malcolm E53 AMG
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I had hoped for better when Theresa May became Prime Minister but the last couple of gaffs on policy have left me wondering who on earth is advising May and her cohorts and whether any of them have any common sense
First came the attempt to change the level of NIC for the self employed which resulted in an embarrassing about face which Hammond had to claim responsibility for rightly or wrongly. This change was not mentioned in the 2015 manifesto and had not been debated in Parliament
Now we have the care fiasco of the Tory election manifesto, who on earth advising May thought they could unilaterally sweep aside the cross party agreed results of the Chilnot report with an ill advised inheritance grab policy let alone the resulting local government borrowing to make the idea viable
With so little skill in diplomacy and common sense on display I'm now wondering how much damage the same people can do to our Brexit negotiations
Hope things improve but not optimistic at the moment
First came the attempt to change the level of NIC for the self employed which resulted in an embarrassing about face which Hammond had to claim responsibility for rightly or wrongly. This change was not mentioned in the 2015 manifesto and had not been debated in Parliament
Now we have the care fiasco of the Tory election manifesto, who on earth advising May thought they could unilaterally sweep aside the cross party agreed results of the Chilnot report with an ill advised inheritance grab policy let alone the resulting local government borrowing to make the idea viable
With so little skill in diplomacy and common sense on display I'm now wondering how much damage the same people can do to our Brexit negotiations
Hope things improve but not optimistic at the moment
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