Hurtling towards recession.

[@AndrewLawrenceComedy]

NEW- Live in Bromley, 1st February: www.jokepit.com/comedy-in/bromley/bromley-comedy-byo/25043 Support Andrew Lawrence on Patreon: www.patreon.com/AndrewLawrenceComedy or PayPal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/andrewlawrencecomedy

[@JQ-s8h]

I booked a ticket yesterday.

[@JQ-s8h]

@AppreciationClub24-n8e his a very funny fella, yourself?

[@JQ-s8h]

@AppreciationClub24-n8e maybe your projecting your self with these thoughts.

[@JQ-s8h]

@AppreciationClub24-n8e good GOODNIGHT 🇻🇳 VIETNAM

[@norestforthewicked2193]

But is anyone surprised , well not the stupid Labour voters that for sure

[@BTS4990]

Thanks to all yous who voted Labour, good job guys.

[@mickaparrish]

Or as I call them the politically naive

[@ashleystyles6888]

they were installed. You need to peel another layer off of the onion. So long as you think the elections were real youll never understand these people we put there. AND WILL NEVER REVOLT.

[@JuliusFawcett]

actually, with the new green investment, I kinda wish I had voted labour, I voted green

[@ashleystyles6888]

@JuliusFawcett so you're the one that is "responsible"

[@stephenrichards5386]

And all those who didn't vote

[@paulbiggs5523]

To be fair Sir Keir promised change, we just mistakenly assumed it would be for the better.......

[@TomAshdown-u2j]

I don't know anyone who thought it would be better . Very generous calling him sir , I can think of a few other names.

[@BrianGoodall-u2z]

@paulbiggs5523 what's the difference between Kier Starmer and Andrew Lawrence? They're both not funny but Kier Starmer doesn't claim to be a comedian

[@UtubeRfarlefty]

@@BrianGoodall-u2z Always knew lefties had no sense of humour. Labour voter perhaps?

[@mrsmum3-6]

​@@BrianGoodall-u2zAndrew is a comedian and he is funny, quick witted too.

[@des_smith7658]

​@@BrianGoodall-u2z 👈 I've got him on the list

[@edwardharrington678]

Well said. Unemployment has also gone up to 4% as well.

[@colinmartin2921]

It is even better than that, because the Government is bringing in 2.5m immigrants to swell the number.

[@rocky76dude7]

That's cos of the Tories lockdown policies that labour voted against

[@JuliusFawcett]

new green jobs will help

[@clogs4956]

@rocky76dude7 so, you’re scapegoating the Tories for Labour’s current failures?

[@Johng56]

​@@JuliusFawcettselling EVs? Haha

[@mrsgbee]

Racha does her job perfectly.......a wooden headed puppet.

[@ashleystyles6888]

exactly

[@sheilasmart6985]

She's quite lifelike though.

[@JuliusFawcett]

silly unpatriotic thing to say

[@paulhank7967]

Playmobil head

[@JuliusFawcett]

@paulhank7967 picking on someone for their haircut? Really?

[@chrisstephens6194]

She's doing exactly what she is being told to do

[@SmartCookie2022]

I don't get why people continue to post this as it let's them off the hook by absolving them of any blame. Who told Reeves to lie about her CV then?

[@JuliusFawcett]

told by whom?

[@Johng56]

​@@JuliusFawcetther masters

[@barriewilliams4526]

No, she isn't, she's just F in incompetent!

[@MrJohnestall]

@@JuliusFawcettblackrock and wef look it up yourself they pull the strings

[@thepub245]

Please God....can we have a govt like Polands. 🙏

[@JohnPaulJones-z7c]

If only. 😢

[@TruthBot1984]

We would need a sane population like they have in Poland to get such a government.....So I won't hold my breath.....

[@sergeymyasnikov736]

Mindlessly antagonizing it's militarily superior neighbor while it is on a warpath in a nearby country? Yep, they're doing a great job.

[@enfield7123]

Intresting comment

[@thepub245]

@@sergeymyasnikov736 I assume you refer to the z listers being militarily superior? If so, miltary morons more like. All they can do is target civillians from miles away or bomb civillians in Syria with aircraft, where there was no opposition in the form of any meaningful air defence. When faced with trained, organised armed resistance theyre useless. They wouldnt last 3 months in a conventional war with NATO. 700 000 dead and counting.

