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Rhubarb & Custard wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:31 pm Sunak isn't so much a dangerous radical as a dangerous conservative, or just a conservative, wedded to doing things the way they've always been done, and doing it really badly. Which is why Norway did something useful with O&G and we've spaffed it up the wall.

Slick wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:08 am

Rhubarb & Custard wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:31 pm Sunak isn't so much a dangerous radical as a dangerous conservative, or just a conservative, wedded to doing things the way they've always been done, and doing it really badly. Which is why Norway did something useful with O&G and we've spaffed it up the wall.

I honestly thought he might be a bit different, but he actually has turned out just as bad, if not worse. He seems to have very few, if any, policy principles apart from desperately clinging on to power. His beady eyed grinning face is also almost as annoying as Marcus Smith.

sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:11 am The mistake is ever expecting anything remotely positive out of the Tories. If it happens, it's a pleasant surprise, but you can generally manage expectations pretty well by assuming the worst of them.

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:39 am

sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:11 am The mistake is ever expecting anything remotely positive out of the Tories. If it happens, it's a pleasant surprise, but you can generally manage expectations pretty well by assuming the worst of them.

To be honest if there ever is anything remotely positive I'm immediately looking for an ulterior motive or looking elsewhere to see what else they are hiding behind the scenes.


Take the vaccine roll out, that was a success because of collaboration between companies and academic research, plus the will of the government allied to the fantastic infrastructure of the NHS.

They now lie about only being able to do this so quickly and successfully because they were free of EU red tape - absolute bollocks, plus they are still intent on breaking up and privatising the NHS and its infrastructure, because that has worked so well with public transport and the utilities

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 10:07 am Just look at his face while he's listening to the NHS worker speaking to him, not even the remotest semblance of empathy

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:03 am

Hal Jordan wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 7:06 am
Lock up climate protesters for 2-3 years, brutalise asylum seekers, demonise the Other and minorities, avoid all scrutiny and line their pockets.

That's the plan.

Just a few years ago that was the plan in Zimbabwe and there was a (fairly) massive outcry from the Britain public.

dpedin wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 10:49 am

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 10:07 am Just look at his face while he's listening to the NHS worker speaking to him, not even the remotest semblance of empathy

She is 100% correct! Any increase in the NHS. workforce is limited by the narrowest point in the training pipeline. For example anyone who works in obstetrics needs to deliver a certain number of babies in order to achieve their training competences or meet their ongoing CPD requirements. Any increase in midwifery and medical trainees means they will be fighting to deliver babies during a period of ongoing reductions in birth rates. A consultant surgeon needs to train trainee consultants and this takes time and effort which reduces patient throughput. Consultants who do training need to be qualified to do so. Consultants will be under pressure to reduce waiting lists but also to spend time training new doctors. If we already have fewer consultants than we need then training capacity is lower than it needs to be. Existing NHS staff train and supervise new NHS staff and big shortages of existing staff means capacity for training is not sufficient for future training requirements. It will take some considerable time to incrementally grow the NHS workforce, something the Workforce Plan fails to properly address or recognise that delivery of it is dependant upon the existing NHS workforce. As the NHS worker tries to explain to Sunak if you dont have a NHS workforce you dont have the training capacity!!!

There's two main similarities. The first is how demonisation of the other is used as a tool to keep power by those that don't regard themselves as racially superior, it coming instead from grievance/anger/victimhood/entitlement (which makes it seem even more pointlessly cruel and unjustified rather than less). This can be seen in how African nationalist regimes often have whites or Indians in leadership positions, who usually end up the most crazy to prove themselves. The second similarity is how those in leadership positions are alienated from their own country, which is usually made of a few different ethnic groups with their own languages/cultures sometimes not all originating in Africa. The elites the African nationalist leadership comes from tend to be quite different to the people they're ruling, they come from/live in the single large city where most white collar employment is and know very little of the country besides that, this is most obvious in elites using the colonial language as a lingua franca but they also all go to the same small selection of schools etc. They end up ruling a country that doesn't fit what their nationalism imagined it to be (Cummings when he was in Number 10 is reported to have shouted "FUCK NORTHERN IRELAND!" more than once), the citizenry turn out to be alien to them and everything is harder than they imagined, then they give up and use their power to loot the country into offshore bank accounts.

