"We're In A Very Dangerous Position" | BoE Holds Interest Rates Amid Rachel Reeves Budget Fallout

[@sheenailes1966]

They should not be allowed to cancel any elections

[@Mike-vd7ee]

Like 30s germany..these are Fascists

[@Zoro007]

It's going to bite them hard on the arse if they do..... they're a dying political party in this country...... Merry Christmas and a Happy New Recession....👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@TrudyMoore-i4e]

Cancelling the May election will be another nail in Starmers coffin.

[@W4tchWotU54y]

Who would have thought it.... Someone from accounts would be such a bad economist, and incompetent in doing a budget for growth.

[@Quest1on-of-the-Day]

How dare you.... lying about our Rach like that, she wasn't in accounts.... She was in complaints. Just because she tells untruths, you shouldn't lie about her.

[@kp-cm3op]

This is a temporary agency worker she brought in to have a 'good time spending' and someone else to blame

[@hotshot8365]

@@Quest1on-of-the-Day actually she was in both departments at least once a day as she passed through pushing her tea trolly

[@Quest1on-of-the-Day]

​@@hotshot8365 😂 Just like her new boss, he's in this Country at least once a month. He needs to try on his new clothes when he goes shopping with Lord Ali

[@hotshot8365]

@@Quest1on-of-the-Day 🤣 once a month you say? That’s a bit too frequent!

[@andrewdavies8954]

Mandelson , give me a break , the mans a nightmare .

[@robertadams1054]

Monies from Russia, comes to mind.?

[@BrianWilcox-p9s]

Rachel reeves get this horrible woman out now.

[@louisebrown4622]

Starmer is a total doom loop

[@onlyme8117]

Mandy effing mandelson, is this a joke, i hope Donald tells everyone to have nothing to do with this thing.

[@louisebrown4622]

Mandy will get nothing off the Donald

[@robertadams1054]

Spot on.

[@seewhatifound]

Should have given the job to Boris, he gets on well with Trump

[@onlyme8117]

@@seewhatifound Boris is too untrustworthy. Telling lies and sniffing around the first lady will not end well.

[@seewhatifound]

@@onlyme8117 It would be fun to see it play out though and deliver more for UK than any Labour politician

[@ukljc]

Thanks Reform for getting the Manchester Airport duo their day in court

[@RichardBates-wd3if]

When is this then?

[@Royboy50]

@@RichardBates-wd3ifI would bet it will probably be on jan 20thats the cover up bad news day

[@paulchambers6537]

​@Royboy50 Yeah .There trying to cover up when Trump gets in power.

[@purdi-ur3np]

KARMA is coming Starmer 😂😂

[@jodargoofmaztica5071]

Let's hope Karma and Zeus have a team up. ⚡

[@elizabagshawactress]

Hope so

[@christopher554]

Vote reform 🎉

[@jodargoofmaztica5071]

Least bad option.

[@Mike-vd7ee]

Just joined...

[@teryd5672n]

Just joined as well.

[@Mike-vd7ee]

Cmon..Farage deserves our support..hes stuck his neck out for the people who love this country and took flack from people that hate it..cmon people support him..💪

[@starsailor49]

I already did. And WILL do so again.

[@MisterstereoOso]

Trump cares NOT whether Mandelson has the ear of Kier Starmer, utter poppycock !

[@andrearoyd2942]

Who in the real world believes that Rachel Thieve wrote the budget, read it, but wrote it, get real. Oh. and Peter Mandleson is back - ROFL so who's next up to the gravy train, again.

[@Zoro007]

It twas the night before Christmas And all through the house We were freezing and hungry So we ate the mouse Merry Christmas and a Happy New Recession.....👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Royboy50]

@@Zoro007 did you barbecue the mouse as it’s cheaper than putting the oven on

[@Zoro007]

We borrowed the next door neighbours candle....thanks for asking....👍👍👍👍👍👍😄😄😄😄😄😄!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Royboy50]

@ 😂😂🤣

[@MikeSmith-gf4lv]

What about those excepting donations from GEORGE SOROS?

[@garylee-pl9dl]

If,[big one] we were £22billion in the crap can Labour explain the whopping pay rises for Train drivers and junior doctors ? [And that's not the end of the give away]

[@hughmuir3063]

Why tax our farmers with inheritance tax and then give the equal amount away to African farmers. That is how much he cares for our country and the indigenous people within it.

[@Royboy50]

No they can’t justify anything they’ve done apart from blame the tories,

[@greyvoice7949]

Because the giveaways were far more than the pretend hidden deficit... Not to mention everything they then piled on top of that... Small government and scrapping Net Zero would save vastly more than £20 billion , in fact a well managed government with decent policies would make the UK grow at a ballistic rate... We would also see our wealth rise at an astronomical rate instead of putting more money in the pockets of the rich and corrupt!