[@robincadle3403]

I dread to think of the state the UK will be in, by the time Labour are kicked out in 2029!

[@haroonhussain259]

It will sooner probably next year 2025 😂

[@grahamcarter2044]

A Muslim country

[@billybatts8283]

You will be under EU control, unavoidable your country will purposefully collapse so that will be the bail out. No more Reform,.no more sovereignty this has been the plan since the day leave won. How don't you get that.

[@greyvoice7949]

Look at Argentina and hopefully in the future the U.S. (from next year). Both are/will be blueprints for what we should do... Immigration has ruined the UK though due to not actually having the infrastructure nor putting it in place for the massive increase in population... It has caused a lot of problems and all we had in regards to it all was excuses and lies from those that benefit!

[@romeric69]

All part of the plan.

[@seagrey75]

Soros is laughing hard.

[@untitled4542]

We knew a Labour government would do this. Its all happening like clockwork

[@MrDaiseymay]

yep, for once, they kept their manifesto prommisses----ere ??? well-

[@mrsmum3-6]

Absolutely, that why anyone with a brain didn't vote for then. They do have a big ☪️ following though.

[@alanrobertson9790]

I'd hoped that Labour might be moderate. I didn't mind Tony Blair too much but this lot have too many wacky ideas.

[@mrsmum3-6]

@alanrobertson9790 Its Tony Blair who opened the flood gates to Mass immigration to our country.

[@gt4viking789]

On steroids even!

[@worldofameiso5491]

I saw on the BBC yesterday that Labour's target for improving the lot of the population is for working people to be £300 a year better off by 2030. Wow! what ambition they have. What will we all do with all that extra money? Pay a month's electricity bill? Buy a loaf of bread? Pay the Council tax for a month?

[@stuart124]

Well, they'll stop being in power in 2029, so thats a quick improvement by the next government!

[@worldofrandometry6912]

Another 82p a day lol.

[@MartinParsons-tr6wi]

By then, £300 won't buy you a lollipop

[@matthewbooth9265]

people would be more than £300 better off if they stopped mass migration and insisted that the only people coming in had both money and skills we need. Rent per annum has increased by around £3000 a year on average since covid....there is only one reason for that and it is because of high demand. I know for a fact that there are many houses with a dozen or more working men from various nations living in them, as basically slaves, doing jobs like groundworks, dry lining, brickwork etc...I know this because i have worked with them on site and speak to them. Stopping this abuse of the law, housing etc will massively reduce costs for society in general and make wages increase....

[@davewhite6342]

Is that before tax?

[@malky5016]

I know a family member who was told he had to take a £3k pay cut or lose his job. He decided it would be best to accept the pay cut, but I'm sure it had nothing to do with Rachel from accounts and the employer's national insurance increase!

[@frankbrodie5168]

Rachel Reeves if nothing else, is now nailed on top 10 in the all time list of "people least qualified to be doing the job that they are doing.." She make Eddie The Eagle Edwards look like a multi Olympic champion at his chosen discipline.

[@gordy4459]

And he qualified to get to the Olympics he didn't lie on his CV with made up nonsense....

[@brick6347]

I reckon 3 million more people should fix that.

[@mci6830]

Precisely. We import growth and have done for decades. People don't moan too much cause their house price goes up. And we bumble along....

[@sheilasmart6985]

You naughty optimist you!

[@JuliusFawcett]

very true, immigration is good for economic growth

[@BrianGoodall-u2z]

@@brick6347 Andrew Lawrence can barely persuade 25 people to come see him perform live. I doubt he can persuade 3 million people to do anything, quite frankly

[@brick6347]

@@BrianGoodall-u2z and yet you're here giving him algo love and some ad revenue.

[@daviddaw999]

If this is what fixing the foundations looks like, we are in for a very rough ride.

[@JuliusFawcett]

GDP will grow next year

[@martinsurridge7390]

Fixing the foundation? More like undermining!

[@michaeld5888]

I think fixing in its more destructive use as a word. Like hey boss 'I fixed him like what you said. You won't be getting trouble from him no more'. I am sure this country is being fixed but not in any way that helps you and I.