tc27 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 11:46 am

There's two main similarities. The first is how demonisation of the other is used as a tool to keep power by those that don't regard themselves as racially superior, it coming instead from grievance/anger/victimhood/entitlement (which makes it seem even more pointlessly cruel and unjustified rather than less). This can be seen in how African nationalist regimes often have whites or Indians in leadership positions, who usually end up the most crazy to prove themselves. The second similarity is how those in leadership positions are alienated from their own country, which is usually made of a few different ethnic groups with their own languages/cultures sometimes not all originating in Africa. The elites the African nationalist leadership comes from tend to be quite different to the people they're ruling, they come from/live in the single large city where most white collar employment is and know very little of the country besides that, this is most obvious in elites using the colonial language as a lingua franca but they also all go to the same small selection of schools etc. They end up ruling a country that doesn't fit what their nationalism imagined it to be (Cummings when he was in Number 10 is reported to have shouted "FUCK NORTHERN IRELAND!" more than once), the citizenry turn out to be alien to them and everything is harder than they imagined, then they give up and use their power to loot the country into offshore bank accounts.

Its interesting that you talk about a ruling class being alienated from the people they rule.

I would imagine if you talked to most people they would want climate protesters who deliberately cause massive disruption jailed for meaningul amounts of time, they want to have some assurance national borders and immigration are under control.

These are not IMO unreasonable positions nor are they the manifestations of 'English nationalism' (if the boats were landing in Dundee it would have the same political effect). England (particularly its cities) is easily the most diverse part of the UK (which has a Hindu prime minister) and to imply its indulging in anything like the ethnic politics that have literally torn some African countries apart is...well I think your comparison is a stretch to say the least.

FWIW I agree about infrastructure - its because of the unholy mess of political interests and regulations that make building anything so difficult..

THE UK Government has denied a visa to one of the world’s top cyclists, meaning they will not be able to take part in the world championships in Scotland, according to reports.

Biniam Girmay, who in 2022 became the first Black African cyclist to win a Grand Tour stage at the Giro D’Italia, is one of four cyclists who have been barred entry to the UK, according to Global Cycling Network.

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:04 pm https://www.thenational.scot/news/23696 ... am-girmay/

THE UK Government has denied a visa to one of the world’s top cyclists, meaning they will not be able to take part in the world championships in Scotland, according to reports.

Biniam Girmay, who in 2022 became the first Black African cyclist to win a Grand Tour stage at the Giro D’Italia, is one of four cyclists who have been barred entry to the UK, according to Global Cycling Network.

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:04 pm https://www.thenational.scot/news/23696 ... am-girmay/

THE UK Government has denied a visa to one of the world’s top cyclists, meaning they will not be able to take part in the world championships in Scotland, according to reports.

Biniam Girmay, who in 2022 became the first Black African cyclist to win a Grand Tour stage at the Giro D’Italia, is one of four cyclists who have been barred entry to the UK, according to Global Cycling Network.

Nadine Dorries not doing MP's job properly, says Rishi Sunak

Nadine Dorries's constituents are not being properly represented, the prime minister has said. Rishi Sunak told LBC people deserved to have an MP "that represents them wherever they are".

The former culture secretary announced in June she was standing down as MP for Mid Bedfordshire with immediate effect. But she later said she would not resign until she got more information about why she was denied a peerage in Boris Johnson's resignation honours list.

Ms Dorries, whose salary as an MP is £86,584, has not spoken in the Commons since June 2022.

In his LBC interview, Mr Sunak set out what he thought people had a right to expect from their MPs. "It's just making sure your MP is engaging with you, representing you, whether that's speaking in Parliament or being present in their constituencies doing surgeries, answering your letters.

"That's the job of an MP and all MPs should be held to that standard."

Asked if that meant Ms Dorries was failing her constituents, Mr Sunak said: "Well, at the moment, people aren't being properly represented."

