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Starmer suspends seven rebel MPs including McDonnell over two-child benefit cap vote
Show of strength by new Labour prime minister after work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall said the government had to do ‘the sums’ before it could commit to abolishing the limitwww.independent.co.uk
I refuse to vote until Putin is on the ballot.
Same here. Embarrassing from Starmer.
I don't know what this is supposed to achieve? Even the centrist on my twitter feed are slamming this as well as Labour MPs who have put out statements today saying they were against the cap but haven't voted against it.
Well labour own the 2 child cap now , not the tories .. its on them , it's now their policy
But isn't that kind of the point? He's already on the ropes with it to the point they're started saying they won't rule out scrapping it in the future. Why suspend MPs over this? It just puts a bigger spotlight on an issue he's already struggling with.
(B) is no problem at all, like all government spending it is created out of nothing
Not a good look. I understand he wants to look like he's in charge and will be tough but seems overly draconian and against uniting the party.going well
Starmer suspends seven rebel MPs including McDonnell over two-child benefit cap vote
Show of strength by new Labour prime minister after work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall said the government had to do ‘the sums’ before it could commit to abolishing the limit
I can personally attest to this. Became very disillusioned with accounting and economics as the more I learned the less it made sense. I finished the degree even though I really wasn't enjoying the final year and lasted a few years in accounting before I just had to get out. What was most disappointing was that I felt at degree level there would be more chance to discuss and debate, but if anything it felt like dissenting from the agreed orthodoxy was tantamount totreason. I had more constructive arguments with my GCSE and A level teachers on the subject. Everything seems to be based on a foundation of sand and 'vibes' masked with some complicated looking maths.
I mean if even you are being critical of his approach then that says everything.
Government Spending is created out of taxation or borrowing. Printing more money leads to inflation.
Was it in the manifesto?
Money is numbers on a screen in this day and age.
Day to day spending largely yes. But borrowing is problematic as you need to then service the interest (in theory, but no country seems to care about getting into more and more debt).
Or not, when the IT crashes.
So I totally agree. But surely party loyalty is essential at this stage? Id like to see it introduced in the next few months, before the suspended mps come back.