[@JuliusFawcett]

@michaeld5888 I disagree, I think generally we are going in the right direction

[@stuart124]

​@JuliusFawcett What about GDP per capita? Who cares if GDP goes up, if quality of life goes down.

[@puppets.and.muppets]

depression, then communist revolution.

[@sheilasmart6985]

Dumbing down, that's the goal. In search of mediocrity.

[@robm8809]

And communism is a tool of...?

[@ricardoconn3807]

Search …. Come on Shelia we achieved it as soon as diversity reared its head

[@clogs4956]

Depression… then something the real rein holders want: the entire West to kick back.

[@JuliusFawcett]

which planet are you living on?

[@tilerman]

I've been a self employed tradesman for coming on 40 years, i've seen and been through all the peaks and troughs and i don't need an economist or a government to tell me how the country is going, i can tell by how much people want to pay and by how often my phone rings. And my phone has gradually rang less and less over the past 2 years to the point it doesn't any more. And it's not just me, plenty of my mates are in the trades and they are in the same boat. It's not good out there.

[@tilerman]

@@fizzog12 I hear you mate, for years December was always good for rushed work, work always guaranteed and earned enough to cover January which historically is a quiet month, not now, iv'e had nothing for months now, nothing. I go to my usual suppliers touting for work but they are telling me they get dozens of guys a day doing the same, and 3 of my suppliers have had to lay off staff because sales are so low. Another gauge i use for how work is is when people post jobs on local facebook/nextdoor, they post a job and withing minutes dozens and dozens of 'trades' are on it, many of them saying they can start immediately, when times were good no way could a decent tradie start a job the same or next day, not a chance. Last week a job came up on a local group, small box room needed painting, within a couple of hours 163 people had offered their services. That's nuts and is a good pointer of how things are going right now.

[@MartinParsons-tr6wi]

Same here. It's been all downhill since convid

[@davidmcmanus2464]

They talked the economy down and wonder why there is no confidence in the country. The only thing they are growing is the public sector and their pay.

[@KevinFlanagan-s2o]

Labour voters well done 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@michaelathanasiou2030]

Streeting is a criminal ( with regards to the £22B investment in the NHS ) NOT one penni will go towards patient improvements ( all the money will end up in the pocket of the NHS UNIONS

[@brianmac8260]

If Politicians did their jobs properly, we wouldn't need them ever again.

[@timdougall5415]

Well they are good at one thing, demoralising the entire British population 😂😂

[@JohnDavis-jf2if]

SPOT ON ONCE AGAIN !

[@barryjgalbraith2635]

But…but…you musn’t blame our first female chancer…err I mean chancellor, Andrew.We need more females and minorities in power to improve things. It doesn’t matter whether or not they are able or qualified for the job. Getting them into power to further wreck the place err…I mean to right the place is what really counts😀

[@JuliusFawcett]

what are you doing to improve the UK economy?

[@maryminty5876]

Andrew is keeping us sane. What are you doing .

[@schrodingerscat1863]

Yes, young girls will be inspired by one of their own kind getting the job as chancellor and then tanking the economy in less than 6 months. How inspirational.

[@des_smith7658]

I prefer the Russian model myself

[@davidmullen6011]

@@JuliusFawcett 'what are you doing to improve the UK economy?' Working six days a week, paying *all* my taxes and dues, and giving to charity (currently involved in a Food Bank collection at my workplace for one example).

[@destroydapacka]

Starmer enters Downing Street and instantly whines about a £22BN budget black hole, then sends £5BN to Ukraine with guarantees to send a minimum of £3BN every year for five years. In the first week of being in office.

[@stevenbarclay1985]

Lets not forget the alleged recent £6 Billion on market research into stuff abroad...Happy days!🤦🏻

[@jjrider6758]

He's actually pledged the £3BN annual aid for Ukraine 'for as long as it takes to win the war'.. Don't forget his raft of generous public sector pay rises, which we're not at the end of yet by a long chalk.. Oh, and £11.6BN for 'Overseas Climate Aid Projects'.. and £33BN for Krazy-Ed Milli-Amp to fritter away as he sees fit on half-baked 'Nut-Zero' projects.. and tens of millions in aid for the Chagos Islands that he and 'Mastermind' Lammy casually threw to the Chinese-controlled Mauritian government like you'd throw a Sprat to a Shark.. Then he's 'considering' untold billions in reparations for slavery.. Starmer is being very generous with the money he claims we don't have - 'Fur Coat, No kn!ckers' springs to mind..

