wouldn't have been in this state if he was prime minister. So who the fukk is the clown? The people who put power over country, or Corbyn?

 

[Heimdall]

(I just think it's a shame that it had to take this - near catastrophe - for them to get such a lead. It may well be a short-lived bump too, but we'll see!)

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Corbyn would have won the election if not for internal labour sabotage. I certainly know the country wouldn't have been in this state if he was prime minister. So who the fukk is the clown? The people who put power over country, or Corbyn?

Bernie bros never learn.

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

The Dollar Is Strong. That Is Good for the U.S. but Bad for the World.

The Federal Reserve may have no choice but to wage a relentless inflation fight, but countries rich and poor are feeling the pain of plunging currencies.

www.nytimes.com