James O'Brien reacts to Liz Truss' 'catrusstrophic' radio interviews | LBC

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Never thought that Gordon Brown making the Bank of England independent, would have saved our economy collapsing in 2022

[@kikidevine694]

But the economy is in safe hands with a Tory government. /S

[@illegitimateotaku794]

@@kikidevine694 lol no it's not

[@JivanPal]

@@illegitimateotaku794 The "/s" denotes sarcasm, its use originated on Reddit.

[@manbearpig3231]

Lol no it hasn't, and the reason we nearly went bust 15 years ago was because of brown and the banks

[@kyestevens]

@@manbearpig3231 that global financial crash caused by labour ? 😂

[@stephennewcombe976]

I'm so grateful to my parents for instilling in me one simple life lesson. Never Vote Tory Under Any Circumstance.

[@chatham43]

....and it's people like you who don't decide elections.....

[@petercallomon9681]

Never ever Truss a Tory

[@karicreates7668]

I keep yearning for the Tories of old. The social reformers and defenders of the oppressed. There must still be some?

[@dabey873]

@@petercallomon9681 Ha,ha,haaa 😂😂👍✅💐

[@Porkcylinder]

That’s right. Do what mummy and daddy tell you as you’re clearly too thick to think for yourself typical trustafarian middle class twit

[@mattd5073]

The scary thing is she has no choice but to double down & push forward with this disaster of a "mini budget". To reverse it now would be a complete humiliation just 2 weeks into her premiership. The British electorate need a general election NOW.

[@itsnony77]

Exactly just like they are doubling down on the sanctions on Russia even though the end-result is recession if not depression in western economies.

[@royboy4743]

It’s a bit like bliar saying he’d do the same things again,aka Tony Blair they know it’s wrong but double down making it appear they are right all along

[@Dan-ue1ed]

Have a General election and vote in who...??????

[@patrickjordan2233]

@@iberian5319 "rinse and repeat" but increasingly louder and boisterously. "Doubling down" is a blackjack gambling term, placing/doubling the bet size..

[@GregBreden]

@@iberian5319 To be so unwavering about your actions that you appear to be jutsifying them with twice as much fervour as before.

[@pk4k60]

We were worried about HEATING our home .. we are now worried about kEEPING our home.

[@stevenhull5025]

And everybody will just keep on BLEATING about the HEATING and KEEPING their homes because they have all become SHEEP to the system.

[@matt_cummins28]

Once again, James, we are forced to come to you for accurate, blunt updates. Do carry on, it's a breath of fresh air. Cheers.

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

I'm not forced. I come here of my own volition.

[@SennaStar]

Going from Boris Johnson to Liz Truss is like tunneling out of Josef Fritzl's basement and ending up in Fred West's Garden

[@langtoun8235]

😂😂😂

[@caspar_gomez]

cameron to may to boris to truss "why is the country in such a bad state??"

[@paulnolan1352]

@@caspar_gomez Tories dear boy!.

[@chillpill1888]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Minime163]

@@paulnolan1352 that coupled with an opposition who seem to have no appetite for a real scrap and less of an appetite for government and you have the perfect storm labour seem to be as leaderless as the Tories.

[@dave3gan]

It has just occurred to me that revoking freedom of movement wasn't about keeping Europeans out but was actually about keeping British workers in - as the lot of working in Britain slides it becomes necessary to remove the option of seeking a better life else where

[@mcooley88]

And they didn't need a wall to do it. Wonder when Truzz will go for her version of the Stasi? Stranger things have happened. And she's bonkers enough. I (fortunately) managed to emigrate to Australia 10 years ago. But have savings at home in the UK. Which Truzz and Kwasi have taken a flamethrower to. Absolute and utter omni shambles of a government. Let's hope she turfed and then there will absolutely have to be an election. It can't happen soon enough.

[@peakyblunder]

What about all those dinghies? We could use those

[@bereal6590]

Spot on, remove workers and human rights and free speech and freedom to protest.... I for one would have left before the gates shut so to speak if I could have done. Leave the vile Isle to the tories but sadly were all stuck here with them.... so they have to get lost instead. Sick of em✌

[@moon_knight8578]

yes 'take back control' and also the removal of our right to protest. protest exactly this sort of thing. it's been planned from the beginning

[@johnbeagley8162]

There will be riots on steets worse than Poll Tax riots during Thatcherism. It's coming because now people are finally waking up to what's happening here. Time to halt The Great Reset.

[@sergeghoneim3951]

Their incompetence and arrogance is wrecking the country at a critical time. And here I thought things couldn't get any worse than Boris.

[@markhutton6465]

You really thought it couldn't get worse? I assume you didn't catch any part of Truss' leadership campaign.

[@CableWrestler]

Better than that, it's wrecking the reputation of the blues.

[@anthonybaldo2749]

its called sense of entitlement & the born to rule mentality

[@Grimeyhoob]

We love you 😘

[@AWMJoeyjoejoe]

It can always get worse with the Tories.

[@sirwavell]

Wake up. our country is in freefall.

[@robertoconnor5328]

All these people should be sacked and shamed. and never be allowed to deal in politics ever again. Form a new government all under one party that are paid a salary the same as everyone else in the working class. And should be made to pay back all the money they have stolen from taxpayers.