[@margaretmacmurray658]

All labour fault, it's the worst state I've ever seen this county in , while the government has a nice life on the tax payer.

[@robwellings1608]

Like the 1970s when the imf were called in to bail out another failed liebour government

[@jasoncooper1728]

😂😂😂 who' was in power for 14 years muppet

[@paulhill2012]

@@jasoncooper1728 A different hopeless bunch, who left the UK the most taxed nation since WW2, but an economy that was improving vs comparable EU economies that have tanked. Labour have scuppered any improvement in the UK recovery by introducing even more taxes. The two party system is working to destroy Britain.

[@MariaHopwood]

So What does it have to do with it She is a liar does not know what she is doing😂😂😭😱

[@hsthatzo8063]

@@jasoncooper1728Middle aged jason is here to explain to the young what a real man is🤣🤣

[@andrewkeeling9935]

Starmlin and Thieves resign!!!!

[@barrywood7322]

Is he the only one they can find in the Labour Party who never slagged off President Trump.

[@greyvoice7949]

Nah , he hated Trump... And slagged him off... 'Danger to the world' was one quote...

[@barrywood7322]

@@greyvoice7949I knew they couldn’t find anyone.

[@chrismeredith8995]

Animal farm abolute hand book.

[@jodargoofmaztica5071]

With added 1984 🙁

[@stuartswain8785]

Mandleson was called the "Prince of Darkness" and the inventor of "SPIN" God help us.

[@ThePurplelydia]

Starmer MUST GO!

[@stuartjames222]

This deplorable excuse for chancellor should be made to, resign, give a formal apology and then prosecuted along with Starmer for derelict of duty and care and treason 😡😡😡😡. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@stumac869]

All farmers need do is block food supplies to London because that's where the problem lies. The rest of the country is on side.

[@ncfcpaul8761]

It all feels a bit 1970's... Can't help but think a crash is on the way somewhere from this Labour government.

[@louisebrown4622]

Your intuition is spot on.

[@cbr6001962]

Hopefully

[@mart34]

For sure, it'll start with power cuts due to Ed Millibands student union activist energy policy, which will trigger a debt crises. Only positive is Labour will be gone forever.

[@jabaah]

@@cbr6001962 bro i get that u understand how to take advantage of a fire sale in the markets but people lose houses jobs and starve die for no fault of there own when recession and depressions happen just remeber that when your balling

[@mosheridan7016]

Its a deliberate crash too imagine that.

[@m0o0n0i0r]

the BOEs mandate is to be independant and not talk poltics. If anything they should have raised rates yesterday. Who runs the country, elected officials or unelected bureaucrats? if the BOE is getting involved we need to put the BOE back under political control. They already helped oust a PM in Liz Truss.

[@davidfisher7541]

If starmer wants to go back in the EU ,we have to vote again and I think he will lose again

[@paulchambers6537]

It will be a bigger vote for out of the EU big time.

[@advocate1563]

SME biz owners have put off redundancies until January. Q1 will show the real impact of Reeves's budget and it won't be pretty.

[@hughmuir3063]

Always good seeing Monty. He is a gem.

[@madkillermiller]

So much for your FREE SPEECH! Why disable comments on the Manchester Airport video?

[@jodargoofmaztica5071]

Probably to stop people getting arrested for contempt of court.

[@jaghook]

Because things under this government are so bad, and getting worse, there is only one conclusion, this party, and this pm is, or are working against the British people under orders from a foriegn entity. As was sunak and the higher people in his party. Treachery does not have a punishment any more in this country and that law should be brought back immediately. Then all this would stop. I am convinced of it.

[@jodargoofmaztica5071]

I agree in theory. I just don't have any faith in the judiciary. 'Who watches the watchmen?'

[@dogstar-l8e]

​@@jodargoofmaztica5071Ah a fellow Pratchet fan! Never a truer word spoken

[@jameskirk578]

Oh great, a new queen for such an important role in America. What could possibly go wrong...

[@robertadams1054]

And his Brazilian Partner. ?

[@Royboy50]

I bet mr trump can’t wait to get this mincer in a meeting

[@chigeryelam4061]

Remember they're 'fixing the foundations' 🤨

[@dogstar-l8e]

Yeah, on a bloody fault line!

[@fortune-614]

Mandleson is Starmer's attempt to neutralize Farage. He'll fail, but Starmer is now desperate.

[@robertwebster7040]

How can installing an arch europhile in this important role be the right move.? Can’t see this ending well.

[@Nedxr777]

Interest rates need raising not dropping !

