Chomper Higgot

I take it you weren’t planning to vote Democrat anyway.

Trump has handed Cheney her campaign platform. The soul of the GOP and a return to what the GOP stood for over decades. Or voters can stick with criminality, corruption, hatred, treachery and obstruction to what’s best for ordinary Americans. The GOP under Trump is a radicalized mess. Good luck Cheney.

A result that came as a direct result of the Wyoming GOP being stacked with MAGA and middle of the Road Republicans not taking part.

As has been explained, being ahead wrt the the opinion of a political party membership that can in no sense be considered representative of the population at large is not any evidence that ‘voters at large will be pleased’. Truss has nothing to offer the millions of people suffering under the worst inflation for decades and the worst cost of living crisis in living memory. NHS Crisis, nothing. Dental crisis, nothing. Police failures, nothing. Poverty, nothing. The list goes on, she’s got no answers at all. I look forward to her going to the polls with more tax cuts for corporations and the already wealthy and her derogatory views of the hard working people of the UK, but zilch to help them out.

Opinions differ.

How on earth did you miss out on the history of the UK’s Labour movement’s during your years in school?

Welcome back. The article you posted does not link lockdowns to inflation. Though I do note that you have accepted that the price of oil is a root cause of the inflation the UK is suffering. Perhaps a war has something to go with that?!

There were indeed lockdowns. However those claiming the lockdowns are the cause of inflation have failed to come back with evidence to back their assertion, and it seems you are have dodged the gaping hole in the assertion too.

COVID is not lockdowns, price manipulations are nothing new. Don’t embarrass yourself with this nonsense.

Clearly, having googled the meaning of ‘debating’ you have no idea how it actually works. You have produced zero evidence that the lockdown has caused inflation. Unsubstantiated claims to back an unsubstantiated claim is not evidence.

But everything that was produced prior to the drop in price was subject to higher energy costs. And the energy costs are still way higher than the same time last year.

You are misquoting me, I gave ‘oil and gas’ by example. Which I pointed out is, among other things, used in transportation, the production of fertilizers and to power farm machinery (all of which have direct impacts on the cost of food production and food distribution, which are contributors to the cost of food to consumers. … Have you noticed that the members who claimed the lockdowns were the cause of the inflation the Uk is suffering have not been back with any evidence to back their assertions?!

The ONS begs to differ, identifying high food prices as the main contributor:

So you don’t understand inflation.

She’s not under criminal investigation, there is no realistic possibility of her being in prison anytime in the future. She’s a smart cookie, she knows what she’s doing. I don’t like her, I certainly do not like her politics, but there is absolutely no way I’d assume she’s beaten. I don’t understand either why right wingers are so keen to join Trump’s attack on Cheney. It is very clear why Trump is attacking her and funding those to replace her, but if Trump goes down his alleged crimes then the GOP is going to need a fall back away from Trump’s control of the party. It is to me an example of the madness that had taken hold of the GOP.

Let me drive a bus through that for you. 1. I have not denied the lockdowns caused inflation, I have asked those who claim they have to back up their claims with evidence. 2. “Inflation is rampant in each and every country in the world, unless you gonna deny that also, and the one and only thing all those countries have in common with the UK is that they had extended periods of lockdown caused by Covid.” Quite clearly all these nations have many other things in common, by example (you’ll like this): They all rely on oil and gas to fuel their economies, transport systems, for the production of fertilizers, and to power the machinery of industry and agriculture. You might have noticed the price of oil and gas has gone up recently, it’s been in the news. ….. Please don’t come back telling us the lockdowns caused the hikes in the price of oil and gas.

Never underestimate a woman.

Due process. Don’t do it fast, do it right.

That’s not how debate works. If somebody makes repeated statements linking the current inflation crisis to the lockdown it is for that person to demonstrate that the lockdown caused the inflation. I have questioned the assertion that the lockdown has caused the inflation, I do not need to provide the actual causes of inflation. Those claiming the lockdowns cause inflation need to back up their assertion. It will not be difficult if they have any evidence.

Whether this matters or not depends entirely on what her future plans are. She’s clearly not courting the alt-right Trump wing of the GOP, perhaps she’s concluded it has no viable future. I don’t particularly like her politics, but she’s nobody’s fool.

Please provide the evidence you have that the lockdowns are the cause of the current inflation in the UK economy?

What election? What particular results from that election?

Well yes workers wages are taking a massive hit. Not so the incomes of CEOs, perhaps they are living in an alternative economy: https://www.ft.com/content/af0d30bd-f6ee-4ab4-abfe-94e58aa27b12

Do you have any evidence at all that the lockdowns have given rise to the current levels of inflation?

You seem to have missed the bit about over the past 12 years of Tories failing to address energy self sufficiency and knobbling the development of reusable energy in England and Wales while Scotland did the smart thing and continued with Green Energy to the benefit of their nation.