[@ianh3365]

I am fortunate enough to afford my own expenses, and cannot fathom why is she is making me better off whilst piling the cost on debt for our children to burden and, due to their monumental foul up, mortgage payers. We need to kick out Crazy Kwarteng and Lost Trust, it’s time for a GE.

[@Bowdow-h5o]

Lunatic liz 😂😂😂

[@bg1616]

Pacifying donors no doubt

[@georgerobert4709]

It's not a General Election this country needs it's revolution. Unfortunately the middle Classes see themselves as above the rest so it will never happen. There are also too many people who believe the propaganda that they need to know their place !

[@toby1248]

She's not even making you better off. The pound crashed by so much that the benefit of the tax cut has already evaporated before it even kicks in. The price of every global commodity that is priced in USD has just gone up by 10%

[@bg1616]

@@toby1248 But why is everyone so surprised given she said she will cut taxes and Sunak said he wouldn't. She's only done exactly what she said she would do. 1% reduction. Whoopee do.

[@AndrewLawrenceEasy-IT]

Honestly why on earth did the Tories cut taxes and allow energy companies to keep their super profits. Liz Truss and Kwazi Kateng are both grossly irresponsible.

[@stephenhill545]

Have you ever considered the possibility that the consequences are desired.

[@tyranitararmaldo]

Because Truss worked for one energy company (Shell), and was paid off by another (wife of BP's owner donated to the party).

[@anthonybaldo2749]

In australia we had the liberal party which is essentially the australian tories. They dont believe in infrastructure spending & only giving tax cuts to high income earners. They keep saying they are the best managers of the economy. No idea.

[@Minime163]

So is kwazi been thrown to the wolves already I knew it would happen but not for another few days

[@kevinhayes7830]

The Tories are deliberately crashing the economy The reason the disaster capitalists backed brexit so heavily is they expected it to weaken the UK economy They want the economy to crash so they can pick up assets at rock bottom prices they are economic vultures The last week is simply the fruits of brexit strategy playing out Truss is just a erg puppet 😎👍

[@MrRodigan]

I didn’t think I would ever see a more incompetent PM after Johnson was sacked 🤦‍♂️ I stand corrected

[@chatham43]

.....yep.....a couple of weeks to sort the country out....and failed miserably....

[@Khem1kal]

It's like they're playing a perpetual game of hold my beer.

[@RealBobWilkins]

@@chatham43 Ha ha 2 weeks to sort out a country wake the fck Up idiot . Boris had feminist wife who ruined the U.K. . Liz is not a woke lefty she will succeed facts Matter lefty .

[@mallardofmodernia8092]

@@mikedutch6113 imagine if she masterminded brexit originally? The uk would no longer exist!

[@TheBorderRyker]

@@mallardofmodernia8092 it won’t for much longer.

[@audreymcgready4329]

If you look at Truss's face when Kamakzi was delivering his "Mini budget" you can see the smugness all over her face. Sitting grinning away. She agrees with all of it no doubt.

[@markhutton6465]

Who do you think put the 20p in his slot to make him start?

[@Sbudre]

What do you mean she agreed with it? She campaigned on tax cuts. This is precisely what she wanted. Where have you been?

[@stevenhull5025]

What a banana. Borrowing billions to lower the tax burden of the wealthy just when interest rates are rising. You just cannot make this up.

[@dannyfield5940]

Liz has many, many, many, faces... "Except trust"😀

[@johnjephcote7636]

One would suppose, had she not known what was coming, that she would have expressed a gasp of surprise or disbelief.

[@paparobbo62]

Love the way she tells us that by restricting rich people's energy bills in big houses to £2500 that we should all be very grateful.

[@neilmccarthy6107]

Dan Snow’s reaction “The worst tour of the UK since King John’s royal tour of 1216 when he failed to quell several rebellions, lost the crown jewels in the wash and died of dysentery in Nottinghamshire.” Says it all really 😂

[@chatham43]

.....just says your gullible drawing an analogy to that.....but ignorance is bliss......

[@grahamdhv3812]

@@chatham43 Do you not mean "you are" or "you're"?

[@paulnolan1352]

Dysentery is back in Nottinghamshire under the Tories.

[@chatham43]

....nice observation Paulus.....

[@ingerfaber3411]

@@paulnolan1352 So is rickets and scurvy

[@davewicks1300]

This is exactly the same as the Brexit mindset. Despite the overwhelming weight of evidence to the contrary, we're right and you're wrong and we've had enough of experts. I'm sick of it!

[@Detector1977]

And it will continue. The alternative is to admit they were wrong which won't ever happen.

[@davidjames2145]

What do you mean? Brexit was a _huge_ success. Just look at the list of benefits: 1) ... 2) ...erm...... 3) 🤔 4) 😑😒😔 🇬🇧

[@markwelch3564]

@@Detector1977 and still some people say "but it would be worse under Labour" They can never tell me exactly how such a thing is possible

[@stevenuttley]

It's even worse.

[@zylik2112]

@@davidjames2145 brexit has ultimately destroyed you and not helped at all with the illegal immigration lol. It has actually worsened it bruh

[@thugslife111]

She was totally out of answers . But realy she doesn’t care about us little ppl . We need a General election ASAP

[@chatham43]

....which obviously isn't going to happen...so why bother making the comment...