[@davidk3729]

@@destroydapacka And immediate gift of £millions to the terrorist rebels now in charge of Syria.

[@leeseniscal8202]

They're the creme de la Kremlin!

[@richardcummins5465]

Thats what 100 years of Red/Blue incompetence brings, eh?

[@paulineashcroft1485]

A scintilla of good news, nobody will have to get off their backside to switch off the lights, because they won't be working anyway.

[@robinlambert3917]

WEF IPCC WHO EU Recession

[@ivortoad]

The big cheese is actually the United Nation's. I hope Trump deals with them.

[@sheilasmart6985]

You've got to laugh or you'd cry. Can we really put up with this for another four years?

[@paulcamwell7001]

Honest and brilliant

[@99thehighstreet69]

It's a 2.7 trillion hole.Trillion.

[@Tony11806]

Yes and Britain's national debt is the black hole.

[@Christine-ry1qq]

We’re doomed captain Mannering Doomed!

[@cherrybrandy269]

Mainwaring.

[@Doe-q5e]

And blames previous government SHE is bare faced liar😮

[@johncairney5583]

Everything going to plan for labour good job.

[@lesliewelch6551]

Orders from the WEF,

[@Pagespinner]

Andrew Lawrence for Chancellor! Come on Reform, pencil him in!

[@JuliusFawcett]

what are Andrews economic qualifications?

[@stuartbrown8259]

Probably on a par with that Rachel woman, none. ​@@JuliusFawcett

[@markliversidge]

As good as Reeves proberbly.

[@Pagespinner]

@markliversidge No, much better.

[@TinaMichelle70]

Love this guy 🇬🇧

[@oliveringram3056]

Lets jump on the 'Blame Brexit' band waggon. surely this Government can't be to blame, I mean Kier said everything would be better if he got voted in....!!

[@schrodingerscat1863]

Net zero growth, net zero prosperity, net zero economy. Remember when they told us we would get £400 off our heating bills, hows that working out. Maybe they just got the figures wrong and what they meant was £400 increase in heating bills.

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Worked out vey well for me and others that live off grid, heating oil costs significantly less this year.

[@schrodingerscat1863]

@@jjefferyworboys8138 Yeh, until they ban heating systems using anything but electricity which is coming.

[@blacksmitho2224]

My granddaughter has been told she will not be getting a pay raise next year thank you liebour

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

If she thinks she is worth more and has ambition, find another job that pays better. Losers see problems, winners see opportunities.

[@markliversidge]

Easier said than done, there are going to be plenty of better paid jobs out there next year, 😢😢😢.

[@markliversidge]

I think not.

[@petercopley1242]

That about sums it up 😂

[@melvynhood9010]

Stick with it Andrew, brilliant!

[@mrsmum3-6]

Thanks Andrew, you are our only truthful news source. Reeves ticked the box of being a woman no problem that she didn't have the qualifications.

[@blueanodized]

Who would've thought free gear Keir, Rachel from accounts & Ed Mili-beaker would be this much worse than the tories? Meep meep solar panels meep meep meep intermittent energy meep meep wind turbines meep meep meep meep £22B black hole!

[@jeperstone]

It's almost as if giving Rachel from accounts control of one of the largest economies in the world was a bad idea 😬

[@Annie-ez4ol]

We told you so🤣🤣🤣

[@grahamorgan6909]

As always, straight to the point.

[@phildalton6405]

I think Rachel Thieves knows exactly what she's doing

[@pauls3204]

No need to switch off the lights ,, half the country cannot afford to turn them on ! There is no light at the end of the tunnel

[@des_smith7658]

In my case it was a train, thankfully I found a refuge

[@suecole3500]

As we are paying for the scroungers or boat people. As we like to call them, 8 million a day. To accommodate criminals and treat them better than our own pensioners and homeless. No wonder we are going into a recession could see it coming

[@ianhill4585]

So true.

[@Hunterfinn625]

I think the the new term for the bottom feeders, is irregular migrants. 🇬🇧 Keep the faith.

