This country is awash with money. The very rich are rich beyond imagination. So when Starmer wants to stay within his arbitrary fiscal rules, who does he decide to take money from? The very rich? No, from people with disabilities who depend on benefits for the bare minimum of a decent life.
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George Carlin predicted it years ago. Now everybody can see the kleptocratic system for what it is. We need a reset.
I recognise that a lot of what we see about Labour is viewed through the prism of our malign mainstream media.
Notwithstanding, Labour need to change direction (and much more) to stand any chance of me lending them my next vote.
I imagine they are all feeling their trust in politics fully restored as #Starmer promised. #UKPolitics #PR #ElectoralReform.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crge8g9qxj3o
I'm genuinely starting to feel similarly towards Starmer.
There’s also not a single permanent doctor at any of our local health clinics and the NHS is in its arse
If they have the first fuck about ppls welfare they’d fix their healthcare first
https://www.scottsantens.com/inequality-and-the-basic-income-guarantee-universal-ubi
Working class people spend the money they have and the economy thrives.
The mega-rich hoard money, hoard assets, income/wealth inequality increases and the economy stagnates.
Do they not know how stupid they sound?
And of course the decisions are not just bad but frequently immoral
Labour, read the room!!
https://aiwillybillhuman.substack.com/p/the-billionaires-guide-to-paying?utm_source=publication-search
Could that be something to do with it, perhaps?
Is he blind?
- no deadweight losses or capital flight
- massive reductions in inequality
- ends the housing crisis
- boosts competitiveness & growth
- allows for lower income tax, lower VAT…
Let’s change the narrative from garden tax to good tax!
#LVT
Essentially, US & UK are poor societies with some very rich people"
Thread from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com on the other place in 2022
"Britain and the US are poor societies with some very rich people"
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com for @financialtimes.com in 2022
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Not bad for a country so ravaged by 14 years of Tory malfeasance.
Don’t get me wrong. There is much room for improvement.
But you're ok.
Is it better than what we had before? Yes.
Am I disappointed they aren’t moving fast enough in a direction that would make me and a lot of others happier? Also yes.
Can I do anything about it? No and yes.
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I would like to see brutally harsh action taken against the profiteering we suffer at the hands of the utilities companies and their heads boxed in until they finally Brexit is shite and the growth/price reductions they seek is in realignment there.
Mine are young but they were at the forefront of my mind as I cast my own.
WASPI women’s battle isn’t a cause I support.
The disability stuff we’re reading about now is egregious and deeply offensive to anyone with sense or a heart. I’ve written to my MP about it expressing disgust.
It’s yr 1 and the 🌍 has also gone mad.
I'm all up for taxing the rich more but it's not an excuse to not tackle waste and profligacy that we cannot afford
The scariest part is how it echoes what has happened in the US the last 4 years, and we are seeing the consequences of that play out live.
Forty years is all it took to turn a socially democratic country into a commercialised liberal hellhole.
There needs support to those who are struggling and NEETs to access employment
From experience I know 16 years old going on PIP for zero reason because there is no support for them.
Don’t you think we have fraud
So hence no choice but to go on PIP.
Needed help but the services designed to help people are badly reduced
What message is that
A wealth tax fine but Reeves is under fire from all sides for growth.
How about a tax system fit for purpose
That's 12.7m people looking for... 800,000 jobs.
But PIP is the problem... and adding 1m to the jobseeker numbers is the answer!🤪
The system needs reform
But our welfare system needs reform
The DWP should be funded properly, job coaches should be trained properly and offer advice and support. The system should be based on Outcomes not Outputs.
Only when people feel supported not judged will they feel valued
There, my anecdote destroys there’s. Now what?
The billionaires who own the media they quote are laughing all the way to the bank…
Now find one about the £24 billion of unclaimed benefits.
Or what happens when people are sanctioned https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/one-in-five-benefit-related-deaths-involved-sanctions-admits-dwp/
Having worked in the system
Training, compassion and understanding should be a priority
In face there was a criminal case recently from gangs in Bulgaria making false claims
Tackling criminal fraud in DWP
To PPE etc should be treated equally
It’s not minimal fraud
Look it up its costs millions
Money that could go into better benefits
DWP: ‘Do you want PIP?’
16 yr old: ‘Yeah’
DWP: ‘Why?’
16 yr old: ‘Zero reason’
DWP: ‘Ok, payments start tomorrow’
I have done tribunals
I don’t know why it’s so difficult
Been voted on at conference by the members many times but the likes of Starmer et al refuse to acknowledge even the members.
Successful countries invest in their people. This short-term, blinkered view is 'penny wise, pound foolish'.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89y30nel59o
In post-financial crash Ireland the country was broke, reliant on the IMF and a £5bn UK loan. But it still built new libraries, investing in preparing people for an information, knowledge economy.
In contrast, the UK is closing 40 libraries each year,
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg117gdky1o
https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03/17/with-power-comes-the-opprtunity-to-be-abusive-and-that-is-the-option-starmer-has-chosen/
The only way to fix this is for poor people to collectively wake the fuck up.
The question is how is this achieved, more pertinently, by whom?
I don't see a way back for this country from their greed.
I mean, they didn’t really try very hard to hide it, even before the election.
Regards, from the occupied US.
- updated 2025 Labour Party slogan.
- nothing will change anytime soon
- most changes will be for new benefits applicants
- proposals will be watered down substantially as they have to go through the commons and then we will take them to court under the equality act and win
Money in the hands of those who will spend it locally is a win for everyone.
And he has implemented lots of wealth taxes which seem to go unnoticed.
IHT, private schools VAT, non dom tax, etc
#obvs
Did we honestly expect SIR Keir to care about the vulnerable or, that awful term, 'average' person?
Inheritance tax on large landowners
APD on private Jets
Private school fees VAT
Increase stamp duty on second homes
Abolishing nondom status
Increased Capital Gains tax
Changes to Pension inheritance tax
Doubling council tax on second homes
I agree there should be even more taxes on the super rich, but we've also seen in other countries such taxes don't raise anything like people hoped they would