[@collydub1987]

@@Domn879 lol 😆

[@FormulaProg]

No, we don't. Politics is a charade.

[@thugslife111]

@@chatham43 well they’d all sit an say nowt about it . A guess that would suit you . It’s ppl like you who would be 1 of the ppl who clapped wen she said she would push the button . You just sit there an shut up yea

[@kevhavard]

@@chatham43 It's far more likely now than it's been for the last 2 years. If the Tories topple her, it will go to the country.

[@billytollerton4220]

These people are starting to hear the PEOPLE ROAR.,,,,next comes the bite

[@heliotrope366]

Truss is totally, catastrophically out of her depth but lacks the basic self-knowledge to see it. She is a serious danger to this country and is putting all British citizens at risk. She has to go ASAP.

[@cassandra2249]

As I've said before, they knew exactly what they were doing, they hadn't expected it to be so dramatic. Enriching themselves and their mates, at the expense of the country and the people, is exactly what these people are about.

[@zendog7212]

Disaster politics.

[@tonydrury3692]

Spot on

[@johnglynhughes4239]

Malfeasance in office: this is criminality.

[@cassandra2249]

@@johnglynhughes4239 I know, but what can we, the people do?

[@voiceguy554]

@@cassandra2249 Brain has this filtering mechanism...if I say to myself that I can do something about it (peaceful of course) then my brain will show me a thousand ways and it goes otherwise too...

[@MrBanks2024]

Gordon Brown not only organized the world economy to cope in 2008, the independence of the Bank of England has now saved peoples pensions. He was ejected because his spend and invest mild Keynesianism was deemed to be wrong when interest rates were at an all time low and the economy needed a boost, because spending was out of control, supposedly. This has now been replaced by enormous spending to borrow at high interest rates just to cut taxes after years of hammering those on benefits and public services.

[@andrewroberts8959]

The idea that government spending was the cause of the financial crisis was one of the biggest lies ever sold to the British public. Btw, The Economist actually had a cartoon of Brown in a superhero costume because of his actions in 2008.

[@johnburrows3385]

Actually the idea for BoE independence was down to Tony Blair .

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

Same cojrse of events every single time. And they call the human race a developed species lol.

[@howard4510]

Gordon Brown sold our Gold at a terrible low price .

[@kikidevine694]

And they just announced below inflation rises to benefits and cuts to public services....

[@Occam31]

How people think conservatives are better with handling the economy is beyond me.

[@gazalfc]

But Labour

[@ellerosse5471]

Because Labour when they left office wrote a note with "there is no money left" and Brown gave all the gold away at rock bottom prices.

[@aadamileekennedy2754]

As Baroness Warsi said ‘Once-over whether you liked us or not we could say we were competent; now we’re hated AND incompetent.’

[@noneofyourbizness]

propaganda is mighty powerful, especially if it's consistent in its theme and is maintained over time. (and is far more powerful even than that when it goes unchallenged, as it does in the UK)

[@Bdoc76]

Both parties have very little impact in the economy unless directed.

[@MadTwatter]

This is the coming from the guy who has complained about Brexit every day for the previous 5 years?

[@helenlewis5409]

Thankfully I’m an Australian living in a country who threw out the conservative government in May with an overwhelming sigh of relief! I don’t understand why there’s not millions out in the streets demanding an election, Now! What a disaster! ,

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

I'd say The UK learned a lot after Boris Johnson, but Liz Truss proved that'd be a lie.

[@ozza187]

I tell myself that the system must be rigged in order to stop me from shooting myself.

[@angrren]

The UK as a whole had nothing to with Liz Truss becoming PM, that was all the members of the conservative party.

[@mcooley88]

Simply proof of the term "it could always be worse couldn't it?". Well. Now it is, catatrophically worse.

[@grimhbrh7610]

Lol oooh because keir starmer would be an upgrade. 😂😂😂😂

[@keikoandgilly]

We have no say on the conservative leadership, we can have a say in a general election, something they denied!

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Liz Truss might actually be worst than Boris Johnson...that was fast. 😳

[@grigorijsmuhamedisins6652]

She definitely is!!

[@mcooley88]

This was absolutely glaringly obvious to most people. Sunak would have been a monster as well. At least he wouldn't have taken a flamethrower to the economy within 5 minutes of getting his legs under the desk.

[@royboy4743]

She’s definitely up there but give her time it can go either way

[@paulwalsh4974]

No might about it my friend she definitely worst . An thick as brick 👍

[@jackiethomas249]

I don’t know why you’re surprised.. Stop worrying about what’s going on in the EU.

[@FlyingKeo045]

Interviewing Liz Truss is exactly the same as chatting to robotic helplines. If you don`t ask a stock (standard) question it can`t think for itself and cannot give a non-standard answer. Where do the Tories find these pathetic party leaders ?

[@kevmccormick1767]

They dont find them it's the WEF and the IMF that find them and implant them to positions of power.

[@waynegazard5038]

Party leaders chosen from their best in the Tory pool assumingly ,imagine how bad the rest are , Kamarkasi politics by miss trust .Pushed Brexit, A crook self serving boris now a wreck the economy Mistrust Tories must really hate Britain it has to be intentional no one's that thick?

