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[larrygobfiend]

And that’s fine, I hope it does become a better society, but a society for all and not just Starmers clientele and paymasters….

You can’t be serious Pete. You’re the biggest Boris simp going and he’s the sketchiest bloke on this island.

 

[Rita_Poon]

I totally agree with this, help should be given to those that need it. My issue with the WFA removal is the sneaky way it was done and the fact that several million who do need the payment will fall through the cracks because of lack of scrutiny or debate, lack of any thought of the impact it would have and to whom…….

covid fast track priority lanes sneaky or off to berlusconi's private derrière palace with the kgb sneaky? We the people deserve to know!

 

[Rita_Poon]

if Tory policy is being carried out they're Tories.

Then how come your brother in arms (and the staunchest tory on here at least openly by some distance) is so shocked and perturbed?

We aren't cutting this both ways to play the middle vs the middle again are we mr vek?

 

[twoblue]

I think you’ll find he has

Labour faces business warning on workers' rights and tax hikes

There is evidence that Labour's honeymoon with big business is already showing signs of strain as a lobby group warns of a threat to growth if the government presses ahead with tax hikes that could deter investment.

news.sky.com

Fears over energy tax rises as business confidence falls

Investment will be cut and thousands of jobs put at risk if the windfall tax is raised, an industry body says.

www.bbc.co.uk

IoD: Confidence fizzles out in August - Politics.co.uk

The IoD Directors’ Economic Confidence Index, which measures business leader optimism in prospects for the UK economy, fell back to -12 in August, following a three-year high of +7 in July 2024. Business leader confidence in their own organisations also fell from +36 in July to +23 in August...

www.politics.co.uk

Also over the last fifty years I must have missed the bit where business did nothing in July and August……

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non of those articles say what you think they are saying.
Guess what if you tell an industry they need to be taxed more they are going to push back… the other mentions a lobby group, er lobbying.
The iod piece doesn’t mention labour in the slightest and actually the majority weren’t pessimistic about the economy.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Could be the precursor to a new party.

From small acorns etc

Jeremy Corbyn to form alliance with four independent pro-Gaza MPs

Group calls for more MPs to join and vows to campaign on issues such as austerity and two-child benefit cap

www.theguardian.com

Why is being pro Gaza the most important quality for a UK politician again?

 

[peteblue]

Big deals don’t close in July and August.
To many difficulties in getting the key people on the room at the same time. Mum and pop businesses tick along

I worked for two of the largest companies in the U.K., large contracts were agreed and delivered throughout the year. Business did not close in July and August, just schools….

 

[Alan Whittle]

I worked for two of the largest companies in the U.K., large contracts were agreed and delivered throughout the year. Business did not close in July and August, just schools….

Business slowed down though, it was more difficult to get stuff done. As you know.

 

[Goat]

Lol.

Go and pick a history book up and see what a government of a country on its knees and in a broken financial state did post-1945. They built the modern welfare state that lasted until Thatcher and her Visigoths destroyed it.

Dont listen to any politician who talks about the need to pay down debts. That's a political choice not an economic imperative. If you invest enough into the economy those debts will be reduced in any case with a growing economy. Which is why it was ALWAYS a lie by Starmer's Gang that they'd set about growing the economy.

They're interested in placating the City of London financial houses. That's who they work for.

Ah right, yes, the answer must be found in 1945, which is totally relevant to the world economy in 2024.

You are a meme.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Ah right, yes, the answer must be found in 1945, which is totally relevant to the world economy in 2024.

You are a meme.

Atlee introduced the winter fuel payment you know.

 

[davek]

Ah right, yes, the answer must be found in 1945, which is totally relevant to the world economy in 2024.

You are a meme.

It's so irrelevant it remains a touch stone for every single Labour Government there's been since...even the Red Tory one, who exploit its legacy but are about as far removed from the giants of Atlee, Bevin, Morrison, Cripps etc as they can be. Those men would have denounced Starmer for what he is: a Tory interloper.

 

[Goat]

It's so irrelevant it remains a touch stone for every single Labour Government there's been since...even the Red Tory one, who exploit its legacy but are about as far removed from the giants of Atlee, Bevin, Morrison, Cripps etc as they can be. Those men would have denounced Starmer for what he is: a Tory interloper.

Maybe we should study 1600 to 1800, you know, when The UK was the "biggest and best" Nation in the world.

We could make a killing making soap.

 

[davek]

Maybe we should study 1600 to 1800, you know, when The UK was the "biggest and best" Nation in the world.

We could make a killing making soap.

You've lost it. Completely lost it.

 

[Goat]

You've lost it. Completely lost it.

Read a history book Dave.

Then go study economics.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Maybe we should study 1600 to 1800,

Hang on a second, we have a recent chancellor of the exchequer who got his know nothing phd for studying around this era.

Let's not tempt fate eh?

 

[davek]

Read a history book Dave.

Then go study economics.