Downing Street has contradicted Rachel Reeves with an insistence that Donald Trump is not responsible for the UK economy’s dire straits, despite the Chancellor earlier indicating the US President was to blame. The Telegraph has more.
A No. 10 spokesman denied that the US President’s tariffs were to blame for a contraction in the economy.
Ms Reeves had appeared to point the finger at Mr Trump’s administration after official figures showed the UK’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrank unexpectedly in January by 0.1%.
However, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said “no” when asked if the US President was at fault.
He added: “We know the cost-of-living crisis is not over, and this Government is determined to make people better off, and that’s why economic growth is the Prime Minister’s number one priority.
“Growth is what funds our public services, it is what enables investments in our hospitals and schools and, of course most importantly, raises living standards for everyone, everywhere.”
Ms Reeves had said “the world has changed and across the globe we are feeling the consequences” after official figures delivered a blow to her growth ambitions.
Mr Trump was inaugurated in January and had promised to impose tariffs on his first day in office after his election in November.
Ms Reeves would not comment directly on the US President but suggested his tariffs would damage the economy.
Worth reading in full.
The timing in January is obviously wrong for Reeves to blame the current ‘Trump slump’. As the Telegraph‘s Eir Nolsøe notes: “While nervousness about possible tariffs may have made output a bit weaker in January, there was still little certainty about what Trump would actually do. Stock markets were still relatively sanguine about the impact of his policies then, with many investors still counting on a boost rather than bust.”
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My toddler’s scribbles go on the fridge.
Probably better at economics as well.
The reality of course is that the infantile squiggles by Donna Coleman have been chosen by Thieves simply because they are a perfect representation of the inside of her head.
Or the Ginger Growler’s . . . ahem
Cheers for that mental image…
Yeah, sorry for that TR.
All secure portals and gates unlocked by enemy within and barbarians blundering and plundering at the heart of government.
The only art relevant to the respiratory virus with an age-fatality profile that paralleled general mortality is the art of deceit, fakery and bare-faced lies.
The only comfort I can find in this is to observe that she is clearly nostalgic for “covid times” and that ultimately although the covid scam achieved a great deal, it did in the end fail because it was simply not sustainable. That failure probably rankles with her and her ilk.
It makes perfect sense for Reeves to surround herself with images of failure and despair, as she probably identifies better with those, while getting rid of images of great and successful people, who reflect everything she isn’t.
She will be remembered – assuming anyone can be bothered – at the first and worst.
The Covid psy-op represents the coming despotism of the Anti-white Party’s total-control state. So of course Thieves celebrates it.
She is overcompensating for her inferiority complex.
Nothing complex about it. She IS inferior.
Reeves obviously seeks to express that she’s not British but COVID and that British history ought to be buried and forgotten in favour of the much superior COVID history which was socially constructed in The Right Way™ by The Right People™ from the start.
Whut? No Trans artists?
A transartist would be someone who claims to have been born as an artist despite this is evidently not the case. Which means pretty much all of so-called modern art was obviously created by such people.
Ah. Identifies as an artist but clearly isn’t. Yes.
But, but, anyone that self identifies as an artist must be believed.
The government has an art collection? WTF?
No the Government have f all we the taxpayers have an art collection. It’s just that only these w…kers can use them to decorate their office walls.
Good point. Most of them are probably in storage. We should sell them, or maybe deploy all the good ones in public buildings around the country and sell the modern crap that nobody likes.
Some dismiss her as Rachel from Accounts, but it seems she is just as nasty as her boss.
Chances are the she is the boss and Keir Charmless just a figurehead who got selected because some people think he’s marginally less nasty, the idea being that Starmer is the carrot dangling in front of our eyes and Reeves the stick we get beaten up with while wondering what it’s for.
Her name is hitting home as it is being criticised as ‘misogynistic’ by her few friends.
Just another victory lap celebrating the breakdown of democracy during the Lockdown Con.
Goodness help us if she starts paying attention to the economy.
Good to see where her priorities really lie.
Perhaps we can look back on it as a blessed time. How we banged our pots and pans in unison for the NHS. Dutifully queued outside of shops. Cried tears of joy when the vaccine arrived. We did what we could to avoid killing granny. Although we didn’t appreciate just how well granny was being taken care of with high doses of Midazolam and morphine. Best sleep she’s has in donkey’s years. So good that she never woke up.
A terrible episode
If Reeves was able to select Donna Coleman’s infantile scribblings, it means that thanks to some moronic Civil Servants who enjoy wasting taxpayers’ money, they were already in the collection.
I suggest the next Government flog the lot off.
As long as reeves paid for her lousy choice of artwork, who cares what she hangs on the walks of her office. If the taxpayer was forced to foot the bill, you have been robbed.
The government have everything running so smoothly and Reeves taking credit for a fraction of a percent rise in GDP. They have plenty of spare time to do important things such as redecorate No 10 & 11
As the news just keeps getting better in the USA, it gets worse in the Uk. RFK confirmed