[@midge225]

Its full of em 🤣

[@rogerwilco2]

In their parliamentary party. This was the best they have out of 357 members of parliament.

[@gavla-82]

I've had more intellectual conversations with Alexa, then Liz "I Don't Trust" Truss has ever done. She gets excited about pork and cheese 🧀 ffs 😅😅

[@ScandalUK]

We’re not here because he didn’t know his choices would be unpopular. We’re here because they’re feathering their nests in a panic - they know they don’t stand a chance of winning the next GE so they’re cashing out what they can.

[@marvinlewis5591]

Bang on the money. And have been for 12 years.

[@wolfgangpreier9160]

What i do not understand is how Kwasi could get the idea that "taxes" would hinder or further economic expansion. If i invest i do not pay taxes. They are simply non existent for me. If i take out the money i have to pay those taxes. Lowering taxes means i can REMOVE investment and take out money easier. Not PUT IT IN. I can not follow the arguments of Kwasi that lowering taxes means more investment. It does not. Lowering administrative burdens, lowering buerocratic red tape, lowering housing taxes and taxes for the poor workers means more investment, removing and selling NHS to the US, removing workers rights, allowing enslavement, allowing indentured workers with their whole families like it was done in the 18th century - of course including unpaid child labor - helps investing into the economy. But certainly not remove taxes for the rich!

[@anglonorse2943]

She and Kwarteng really do need defenestrating, quickly for the sake of the entire country

[@bonk5207]

great word

[@pintpullinggeek]

*Putin has entered the chat*

[@Hellndegenerates]

Governments are corporations obeying orders from the World Economic Forum and are no longer serving their peoples, Turn your back on them and show them the contempt they deserve for their psychopathic behavior and genocidal intent .

[@handarokadath1515]

@@pintpullinggeek Even he's thinking of buying a Bungalow.

[@stevegoodger7710]

Weirdly I hadn't heard that word defenestration until this week now it's popped up a few times

[@tommyhughes2264]

I have full confidence in Liz Truss........................................Taking this country over a F###### cliff.

[@billytollerton4220]

Lol.

[@blahblahblah8003]

lol

[@stevenhull5025]

We are all taking this country over the cliff by expecting money for nothing.

[@I999-g2s]

Most people don’t quite realise that when the Bank of England prints money to buy government bonds, they are literally increasing inflation to fund a tax cut for the rich. That inflation increase, is a tax on everyone. So, they’re not only decreasing taxes for the rich, they’re increasing taxes (inflation) for everyone else, to give it to the rich. Nice one!

[@juanfran579]

You are right. Something that was intended to correct the misleading, irresponsible and ridiculous government policy will turn out increasing the danger of total collapse.

[@MrJonathanainsworth]

Holyyyy Jesus…

[@libertycaspari5322]

Accruing money supply is inflation, price increase is a consequence.

[@MrThebigcheese75]

Yes, QE devalues the currency (you know that thing that Truss and her chancellor tanked). Gilt rates went up massively which makes government borrowing much more expensive just when they went to borrow more than ever to fund the rich man's tax cut and energy cap. This caused a massive sell off in the bond markets and almost bankrupted pension funds, you know the things regular foke pay into for old age, nothing important really).

[@mariegaither789]

That is exactly what Donald Trump did when he was President in US. You have my sympathy.

[@CristianoRonaldo-mk7dd]

Thanks to Liz and KK my remortgage due next November went from 1255 last June to 1721 today

[@baldrickscunningplan6154]

but she is a remainer James. Didn't take you long to start eating your own. BOE failed to act on interest rates before the mini budget was even announced. The fed did but BOE sat on their hands. How you can paint the BOE as the saviour is beyond common sense.

[@elloco1996]

Well, i've restrained myself until now but the question really needs to be asked: does Liz Truss's IQ level actually reach double digits?

[@nekite1]

Short answer -no!

[@delbhoy5675]

Only if you put a minus sign in front of it.

[@40yearoldvirgil15]

Barely

[@ellied.violet7372]

Nope. She's a poorly programmed Maybot 2.0..

[@lauralishes1]

She's so dumb. She doesn't even know her own policies. She's going around these interviews saying "no one will pay more than £2500 under my cap" she doesn't have a clue how her own cap works. I blame Tory members who repeatedly elect the absolute worst, and most incompetent people.

[@nevarran]

That was not an interview. That was a high school girl stammering her way toward an embarrassing F in front of the entire school.

[@topcat9852]

@Eternity is real and she did it with utter contempt

[@chatham43]

@nevarran.....but she can define what a woman is......😊😊.....

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

@@chatham43 can you?

[@chatham43]

.....won't be asking your leader that's for sure.....

[@markferguson7563]

Why is anyone surprised that having someone from the Third World becoming the Chancellor would plummet Britain into a Third World sphere.

[@henrijames7337]

catrusstrophic and kamikwasi: what a team!

[@jasportugal]

lol 😆

[@chatham43]

...a work of true genius.....a true beacon of comedic light seldom to be equalled....it is an honour to have witnessed it and I shall remain forever grateful...and I mean that most sincerely folks.......

[@simonwood5147]

Never forget that this Brexit Britain and we are living the dream! 🤣 🇬🇧 Do you remember the bad old days when we were in the EU and could feed our families and heat our homes 🏡 .......Awful wasn't it!!!! 🇪🇺

[@romamckeown1196]

She is obeying those who have payed her.

