Polls show Labour has an unprecedented lead over the Conservatives, says TLDR News. Perhaps the biggest lead they have ever had. If polling is correct Labour stands to win over 200 seats at the general election with the tories standing to lose even more than that.
Month: January 2023
The UK economy will shrink and perform worse than Russia’s IMF says
The UK economy will shrink and perform worse than other advanced economies, including Russia, as the cost of living continues to hit households, the International Monetary Fund has said.
UK expected to be only major economy to shrink in 2023 – IMF, BBC
BBC is reporting that the UK economy is the worst of any advanced economy. Is rock bottom the Tory legacy? Is this failure of leadership the “Brexit dividend”? Either way, it stinks.
What 12 years of Conservative rule has done to the NHS
This one comes from Mastodon.
This is what 12 years of Conservative rule has done to the NHS. It’s utterly tragic.
Bremain in Spain
Interest on government debt more than doubled in a year.
The BBC is reporting that (Tory) government borrowing is hitting new highs. This is from the party that claimed to be the most responsible and slapped us with years of austerity measures to bring borrowing down.
The economy is crashing due to the Tories and now they have no idea what to do.
Government borrowing hit a new high in December, driven by the cost of supporting households with their energy bills and rising debt interest costs.
Borrowing, the difference between spending and tax income, was £27.4bn, the most for any December since records began in 1993.
Interest on government debt hit £17.3bn, more than doubling in a year.
Debt costs help push government borrowing to 30-year high, BBC News
Food prices rise under the Tory government.
Food prices rose 16.8% in the year to December as many families splashed out for Christmas, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Basics such as milk, cheese and eggs saw the largest increases. Prices for sugar, jam, honey and chocolate as well as soft drinks and juices also jumped. However, price growth slowed for bread and cereals.
UK inflation drops but food keeps inflation high, BBC News
NHS staff in despair over working at breaking point
As the NHS crisis has deepened in recent weeks, frontline staff have posted vivid, troubling accounts on social media of what has been happening in their workplaces. Many have described the NHS, and often themselves too, as “broken”. They have related the difficulty of providing proper care, the impact of acute understaffing and their fears for the NHS’s future.
‘It feels terminal’: NHS staff in despair over working at breaking point, The Guardian.com, 2023
James O’Brien chides Rishi Sunak’s govt for ignoring warnings as ‘chaos has become normal’ in NHS
Lying Tories claim the NHS is sufficiently funded
Despite all signs pointing to an NHS that is stretched thin and desperately in need of more funding, the Torie government insists that it is properly funded.
Downing Street has said the government is “providing the NHS with the funding it needs”, amid warnings of a winter crisis at hospitals.
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has said deaths of up to 500 people each week could be caused by delays in emergency care.
And the British Medical Association (BMA) has said future of the health service was “balanced on a knife-edge”.
NHS Has The Funding It Needs, Says Downing Street, Huffington Post