[@JamesLWilliams-k9x]

Helps us savers bring it on 👍

[@gailnevill286]

Starmer should go himself

[@DBZ5371]

Remember Rachel from Complaints started her Budget speech promising ‘ Financial Stability , More £££’s in pockets, An economy growing creating opportunity for all to improve living standards’ How’s that working out, Rachel ?

[@ukljc]

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice

[@stickyweasel8837]

🤣🤣🤣 that's what I thought straight away....

[@glennkings566]

Has anyone complained about the influence George S. has donated to Labor?

[@northnsouth6813]

I remember when Mandelson was forced to resign this post after only five months when he was discovered to have accepted (and failed to declare) an Interest-free loan of £33,300 from Geoffrey Robinson who was also under scrutiny by Mandelson’s Trade and Industry Department due to dubious business dealings.

[@simplesimon5739]

You keep reporting as if this budget was a mistake. I think they're getting their desired outcome.

[@robbeales5516]

We are run by amateurs

[@Lee.Willcox]

At least I saw it coming and invested in stocks at a fairly high interest guaranteed rate. ISA and other such TAX free lump sums. ISA at the bottom of my list but I do have two. One in my name and one in my wife's. My money is not in the banks, some of the daily amount is but the rest is way and far away from this government and the high street banks.

[@bbuzz1687]

Yep

[@paulhill2012]

Under bad governments, Don't Stocks fail too,?

[@Lee.Willcox]

@@paulhill2012 They most definitely do, so look further afield.

[@mm3nrx]

Old 'new' LIEBORE are back in power...told ya!

[@macfaichen2658]

Winter fuel… Starmer is hoping that the ppl and charities will sort oap’s out…

[@RakEmet]

Labour's economics will lead to a sovereign debt crisis.

[@stanthesteelguitarman8228]

The Liz Truss premiership was an instant blowout to the economy. This Starmer premiership seems to me to be merely a slow puncture - but just as damaging long term.

[@michaelbailey2476]

Truss wasnt given time. It was snuffed out because they feared it might succeed long term.

[@stanthesteelguitarman8228]

You seem to forget that the pound plunged to $1.03 to the £ immediately following the budget in the Truss premiership and the Bank of England had to pump money in to stop any further falls. Sunak managed to get the £ back up again to around $1.28 and it is now around $1.25 - not yet a disaster. Had Truss stayed in power, mortgage rates would probably be over 10% today!! Ask any competent economist, if you don't believe me.@@michaelbailey2476

[@CL-he4jz]

​@@michaelbailey2476 B of E sold bonds on the eve of LT budget.

[@stevebreedon62]

Truss was shafted by the machine.

[@christophermonahan8571]

The lettuce won with plenty to spare

[@mindfulmw]

Let's start by declaring all the foreign donations that the 2 main parties received for the last election. Starmer trying to move the goal posts won't make any difference in the long term as his goose is cooked already.

[@THEFORBIDDENMAN-lk7of]

ALEX LOOKS GOOD AS A HUMBUG

[@louisebrown4622]

Mandy is not what I would call diplomatic

[@hughmuir3063]

Is that his weekend name ?!

[@jodargoofmaztica5071]

Trump will ignore him anyway. 🤣

[@butlerpa100]

It’s a disastrous position. Unemployment growing, the only thing that is. Labour is ridiculous

[@davehunter9342]

The lords will miss Mandy and the Oxford college knew that when they didn't take him as chancellor.

[@stevebreedon62]

2TK and his 6th form idealogical party.

[@jeffsimon9594]

They are like rabbits in the headlights, never expected to be tipped into office by default like that.

[@Michelle-c2r4e]

i'm happy for food shortages for a while. They should not give in.

[@paulchambers6537]

I agree

[@kirkwhitfield5257]

reeves is like asking a baker to fix a car she hasnt a clue what shes doing

[@philipclemoes9458]

Tim is almost giving me optimism about this dreadful Labour government and PM. Hope he is correct.

[@davidadezvoe6338]

His red nostrils are a distraction... I hope it's just flu and not from snorting white powder 😂😂

[@georgeharrison5362]

Merry Depression and a Crappy New Year 2025, 2026, 2027...

[@johnnyhock]

He sounds pissed….. Slurred stumbling speech

[@jongarratt5383]

Friday before Christmas he's probably just had his Christmas party

[@bliyp]

They have no idea how taxing employers will work out on the ground some one I know runs small business employes he staff direct pays them holiday pay etc he now says he will phase them out and use subcontractors other wise his business will fold

[@grahamrichards3483]

Why don't Starmer resign and move to Europe

[@fredjames9867]

Always money for war just no for you

[@stevenandrew8140]

Reform

[@PeterHolman-xt4fb]

The lego haired Rachel Reeves! What a great pick for consigning Labour to unelectable history.

