That’s right, Fred. Civil servants are meant to give impartial advice and be dedicated to the government of the day, no matter what their political complexion.
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About turn from me
Based on the debate tonight and the last two hustings this week which I watched, I think Sunak is better.
He is a better performer than Truss and she appears to be in a complete mess on finance issues whereas he seems more certain, which shouldn't be a surprise as he was chancellor up until a few weeks ago.
I think she is too weak and having her as PM would be just getting anoher Mrs May again. I do think Sunak is too polished and slick, but perhaps in this media age that's not such a bad thing.
The Sky News audience tonight overwhelmingly sided with Sunak and I agree with them and I especially liked him saying he will use another definition for aslyum seekers, so that these channel crossings can be brought to an end.
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https://news.sky.com/story/tory-lea…-truss-12593360
About turn from me
Based on the debate tonight and the last two hustings this week which I watched, I think Sunak is better.
He is a better performer than Truss and she appears to be in a complete mess on finance issues whereas he seems more certain, which shouldn't be a surprise as he was chancellor up until a few weeks ago.
I think she is too weak and having her as PM would be just getting anoher Mrs May again. I do think Sunak is too polished and slick, but perhaps in this media age that's not such a bad thing.
The Sky News audience tonight overwhelmingly sided with Sunak and I agree with them and I especially liked him saying he will use another definition for aslyum seekers, so that these channel crossings can be brought to an end.
Sky is left wing outlet. They would frame Sunak favourably because he is a socialist and not a proper Conservative.
Financial issues are too big now and can never be fixed, no point in making it the main issue especially when Sunak created the problem.
Immigration, the influence of the unelected World Economic Forum and repealing Blair era legislation should be questions that are asked.
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The Battle for Number 10: A test of the breadth, depth and agility of the country's next PMAt the end of 90 minutes, Liz Truss had a vision, but there was a reluctance to give all the answers. Rishi Sunak was across the issues, but wasn't promising a…news.sky.com
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I’m not making excuses for anyone. I acknowledge the complaints people make about his attitude and his flippant approach to things that some people get awfully offended by, like cakes, but we are electing people to carry out a manifesto, and that is what is important. Boris was doing quite well until Covid struck, and I certainly give him credit for taking on the remainers and getting us out of the EU.
Of all the political parties, the Conservatives had the manifesto that captured the imagination of the public, and implementing that is what I care about.
You can ignore comments about the predominantly Left-wing Civil Service if you want, but it is a fact. When I first started working in local government, it was drummed into us that staff were expected to be politically neutral, but over time, that principle was slowly but surely worn away to the point where politicians of both sides started to question advice they were being given. Although affecting both sides of the political spectrum, the bias became more prominent on the Left.
My contact with the Civil Service employees in later years showed me that this problem was more extensive and ingrained in the Civil Service - a huge change since the 1960s where I spent five years of my career.
They are doing themselves no favours. If the politicians can no longer trust their Civil Servants, they will be bringing in their own administrations lock, stock and barrel, as the Americans do.
This is why we are seeing the trend towards political advisors in government. It’s not a trend I like to see, but government employees are doing this to themselves.
Trust needs to be a 2 way street, Johnson has spent his time blaming everyone else
Truss is already blaming the Bank of England for not do enough to counter inflation
Criticism should be kept behind closed doors.
Truss is like a small dog barking loudly but she doesn’t have any bite
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I gave up following the leadership debate a while ago. Neither of the candidates IMO are up to the job of PM. The Conservative party has been fatally damaged by the juvenile antics of those two. No doubt one of them will get the top job but their credibility is forever damaged.
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Trust needs to be a 2 way street, Johnson has spent his time blaming everyone else
Truss is already blaming the Bank of England for not do enough to counter inflation
Criticism should be kept behind closed doors.
Truss is like a small dog barking loudly but she doesn’t have any bite
Sunak is in the pocket of WEF so far worse.
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https://news.sky.com/story/tory-lea…-truss-12593360
About turn from me
Based on the debate tonight and the last two hustings this week which I watched, I think Sunak is better.
He is a better performer than Truss and she appears to be in a complete mess on finance issues whereas he seems more certain, which shouldn't be a surprise as he was chancellor up until a few weeks ago.
I think she is too weak and having her as PM would be just getting anoher Mrs May again. I do think Sunak is too polished and slick, but perhaps in this media age that's not such a bad thing.
