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Why is the rich to poor gap no better then than in any other major EU countries?

Maybe so but the Gini coeffcient has Sweden higher now than many other EU countries - so the rich v poor gap is strong and increasing

But Sweden have stopped wealth taxation and generally reduced the burden on taxing the wealthy as its acknowledged in has to encourage wealthy people to remain to boost the economy. Most of Scandinavia does not have a minimum wage either - something you frequently demand here is increased

Sweden removed wealth taxes and inheritance tax didn't they?

Sounds like heaven I'm in https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanepe/article/PIIS2666-7762(23)00028-5/fulltext#:~:text=Sweden's%20Gini%2Dcoefficient%E2%80%94a%20measure,society%2C%20which%20Sweden%20is%20facing.

He was mates with Strachan

Like what?

The notion he is bending over to a country that offers zero threat to the US is pretty dim

Its nothing to do with appeasement as for a start Trump and the US are not in any direct threat from this conflict

PIP isn’t means tested at all as I understand it. I don’t see how that’s sustainable.

Those pesky old people eh

Liz hits back to Channel 4 News “hold on we are the party that introduced breakfast clubs at schools” Crises averted

This is a pretty good analysis tbf https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/17/keir-starmer-tory-radical-prime-minister-poor-people

It’s an odd mix of Tory desires to get benefits reduced and and yet tax businesses when there is zero strategy at growing the economy Reeves couldn’t run a chip shop - she’s pitifully out of her depth

The reality is the government is proving to be a serious disaster. Its actually cutting through the welfare system in a way the Tories would not have dared. The savings are miniscule and just exceed the additional funding strangely found to blow away on continuing to back Zelensky. The zeal...

The most left wing government appears to be a controversial statement https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/18/liz-kendall-unveils-drastic-uk-benefits-cuts-to-fix-broken-system

Blimey Norman Tebbit is back from the dead

He is depreciating anyway - he wouldn't be an automatic starter anyway now if fit

Reduce overseas aid Reduce welfare benefits Attack people hiding behind mental health issues to not work Stop winter fuel allowances

They did - especially Blackburn - without Wilson’s goal we’d have finished 7th