▲ 31 ▼ Rachel Reeves rules out wealth tax if Labour wins next election (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by thehatfox@lemmy.world to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk 38 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] lasagna@programming.dev 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) At this point, I think we are more likely to get things that haven't been promised than those that have. But this is no surprise. Keir Starmer screams conservatism. A far better choice than current Tories but still leaves much, much to be desired. Though I'd still strongly encourage people to go out and vote. Not doing so plays right into the hands of the wrong people. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] midgephoto@photog.social 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) @lasagna @thehatfox A conservative government, socialist-flavour or otherwise, would be a vast improvement over the combination of radicalism, destruction, and theft of the recent governments, which whatever they might badge themselves have not been notably conservative. Until Johnson there were some actually conservative Conservative MPs, in post, but if there are any on the back benches still, they are keeping their heads well down. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lasagna@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago* I have almost no doubt that even current Labour would be a vast improvement. A government that puts immigrants into boats or tries to ship them to Africa? This is insane. Even if you completely avert your eyes to this humanitarian menace, it makes zero fiscal sense. Current Tories are evil, by the very definition. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] midgephoto@photog.social 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) @lasagna @thehatfox A conservative government, socialist-flavour or otherwise, would be a vast improvement over the combination of radicalism, destruction, and theft of the recent governments, which whatever they might badge themselves have not been notably conservative. Until Johnson there were some actually conservative Conservative MPs, in post, but if there are any on the back benches still, they are keeping their heads well down. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lasagna@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago* I have almost no doubt that even current Labour would be a vast improvement. A government that puts immigrants into boats or tries to ship them to Africa? This is insane. Even if you completely avert your eyes to this humanitarian menace, it makes zero fiscal sense. Current Tories are evil, by the very definition. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lasagna@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago* I have almost no doubt that even current Labour would be a vast improvement. A government that puts immigrants into boats or tries to ship them to Africa? This is insane. Even if you completely avert your eyes to this humanitarian menace, it makes zero fiscal sense. Current Tories are evil, by the very definition. permalink fedilink source parent