[@des_smith7658]

Reffoland UK 🇬🇧 checking in

[@shanegilbert3538]

problem , reaction , solution . CBDC INCOMING .

[@michaelholmes3331]

maybe a reset relationship with the nearly bankrupt EU will help?. maybe boats full of doctors and dentists daily from France will help? Maybe the relentless pursuit of net zero and electric cars will help? maybe waiting 4 years for another general election will help? No?....well never mind, the assisted dying bill is on the way through parliament, so there is light at the end of the tunnel.

[@paulineashcroft1485]

So it's not all bad then?

[@TomAshdown-u2j]

Lol

[@mrsgbee]

@@michaelholmes3331 we are being looted

[@mrsmum3-6]

Ha! Yes, they want us all to kill ourselves now. How convenient would that be for them? You don't see any Mulims at the front of the queue for the "Death Pod".

[@boogboog8097]

EU has been in deficit for 20 years All the illegals they imported since 2015 added 500 billions to he already spiralling debt every year. Banks are delighted.

[@ElliottSpencer-hn9qg]

I work in retail and even in the run up to Christmas the sales in our store have been down, most of our customers are spending less then £10 on their purchases.

[@sumthingwickedly]

That's what you get for digging up Richard the third and putting him in charge 😂

[@vibhac5403]

😅😅😅

[@sumthingwickedly]

@@vibhac5403 then bloody Wallace and gromit Ed milliballbag switching the lights off 🙄

[@des_smith7658]

This be the winter of our discontent..

[@SH-bl4ej]

Good one, Rachel Thieves from accounts.

[@DJ5-n8h]

Spot on

[@OliviaHacking-kf7px]

Spot on !! Mr Milei in Argentina needs to come and speak to the COUNTRY.

[@johnscott4693]

No economically successful country spends (inflation adjusted) more than £15k per household. USA, Germany, Switzerland... even the UK until 1997. Wealth per head: Swiss now $500k /head vs. UK at $100k. Average salary in USA £50k, Switzerland £85k ... but still spending £15k per household. Immigration in USA since 1950 40%, in Switzerland 265%, UK 40%. And % minorities (races religion...) exactly the same. So it ain't that. So why is Britain still at £35k salary and not growing? Falling well behind the world? Because since 1997, UK Government spending has increased - big State, the Govt. to solve all problems! They're buying our votes with tax and debt. So more than £15k pa her UK household? yep... today it is an astonishing £45,000 per household. OMG no wonder. Why so much? Simple... 99% of our immigrants bring nothing. No skills. No money.

[@martynbeer8401]

Yes, but at least our country has First class health care and the roads are in mint condition. The police are good at pointing radar guns at uou, and better still, all the AI robotrons can do you for driving around sensibly . The streets are clean, and we can all walk around at night knowing we are safe. Why is everybody complaining about our money being spent supporting Ukrainian dictators and unwinnable wars? And transferring all our money to mega corporations drug cartels abd arms manufacturers. Weathers good too, Stop moaning! Happy days😂

[@banzai385]

The best way to increase growth in Labours view : increase taxes, close all power station and go net zero, allow one million more immigrants into the country ! What could possibly go wrong ?

[@attilasanver5409]

Keeping it real, with wit. Thanks.

[@EmilePesky-n1v]

The country is "labouring" 😂. I'll get me coat

[@JuliusFawcett]

it's what we do

[@brianekins3732]

Has anyone ever seen Andrew Lawrence allowed on the main stream media, no me neither!!!!

[@ianhill4585]

He wouldn't want to go on there anyway, he'd be too muzzled.

[@MartinParsons-tr6wi]

He was ostracised for not conforming to the woke narrative

[@MartinParsons-tr6wi]

He was ostracised for not conforming to the woke narrative

[@MartinParsons-tr6wi]

He was ostracised for not conforming to the woke narrative

[@MartinParsons-tr6wi]

He was ostracised for not conforming to the woke narrative

[@danielholmes-nj5nq]

Well this is the price we have to pay for all the difficult decisions this awful government have been 'forced' into making.

[@eamonnquinn655]

Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence

[@stephencampbell311]

Another 4 years of this? They can't be this ignorant - it must be by design.

[@colinthomas5462]

Perfect analysis of the current political situation in Britain 😖

[@mci6830]

Recession is probably part of the script, to be fair.