[@vimfuego8827]

If I see someone reading the Daily Mail, I automatically know that I will not be able to have a meaningful conversation with them.

[@davidcunningham8699]

People who consume unapproved news sources should be shot on sight!

[@grahamdhv3812]

I go to the football match with someone who does that, and he actually thinks that getting Johnson out was an MP witch hunt. He never reads facts of course.

[@davidcunningham8699]

@@grahamdhv3812 People who associate with those who consume unapproved news sources should also be shot on sight!

[@divineprovidence803]

Same for those that read the Sport!! They can't have a proper conversation!!

[@brucevair-turnbull8082]

Hence I NEVER talk to the locals.

[@TheGlobalfrog12]

I keep saying it ..... "and yet, people continue to vote for these people" ...seems the gaslighting works

[@bonariablackie4047]

Leavers gave us Johnson. Another reason to really despise leavers.

[@chatham43]

.....and they despise you back....so what next....?

[@stevenhull5025]

The 'people' did not vote for Truss

[@TheGlobalfrog12]

@@stevenhull5025 yes they did ... how did she become an MP?

[@johnjephcote7636]

Well the Daily Mail, Goebbels in-house magazine, keeps the sheeple onside.

[@azfellcrowley5860]

Party before country...

[@marvintpandroid2213]

Self before party before country.

[@chatham43]

.....always been the case....

[@robertocaesar9870]

Cronies before country

[@davidcunningham8699]

Yes, we must get Labour into power, it isn't about "Countries" anymore, we must join the new world order, get in there now rather than later!

[@marvintpandroid2213]

@@davidcunningham8699 lol, your so funny.

[@Mcfads999]

I can't take anymore if the austerity days return. Absolutely losing faith 😢 Please keep it up James Thank you for being our voice

[@YeshuaGod22]

Can't believe you don't recognise this is deliberate. From Blair through Truss, they all have huge investments based on shorting the pound and this is their harvest season.

[@jeffreymilton5829]

Christ, it was woeful. Hesitant, unclear of what she was saying. No resolve. Her supporters keep telling us she's the new Thatcher. Unfortunately, they meant Mark.

[@paulnolan1352]

Don’t you mean Carol?

[@bandit2048]

Well done James - we are all gobsmacked watching what is going on - nothing we can do even though it's our futures that is in the balance here.

[@Bungiman]

Nothing we can do? Really? That is the attitude it seems,already given up have you ? It's that way of thinking hence they do as they please.

[@MrYossarianuk]

Protest before Truss makes that illegal

[@jamespaul6315]

@@Bungiman what do you suggest!

[@chatham43]

......we need a Labour government to sort everything out that's for sure..

[@robertallen4461]

@@jamespaul6315 a national strike could make them think! There again perhaps they are to thick to undrstand.

[@Bdoc76]

Liz Truss is doing exactly as directed, this is scary and is in effect a form of fascism playing out before our eyes.

[@chatham43]

.....racism one side....facism the other side.....take your choice boyo.......

[@Bdoc76]

@@chatham43 they choose both

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

@@chatham43 where is the institutional racism hickdead.

[@a13xdunlop]

@@chatham43 one goes with the other

[@damiendye6623]

just a form we are going for full on, we got workhouses next since they both believe they should come back

[@joshanderson7358]

Never trust a politician.Politicians tell lies.Lies cost lives.

[@DrawingNo1]

Truss isn't giving the economy any support!

[@sugarfree1894]

It's not that they're clinging on to the Titanic. They are overseeing the sinking of it as an insurance jobbie.

[@chatham43]

.....clever work.....a titanic analogy.....how novel....😊.....

[@forestsunset9617]

they can see the iceberg and they are putting their foot down to hit it faster

[@chatham43]

....even better....keep going Forrest......

[@the0nlytrueprophet942]

@@chatham43 Literally no one has read what you’ve said and thinks you’re clever

[@johnjephcote7636]

I still believe that the Titanic was an insurance scam, seeing that it was massivley over-insured after its collision with a cruiser, and that it was intended to have it sunk in a managed way. Unfortunately, the co-ordinates were incorrect for its place of sinking.

[@scottmcanea]

When has a politician ever, EVER! admitted there wrong? Especially after a week as disastrous for the UK economy we have ever witnessed.

[@stephenhill545]

Keith Joseph admitted government economic policy from 1979 to 1981 (monetarism) had been a failure, and they abandoned it.

[@allip4226]

"bOTh sIdEs!!1!" 🙄

[@davidcunningham8699]

*they're

[@scottmcanea]

@@davidcunningham8699 appreciate the help on the grammar, hopefully most people got my point. 👍

[@treytoomuch]

She’s not, clearly you can’t see she’s not actually in control, it’s the Illuminati bruv. Trust me. I know

[@Catmadjen---1974]

Brilliant positioning in my local Spar: Daily Mail: "finally! A proper conservative budget!" Guardian: "a budget for the rich" Side by side.

[@chatham43]

....and both totally out of touch.....

[@chatham43]

........and both totally out of touch......

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

Both completely accurate.

