Labour: We want to raise taxes in October and blame the Tories for it. So we need the civil service to say that there was a ยฃ21 billion hole in the budget that the Tories covered up.
Civil Servants: What's in it for us?
Labour: A 5% pay rise.
Civil Servants: Done.
@LeanneWood That particular candidate made a dumb comment. His views don't represent the typical Reform voter who just wants lower taxes and higher personal responsibility.
@BBCWalesNews I have mixed feelings about this. Whilst I'm no fan of Gething and would never vote Labour, we are stuck with a Labour FM until 2026. And virtually every Labour AM would be an even worse FM. I hope he carries on instead of being replaced with a Drakeford Mk2.
@AndrewRTDavies Agree. Labour need to stop with these pointless 'for the sake of being different to England' policies and instead follow England's example, e.g. mail order prescriptions, higher business rates relief threshold. Those changes actually add value to society.
@alexarmstrong It's not about Farage, it's about policy. If Farage took the Reform manifesto to no 10, particularly the tax reform elements of it, then yes, I'd vote Conservative in a heartbeat.
For the past few years the most widely quoted 'independent' think tanks in the media are either the IFS or Resolution Foundation. Torsten Bell headed the Resolution Foundation.
@Care4Cardiff@vaughangething He's either misjudging the root cause of political attacks or he's being deliberately dishonest.
1. A vast majority of people despised Drakeford more than him, myself included. 2. Its Welsh Labour that people dislike, not specifically him.
3. The ยฃ200k donation.
@WelshLabour So for clarity: You tax people so much that they cannot afford to feed their kids and then you use that tax to feed their kids and claim to have scored a victory. ๐ค
@WalesPolitics A simple logic test for the illogically minded:
Blanket adj - 'covering all cases or instances'.
All instances of roads in Wales without a specific speed limit sign changed from 30 to 20 overnight, no exceptions.
Enjoy.
@MarinaPurkiss I agree. The high-tax Tories have reduced the incentive to work and invest in the UK. As a result there is not enough tax revenue generated.
Labour will be even worse.