[@davidmullen6011]

Nobody profits from a recession. Bad management is bad management - the quality of the people elected to Westminster and the Parliament has been in sharp decline for a good two decades now, too many very inexperienced and unworldly people are being made exclusive to these offices, and where we really should have seasoned big business veterans and mature council veterans we get unworldly university graduates and diversity hires and the like... I've watched Sir Kier since he replaced JCorbyn as leader, and people do possibly forget that initially he was quite an exciting choice, the future seemed bright with him installed. That only lasted a few months though as his lack of ideas, charisma, and any Manifesto became very apparent, and his arrival into No10 took his unsuitability for Politics, and any Cabinet job, to stratospheric levels. He is completely out of his depth, on every single level. Which is why he is forever jetting off on some overseas trip. Don't blame this decline on some purposeful conspiracy, because the decline is far more societal and homegrown in nature than blaming some foreign secret Iluminati from straight out of a James Bond film...

[@stuartpaul9211]

@@davidmullen6011 they do, they get to buy up assets and repossess property that will increase on the next upcycle.

[@BurtReynoldstash]

Not a recession a “ reevecession” Let’s put the blame where it lies.

[@ownyourworld]

We have been in a recession for about 40 years !!

[@lukeduke7476]

The lights won’t be on in the first place… Net zero blackouts. 😏

[@tggt4805]

Their plan is going well.

[@MrPercussionPete]

What a hopeless mess... Maybe the Brits need to hit rock bottom first before they finally understand voting Reform is the very last option. But 5 years from now it will too late anyway.

[@Hustwick]

Imagine having a shrinking economy in the run up to Christmas, a time of year when we're usually spending.

[@judithaltoft4690]

Right andrew everything you said is spot on, we all going to suffer

[@allanwelsh3095]

I'm in manufacturing and i have many friends the same. Christmas bonuses canceled all over the place. Thanks labour

[@charliekane135]

Between TwoTier and mental Milliband I despair for all UK manufacturing businesses

[@Bazball-vg2bh]

Vote Reform UK 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@dunbet]

Love how there trying to say it was not the budget that has caused it

[@johnstride3809]

A serious chuckle..!

[@brotherd89]

Couldn’t run a school tuck shop ,

[@des_smith7658]

The melting Mars bar, ah yes I remember it well

[@leeseniscal8202]

They would eat all the food and extort money from you for the empty wrappers... con artists!

[@ChrisLegg-i6s]

Be trumps fault next year

[@ashleystyles6888]

Trump is the bait and switch agent. He has drained the swamp. By installing the swamp.

[@wastelander138]

So if Labour somehow manage to stay in power long enough it will go like this. The current line: "The economy is in the toilet because of the Tories and we can't do anything to fix it right now." The next line after Smarmy Starmy isl booted: "We can't do anything about the economy because my predecessor didn't implement the right changes to the economy after the Tories left power." The line after that... it's just a tweaked verson of the last one.

[@lockymonster]

This will turn into a depression with the politicians running to the IMF, after that deep cuts and disturbingly higher taxes.

[@darrenwilliams2921]

Starmer said that he wants to copy the welsh model , Labour have always been in power down here in Wales and if he is doing the same as welsh government then the UK is really in trouble . Highest unemployment rates , longest waiting lists for NHS treatment even for minor surgeries , we have thousands of people of working age that are willing to go back to work but can't because they are waiting for small operations like hernia ,knee cartlige ,back and shoulder injuries etc which are an easy fix but have been waiting so long they have had to quit work and go on benefits .We have he worst standards of education in the UK which doesn't exactly encourage business to set up in Wales and neither does our 20mph default speed limits causing deliveries not to get done in adequte time .Highset council tax rates and business rates and a long hours low wage culture .Besides that Wales is a lovely place to live as long as you have money .

[@johnhewitt2443]

Spot on!!

[@joshuaclarke7317]

I keep saying it! ....true story.

[@racingrooster4642]

Not just electricity/gas /fuel, Everything is way too expensive in Rip Off Britain. Take from us and then give it away !!! strange that !!

[@billybatts8283]

They'll turn around and say he have no choice but to rejoin the EU, with even less sovereignty than before. Brexit will be blamed for everything. This has been the plan since the day leave won (the best thing to happen to the WEF/EU) and people will accept it.

