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Which is actually worse when you think about it…

Yes, but his bid to win Tory leadership and 2019 GE was to ‘get Brexit done’ and break a constitutional deadlock that was plaguing this country. That was delivered for better or worse.

You’d think that, but I actually supported Starmer’s bid to become Labour leader. All due respect Pete, well meaning platitudes isn’t enough to get this country (or the West as a whole) out of this rut.

Well, at least the conversation around the NHS won’t dumbed down to ‘it’s all the Tories fault’ and that they have ‘systematically and deliberately underfunded’ the NHS. This prospective Labour government knows it can’t just throw money at the NHS like many people want it to.

The root of it is Starmer’s leadership, in reality he’s a slippery man. Says one thing to get elected by the Labour membership, will say whatever needs to be said to be elected by the country. In reality, there won’t be a clear mandate to change anything meaningful with the majority he’ll have...

We already know what’s going to follow a Labour government looking at New Zealand and Germany. Starmer definitely tried to model himself on Schloz and maybe even Aldern too. The German economy is the ‘sick man’ of Europe atm and Aldern’s tenure ended in failure; crime, immigration and housing...

Fair enough, I’ll preface my post with the belief that the Tories deserve to be kicked out. That said, a lot of left leaning people in my friends and family seem to be primarily voting against the tories rather than their optimism for Starmer and the Labour Party policy programme. Call it a...

A microcosm of why wealth transfers rarely work out is lottery winners. You can give people money but if they don’t know how to use it, it’s useless and they’ll end up going back to square one or worst. Likewise, many people are ‘trapped’ in benefits because of how UC works. For lower paid...

I only tuned into 2nd half as was out for dinner. Didn’t really get the love in from the pundit team and felt that had England put in a similar performance tomorrow, the mood wouldn’t be quite so cheery. Before the tournament, I felt Italy would win their group and felt that Spain looked quite...

There’s the not so minor difference that the UK is an island and does not share a customs border with any of its neighbours. So comparison with EU countries is flawed from the get go. The railway infrastructure is a mess though. Outsourcing rather than out and out privatising/nationalising the...

It’s not strange at all, Sakamoto was ‘announced’ because fans pictured him in gear before it went on socials. I’m sure it’s done and they’ll announce the formalities when they’re ready.

I can see Scotland pulling this back… 👀😂

I don’t see Germany winning it to be honest, they’ve got some good players but as you say, lack a top striker. Their midfield doesn’t hold up against the top teams either, imo.

To be honest, one of the candidates for best football shirts full stop!

It was the instance of playing 4-4-2 that hampered us too. Hindsight is 20:20 but a 4-3-3 or 5-3-2/3-4-3 could’ve suited that England team well.

Wednesday for me!

We That’s not even remotely true. Increasing the tax-free allowance helps the poorest first.

You’re parroting a slogans now. How is the first £20k being tax-free helping out earners above £100k? It helps out everyone at all income brackets being squeezed. 40% was the top rate of tax under the last Labour government. Now something like 8,000,000 people are in this tax band and most of...

Disagree, everyone is at 12k and increased that band in line with inflation would take that close to 20k. Immediately helping low earners. The issue also relates to welfare system because, with the tax-free limit so low, in some cases it costs people more to work longer hours. Some people...

So why continue with fiscal drag? Any new prospective government can quickly provide relief to a lot of people by raising the tax bands In line with inflation or at least a plan to lift tax bands up.