[@jimbo-yv5jh]

Don't worry comrades the adults are in charge now.

[@StockTradingDiaries]

its not a doom loop its a death spiral

[@Private_NE_Man]

People are truly uninformed

[@johngreen6191]

Trump will be impressed.

[@anthonyduncalf-uk]

House prices are massively overpriced and out of reach for most people. Some terraced homes that were built as cheap places to live for factory workers cost a fortune . The whole market need to correct about 60% . Then people don't need to earn as much to survive and will have money to buy in the shops again.

[@elizabagshawactress]

The Labour Party rocketed Starmer to leader, they must have known he had no experience in politics and business and they’ve allowed him to take the top job

[@jeffsimon9594]

Labour are like rabbits caught in the headlights, they clearly never quite expected to be tipped into power by default in that bizarre way.

[@jabaah]

we have to hold the rate cut cpi come up month over month and the fedral resurve indicated a hold if we are to keep the streangth of the pound we need to hold

[@duquali1]

For me, it’s always down to trust. And Mandlesom isn’t trustworthy.

[@jimbo-yv5jh]

I think Montgomerie talks through his backside and should be kicked back to the fake Tories.

[@robinburn4974]

Can we complain to customer relations?

[@sarahandrews5611]

I am old enough to remember the winter of discontent in 1972, we had power cuts, rubbish wasn't collected. Are hurtling towards this; buy in your candles torches, powered milk, food to last. Maybe some dash if there is a cyber attack that actually messes up our systems. I am ready, are you?

[@elizabagshawactress]

Starmer doesn’t keep promises!

[@kiviuq3495]

Does this guy always slur his words or is he just pissed?

[@normankyle7831]

Just more dead wood.

[@dogstar-l8e]

Starmer's only just popping his head out of Soros's wallet, hes git a bloody nerve

[@jongarratt5383]

Mandelson..... Proof positive that BLiar is running the show on behalf of the WEF

[@jimclark3120]

Stop making a fool of yourself Alex. Being a former UKIP now TalkTV plonker is making you a laughing stock

[@paulchambers6537]

She ta sence

[@Dan-um5yp]

I would like to see her detailed breakdown of spenditure, I think that should be published. These MPs cannot be trusted to add 2+2 as they will come up with 5. The lady reeves seems totally stupid as well as her colleagues in labour.

[@macfaichen2658]

Considering the « alleged » connection betweenBBB mandelson and epsteiin I’m not sure Trump will have anything to do with him…

[@JohnCatto]

I thought we had professional diplomats !! If the boundaries of some places are to be adjusted surely it is best to have the new council in place to sort out their own business.

[@andrewsims8135]

Come on reform

[@MiltonMoJunction]

I can't believe you are having a go at poor rachel, she is an economist don't you know, it says so 'at the moment' on her cv.

[@terryluckhurst4114]

The current economic stagnation created Labour is just the tip of the auterity iceberg in 2025, with increasing umeployment will mean less income tax for the Treasury as a starter increased by consequental negative fallouts.

[@TheMegahusky]

Labour sounds like scrooge in Christmas carol. God help us!

[@BananaShop-y7s]

Alex ! ' Two upfront for Newcastle United or Notts County today ? ' 😂

[@WillCamx]

Why have you turned off comments on the Manchester airport story? I thought you believed in free speech.

[@DBZ5371]

Now they’re charged, the channel doesn’t want to be in contempt of court as per the other case

[@CarolineDoull]

I don’t trust you Tim

[@seewhatifound]

So far in their 6 months they have increased inflation by 13% months on month at 2.6% pa annually, interest rates on government bonds up to a near record high from being much lower, unemployment up even though the 22000 job losses in a month didn't affect the headline figure wiping out at a stroke Millibands fanciful jobs he is supposed to be creating, growth down, growth projections lower. How long before the tumbleweed starts blowing across the nation?

[@andrewbarrett2685]

Rachel from complaints has done a liz truss..are the words out of her depth suitable.

[@kimjong-un464]

Why did you turn off the comments on the video before this about the2 man getting charged for hitting the police man at manchester airport???

[@aficio698]

All I want for Christmas is Alex. 😍🤭 Pulchritudinous.

[@simonholland241]

= Labour rear gunner

[@mindfulmw]

Rachel from accounts and her budget of doom- song anyone?

[@christopher554]

I things getting worse next year everything’s going up 😢

[@nicolassTRAVEL]

Brexit mess

[@jackrainbow560]

witless discussion

[@Mike-vd7ee]

Another woke

[@nicolassTRAVEL]

Brexit disaster