[@paulfisher4669]

Very well said 👏

[@stratman9449]

don't worry...be happy.....all will be well....soon......trust me.....cheers from germany...we've been going through "this sort of thing" for the past decade.....you get used to it....or you don't....

[@greyvoice7949]

We are already in a recession... It is Xmas and you would expect a boost in retail right now... Instead we see negative growth... Technically a recession! They made a rule that it has to be negative for 2 quarters , however it should be on a monthly basis as then a government might take action immediately that way instead of deciding they have 6 months to wait before they do anything...

[@chrisjones1796]

Are there any taxpayers left?.

[@twistedsister2568]

Still a few but not for long.

[@sheilasmart6985]

I expect they'll find another way to tax the dead. Why should they get away with it?

[@SmartCookie2022]

You pay tax on everything that you buy, so yes.

[@nigden1]

Anyone who is should get out of this festering dump asap.

[@chrisjones1796]

@@nigden1 Namibia is looking good.

[@rosalindsalter5108]

They didn't tell us that "fixing the foundations" involved the roof falling in on your head.

[@alberttatlock1541]

For 14 years Labour persistently sniped that Tories were bringing about a recession, a double-dip recession, a long and deep recession, the biggest recession ever etc etc etc. It never happened apart from a brief dip due to covid lockdowns which could not have been avoided whoever had been in government at the time. Now within a few weeks of Labour taking office, we have an entirely Labour-made recession which will almost certainly not be a short one. Technically we are not yet in recession, but we know in reality we are. They said cruel Tories would slash pensioners fuel allowance, but it was Labour did it. They said Tories would cause a recession many times, but it was Labour did it. They said Brexit would crash the economy, but its Labour doing it. They said Tory policies would cause riots, but it was Labour policy that caused riots. They said people would lose rights and freedoms under "fascist" Tories, But its Labour taking away freedoms. They said Tories would destroy the country, but it is Labour doing that. They said Tories would allow more boat arrivals, but Labour has seen a 20% increase already. They said Tories would make UK look foolish on world stage, then put Lammy and Rayner on show. They said Tories would increase energy prices. but it was Labour who have increased price cap TWICE. They said Tories would increase taxes, but it was Labour who increased taxes by record amounts. They said Tories would spend money we dont have, but it was Labour who increased debt even more. They said Tories would bring about power outages, but it is Labour who are risking energy security. etc etc etc some kind of pattern emerging here. What an evil bunch of lying hypocrites!

[@dansellen608]

Covid could have been avoided, we are an Island, we could have closed all incoming and outgoing movement. We knew covid was coming when it got to Italy. They wanted it here! If someone came to my house saying " there is a maniac with a big knife coming up the road trying all the door handles", I would lock the door!

[@alberttatlock1541]

I dont think covid could have been avoided. What you suggest is what happened in Australia and New Zealand, that didnt go down well, and it got them just the same a bit later. We did essentially close down incoming and outgoing movement, the skies were empty and airline companies faced disaster - however there were many thousands of UK people abroad who had to be returned here, plus we had to have essential food deliveries and medical supplies etc brought in. There isnt a country in the world that didnt get it. We were only a week or so behind Italy, it was already seeded here by the time we realised it. Anyway, I didnt say covid couldnt be avoided I said the recession caused by lockdowns couldnt be avoided. Even if we had avoided covid the rest of the world was locked down so we couldnt trade with them, we would soon have run out of raw materials and not sold any goods abroad, so we would have had a recession.

[@jasonmussett2129]

You know how some people hate to say 'I told you so' not me....😢

[@Misiu223]

News which the BBC prefers to avoid

[@jmc6687]

2025 will be worse than 2008, we are going to see inflation, energy price rises, food price rises, increase taxation and a lot of job losses, its going to be carnage. But at least we will reduce our carbon footprint

[@markhesp4268]

Well said

[@steveryall7669]

Spot on.

[@thewonderer8315]

They have bought a whole new meaning for Death by Tax!

[@turbomunch]

Perpetual poverty and fear is sooooooo cool 😎

[@des_smith7658]

The suspense is terrible, I hope it lasts

[@jelleepit]

We're circling a skiddy bowl.