Whither NI?

 

Hunt's gunning for NI, but not in the "save taxpayers' money" sense; instead, he intends to merge it with income tax.

Voila higher taxation at the flick of a pen!

You have been warned!

Autumn Statement

 

 Hunt steps up to the plate at 12.40.

Advice To Politicians

 

Stop fucking around, or rather threatening to fuck around, with taxes such as pension caps etc. 

People and businesses need to be able to plan for the future, if every few years the rules of the game are changed people and businesses will stop investing in the future!

Hunt's Four E's

 

"Four Es to unlock our national potential," Says UK finance minister Hunt.

— William James (@WJames_Reuters) January 27, 2023

Same old shit rehashed by Labour and Tory alike over the decades. 

Face Into The Storm

 

Chancellor Hunt will give his Autumn Statement (Budget) in the next few minutes. In it he will tell us we are to "face into the storm", and outline spending cuts and tax rises that will amount to around £54BN.

There is a catch, many of these cuts/rises are set to come about over a five year period. The next election will be held within two years; as such, many of these cuts/tax rises may well never see the light of day!

Question For Jeremy Hunt

 

Did Liz get your permission to guarantee the triple lock today?

A Very British Coup - The Puppetmasters Reveal Themselves

 

Chancellor Hunt has just nixed Kwarteng's budget, whilst the FX and Gilt markets approve it may not be such a joyful occassion for mere humans.

Amongst others Hunt has:

-time limted the energy bailout to 6 months, 

-abandoned the reduction in income tax, 

-reintroduced the hated IR35 reforms, 

-scrapped the freeze on alcohol duties and 

-promised wide ranging spending cuts.

This of course is what the media and the markets, IMF etc have been pushing for.

Clearly Truss's days, and indeed the Tory Party's days, in office are limited (days/weeks/months....who knows?).

As such Labour and their suppoorters, not unreasonably, are champing at the bit to take power. However, they should bear this in mind, as and when they take office they will face exactly the same problems that Truss faces eg:

- global inflation

- gobal rising interest rates

- the war in Ukraine

- energy and food shortages

- hysterical media that looks to destroy whoever is in power etc.

As such, constrained by the markets and bullied by the media, the room for maneuver will be very limited. 

Like it or not UK interest rates are on an upward trajectory, and there will be spending cuts (whovere is in power). Labour will need to explain this to its supporters (who have yet to understand who really runs the country).

A Very British Coup

 

Make no mistake, Jeremy Hunt (and his backers) is/are now de facto Prime Minsiter in all but name only.

Liz Truss is now but a figurehead mouthing words scripted to her by Hunt.

How long this state of affairs lasts is not yet clear. However, I suspect it won't last very long.

URGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP @Jeremy_Hunt has been appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer @HMTreasury. pic.twitter.com/bldKWr3crG

— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) October 14, 2022

Tally-ho!

Boris Live on LBC - Someone Tell Hunt!

Boris Johnson is live on LBC, answering listeners' questions. Watch it live.#AskBoris https://t.co/qm1ZPCVuox

— LBC (@LBC) June 25, 2019

Contrary to what Hunt says, Boris is not hiding from media questions.

Ironically, all that seems to interest LBC is the provenance of a photo of Boris and Carrie sitting in a garden!

Boris vs Hunt

If Hunt has any sense, he will spend this weekend thinking about what the country needs (leadership now!), and announce on Monday that following a period of reflection he will step aside and let Boris lead the country immediately (rather than waste a month waiting for the membership to rubber stamp Boris).

This will afford Hunt the added bonus of remaining as Foreign Secretary, and keeping his grace and favour home Chevening House.

Errmmm.....

Every older person should die with dignity and respect#C4debates #HastobeHunt pic.twitter.com/QUD77Cpgxi

— Jeremy Hunt (@Jeremy_Hunt) June 16, 2019

Should have thought that through a little more!

Advice To Jeremy Hunt (Foreign Secretary)

Your wife is Chinese, not Japanese!

Advice To Jeremy Hunt

RT when you see it. pic.twitter.com/z5OGFggULe

— Andrew Icke (@littleIckey) April 8, 2017

Beware photo ops near street signs!

A Picture Paints a Thousand Words

Who will ever tire of this photo? Hands up. What? No one. pic.twitter.com/XVb8RYJ7sn

— Andrew Brooks (@taxbod) October 5, 2016

Or in this case one word!

Well Done The Duke of Edinburgh!

My thanks to Taxbod for the following Tweet:

"In The Times (£). The Duke of Edinburgh to Jeremy Hunt ..."Who are you?"

What The Fark Is Jeremy Hunt's Promotion About?

Would someone please explain to me how it is that Jeremy Hunt, who made a fool of himself over the G4S Olympics fiasco and who is mired in the BSkyB controversy, has been appointed as Health Secretary?

What the fark is going on here?

Through The Looking Glass With Jeremy Hunt

In Jeremy Hunt's world, failure is the norm:

"I don't think this is a moment for getting into the blame game. G4S have been quite honourable. It is completely normal that you are going to find some contractors on a project of this size who are not going to be able to deliver."

Advice To Jeremy Hunt

Don't be so cocky about the alleged Olympics "budget" undershoot!