A close ally of Mr Johnson, she has accused Mr Sunak's political team of removing her name from the former prime minister's resignation honours list. She said she had requested copies of all correspondence relating to her nomination for the Lords. Ms Dorries has said she is seeking the information from the House of Lords Appointments Commission - which vets nominations, the cabinet secretary - the head of the civil service - and the Cabinet Office. She has insisted it remains "absolutely my intention to resign", but "this process is now sadly necessary".

Her "office continues to function as normal and will of course continue to serve my constituents," she added.

'Nowhere to be seen'
Responding to Mr Sunak's comments, Labour frontbencher Peter Kyle called on the prime minister to "should show some leadership and tell Nadine Dorries to step aside". Mr Sunak was again showing "he's too weak to lead a Conservative Party which is too divided to govern the country", Mr Kyle added.

Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper MP said: "When your own prime minister says you aren't doing your job properly, it really is time to go.

"People in Mid Bedfordshire feel completely taken for granted by Nadine Dorries. "Families are facing soaring bills and are finding it almost impossible to get a GP appointment, while this government is wrapped up in sleaze and the Conservative MP is nowhere to be seen."

Downing Street has said it is important for Ms Dorries' constituents to have "certainty". But Mr Sunak can not force her to stand down from Parliament, outside a general election, although he could suspend her from the Conservative Party.

She had a majority of 24,664 in Mid Bedfordshire in the 2019 general election, but both Labour and the Liberal Democrats are already targeting the seat. A by-election can be called only when an MP formally resigns.

Labour has selected Alistair Strathern as its candidate, with Emma Holland-Lindsay chosen to stand for the Lib Dems and Festus Akinbusoye lined up for the Conservatives.

With Parliament currently in recess and not sitting again until September, the earliest a by-election could be held - if Ms Dorries quits - is in October.

Last week, Flitwick Town Council, in her constituency, added its voice to calls for her to go immediately, pointing to her job hosting a show on TalkTV. The councillors also noted she had not maintained a constituency office "for a considerable time".

Ms Dorries has also written a book titled The Plot: The Political Assassination Of Boris Johnson, due to be published days before the Conservative Party conference in October.

Hal Jordan wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:29 pm I'd say we're odds on to have the 2030 ICE sales ban reversed. The lunatic Tweets from Graht Shapps, declaring that Labour are nor the official political wing of Just Stop Oil would seem to indicate that whatever Sunak said about standing firm, he'll soon light another bonfire made of a "green" policy to appease rhe Net Zero Group cunts.

How a small number of MPs has managed to so competely take over the Tory Party and cow all opposition in their Coat of Many Research Groups, is beyond me.

But then, we've had Cameron (gutless coward), May (personally strong minded but politically weak as hell in her position), Johnson (didn't care and would do or say anything for the job, or sex, or money) and now Sunak (weak, lacking any authority and utterly unsuited to leadership) as the people who might have faced them down and told them to fuck off, so that's that.

salanya wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:23 pm

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:04 pm https://www.thenational.scot/news/23696 ... am-girmay/

THE UK Government has denied a visa to one of the world’s top cyclists, meaning they will not be able to take part in the world championships in Scotland, according to reports.

Biniam Girmay, who in 2022 became the first Black African cyclist to win a Grand Tour stage at the Giro D’Italia, is one of four cyclists who have been barred entry to the UK, according to Global Cycling Network.

Happy to have a go at the Tories, but Girmay is not competing this weekend due to an injury.

Rhubarb & Custard wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 8:44 am Major having a spine when PM is an interesting assertion. Certainly he was no fan of the loons on the right, but he certainly bottled standing up to the DUP, he might contend politics is the art of the possible, but in that event it would been better imo to call an earlier general election, Major took the view it was better he remain in power even if horribly crippled in his ability to act.

And if someone really had a spine they probably wouldn't have had so many meetings with Jeffrey Archer on their calendar. You would only meet with Archer if you needed a little fluffing

Random1 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 8:56 pm

C T wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 9:55 am

inactionman wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 9:48 am

I think there's a few other factors at work, a key one being the mindset of 'why should we do this when it's China/India etc etc currently making most of the mess'

Even in this flawed context, a forward-thinking person might have concluded that being a global incubator for green technology would be a Very Good Thing.

