Yep nothing stopping that in the next couple of weeksThe poorest just need to go out and get a higher paid job, buy a car & fill it up with fuel and buy a solar panel to get the benefits of this budget.
He wasn’t listeningWhat is wrong with this c**t
The lowest paid don’t pay NIC in the first place, threshold increases disproportionately help the better off, as analysis has been showing since they started this in 2010.
If you want to help the poorest you do it through the benefits system, that’s what it’s there for. But Tories are ideologically opposed to the benefits system so will keep doing wasteful measures that are poorly targeted use of funds. The £20 uplift is almost the exact same cost as the NI threshold increase, but most of the benefit goes to richer households.
Same with raising NIC but cutting IT, it basically protects pensioners and those that earn their income outside of standard wages, again I’m sure it’s a complete coincidence these align with Tory voter demographics.
I’m not sure that’s responsible use of funds at the moment. Unless of course your aim isn’t to spend money to alleviate suffering but to give cash to your voters.
ORB of the back of the budget are predicting the biggest fall in living standards since records began 70 years ago. Still, they’ve been rising the last 14 years, no… wait. They’ve been falling the last 14 years.
No, not the very poorest/unemployed but everyone working full time and a lot of part time will be paying NIC so I’m sure those on lower wages will appreciate the rise in threshold from 9k to 12.75k. It was the right thing to do
Note - I advocated UC uplift as well as threshold rise
He wasn’t listening
Pretty sure Rishi would say there are food banks and charities to help themThis was such an open goal for them to do something to help people out and gain a big boost in the polls. And this is what we get?
They're so tone deaf sometimes. Though not surprising from the people that didn't want to feed hungry kids during the pandemic.
There's a bit of a break for the people who don't need it, but will get by, And nothing for the very worst off.
We haven’t had 14 years of stagnation that’s led to falling living standards because of the crash though, we’ve had it because of the failed austerity project that caused stagnation while slashing services giving living standards a double whammy. Obviously covid couldn’t be helped but because of government incompetence we had the biggest financial hit of the G8. The had the fastest growth doesn’t wash either because A) We had to and B) most G8 economies are either back to where they were before the pandemic or better off, we’re still playing catch up.To be fair we’ve had a financial crash and a pandemic to contend with. What is totally unacceptable is that during this period the super rich have been coining it in
Now's the time to renationalise energy companies btw - save them from themselves
To be fair we’ve had a financial crash and a pandemic to contend with. What is totally unacceptable is that during this period the super rich have been coining it in
To be fair we’ve had a financial crash and a pandemic to contend with. What is totally unacceptable is that during this period the super rich have been coining it in
We haven’t had 14 years of stagnation that’s led to falling living standards because of the crash though, we’ve had it because of the failed austerity project that caused stagnation while slashing services giving living standards a double whammy. Obviously covid couldn’t be helped but because of government incompetence we had the biggest financial hit of the G8. The had the fastest growth doesn’t wash either because A) We had to and B) most G8 economies are either back to where they were before the pandemic or better off, we’re still playing catch up.
Agree with your comments about the wealthy. Which only makes it more perverse that yet again it’s the poorest being asked to pay. In terms of the NI increase it’s a double payment as we’re being asked to pay again for the cuts of austerity.
It's by design, the party you vote for wants it that way, believes or pretends to believe in rubbish like the trickle down effect.
Do financial crashes count now?
Fairly sure the tories didn't give Brown any leeway.
When, after 12 years, are they going to stop blaming others?
The depressing thing about all this is that people will die because of this cost of living crisis but in 2 years time Rishi will announce some tax cuts and tell everyone that the Tories are the responsible party, the party that cuts taxes – don’t vote Labour they will only put taxes up! – and the people will lap it up.
The surest way to make the SNP an irrelevance is vote in a Labour government.I’m not convinced. Whatever the government does there is going to be a continued cost of living squeeze over next couple of years. That coupled with Tory governments for 13-14 years and Labour just need to be credible at the next election and they should have a good chance of winning. The problem will be they will need to rely on SNP to govern and whatever that might entail
The surest way to make the SNP an irrelevance is vote in a Labour government.
The time after they'd end up down and down however. The only reason they're so strong atm is because Scottish politics are so misaligned with English politics. Give an English governing party more in-tune, and the case for Scottish nationalism diminishes.Just being realistic. Massive swing needed to get a majority and unless they start taking Scottish seats back it will be a struggle, even with a LibDem deal
The time after they'd end up down and down however. The only reason they're so strong atm is because Scottish politics are so misaligned with English politics. Give an English governing party more in-tune, and the case for Scottish nationalism diminishes.
Nope. Alienation from UK (English dominated) government.They grew in popularity because of milliband and his catastrophic election campaign didn’t they?
The depressing thing about all this is that people will die because of this cost of living crisis but in 2 years time Rishi will announce some tax cuts and tell everyone that the Tories are the responsible party, the party that cuts taxes – don’t vote Labour they will only put taxes up! – and the people will lap it up.
Nope. Alienation from UK (English dominated) government.
You do love a non sequiturnope
Scottish independence: Miliband raises border post prospect - BBC News
Ed Miliband says a Labour government at Westminster would consider building border posts if Scotland voted for independence.www.bbc.co.uk
But CorbynGreat for the economy
you actually think the British public are as thick as fuck and you are intellectually vastly superior don’t you?
I didn't say that. If that's what you think though then fair enough.
Depends on why they voted Tory. If they voted Tory because they thought Johnson, Rees-Mogg, Raab, Sunak etc are on their side then yes, they’re as thick as fuck.so working class people who vote Tory aren’t stupid?
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