Alex Wickham: Andy Burnham and John Healey...
EXCLUSIVE: Andy Burnham and John Healey have been told by the Treasury that the UK economy will barely grow next year if the Strait of Hormuz remains badly disrupted until the end of 2026 The PM and chancellor have been presented with Treasury modelling that sees UK GDP growth at just 0.3% in 2027 if the strait remains blocked this year. The warning complicates the first 18 months of Burnham’s premiership and Healey’s preparations for the budget In a reasonable worst-case scenario modelled by the Treasury, the strait is seen remaining effectively closed for five more months, with no permanent peace deal between the US and Iran until the new year In that scenario, GDP growth for 2026 is seen at 0.9%, below the 1.1% forecast by the OBR in March. But with the impacts taking time to fully filter through, GDP growth for 2027 is then seen at just 0.3%, a sharp downgrade on the 1.6% forecast by the OBR CPI inflation is seen peaking at 4.3% in the first quarter of 2027 in this scenario. It would have fallen to the 2% target if the war hadn’t happened. A further spike in the oil price could raise concerns about financial stability in a worst-case outcome, the Treasury assessments warned They have been shared with Burnham and Healey ahead of the budget on Oct. 28, setting out the economic headwinds that will determine this government’s fortunes If the economy effectively flatlines next year, it would leave Burnham with a battle to show Britons he has materially improved their lives in his first 18 months in power. The warnings also further complicate what is already a challenging budget for Healey. Not only must he find money to fulfil Burnham’s ambitions for more spending, he now also has to factor in a potential growth downgrade and higher inflation While Treasury officials do not necessarily expect the worst-case scenario to happen, they see it as a reasonably likely outcome. Officials calculate that while the future of the conflict is highly uncertain, it is likely that it continues to flare-up in the months ahead, severely disrupting commercial traffic through the strait
Adam Brooks: The Establishment will do anything to stop...
The Establishment will do anything to stop Nigel Farage. I’m disgusted at these people. They clearly don’t care if the people of Clacton have a left wing joker as MP. Traitors.
Kathy Gyngell: Well done @andyburnham...
Well done @andyburnham : Singapore model sells hundreds of Burnham’s luxury Manchester flats to Asia Another example of why government is the problem not the solution.
David Kurten: Burnham plans to wreck middle England...
Burnham plans to wreck middle England, while he himself does not need to share his space and resources with any asylum seekers. #BurnhamOut
Pat Condell: The British right wouldn’t be split...
The British right wouldn’t be split if Farage was a wiser leader. The existence of Restore Britain is his fault. He should have done everything he could to keep Rupert Lowe in the party and keep it united. His ego-led policy of purging all internal dissent has backfired badly.
Jayda Fransen: Not beating the stereotypes are they...
Not beating the stereotypes are they? Islam is a religion of violence & dominance that cannot withstand any criticism, so its followers resort to intimidation. This post is further proof that Islam has no place in the West. Will UK police protect John Cleese after this threat?
Pat McGinnis: The recent attack on Charlie Downes...
The recent attack on Charlie Downes from Farage & Reform has been all over the internet including X. Crickets from Zionist Tommy Robinson. No doubt Tommy also wants Charlie expelled. I think Tommy should be expelled for campaigning for foreign wars on behalf of fake Israel.Adam Brooks: You lefty morons said that the Ceuta...
You lefty morons said that the Ceuta invasion was ‘nothing’ and that people like me were exaggerating the extent to what had happened… Inconvenient truths for you… these backward invaders - Attacked police - Illegally entered homes - Looted shops - Raped girls - Attacked locals They’ll end up here.
Timothy Ash: Someone just said Iran...
Someone just said Iran now has all the cards over Trump. It’s like UNO and Iran has a pack of “Miss a turn”, “+4”, “change direction” cards over Trump.
Carl Benjamin: "I defeated the far right...
"I defeated the far right, and now we must save the country from this existential crisis."
