Category: British Politics

A Tax for Social Care may be a vote looser: is there a better way

Yesterday Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced a tax to fund Social Care on the Laura Kuensberg show. He mentioned  that this would  be a Manifesto pledge for the next General Election in 3 years. On the same show Chris Philp, Tory Minister,  said that the Tories would not support this and that the Tories  had plans to fund something similar  by making Welfare cuts.

So is Burnham’s strategy a reckless Strategy doomed to fail? Already  people have been hit by the Cost of Living Crisis and increases to household budgets so people are not going to be willing to pay out more in taxation.

There is a better way for Andy Burham

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Water Companies let off by this Labour Government

Water Companies have been let off by this Labour Government. Water Companies  are being allowed  to increase their bills to consumers to levy funds to make improvements to the infrastructure. It’s  a disgrace  on this Labour Government  that this has been  allowed to happen. These same Water Companies  continue  to illegally  polite our rivers and our coastline. All this is happening  on a Labour Watch. Labour have disgraced  themselves by allowing  this to happen.

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My Message to Andy Burnham

This is my message  to Andy Burnham

Dear Mr Burnham whilst you maybe  thinking about re-joining the European Union some time in the future I must press upon you that this decision has to be made now and not sometime in the vague future. However  i must caution you regarding the idea of another referendum. I do not support  the idea of having another referendum about the issue. In my opinion  this is the only issue that might win you the next General  Election  against Farage’s Reform.

If you believe  that Britain’s future lies in the EU then you should stand by that decision and let the next General  Election become your referendum.

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How can Labour defeat Farage?

Following on from the devastating results in the local elections showing huge  gains for Reform, the question  is how can Labour defeat Farage in the next General Election? Currently the Labour Party are divided on this issue which has given rise to speculation about the leadership of Sir Kier Starmer.  Currently the Labour Party is noticeably divided on the issue of the Party leadership. Many in the Labour Party now see Starmer as a dead duck and no hoper. They are suggesting  that Starmer  should be making a timetable to step down as Party leader. Variously hopes are being pinned on various candidates  such as Rayner, Burnham or Wes Streeting. However would just a change in leadership be enough to stem the tide of voters currently flooding towards Farage’s Reform? Or is the issue more complicated than that or has politics just become just a cult of personality? Also we ask why has Starmer become so unpopular with voters and why are voters making assumptions about the capability of Farage to make positive changes where other politicians have failed?

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