2022 mini-budget discussion

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I find this sort of view a bit odd, it's like people generally did get so distracted by the more superficial stories re: whether something was a work event or a party etc.. I mean Liz didn't make any of this stuff secret prior to getting the leadership position.

She started to make it clear during the leadership hustings but she was very quiet prior to the leadership run bearing in mind she is the only MP to have been in the cabinet for the last 12 years I think?
 
It's hardly a conspiracy when it's so blatant. Follow the money.
In the absence of proof this is just your feelings.
Has anyone on here actually bet on shorting a currency? How do you work out the odds? What do you get taxed on any winnings? It all sounded the preserve of the mega rich, shrouded in mystery and red tape, but a cursory glance suggests anyone can have a play. Whilst presumably not as simple as walking into a bookies, just what is involved, and has anyone had any success?
You don't go into a bookmakers, there's lots of ways to do it.

Example:

You buy $1,000 costing you £900.
£ reaches parity with $
You buy £1,000 with your $1,000

You have profited by 10%
 
In the absence of proof this is just your feelings.

You don't go into a bookmakers, there's lots of ways to do it.

Example:

You buy $1,000 costing you £900.
£ reaches parity with $
You buy £1,000 with your $1,000

You have profited by 10%
As if proof has been required for any of the Tories rhetoric thus far?
 
Has anyone on here actually bet on shorting a currency? How do you work out the odds? What do you get taxed on any winnings? It all sounded the preserve of the mega rich, shrouded in mystery and red tape, but a cursory glance suggests anyone can have a play. Whilst presumably not as simple as walking into a bookies, just what is involved, and has anyone had any success?
For retail players it is really simple, just buy an etf. Plenty out there with different leverages.

In a wrapper no tax, in a GIA you pay tax if you exceed allowances.
 
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Thanks for the info re betting on currency values, fascinating stuff, I had a neighbour who seemed to make a lot of money with stocks and shares and I always had a desire to learn more about the world of finance, but it's never happened. I may take the time to research it some more, it sounds like I should educate myself on this as I freely admit it's a black art to me. But they do say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, so I won't be mortgaging the house to have a dabble :)
 
Thanks for the info re betting on currency values, fascinating stuff, I had a neighbour who seemed to make a lot of money with stocks and shares and I always had a desire to learn more about the world of finance, but it's never happened. I may take the time to research it some more, it sounds like I should educate myself on this as I freely admit it's a black art to me. But they do say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, so I won't be mortgaging the house to have a dabble :)
It can go wrong and quickly...

Imo people need to decide if they are traders or investors when they start playing the game.
 
As they say on the stage "It's the way you tell `em". I am not so naive to not think all politicians tell lies, bare faced and frequently.

But only Boris lied directly to the Queen's face. I would have thought that a so-called patriot would have found this abominable. Question, does this mean Boris ranks higher than the Queen in your eyes?
 
I certainly did see it coming, check my previous posts where I told people on these very forums to be careful what they wish for in wanting to get rid of Boris Johnson, but their seething hatred presumably blinded them to the probability of a more Right leaning PM taking his place. Boris was a Liberal, but obviously not Liberal enough. We are where we are, (and thanks for helping put us there, Boris haters!) :)
Putting aside that that's nothing more than a default bias i wonder if you'd say the same if we changed the name from Boris to Ed Miliband. How about if we went back in time to the 2010 GE, would you still be saying we should've kept Brown as PM because we should be careful what they wish for in wanting to get rid of Brown?

Or how about we change the circumstances to when we were still members of the EU, would you still be saying we should be careful what people wish for in wanting to leave the EU?
 
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Why on earth else do you think they shorted the pound at that point?
Just on the off chance something mad would happen?
Oh look, it did. The chap who caused it happened to work and is paid by them.

This should genuinely be investigated. I mean they look guilty.
 
But only Boris lied directly to the Queen's face. I would have thought that a so-called patriot would have found this abominable. Question, does this mean Boris ranks higher than the Queen in your eyes?

Probably get quite difficult to get anything done with the absolute state of that 2019 Parliament, which included a biased Speaker. The left keep pushing people into corners and are continually surprised by the outcome.
 
Probably get quite difficult to get anything done with the absolute state of that 2019 Parliament, which included a biased Speaker. The left keep pushing people into corners and are continually surprised by the outcome.
Yes but supporting someone who would have been executed for what he did to the Queen not that many years ago is a little off no? Especially for someone who considers himself a true blooded Englishman...
 
Probably get quite difficult to get anything done with the absolute state of that 2019 Parliament, which included a biased Speaker. The left keep pushing people into corners and are continually surprised by the outcome.

Yes... it was the Left that forced Boris to lie directly to the Queen's face. Obviously.

Did this evil, malevolent gestalt entity known as the Left also forced him to lie to Parliament on multiple occasions, ennoble the son of a KGB Agent, and change the rules to let an actual sexual predator off the hook too?

Tory cultists are hilarious...
 
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