Liz Webster: Britain needs a public inquiry...
🆘 Britain needs a public inquiry into foreign interference in our democracy. Not an inquiry designed to overturn Brexit or prove a predetermined theory. An inquiry that follows the evidence wherever it leads. Who funded whom? Who had access to whom? Who ultimately owned the money? What influence operations took place? What did our intelligence services and governments know? And why did Britain allow itself to become a haven for kleptocratic wealth? If there was no material foreign interference, an inquiry can establish that. If there was, the British public has a right to know. Democracy cannot mean “take back control” while refusing to establish who was trying to exert control over us.Adam Brooks: Kay Burley is possibly the most unlikeable...
Kay Burley is possibly the most unlikeable media figure out there. Wow, what a nasty piece of work. Absolutely vile. She will be a multi millionaire from all the years on SKY and yet treats many of their viewers as mere plebs. Figures like her are why the MSM is on the ropes.
Aaron Bastani: Andy Burnham says he wants to stop this...
Andy Burnham says he wants to stop this. That's fantastic. 1001 other things the country needs to get to grips with, but it's a positive step - and relatively easy. It does beg the question. What the hell was Keir Starmer doing for two years?
Pouria Zeraati: Negotiation and agreement...
Negotiation and agreement? :)) Look: Freshly released images from Trump's trip to Turkey to attend the NATO summit, showing how the Secret Service thwarted the Islamic Republic's assassination plot against Trump. Without the journalists realizing, they took Trump out of "Air Force One" in an airport food truck and then boarded him on a C-32A plane. Practically everyone thought Trump was still on his usual Air Force One. After landing in Britain, he secretly switched planes again and went from the C-32A to Air Force One.
“Crypto King” Fraudster Funded the Ruling Party
Labour has found itself embroiled in yet another scandal involving donations from questionable sources. The public was outraged that party members had taken money from criminals by exploiting loopholes in the law.
Lee Hurst: The banning of new petrol...
The banning of new petrol and diesel cars for sale by Labour will cost tens of thousands of jobs. If you work in this sector and want to be unemployed, vote Labour.The Holiday Turned Out to Be More Important Than the Problems
The new resident of 10 Downing Street went on holiday literally two weeks after taking office. This triggered a strong public reaction, with many people openly writing that he “doesn’t care about the people of this country”.Carl Benjamin: Making the fake right double-down...
Making the fake right double-down on their full-throated defence of an aggressive foreign country is a great way of isolating them. They do not realise just how unpopular they are. Make them own it.
Craig Murray: This typical Ukrainian propaganda...
This typical Ukrainian propaganda article from the Guardian mentions casually without comment that Turkey is supplying Ukraine with 2,000 cluster bombs. Completely illegal.Liz Webster: This is profoundly alarming...
This is profoundly alarming! Transparency doesn’t mean “trust us, we’ve checked ourselves.” It means giving the public, journalists and civil society enough information to check for themselves. At a time when trust in politics is already dangerously low, Parliament should be increasing scrutiny of money, interests and influence not making scrutiny harder. Democracy isn’t just the right to vote for the people who exercise power. It’s the right to see who is influencing them once they have it. Accountability that can only be performed by the person being held accountable isn’t accountability.
Alice Smith: The left aren’t anti-guns...
The left aren’t anti-guns. They’re anti-you-having-guns. They love it when the state has a monopoly on guns so they can use them to seize property and censor dissent.
Martin Geddes: The most powerful mind-control...
The most powerful mind-control system isn’t the one that lies to you. It’s the one that turns reality into evidence against itself.
Adam Brooks: Charities and NGO’s...
Charities and NGO’s are complicit in the illegal entry of migrants to Britain. They also have blood on their hands.
Dale Vince: Three reasons...
Three reasons not to vote for Farage…
David Icke: This is James Naish @jameswnaish...
