@andyburnham Nice words, but let’s actually see some actions that have positive impact. Your predecessor’s used a lot of nice sounding words but when it came to actions and outcomes the scorecard appears woeful.
When you look past the two tier judiciary, the cost of living increases, the diminished relationship with the US, David Lammy, the failure to implement the Supreme Court ruling on women only spaces, the restarting of the trial of puberty blockers, the closure of 100 private schools, siding with Hamas, the murders of Wayne Broadhurst, Henry Nowak,Rhiannon Whyte, the hosepipe bans, the pissing rain, the appointment of Peter Mandelson, the Chagos Islands surrender, the battle to bring an Egyptian terrorist to the UK and give him citizenship, the prosecution of veterans, the bombing of UK sovereign territory in Cyprus with no response, closure of our last blast furnace, youth unemployment that would shame a Spaniard, the Chinese Embassy being hooked up to MI6s servers, twenty Ministerial resignations, the return of James Corden from the US, Mrs Browns Boys recommissioned, the a303 remaining unwidened, the tax take hitting a record high and still borrowing grew, a third of our electricity coming from foreigners, GB Energy, taxing farmers to suicide, rape gangs being replenished in every town and city, apart from that Lewis it has felt we've just lived through a golden age. You pillock.
@RachelReevesMP You are delusional with regard to your achievements in the post. It is very likely you will deliver reform, just not the type you had in mind. We shall see in 2029!
@David__Osland They also have low rates of income tax and low (zero in some cantons) capital gains. They also have low crime rates, high degree of public order, good infrastructure…. None of which is true for the UK.
@93percentclub Membership of a good comprehensive schools is very expensive given house prices in the catchment areas. Thankfully some families on modest incomes in bad catchments could access alternatives, that no longer seems to be the case.
@sharrond62 They don’t care about solving issues, only staying in their seats and politicians realise that solving issues is not how half the population judge them. That cohort is more influenced by tittle tattle, hence the constant deflection and finger pointing at ‘the last lot’.
Labour, Tories, Lib Dems and Greens: I demand you stand down in Clacton. I will be a unity candidate and pledge to build at least one affordable house.
Nigel Farage says he wants The People versus the Establishment. So be it.
Leave him to me.
@Heccles94 Families able to purchase property in a desirable catchment not only secure access to those schools, but also retain the underlying asset and may benefit from substantial tax-free capital appreciation on their primary residence.
Employer NI went from 13.8% to 15% in April 2025. The threshold dropped from £9,100 to £5,000.
That's an extra £937.80 per employee per year.
Since then, payrolled employees have dropped by 184,000 and unemployment just hit its highest level since 2015.
Nobody's connecting the dots.