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I totally agree.
Also totally agree. Not to mention that if it's either Labour or the Tories they will spend their time in office dismantling everything their predecessor set up.
IMO the WFA backlash was mostly a media thing though. I haven't heard anyone in real life complain about it. I think Labour did a bad job of defending the rise in employer's NI too. I haven't heard any of them mention the fact that people on minimum wage (which will be going up soon) are obviously protected, the fact that employers have other options besides cutting wages to absorb the cost of it (like paying out less dividends) or that small businesses are exempt. I think Labour are down in the polls because they are basically getting spit roasted on one end by capital interests and the media because they are Labour and on the other end by the people for not being bold enough to meaningfully change anything.