NEILLO
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- Location
- Shoreham-by-Sea
- Country
England
I wrote this on Thursday last week for another site ;
Wot ? No Income Tax hike ??
Why the ( latest ) u-turn by the hapless Reeves and Starmer ?
I’ll tell you what it’s not. It’s not because it isn’t the right thing to do towards solving the country’s fiscal problems. It’s not because the Treasury have belatedly concluded that it wasn’t the right thing to do towards solving the country’s fiscal problems. It IS to do with something else. If we are now naming Storms, how about we start naming Budgets. And let’s call this the ‘ Self Preservation ‘ Budget. Because that’s what it is.
Implementing the rumoured 2p rise in Income Tax would have sounded the political death knell for Starmer and Reeves. Despite Reeves stating that she would make “ tough decisions that may not be popular but are in the country’s interests “, it seems that ultimately her own future is more important.
I think most people can see that radical change is needed. And that Income Tax increase , although certainly not popular, could be ‘ sold on the doorstep ‘ IF it was part of a package of changes that turned the economy around.
What would they look like ? Well, as in any business, when income is proving difficult then you look at cutting your costs. And this is so far a major fail of this government. They are politically hamstrung by factions within their own Party and that’s an issue that is not going away anytime soon.
At present they are lurching from one crisis or drama to another. None of the Cabinet inspire confidence or competence. It’s not a good look when your default position is that it’s always someone else’s fault. After 17 months in power ( huh ! ) it’s time to start owning the issues not pointing fingers.
The Tories are certainly to blame for one thing though. That they were so bad that this lot got elected. I can forgive them some things but not that one.
Wot ? No Income Tax hike ??
Why the ( latest ) u-turn by the hapless Reeves and Starmer ?
I’ll tell you what it’s not. It’s not because it isn’t the right thing to do towards solving the country’s fiscal problems. It’s not because the Treasury have belatedly concluded that it wasn’t the right thing to do towards solving the country’s fiscal problems. It IS to do with something else. If we are now naming Storms, how about we start naming Budgets. And let’s call this the ‘ Self Preservation ‘ Budget. Because that’s what it is.
Implementing the rumoured 2p rise in Income Tax would have sounded the political death knell for Starmer and Reeves. Despite Reeves stating that she would make “ tough decisions that may not be popular but are in the country’s interests “, it seems that ultimately her own future is more important.
I think most people can see that radical change is needed. And that Income Tax increase , although certainly not popular, could be ‘ sold on the doorstep ‘ IF it was part of a package of changes that turned the economy around.
What would they look like ? Well, as in any business, when income is proving difficult then you look at cutting your costs. And this is so far a major fail of this government. They are politically hamstrung by factions within their own Party and that’s an issue that is not going away anytime soon.
At present they are lurching from one crisis or drama to another. None of the Cabinet inspire confidence or competence. It’s not a good look when your default position is that it’s always someone else’s fault. After 17 months in power ( huh ! ) it’s time to start owning the issues not pointing fingers.
The Tories are certainly to blame for one thing though. That they were so bad that this lot got elected. I can forgive them some things but not that one.