[@Haylerstill]

I saw the mail one in my local supermarket as I was leaving and burst out laughing as I walked through the doors

[@paulroberts3888]

Fabulous analysis by James O’Brien. This episode in British politics is an extinction level event for the Conservatives. Never again will they be able to claim that the economy is safe in their hands.

[@vespelian]

Such stupidity is not hard to understand, just hard to believe.

[@richardallan2767]

It doesn't fill me with hope, that in these, perhaps the most crucial years for humanity's survival, we appear to be continuously giving power to such absolutely idiotic f**knuggets.

[@davidcoyne7]

Well said Richard

[@BeforeThisNovember]

Unfortunately mate, the ones we see and “vote” in are not the ones pulling the strings. The Elites is not a tin foil hat conspiracy and they’re squeezing us and the earth for every last drop they can get.

[@stevenhull5025]

maybe it is time to take back our freedom from F**knuggets

[@malvanlondon8683]

Truss campaigned on the platform of tax cuts. She can hardly deny that stance (and cut the chancellor loose) now. No-one would believe it was all him.

[@stephenhill545]

I don't recall her talking about Bush's trickledown failure.

[@mayolicious69]

It makes you wonder: What would a party teeming with members in the top tax bracket stand to gain from voting such a person into office...

[@TalesOfWar]

She campaigned on that to around 150,000 Tory Party members, the vast majority of whom are extremely rich, or more than rich enough to personally benefit in a very material way from it. This shouldn't have been up to them, it should have been a General Election. You can't have 150,000 people voting on someone who will have ultimate power over 70million. That should be a mandate from the masses, not the minority in an already massively bias'd group.

[@MrXaphus]

They are both driven by ideology so blindly that they can't take corrective action, because to do that would be to admit that their grand theories actually have errors in them...

[@theenigmaticst7572]

She just publicly blamed the chancellor for the tax cuts...

[@I999-g2s]

During Covid, the Bank of England printed an additional 490 billion pounds. About £70 billion was used for furlough, where did the other £420 Bn go? Well, it created the insane inflation we are all paying for now. And, the wealth of the top richest Brit’s grew by? Yes, indeed…

[@pw5192]

Shes un-trussworthy!!

[@lornaandrewes3611]

Thank goodness for someone who tells it like it is. Thank you. In my 78 years, the worst government ever

[@SennaStar]

Lorna we don't need a government, we need representatives, they are 2 totally different things

[@MLB9000]

Take a moment to look back at all the Tories who lined up for leadership contest, and then try and work out how we ended up with the absolute worst candidate.

[@allip4226]

The scary thing is that I'm not sure we did. Kemi Badenoch and Cruella Braverman were even more extreme.

[@rogerwilco2]

This is the best they have out of 357 members of parliament.

[@sarahrickard4162]

SUNAK would of been worse - but not much between them - both total INCOMPETENTS!

[@notrod5341]

@@allip4226 Badenoch was spewing American Right-wing talking points. Our politics is harrowing enough without just fully importing their nonsense. We dodged a bullet there for now.

[@echobay5040]

Because the selection committee was made up of self serving tory members

[@gmckayak]

Liz Truss won't last very long at this rate. The Tories are dragging us down the drain very quickly. Thankfully Scotland is going to leave this broken system. Best of luck

[@chatham43]

.....wait till you see the debt.......!!

[@stevenhull5025]

and wales

[@dannygriffiths7952]

People moaned about Theresa May I bet they will want her back now. Be careful what you wish for.

[@snoopy_peanuts_77]

tory bad and tory worse lol

[@allip4226]

No, they want all the Tories out, which is why Labour have had a double digit lead in the polls for a year that has just risen to 17 points following the Kami-Kwasi budget.

[@sarahrickard4162]

The last 12 years have been disastrous - I wouldn't want MAY back - or any of them - they are all UNFIT FOR PURPOSE!

[@paulnolan1352]

Bet all you like, she signed our country away for unlimited migration in 2015 and no, we don’t want her back.

[@snoopy_peanuts_77]

whenever someone starts yammering about "unlimited immigration" you know exactly the cult of xenophobia you live in and why its so easy for the rich to fool you....meanwhile your "royals" are walking around with billions of bucks because they exist....loser.....you are in this mess because folks like you are so bigotted they can simply say "immigrants" and it triggers you to vote against yourself lol......so easy

[@andrewgn7430]

I started to listen to LBC after seeing a clip of Mr. O'Brien back in March. Since then I have witnessed thee most amazing soap opera in modern history. One trolley wreck after another, all while a tsunami of denial covers the landscape and regards it all as 'a bit of fluff'. Truly amazing. It's like listening to our dear 'Collin from Portsmouth' every day. Love to the family... 😂😂😂

[@John64125]

Have two politicians ever trashed their reputations in such a short time. Better to remain silent and be thought an idiot than to speak and remove all doubt.

[@wofutokerati]

I surely can’t be the only one revelling at the idea that a self-described “Thatcherite” is going to lose everything as a result of the markets? If it didn’t affect us all so deeply, it would be a thing of sheer beauty.

[@chatham43]

...she hasn't described herself as "Thatcherite"...get your facts right otherwise nobody's going to take you seriously.... boyo........

[@wofutokerati]

@@chatham43 she’s a neoliberal, self-confessed Thatcher fangirl then, if pedantry is the really important aspect here.