I'd like to see the stats that tend to be shown on carbon emissions by country at least have alongside it the consumer country as well as the producer country.

Gut feel suggests that if we looked by consumer rather that producer that it would tell a different picture.

Different picture yes, but not as big a difference as you’d think.

Here’s a decent report on it. https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-worl ... exporters/

Summary would be; it knocks some shine off the west’s virtue signalling of CO2 reductions, but China and India are still the biggest producers even after that is taken into account.

Random1 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 8:56 pm

C T wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 9:55 am

inactionman wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 9:48 am

I think there's a few other factors at work, a key one being the mindset of 'why should we do this when it's China/India etc etc currently making most of the mess'

Even in this flawed context, a forward-thinking person might have concluded that being a global incubator for green technology would be a Very Good Thing.

I'd like to see the stats that tend to be shown on carbon emissions by country at least have alongside it the consumer country as well as the producer country.

Gut feel suggests that if we looked by consumer rather that producer that it would tell a different picture.

Different picture yes, but not as big a difference as you’d think.

Here’s a decent report on it. https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-worl ... exporters/

Summary would be; it knocks some shine off the west’s virtue signalling of CO2 reductions, but China and India are still the biggest producers even after that is taken into account.

Biffer wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 10:26 am

Random1 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 8:56 pm

C T wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 9:55 am

I'd like to see the stats that tend to be shown on carbon emissions by country at least have alongside it the consumer country as well as the producer country.

Gut feel suggests that if we looked by consumer rather that producer that it would tell a different picture.

Different picture yes, but not as big a difference as you’d think.

Here’s a decent report on it. https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-worl ... exporters/

Summary would be; it knocks some shine off the west’s virtue signalling of CO2 reductions, but China and India are still the biggest producers even after that is taken into account.

I've been banging on about this for a while. You can see in those numbers that the UK has been decreasing it's CO2 production since the 90s, but our consumption figures have only turned a corner in the last few years - and are still higher than they were in 1990.

The other thing about consumption is its link to wealth. higher earners consume more products and generally account for more carbon in that consumption. Bottom half of the World population by income is responsible for about 10 or 15% of emissions by consumption. Top 10% wealthiest are responsible for 50% of emissions by consumption.

https://www.iea.org/commentaries/the-wo ... e-bottom-1

Her [Taylor Swift] total flight emissions for the year come in at 8,293.54 tonnes, or 1,184.8 times more than the average person's total annual emissions.

Biffer wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 4:02 pm Looks like the Bank of England is stuck in the 90s wrt interest rates. Haven't clicked that their efforts 12-18 months ago are now having an effect and no further interest rate rise are needed. Generally accepted that interest rate changes now have a lag of that kind of time in their effect, so by their own projection, they're now increasing interest rates to have an effect when inflation, by their own fore cast, is set to be below 2%. Which will cause a recession. a deflationary one. Which we'll struggle to get out of because all our avenues for growth are fucked.

The UK is rapidly turning into a basket case. It's only going to get worse.

dpedin wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 5:00 pm

Biffer wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 4:02 pm Looks like the Bank of England is stuck in the 90s wrt interest rates. Haven't clicked that their efforts 12-18 months ago are now having an effect and no further interest rate rise are needed. Generally accepted that interest rate changes now have a lag of that kind of time in their effect, so by their own projection, they're now increasing interest rates to have an effect when inflation, by their own fore cast, is set to be below 2%. Which will cause a recession. a deflationary one. Which we'll struggle to get out of because all our avenues for growth are fucked.

The UK is rapidly turning into a basket case. It's only going to get worse.

Agree 100%! There is a concept of tampering in quality management which seems to describe exactly what the BoE are doing:

'Tampering is attempting to adjust the process in the aim of improving quality when the only source of variation is common cause variation. When we do this, we actually increase the variation in the process. We are over adjusting when we should simply leave things alone.'

I would suggest that the BoE is doing essentially this, they are reacting to outputs derived from their inputs of 6-12 months ago and don't really have a grasp of what is actually driving inflation. It is a bit like reacting to the output of a bagatelle - if the coin put in the top in the middle is expected to come out in the middle at the bottom but it comes out the bottom to the left then they are putting the next coin in the top further to the right in the hope it comes out in the middle. If you don't understand the process that delivers the outputs - whether it is a bagatelle or a complex economy - then tampering leads to poorer results than just standing back and doing nothing. This is just guesswork from the BoE and likely to do more damage than good!

