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“Wealth redistribution” in this context doesn’t mean a direct transfer of ‘£xxx’ from one group to another. The vehicle for ‘redistribution’ is public services; social housing, schools and healthcare (you get the picture). If you don’t use public services often, you don’t feel the benefit. For...

Given the demand for Oasis tickets, this would be fantastic!

I wonder what agenda ‘Tax justice’ is peddling here… 🤔 It’s not a myth and the piece hasn’t debunked the numbers at all and its main conclusion is: ‘it’s only 1% of millionaires so tax them anyway’. That’s the actual argument so run with it rather than misleading the audience saying the 10.8k...

The Top 25% of earners make up and the ‘top 1%’ are paying a higher % of tax revenues that in the 1970s. They are paying their fair share and an ever increasing share of tax revenue. This sounds good but, it puts public finances in a precarious position as it’s reliant on a v narrow tax base...

There some contradictory electoral coalitions out there… None more so than a Corbynista ‘Jezbollah’ party with pro-Gaza independents! 😂 He’s been at their conferences / events lately, didn’t realise this was new information!

We don't have economic growth and the country doesn't feel prosperous... It tracks quite well with declining GDP per capita.

Happiness and a prosperous society go hand in hand... Most people just want enough money to buy a house, run a household and start a family. Particularly the latter is seem out of reach for many ordinary people which fuels our tanking fertility rates and exacerbates our future demographic crisis.

The fundamental problem the country has is the lack of economic growth. It's fairly basic economics that a historically high tax burden is not conducive for growth. Previous governments have actually raised more revenue when cutting some taxes (notably, Osborne cutting corporation tax increased...

The main driver for public spending increases was giving the public sector workers pay rises and frankly, its caused a significant black hole in the public finances. Right now, the Chancellor is struggling to actually pay for this because the bond markets are noticing and the cost of borrowing...

This narrative is hysterical, frankly. Reform's flagship policy on tax was to increase the tax-free threshold to £20,000 from c. £13,000. Which is a tax that benefits everyone but helps lower income people the most. For example, an individual earning £30k will go from having around 55% of their...

If we stop the clock, we can call the game on 90 minutes after the ball goes dead.

Our debt repayments are projected to be £105.2bn (OBR) this year, some forecasters have this at £160+ bn. 2025-26 the OBR predicts £111.2 bn. The problem here is that if you don’t manage public debt, this pot of spending grows and if interest rates go up (which they are) or your credit rating...

The Tories objectively have a better record on diversity than Labour and 'the left' can't stand it. In fact, the tory membership have backed two female candidates back-to-back... Personally, I like Kemi, is a decent leader of the Tories and in ordinary times would probably poll v well. Right...

No, the job vacancies and payrolls declining simultaneously is a direct impact of Labour’s policy. Reform had a similar policy, albeit increased employers NI applied to non-UK workers only, and this was derided (rightly so imo) as a dumb policy. It’s a job tax. It significantly increased...

Also, the ONS: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/earningsandemploymentfrompayasyouearnrealtimeinformationuk/september2025#:~:text=2.-,Payrolled%20employees,over%20the%2012%2Dmonth%20period. The ONS is also being probed for its data...

Where to even start? To state the obvious, we need economic growth. Two areas to focus on: Energy. We have the most expensive energy in the western world and cutting the green levies and VAT on energy would be a good start to help ‘immediately’. Helps with household bills and helps...

The Blairite ideal of making everything ‘independent’ was a historic mistake. Ministers are barely responsible for anything now and ultimately, that needs to change. The OBR for example, is a terrible forecaster yet everyone is to pretend what they say is gospel.

Under the Tories in the 2010s, government spending still steadily increased. Likewise, Labour welfare ‘cuts’ was just slowing down the increase in spending. “Real austerity” would mean actually cutting government spending rather than stymying the spending increases. If interest rates get past...

This is summarises my situation too. I moved back home in Feb to finishing saving for a house (non-deposit stuff) and looking at my ‘mock’ bills,l to run a house, it’s comfortably 35-45% of my take home salary. Interest rates of 6-8% are relatively normal and when rates look like they’d get...

No, I’m being childish and mocking @shmmeee for stating that it was the RW press peddling the idea that the PM was in a bad spot. As it happens, information that interested me on this topic was from mostly centrist/left leaning sources.