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Awesome. Would love to see a resurgence of the small car. Renault are nailing it at the mo.

Oh dear

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5ylvz217ept

Probably an unpopular opinion but having watched her speech in full and her interview with Andrew Marr, I felt a bit sorry for Reeves, even if she is going to fuck us all in a few weeks time.

She painted herself into a corner and is going to be forced into a most humiliating U-turn which could have ...

800,000 more people unemployed due to sickness at the moment than in 2019 was quoted earlier on the radio. Insane


Absolutely nuts. And it's going to increase sharply by the end of the decade.

I think a big issue is the public's perception of the system. It's gone from being a safety net ...

Saw this earlier, made me chuckle

There is a danger of people reading too much into things but then again all of that speech would have been worded very carefully so perhaps not...

There was a former member of the MPC (up until last year) on the BBC straight after the speech this morning that was very illuminating. He pointed out ...

Leaving the budget this late was a mistake, now they have weeks of rumours about tax rises to contend with. All the while the uncertainty can’t help the economy. Whole speech today was frankly pointless unless.


Agreed, and the fact she even had to call this speech was ridiculous and testament ...

Also cant see this doing much for revenue growth as consumers will surely become increasingly conscious of their reduction in spending power, thus contributing to the deficit further with lower tax receipts.


Traders looking at the BoE's next rate move agree as they're predicting a further ...

Basically confirmed then. A highly significant pledge broken, and obviously not her fault at all and they should be exonerated all of responsibility.

She has dug her own grave; the myriad speeches she and Kier gave saying they wouldn't come looking come looking for more in taxes, has completely ...

Ok, they made pledges and said they had a fully costed plan and wouldn't increase tax. They didn't have a fully costed plan, blamed the Tories, and increased tax. So lies. They're also likely to come looking for more tax that will further break their own pledges. So potentially more lies. They ...

Ok, swap lies for incompetence. I'm sure there have been lies, but it's difficult to substantiate, unless you want to count Starmer's complete U-turn on his entire political viewpoint... And her upcoming budget will surely be featuring a broken pledges, which amount to lies, IMO.

The gifts scandal ...

You mean, the same resources we essentially share with Norway, who does use it, and sells the energy to us while throwing the cash into their sovereign wealth fund?

The current system is obviously unsustainable.

We have a shrinking full-time working base, but a massively increasing welfare state and a rapidly aging population. Growth is non existent and public services are creaking under the pressure.

I don't know what the answer is but it's obvious this ...

Yeah, the lying is just outrageous at this point and Reeves has made a fool of herself. The entire party is chaotic and completely lacking in direction.

The increasing tax on working people feels especially egregious as they harped on and on about not doing it.

I know what it's like - I'm one of ...

Not disputing the data, but against the backdrop of ever increasing cost of living, £45k really isn't that much. Especially if you're a single earner household. It gets burnt through very quickly indeed.

It's still breaking her own fiscal rules on not taxing working people anymore money.

And ...

Apparently she's going to increase taxes on anyone earning more than £45,000. Not sure how this is compatible with 'not increasing taxes on working people'.

Absolutely farcical. Is £45k now well off?

It does feel like keeping your ahead above water, and earning enough so that you can create a ...

nuttinnew wrote: Fri Sep 26, 2025 11:00 pm

mik wrote: Fri Sep 26, 2025 10:45 pm I just checked my CAF meter, and it hit full scale deflection.

I can understand your excitement

^ Very much this

The way it revs

All of that!

Bloody awesome

Cheers guys

And looking good after it's recent paint work. Not a perfect job, but much better than how it was before - very tatty.

New OEM style clutch in the Mustang today. Holy moly what a difference!

It previously had an uprated 'Spec' clutch and it was fucking awful. I got used to it, sort of, but it was unbelievably stiff and had no bite range, just on or off.

New one has transformed how it drives completely. SO happy ...