@steamedhamms I don’t exactly know why people are so resistant to the idea that Britain is the product of multiple influences, from Greco-Roman societies, Christianity, the Enlightenment and so on.
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The Numbertaker
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think in climate of people trying to use this concept of judeo-christian values one thing is also, while i am happy to accept idea country has been shaped by christian values, i also just think clear view of the british people is for a secular state and not a religious one at all
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@DespoticInroad Also, in what way is Angela Rayner likely to be the next prime minister? Reeves, Streeting, even Lammy seem more likely candidates than Rayner, who was kicked out of the Deputy PM post not long ago.
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Are Gilt yields spiking because Rayner questioned the OBR's accounting for long-term returns on public investment on a Teams call?
Or could it be something to do with Iran War piling stagflationary pressures on our highly exposed, energy-dependent open market economy?
Liam Halligan@LiamHalligan
Check out the ten-year gilt yield this morning - after the UK's likely next Prime Minister tried to lecture international investors about the intricacies of fiscal policy and the UK's national accounts. A subject about which she clearly knows absolutely nothing. Nice one @AngelaRayner !!! Markets now demanding 4.9% per annum to lend money to the British government. In Morocco, it's 3.4%. And get this. In February 2026, the UK government a massive £14.3 billion - according to figures released this morning. No less than £13 billion of that money borrowed last month went on interest payments on existing debt. Think about that for one second - it's utterly insane. The UK's national accounts are now akin to a Ponzi scheme. And yet still, lunatic MPs and potential Prime Ministers call for ever more borrowing and spending - "because it's the right thing to do" Labour's chronic economic illiteracy and internal party-political posturing is driving the UK economy off a cliff ... ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
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