C T wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 10:12 am

Random1 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 8:56 pm

C T wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 9:55 am

I'd like to see the stats that tend to be shown on carbon emissions by country at least have alongside it the consumer country as well as the producer country.

Gut feel suggests that if we looked by consumer rather that producer that it would tell a different picture.

Different picture yes, but not as big a difference as you’d think.

Here’s a decent report on it. https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-worl ... exporters/

Summary would be; it knocks some shine off the west’s virtue signalling of CO2 reductions, but China and India are still the biggest producers even after that is taken into account.

I've not managed to fully read through this yet, but it is right up there with the most interesting things I've read on a forum. Thank you for posting.

S/Lt_Phillips wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 6:26 pm

dpedin wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 5:00 pm

Biffer wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 4:02 pm Looks like the Bank of England is stuck in the 90s wrt interest rates. Haven't clicked that their efforts 12-18 months ago are now having an effect and no further interest rate rise are needed. Generally accepted that interest rate changes now have a lag of that kind of time in their effect, so by their own projection, they're now increasing interest rates to have an effect when inflation, by their own fore cast, is set to be below 2%. Which will cause a recession. a deflationary one. Which we'll struggle to get out of because all our avenues for growth are fucked.

The UK is rapidly turning into a basket case. It's only going to get worse.

Agree 100%! There is a concept of tampering in quality management which seems to describe exactly what the BoE are doing:

'Tampering is attempting to adjust the process in the aim of improving quality when the only source of variation is common cause variation. When we do this, we actually increase the variation in the process. We are over adjusting when we should simply leave things alone.'

I would suggest that the BoE is doing essentially this, they are reacting to outputs derived from their inputs of 6-12 months ago and don't really have a grasp of what is actually driving inflation. It is a bit like reacting to the output of a bagatelle - if the coin put in the top in the middle is expected to come out in the middle at the bottom but it comes out the bottom to the left then they are putting the next coin in the top further to the right in the hope it comes out in the middle. If you don't understand the process that delivers the outputs - whether it is a bagatelle or a complex economy - then tampering leads to poorer results than just standing back and doing nothing. This is just guesswork from the BoE and likely to do more damage than good!

I suspect the econometrics guys at the BoE do understand what the drivers of inflation are, the problem is the only lever they have to try and impact it is interest rates. They have to do something (or at least, be seen to do something), and the only thing they can do is move the lever a bit further to the right. Of course, I may be giving them too much credit, but given that most FMCG companies will be analysing marking drivers through econometrics in order to generate forecast models, surely the BoE has decent models for the UK economy.

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 7:37 pm

S/Lt_Phillips wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 6:26 pm

dpedin wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 5:00 pm

Agree 100%! There is a concept of tampering in quality management which seems to describe exactly what the BoE are doing:

'Tampering is attempting to adjust the process in the aim of improving quality when the only source of variation is common cause variation. When we do this, we actually increase the variation in the process. We are over adjusting when we should simply leave things alone.'

I would suggest that the BoE is doing essentially this, they are reacting to outputs derived from their inputs of 6-12 months ago and don't really have a grasp of what is actually driving inflation. It is a bit like reacting to the output of a bagatelle - if the coin put in the top in the middle is expected to come out in the middle at the bottom but it comes out the bottom to the left then they are putting the next coin in the top further to the right in the hope it comes out in the middle. If you don't understand the process that delivers the outputs - whether it is a bagatelle or a complex economy - then tampering leads to poorer results than just standing back and doing nothing. This is just guesswork from the BoE and likely to do more damage than good!

I suspect the econometrics guys at the BoE do understand what the drivers of inflation are, the problem is the only lever they have to try and impact it is interest rates. They have to do something (or at least, be seen to do something), and the only thing they can do is move the lever a bit further to the right. Of course, I may be giving them too much credit, but given that most FMCG companies will be analysing marking drivers through econometrics in order to generate forecast models, surely the BoE has decent models for the UK economy.