This is James Naish @jameswnaish , the Nottinghamshire Labour MP who is so wet behind the ears that he needs swimming lessons. He's now trying to get me banned from speaking at the Nottingham Arena. This is the same man who supports on his X page the statement: 'No one should spend time in prison for defending democracy.' However, his version of 'democracy' clearly does not include freedom of speech. He says: 'The planned appearance of David Icke in Nottingham next year has been raised with me by local student groups and during recent constituency surgeries, so I wrote to the Chief Executive of the Motorpoint Arena about this at the end of last week. As the Council Leader has already said publicly, "At a time when Jewish communities are facing rising levels of hate speech and abuse nationally, it is vitally important that antisemitism is called out clearly and unequivocally wherever it appears."' https://facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=122292164390242179& id=61557265378714&mibextid=wwXIfr& rdid=mju1hDTrxErHaO6x When Mr Naish gets up from his knees and ‘local student groups’ stop their pathetic virtue-signalling they might produce the evidence of ‘antisemitism’ they throw around like confetti. The Dutch government has banned me from around 30 European countries in the Shenghen border group since 2022 after I was asked to speak (by a Jewish man) at a PEACE rally in Amsterdam. This was on the grounds of ‘antisemitism’ initially, but when we challenged the ban in Dutch courts they so monumentally failed to justify the claim that they changed their reason to ‘he’s a threat to democracy’. Oh, but the lying Dutch government is not. I have not been publicly condemning Jewish people as a group decade after decade – I have been calling out the evil and psychopathic treatment of Palestinians by the ISRAELI GOVERNMENT. I have also been pointing out that ‘antisemitism’ literally means anti-Arab given that ‘semitic’ refers to a group of languages overwhelmingly dominated by Arabic languages. Ironic but true and while I left school at 15 the said ‘local student groups’ at universities don’t appear to know. The Labour Party has previous on this with Labour protests outside my events over something I am NOT saying and now irony of ironies those very Labour ‘activists’ condemn the Israel government for what has happened to Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank since October 7th – an attack the government blatantly ALLOWED to happen. God save us from religion and politicians. There is an even bigger irony behind the intervention of Mr Wet-Behind-The Ears which will become clear in the near ‘future’. I am laughing already. Maybe people might ask why I am subject to so much establishment hostility, shadow banning and suppression when I am saying we must wake up to the fact that, ultimately, we are all one consciousness entrapped in the illusion of separateness while the Dutch government has allowed performances by 'Ye' (Kanye West of 'Heil Hitler' fame) and 'Bob Vylan’ ('death, death to the IDF') to go ahead. They might also ask why 'alternatives' like Tucker Carlson and Joe Rogan have year after year refused to interview me. You never know - you might find the same answer in both cases.Pat Condell: They'll be chartering ocean...
They'll be chartering ocean liners next, while Burnham talks about bus fares.
Andrew Bridgen: Andy Burnham has pledged...
Andy Burnham has pledged to end the Digital ID project. He won’t and he can’t which is why we will be having a snap election later this year. Before the majority of the public see through his lies.Adam Brooks: This is one of a tiny amount of kids...
This is one of a tiny amount of kids that are on these illegal immigrant boats. They aren’t fleeing harm, they’re in a safe country called France & have passed through several safe countries. They are risking this child’s life for benefits & free housing in Britain. End of.Carl Benjamin: I've seen this clip many times...
I've seen this clip many times, now, and Peter Hitchens' lucidity and sincerity never ceases to resonate. He is the one sane man in a madhouse of liberals, trying desperately to get them to understand that our problems are self-made and the system we have created is destroying something not only precious but irreplaceable. Naturally, nobody understood him, and so he is not so much a posh Nostradamus but instead an English Cassandra, doing everything to raise the alarm but forever cursed to cast his pearls before swine. One can feel the desperation in his presentation. When they accuse him of, in fact, hating Britain it becomes clear that they have absolutely no idea what he's talking about. Tragic, frankly.Read more