it's not a tax. It's a withdrawal of benefit. The state decreed what someone needs as an income and paid housing benefit, but then introduced a penalty if they have children the wrong age or share custody. It led to poverty, or people having to move house to a 2-bedroom instead of their 3-bedroom property costs of moving). Then because 2-bedroom properties were suddenly in demand, they became in some cases dearer than 3-bed. Stress of moving home, children having to move school. It's an evil policy. The social costs have outweighed the saving of benefit - and now we all now that there always was money, as the magic money tree sprouts branches everywhere.
We’re both against the policy, nothing more needs to be said. My argument is with conservatism is culture and social policy, I’m not in favour of Tory economic policy to screw the poor.

Anyway, the magic money tree is going to need to be seeded again and you, I and everyone else on here who works will have to pay for it.

The borrowing going on to fund this current situation isn’t healthy, my taxes will pay it off for the rest of my life.
 
Frankly, if the usual non-voters had stayed at home in the referendum, they'd have spared us a world of pain.

27.79% of the electorate didn’t vote in the Referendum. That’s only ~5% more voters who turned out for the referendum than normal.
 
27.79% of the electorate didn’t vote in the Referendum. That’s only ~5% more voters who turned out for the referendum than normal.
And most of them voted leave. You spend time trying to get non-voters interested in politics, then they just believe the Leave liars.
 
And most of them voted leave. You spend time trying to get non-voters interested in politics, then they just believe the Leave liars.
Did they?

I’d been an abstainer in elections previous to 2016 but voted Remain, despite being a Eurosceptic, because I didn’t believe in what Leave were saying and wasn’t keen on those leading the Leave campaign.

A lot of non-voters are interested in politics but not one political party resonates with them.
 
Did they?

I’d been an abstainer in elections previous to 2016 but voted Remain, despite being a Eurosceptic, because I didn’t believe in what Leave were saying and wasn’t keen on those leading the Leave campaign.

A lot of non-voters are interested in politics but not one political party resonates with them.
A lot? It's a miniscule number of non-voters. Most are either "it makes no difference who's elected" or "I can't be bothered".
 

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