[@firefox1234ize]

@@wofutokeratipeople like him are eternal marks, best move on.😂

[@michaelspencer6171]

Two typical behaviours of a narcissist - its as simple as that. Stonewalling when found out or accused of a lie/fraud/failure during which time they desperately hope to come up with an answer or going no contact for so long in the vague hope that people forget the problem. And gaslighting - the version of reality that fits their internal chaos.... whether its true or not, whether its rational or not, they respond with a script and ignore everything else until they can crawl back under the rock they came from that day

[@berniebarclay2183]

Yup

[@sidhussain915]

Lizz and her Chancellor have played Casino economics and bet the bank and the biggest tax giveaways primarily to the rich and borrowing that breaks 50 year record

[@damiendye6623]

​@Bernard its all insider trading

[@FlanaganPictures]

DJ - So, Liz...Where have you been? Liz - What we've got to remember is... DJ - Oh, for fu....🤦‍♂️

[@paulthepiper4602]

CONSERVATIVES PUT THE N IN CUTS

[@JJ-ic6pn]

They can ignore reality but they can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.

[@robertocaesar9870]

She is insulated so probably won't personally feel the impact

[@chatham43]

.....James certainly won't that's for sure.....

[@craggyexplores3070]

Corey wayne?

[@verabolton]

Consequences? What consequences will they ever face? A comfortable pension with all the luxury imaginable? The whole country suffers and will suffer the consequences but the rich - the very one making these decisions. This is so horrible to watch.

[@JJ-ic6pn]

@@verabolton I agree it's horrible, but Karma has a way to pay back egregious actions such as this.

[@Bezart34]

I loved James's "Cogs whirring at a snail's pace" bit! Genius, pure genius with words! Described her perfectly.

[@chatham43]

....he was working on that all night....LBC were delighted with him....

[@40yearoldvirgil15]

Catrusstrophe 🤣🤣

[@MrSatnavatron]

I liked Rishcession more

[@clarissagafoor5222]

I know 😅🤣😂 flippin' brilliant!!

[@3dcoates]

Trussterf*ck

[@nicolaablett7790]

ARRIGNORANCE

[@chatham43]

@clarissa....yep..a genius to behold....take a knee.....

[@retrospectivelyspectacular2331]

People will die this winter, freezing in their houses.... It's absolutely horrific and unethical, the richest of society will get richer and the poor will literally die. I worry about my family not making ends meet, we already had to use credit cards this month just so we can fuel up. It's getting tight

[@pablosaintmarr3223]

Banana republic we are now. Hurry up Scottish independence .

[@tempodread6348]

Partridge interviewing Truss would be pure gold!

[@byzantium8851]

Ignore Bank of Japan distraction. BOJ intervened to compensate for not raising interest rates. Bank of England intervened to shore up liquidity after a chaotic and effectively unaudited mass give away by the new Government. Spot the difference ? Apples and pears.

[@Vee-jc1qh]

it is not a new Government in Westminster. A new PM who, along with her cabinet, are totally unhinged! To quote her words "deliver, deliver, deliver" she should have said "deliver, deliver, deliver us from evil". Wait till she starts on wholesale deregulation of financial institutions, planning laws, and whatever else - SOS 🤤 .

[@PifflePrattle]

More like dates and turds.

[@stuartroberts3737]

How many days is 1 million seconds ? 11 days How many days is 1 billion seconds ? 31 years If you spent £1 every second of every day it would take 2,015 years to pay back what the BOE created in 1 day to bail out the bond/ debt market. So paying back the national debt at £1 every second of every day would take millions of years

[@nicolethomas2893]

Thank you for speaking so frankly.

[@bartandaelus359]

Kami-kwasi's budget will destroy the UK economically and (hopefully) motivate my nation (Australia) to finally shrug off the Union Jack and become a republic.

[@readybrek1978]

You get the leader you deserve

[@ozza187]

I agree. If people had ignored the propaganda years ago we could have had Jeremy Corbyn in charge instead we had bumbling Boris and now a donut we can’t truss.

[@peakyblunder]

Not if we had no say in it .

[@sherlockstu]

She’s a WEF member 🙈

[@Paul_Ward]

I would agree if I hadn't voted the opposite way every time. The idiots are in charge because the idiots outnumber the rest of us when it comes to where they get their news and opinions. I blame the daily mail and its ilk.

[@bereal6590]

How terribly kind of you to troll that

[@robertwilson4809]

Scotland has to get out of this madhouse asap.

[@pmcbMadeInIreland]

And Northern Ireland‽!

[@wolfen210959]

Yes, get out while you still can, and could you take us with you? We'll leave London and the South East to look after themselves, it's what they have been doing anyway for the past 12 years, I'm sure they won't miss us. I live in the NE of England, who, along with Yorkshire and the Midlands, bore the brunt of Maggies' hatred of manufacturing, mining and shipbuilding.

[@concordep2504]

@@wolfen210959 hey that’s not fair plenty of us in the SouthEast didn’t vote Conservatives or ever will problem is th3 towns don’t but the country and villages do so we get stuffed!

[@elvissimpson9060]

Then I need to MOVE TO SCOTLAND as soon as possible!

