@sjwrenlewis "Taxes are bound to rise in October’s budget, and the Conservative opposition will say I told you so. The way to respond to that is not to talk about black holes that Labour inherited, but talk about the woeful state of public services Labour inherited, how Labour are beginning the long process to restore those services, and that this process requires those with broader shoulders to contribute more to enable that to happen. That is what Labour governments are elected to do.."
Posts
-
"this Labour government was not elected to reduce a huge budget deficit. -
"this Labour government was not elected to reduce a huge budget deficit.@sjwrenlewis
"Attempts by Labour’s Leader of the House to suggest that the financial markets would have reacted badly if Labour had not immediately filled part of the black hole they discovered were met with general and justified derision. Suggestions that cuts were required immediately to fill an unexpectedly high in year deficit are also economic nonsense." -
"this Labour government was not elected to reduce a huge budget deficit."this Labour government was not elected to reduce a huge budget deficit. It was elected, in large part, to fix the NHS and other public services. A 'senior Labour source' said recently that Labour were elected 'first and foremost to sort the public finances'. This is nonsense. The election campaign was not about the public finances .... What the public were concerned about was the NHS."
mainly macro via @sjwrenlewis
https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2024/09/october-budget-3-in-presenting.html?m=1
#budget #deficit #NHS #UK_Labour -
What are the likes of Musk, Trump and some of the other multi-Billionaires really up tooare they trying to kill our Democracies and bring in Dictatorships ruled by the super-rich far right winger?I think they are, and I think it is time now that we and...@GeofCox @simon_brooke @lyndamerry484 @Tallish_Tom
Yes the Labour Party emerging at start of the C20, as a merger, has largely been the party of mitigated capitalism in its classical, Keynesian and neoliberal phases. As a coalition including socialists, it hasn't always been stable, so there have been three periods of revolt and attempted socialist hegemony, with Lansbury, the late 70s/early 80s Bennites, and the Corbynistas.
I fear Starmer has made a 4th rebellion difficult for now anyway. -
I have a conjecture about Mastodon users.