Do you know what the qualifications are to be chancellor, or any government minister for that matter?
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Is he? Tories. Labour? Same old. You see why trump is loved. We need a change. Nonsense 2 party politics is broken. It cannot fix the country.
Because people are brainwashed idiots? Thatās the only logical explanation.
Unfortunately, this countryās rapidly heading in the same direction, as the rise of Reform UK illustrates.
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Thatās the issue. Who would go into politics?
No. People want change. He will bring it. Good or bad.
@LondonRich You skipping over this one mate?
And no seeing hostages realised in Gaza. All on social media. All filmed. What on gods green earth do we live in!
No. She claimed to be an economist. She was customer complaints.
Well shes a politicianā¦so qualified as they are economical with the truth.
True. But the thing is. We laugh. We hate them. But the system has to change. Proportional representation? 2 party politics from a bygone age does not work.
Quick check and she does have a degree in economics
lol ok. Qualified.
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She has a masters degree in economics
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Masters degree in economics. Lol
Do āKeir Starmer let Jimmy Savile goā next, if you are intent on amplifying far right lies.
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She ran a department responsible for customer relations and mortgage retention (according to BBC/ wikipedia). It still may have required input from her as an economist, but even if it didnt, its not unusual for analysts/ economists to move across to gain advancement in organisations.
Prior to that she was an economist at Bank of England.
And as already stated she does have an MSc in Economics.
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You said that Rachel Reeves was unqualified to be chancellor. There isnāt actually any statutory requirement for the chancellor to have qualifications but letās examine what qualifications recent chancellors have:
Rachel Reeves - BA in philosophy, politics and economics, MA in economics
Jeremy Hunt - BA in philosophy, politics and economics
Kwasi Kwarteng - BA in classics and history. PhD in economic history
Nadhim Zahawi - BSc in chemical engineering
Rishi Sunak - BA in philosophy, politics and economics, Master of Business Administration
Sajid Javid - BA in economics and politics
Philip Hammond - BA in Philosophy, politics and economics
George Osborne - BA in Modern History
Osborne and Zahawi aside, most have some qualification in economics. Reeves is actually the most qualified in that field.
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Oh no, youāve spoilt the narrative!
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It would be good have a proper grown up conversation about Reeves performance as chancellor. We can talk about the insanity of backing a third runway at Heathrow, or whether she is doing nearly enough to tip the balance of interest away from the already mega rich.
But the problem is that any conversation around politics at the minute is rendered impossible by thick cunts shouting shit that simply isnāt true. And it not being true is no barrier to more thick cunts amplifying it, without a care in the world for its veracity.
This is why we are hurtling towards a dictatorship. For the first time in my life Iām existentially terrified about the future.
There are always dictatorships and totalitarianism around the world. But never have the big, major world powers been so close to tipping into outright fascism. The US has just elected one, and like night follows day, his acolytes are now openly discussing how the constitution - that thing so sacrosanct that it canāt even be changed to prevent children being murdered with automatic weapons - can be amended to keep him in power beyond his term. A poll the other day in this country showed that half of Gen Z would prefer a dictatorship to democracy.
And this all stems from the outright collapse in the desire for objective truth. The inherent value is speaking honestly and caring about the truth has gone. That charge has been led by people like Musk, but itās ordinary people who have picked up the baton and run with it.
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Why would people want ābad changeā?
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He might be a narcissistic fascist who is going to rebuild the country to rig it even more for elite financial interests, and abandon any attempt to prevent a Climate Apocalypse, but at least itās a change, eh?
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