[@TalesOfWar]

And England. Can we just get rid of the Tories and not the Union please? They're the real problem here. Then do some election reform so a non majority vote gets you in number 10.

[@herbtapp3031]

Figures don't lie, but liars' figure.

[@justpressstart]

Unlike James, I'm a great believer in trickle down economics. People don't understand that money travels down the economic chain, much like nutrients through a human centipede.

[@pleasantville4529]

Most desperate people do not have time to wait for your so named dribble down economics. The situation is critical for 80% of the population. You may be fortunate enough to wait, but you are in the minority.

[@tomhiggart]

Never has the country been so united, unfortunately for Liz we're united against her.

[@md-sl1io]

james: boris is the worst prime minister ever liz: hold ma beer

[@MattZakurah]

She's just Bojo without the clown make-up. Now that its gone, people see it for what it is.

[@stevenhull5025]

I thought it was Tony Blair taking us to war in Iraq on a blatant lie.

[@gosportgeezer]

Truss and her government haven’t got a clue about how the average person is supposed to get by. Last week’s mini budget was a disaster, roll on 2 years time. We definitely need a change from this government.

[@froggyyyy]

Yeah Labour is not going to be a disaster

[@mayolicious69]

Oh they have a clue, they simply don't care

[@kevmccormick1767]

@@froggyyyy so are you actually saying your happy with what we got?

[@Paul-eb4jp]

@@froggyyyy Labour will be so much better but that's not difficult.

[@ernestmiddleton4764]

@@Paul-eb4jp couldn't make things any worse

[@GraemeRoberts]

Clustertruss, noun: a brief but catastrophic period in British history in which a demented politician with the mental age of 14 failed upwards to the top job and promptly trashed the economy, marking the start of the terminal decline of the Conservative party 🙏🏻

[@JakobusVdL]

Can only hope you're right

[@rogerwilco2]

Always follow the money. Ask yourself who has been betting against the Pound in the last few days. Probably the same people who made bank when Farage told media that they lost the Brexit referendum, only for later the numbers showing the opposite. (Look it up, some people got really wealthy in those few hours.)

[@dabey873]

New word added to the English vocabulary by this LBC presenter. Catrusstrophic, did I get the spelling correct? JoB well done. 🎉😂

[@chatham43]

....nice work if you can get it...sadly most people struggle....

[@MrLoftusjj3]

Calling The UK An Emerging-Market Is No Longer A Joke The UK’s progression toward emerging-market status is moving so fast

[@tolhumexy6706]

I think the phrase should be submerged market.

[@robertocaesar9870]

Or as someone recently said, a submerging market

[@allip4226]

@@seang2700 Well surely you know better than billionaire investors, the IMF, the Bank of England and the Office of Budget Responsibility! Wave your Union Jack hard enough and everything will be ok! 🤡

[@alainpereira6442]

More like a submerging market

[@stevenhull5025]

You mean BANANA REPUBLIC status don't you?

[@Outside85]

this is like watching a trainwreck in slow motion.

[@PDB1234]

They are breaking me I’m so close to the edge of loosing everything

[@pleasantville4529]

I, and many others are sharing your pain and concern. The streets are about to become awash with homeless people. I've worked my whole life, paid taxes, become Ill, and now will probably spend my last days living on the streets. As will millions of other hard working, tax paying, individuals.

[@peakrider4886]

I read the other day that next week the UK’s credit rating is also up for review. I can only imagine that our credit rating will have decreased significantly based on what has happened since the mini budget, the knock on impact will be increased rates of borrowing as we’re considered a much greater risk, which is going to cost us all even more money.

[@rogergreen2695]

After Black Wednesday there was a comedy sketch on BBC radio where the media hailed a chap going into a chemist shop to buy a pleasure toy as heralding the end of the economic downturn. After black Friday (well you know when I mean) the sign of hope in the headlines of the Daily Mail must be when someone who actually owns a candle, lights the wick.

[@thewhippetreport1868]

Thank you Suzie Dent CLUSTERTRUSS: Example: “Last week I was in a car accident and the insurance company said it was not economical to repair my vehicle because it was a total Clustertruss “

[@envy99976]

Clusterf*ck

[@bryanllanos5843]

Liz is a ruination

[@peteo3436]

Can we give up on the misconception that conservatives are better on the economy?

[@Emanon...]

In my lifetime, you guys went from "the empire where the sun always shined" to now being "the place where the sun doesn't shine"...

[@elvissimpson9060]

Winds of change.

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

Avoiding skin cancer.

[@Gohka]

As history has proven all Empires eventually collapse. I imagine life for people of Byzantium in the final decades of what once was the Roman Empire were probably pretty similar to what we're going through. (Broadly speaking ofc) However it does not help when we have absolute looneys at the helm.

[@winterbas8927]

Nah mate, UK is still great. Just look, if there is a war going on anywhere, we are sure to be helping things along.

[@stevenhull5025]

The old saying "YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW" Every EMPIRE eventually collapses and this one is.

[@mindslaw4961]

Nice reference to certain radio hosts pulling their punches so that they can be “invited to host a leadership hustings” there

[@mcooley88]

Must be some of the most awkward tea room interactions in the histroy of the workplace. I am glad James no longer hold back on how much he absolutley loathes Ferrari.

[@Iattw]

lol I wanna hear more on this