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June Slater: The open neck shirt politics...

The open neck shirt politics and Andy Burnham is wearing a bit thin with me already . He's overplaying the northern- ness. Let's face no fecker else from lands end to the Scottish Highlands gives stuff over northern-ness. Just because he's using words like barm cake and eating pork scratchings in a pub, knows which end of a ferret can do you a nasty turn and waves at homing pigeons up in the sky like constituents doesn't mean he's going to be any different to the champagne socialist that have occupied number 10 for the last two years. The Blairite civil service has hit the ground running for good old Andy, who looks more like a cover girl than the real hand of power, that seems to be safely lodged with the snivel service. We seldom see who really runs Britain and Tony Blair played a blinder saturating the civil service with his disciples, who are still in play today .. This has been preplanned by the Fabian blob and executed like Oh wow looks what just happened 🙄😆

Liz Webster: The UK’s growth problem...

The UK’s growth problem isn’t primarily that wealth hasn’t trickled down enough. • Productivity has been stagnant for years bc 2008 financial crisis led to austerity compounding problems. • Trade frictions (especially with our largest market- Brexit) raised costs and reduced competitiveness • Business investment is weak bc ⬆️ • Energy, housing and planning constraints suppress activity Simply transferring money from bosses to workers via higher wages or taxes doesn’t automatically create sustainable growth. If firms face higher labour costs without higher output per worker, the result is often fewer jobs, higher prices, or businesses scaling back, not a consumption boom. Redistribution can support demand in a downturn, but it is not a substitute for fixing the structural issues that have made Britain poorer relative to its peers. Wealth has to be created first. We need to get free trade back with Europe.

Lee Hurst: I can’t stress enough how much I think...

I can’t stress enough how much I think this is a bad idea. I think with current polling we could end up with a centre left coalition govt with the 5 year clock starting again. Failing that we will end up with a Reform/Tory coalition with Reform hamstrung at every turn and they will just end up totally ineffectual. The public will blame Reform NOT the Tories as the MSM will ensure that is the narrative. We need Labour to slump and Reform back above 30% before a GE.
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