Stef Franchi

Feel free to Han, we should bombard Ofcom. It’s not acceptable and the media need to be held to account. Joel Hills has disappeared because people’s subconscious will trigger ‘wasn’t that the guy that said there was a £50bln gap with his visuals a month or two ago’

And the complaints in

Found the receipts - Anyone found out where Joel Hills is hiding out

And during that period no doubt government borrowing and interest payments have been higher than it needed to be! Money that could be spent on supporting disabled, money towards social care, more nurses, doctors, dentists, youth clubs, libraries and even filling potholes. Real consequences

I’m beyond furious Claire. The government have wasted endless hours refuting/defending countless questions on a forecast from a fairytale organisation. Time better spent on governing.

She made a point repeatedly of saying “don’t believe everything you read in the media”. She knew, we knew!

Notice how Joel Hills seems to have disappeared from screen 🤔 funny that given he was giving it large about the fiscal shortfall in the segment I raised a complaint to ofcom. Another complaint going in on Peston’s bare faces lies on six o’clock news tonight. Every media went with NIESR bullshit!

@itvnews.bsky.social who misled who ITV. Disgusting representation of misreporting by your politely journalists. Receipts below of which you spent around 15 mins of your evening news slot…

@itvnews.bsky.social
You were one of the many falsely claiming there was a black hole in the public finances with direct reference to the NIESR forecast as though it was the gospel of all reporting bodies. Please stop lying that this is a govn issue. You lied, you were found out!

Alternatively, they’ve gone because they showed a lack of leadership

Corporate Governance lies at the very top of the organisation and there are no excuses for it. Given the importance of this organisation, IT issues should never be a reason for dissemination of market (and governmental) sensitive information being published erroneously.

Media’s integrity, honesty and accuracy…. Slip, Sliding Away

And interrupting her guest constantly to try and get her to agree that Labour have done something. We should all boycott LBC for a week (James aside)

I’d applaud that for weeks on end

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I’d add that I’d expect Reform to amalgamate into the Conservatives giving them the power back that they would otherwise never get back for 10 years

‘Sources’ were just a red herring Claire or purposed to give credibility to the instructions given to them post Spring statement supported by the NIESR forecast of doom and gloom for public finances. All of this is orchestrated as was the early OBR release and post Rachel knew stuff.

And let’s not ignore the first act of releasing the details early..
Unprecedented: Release of OBR forecast prior to the delivery of budget in parliament by the Chancellor
Unprecedented: Timeline and decisions shared by OBR to HMT/CX
What’s the saying, if at first you don’t succeed 🤷‍♂️

Unprecedented James. But we live in a world where institutions that had set rules/protocols appear to flaunt them at will. And therefore the only question to ask is who is orchestrating it all.

He’s recovered from his mental health problems then

Because they know the economy isn’t going to collapse, in fact, I expect the opposite and it’ll rocket and she’ll never use the buffer. We won’t have any droughts in 2026 if we can capture all the tears of the right wingers

Correct. She also never said at any point income tax would be raised. She also didn’t say it wouldn’t so either way it cannot be a lie. I think there’s probably a million or two mortgage holders that are pleased with how she handled it.

I don’t dispute the interest rates are criminal, they are and that is a specific action that should be taken to correct. It should not be an ‘income generator’ for any government or third party operating them.

But in the absence of that Prem an individual signed a contract to gain said loan that had repayment as a condition in it. Can speak all day about the rights and wrongs of whether tuition should be free but they signed in the knowledge they would have to pay back. The same as if I took out a loan!

Because she’s just very rude like the rest of them. Laura in particular is awful whenever someone not from Reform or the Conservatives is sat in the seat and that for me should not be allowed. Paxman was hard on everyone and consistent.

I’d agree, almost like the version of Leeds that was planned based on the signings. Much improved, not the prettiest football but if you sign two big fellas for free to play upfront then make sure the balls getting up to them

It’s 💯 this.

Very much so. The whole of the media have lied for six months James of a black hole reported by the NIESR that claimed Hunt had. £90bln buffer on his last budget but a £50bln hole after the Spring statement. Each and every one of you have gone with that since the Spring.

Should ask Kuensberg why the BBC were lying for six months that there was a £50bln shortfall. Didn’t exist, complete and utter fabrication, impacted gilts and the countries interest payments and not one of them has apologized.