Just tax the rich fairly and you can spend. It isnβt complicated.
this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2023
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Starmer has realised that this isn't the sixties anymore. Labour's voters don't identify anymore with just being "not rich" and as such he's not simply going to wack a load of tax on when he gets into power. Labour have massively rich voters in the south and poor voters in the North (see Brexit).
So unfortunately it is complicated. π₯Ή
So complicated that the only way to win is by attracting shy Tories to vote for you.
Resulting in the two leading parties having very similar policies and the left wing being left politically homeless.
Pretty much, yes.
A left leaning party hasn't been in power since the late seventies. But a right leaning one has (several times). The battle is otherwise in the middle ground leading to "shy Tories" voting Labour and Labour Brexit frothers voting for Tories.
Resulting in the two leading parties having very similar policies and the left wing being left politically homeless.
That's by design. Welcome in the fake democracy of capitalist countries.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Sir Keir Starmer is to warn that the UK will face "huge constraints" on public spending if his party win the next General Election.
In a speech to economists and think-tanks later on Monday, Sir Keir will say economic growth "will have to become Labour's obsession if we are to turn around the economy".
However, a Conservative spokesman said Labour's policy "presents a major risk" to the British economy at a time when the cost of borrowing is "so high".
Richard Holden, the Conservative party chairman, said: "The largest 'constraint' to growing the economy would be Labour's Β£28bn a year borrowing plan - which independent economists warn would see inflation, interest rates and people's taxes rise".
He will also declare Labour would secure "a new deal to make work pay with increased mental health support, fully-funded plan to cut NHS waiting lists, an end to zero hour contracts, no more fire and rehire, and a real living wage".
Most recent official figures show the economy failed to grow between July and September, after a succession of interest rate rises that have increased borrowing costs.
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Implying there will be taps