The Sky News audience tonight overwhelmingly sided with Sunak and I agree with them and I especially liked him saying he will use another definition for aslyum seekers, so that these channel crossings can be brought to an end.
Sunak definitely came over better in this debate, but Liz Truss was derailed a bit by the interviewers persistence with asking the same question on a policy that she abandoned.
My vote (if I had one) remains with Liz Truss. She will give us the different approach that we need.
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Sky is left wing outlet. They would frame Sunak favourably because he is a socialist and not a proper Conservative.
Financial issues are too big now and can never be fixed, no point in making it the main issue especially when Sunak created the problem.
Immigration, the influence of the unelected World Economic Forum and repealing Blair era legislation should be questions that are asked.
I wouldn’t call Sunak a socialist, Armitage, although Truss does lean to the right of him.
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Sunak definitely came over better in this debate, but Liz Truss was derailed a bit by the interviewers persistence with asking the same question on a policy that she abandoned.
My vote (if I had one) remains with Liz Truss. She will give us the different approach that we need.
Kay Burley was persistent with her, that's true, but Sunak got the same treatment over his personal tax affairs and wealth and I think he handled it better than Truss.
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I gave up following the leadership debate a while ago. Neither of the candidates IMO are up to the job of PM. The Conservative party has been fatally damaged by the juvenile antics of those two. No doubt one of them will get the top job but their credibility is forever damaged.
There are definitely better MPs than these two, but very few of the good ones every put their heads above the parapet.
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Our economic situation is Sunak’s creation. He was warned that inflation and recession would follow a money printing spree and that’s what we have. No surprises here as any followers of history could tell you.
The energy crisis is something different, a matter of poor policy decisions that could be reversed. Trouble is no politician will do it.
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Covid had to be dealt with, Armitage.
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https://news.sky.com/story/tory-lea…-truss-12593360
About turn from me
Based on the debate tonight and the last two hustings this week which I watched, I think Sunak is better.
He is a better performer than Truss and she appears to be in a complete mess on finance issues whereas he seems more certain, which shouldn't be a surprise as he was chancellor up until a few weeks ago.
I think she is too weak and having her as PM would be just getting anoher Mrs May again. I do think Sunak is too polished and slick, but perhaps in this media age that's not such a bad thing.
The Sky News audience tonight overwhelmingly sided with Sunak and I agree with them and I especially liked him saying he will use another definition for aslyum seekers, so that these channel crossings can be brought to an end.
This is what I said in an earlier post, however I can't see either of them winning the next GE
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Covid had to be dealt with, Armitage.
We didn’t have to lock down OB. Totally unnecessary and proven with hindsight as completely ineffective. A chain of poor decisions driven by pound shop science and ideology which had to be funded by printing money. It’s almost criminal.
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We didn’t have to lock down OB. Totally unnecessary and proven with hindsight as completely ineffective. A chain of poor decisions driven by pound shop science and ideology which had to be funded by printing money. It’s almost criminal.
Yes, you are right, and I didn't want to lock down, however there was a lot of pressure from all directions to follow the rest of the world. In fact, I think Labour would probably have locked us up an awful lot longer. We live and learn, and hopefully it won't happen again.
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I agree with you both, we didn’t need lockdown, and in fact now we are starting to see the real damage it did.
But the fact remains that this is what the government did because that’s what the siren voices from the scientific community were shouting from the rooftops, and that intimidated the population and therefore the politicians.
Given that, the people no longer able to work needed help from the state. That’s common sense. But that doesn’t make the government socialists.
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I worked as normal right through lockdown and didn’t receive a penny in aid. Why should I have to pay for help I didn’t receive but my taxes were used to provide that help?
We all suffer the consequences of poor decisions so we must not tolerate anymore the concept of the loudest voices winning the argument. Normally the loudest noises come from the emptiest vessels.
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Because most people were unable to work owing to restrictions imposed by the government. It was only right that the government compensates people who are impacted fundamentally by the decisions they make.
You can't just leave people to starve by denying them their right to work. This isn't China!
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People are free to go to work now that the pandemic is over. It will take a bit of time to make up the shortfall in earnings but those prepared to work diligently can achieve this.
But No ---- many misguided people are spoiling this by going on strike instead , making their income and that of the general public even worse.
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