Ah that brings me back to the days of paging thru dozens of SPC charts, & WECO rules

The BoE should do what we used to do what we did, when asked to tweak a process that was just toddling along; lie !

Tell them you'll adjust the money supply sigma ratio, or somethng, & assure them that this will increase the progressive growth curve on the flux capacitor.
The muppets would rather nod along as if you've said something profound, than admit the haven't a clue what you're talking about.

dpedin wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 5:00 pm
I would suggest that the BoE is doing essentially this, they are reacting to outputs derived from their inputs of 6-12 months ago and don't really have a grasp of what is actually driving inflation. It is a bit like reacting to the output of a bagatelle - if the coin put in the top in the middle is expected to come out in the middle at the bottom but it comes out the bottom to the left then they are putting the next coin in the top further to the right in the hope it comes out in the middle. If you don't understand the process that delivers the outputs - whether it is a bagatelle or a complex economy - then tampering leads to poorer results than just standing back and doing nothing. This is just guesswork from the BoE and likely to do more damage than good!

Rhubarb & Custard wrote: ↑Fri Aug 04, 2023 1:10 pm

dpedin wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 5:00 pm
I would suggest that the BoE is doing essentially this, they are reacting to outputs derived from their inputs of 6-12 months ago and don't really have a grasp of what is actually driving inflation. It is a bit like reacting to the output of a bagatelle - if the coin put in the top in the middle is expected to come out in the middle at the bottom but it comes out the bottom to the left then they are putting the next coin in the top further to the right in the hope it comes out in the middle. If you don't understand the process that delivers the outputs - whether it is a bagatelle or a complex economy - then tampering leads to poorer results than just standing back and doing nothing. This is just guesswork from the BoE and likely to do more damage than good!

It's a bit more than guesswork but I think most would take your point. Though there is you're then guessing their guessing isn't up to scratch in the name of guessing whilst critiquing guessing, at least that's my guess.

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Fri Aug 04, 2023 2:12 pm

Rhubarb & Custard wrote: ↑Fri Aug 04, 2023 1:10 pm

dpedin wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 5:00 pm
I would suggest that the BoE is doing essentially this, they are reacting to outputs derived from their inputs of 6-12 months ago and don't really have a grasp of what is actually driving inflation. It is a bit like reacting to the output of a bagatelle - if the coin put in the top in the middle is expected to come out in the middle at the bottom but it comes out the bottom to the left then they are putting the next coin in the top further to the right in the hope it comes out in the middle. If you don't understand the process that delivers the outputs - whether it is a bagatelle or a complex economy - then tampering leads to poorer results than just standing back and doing nothing. This is just guesswork from the BoE and likely to do more damage than good!

It's a bit more than guesswork but I think most would take your point. Though there is you're then guessing their guessing isn't up to scratch in the name of guessing whilst critiquing guessing, at least that's my guess.

When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail !

That's the BoEs problem; they've got arsehole politicians telling them to do something to fix the problems the arsehole politicians created, & only the arsehole politicians actually have the tools to start undoing.

“Veep” creator Armando Iannucci’s first stage play “Pandemonium” is a satire on how then U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his government handled the COVID-19 pandemic.

The subtitle of the play is: “Being A Scornful Account of the Activities of Mr Boris Johnson and ‘Others’ during the Pandemic and its Aftermath.” The production is described as “a caustic entertainment for the winter months, a funny, wild ongoing history play about how our great leaders grappled first with the Pandemic and then with each other. The Johnson-Truss-Sunak years told at a furious pace in all their horrible glory. Relive the horror! The Mess! The Murk! The lying about the lies!.”

...

“Jingle while you mingle with Bully Raab and Super Suella,” the “Pandemonium” description adds. “It’s one big dodgy party. Bring a suitcase.” There references here are to the infamous ‘Jingle while you mingle’ illegal Christmas party at the ruling Conservative party’s headquarters during lockdown; former Deputy Prime Minister Dominic who has been accused of bullying; the Home Secretary Suella Braverman; and the practice of ferrying suitcases full of alcohol into No. 10 during COVID-19 restrictions.