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Ha ha, Gurny, of course we’ve been here before. In fact it’s been far worse than this. SUFC would have been dead and buried in the 1970s if the current system of relegation from the basement league was in place at that time. So let’s not kid ourselves about that, though obviously things are in a terrible state at GP.
As for the Government, it is, indeed, a shambles, but claiming it’s the “most catastrophic period of political leadership this country has ever seen” is absolute nonsense. Anyone who can remember the 1970s knows things were far worse than they are now.
As for what’s happening now I’m appalled by the Tory MPs representing the party. Yes, the mini-budget was appallingly handled, which is an enormous shame because it was fundamentally what the country needs. The markets have played the Government like a fiddle, targeting the UK and making a fortune by shorting the pound while Tory MPs have behaved like a bunch of school children. Senior members of the party should have rallied behind the PM and told the markets there would be no return to printed money and easy pickings. But now it’s back to square one and an opportunity for change has been squandered.
As for Labour, I can live with them under Starmer although the party’s plans for net zero on steroids will create their own economic nightmare. The fundamental underlying problem for all of this is crazy energy prices brought on by the absurd drive to net zero, which Putin’s exploited to the full. This is the real issue and unless and until energy prices are brought under control the West’s economic problems will just get worse, yes, even with Sir Keir at the helm.