They can’t win. If they had made payments people would be kicking off about Labour spending and wasting public money.
You can please some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time.
Ultimately if you believe it the right thing to do then you face your critics without fear. It’s also ok to say they didn’t deserve it etc etc if you believe that. Being duplicitous (or being seen to be) is not ok.
So much damage done to the country by them, from politics to the reputation of our beloved club. This is where I would start. It is they that dictate how the country 'thinks'. Folk say ah but newspaper circulation is reducing. It doesn't matter as their on line presence is enough. When you double that up with X and other stuff, influenced by other greedy right wing millionaires, then what chance true democracy. The present government were in power 2 minutes and the media were baying for them to resign, even after everything that had happened with the last shower of crooked cunts. I was daft enough to listen to PMQT last week. Jesus it was more childish than a kindergarden play ground.corrupt media run by greedy billionaires
I blame the voters, to be honest.
If voters are unintelligent enough to respond to three-word slogans and similar shite, then it's no wonder our politics are in disarray. No sensible debate can be held on any subject. It all descends into a football-like argument, my team good, your team wankers.
I'm not sure democracy can be made to work anymore, not while we have a corrupt media run by greedy billionaires and social media that's full of fruit loops, bigots and nazis. As for Farage and his mates, don't make me laugh. They got us into this shit through Brexit and what passed for a debate at that time. A pack of lies and distortions that played on people's ignorance.
So, anyone who doesn't agree with this absolutely abysmal, inept, corrupt government and sees Farage as a possible change to the current 2 party system are manipulated bellends, typical left wing nam calling, and you prove, why we need the poison that is the left, out of government and out of our lives.
Einstein, whilst frequently misquoted, said something very much along those lines in his 1949 article entitled "Why Socialism ?"corrupt media run by greedy billionaires
My personal view is that it is a bit shit for the people who fell through these cracks (my mum is one of them) but in the cold light of day, limited public money is better spent on other things than compensating old boomers.
A lot of people don’t want to hear that, I know.
I fully get that mate and maybe I’m too much an ideologist but I just hate the idea that justice is only served when it’s deemed affordable … actually no, not affordable, a priority - we know they could “find” the money if they wanted to.
As you say they’ve got bigger priorities than justice.
As you know I'm not Sir Keir's or labours biggest fan. I feel this is what he is doing and has to do to sort out the damage left from the previous government.I’m sure if the country was awash with cash we’d have paid them out, but the harsh reality is we’re not, so the government has to prioritise.
Rightly or wrongly, it’s the way it is.
I blame the voters, to be honest.
If voters are unintelligent enough to respond to three-word slogans and similar shite, then it's no wonder our politics are in disarray. No sensible debate can be held on any subject. It all descends into a football-like argument, my team good, your team wankers.
I'm not sure democracy can be made to work anymore, not while we have a corrupt media run by greedy billionaires and social media that's full of fruit loops, bigots and nazis. As for Farage and his mates, don't make me laugh. They got us into this shit through Brexit and what passed for a debate at that time. A pack of lies and distortions that played on people's ignorance.
Matbe by getting all the ‘bad news’ out the way now then, yeah, they have 4 years for people to forget it ever happened.Be interesting to see if these decisions play into the next GE.
I suspect they will be forgotten about by everyone but Führage.
2008 crash did it for us, Blair or no Blair. Tory/LD government had just completed the job with almost genocidal budget cutting. Although there is info how we recovered by 2014-2016, it never happened in reality, but for a tiny minority at the very top. Brexit and COVID were catalyzers for things to become even worse. Politicians are just the agents of the financial industry and nothing else, their reaction to 2008 crash - presented as a great victory for the whole society - or what happened to Truss is the best proof for that. We moved from casino capitalism to betting shop capitalism. Blair was only lucky that during his reign inflation and energy prices were low, so people had this feeling of security, but once that cat was out of the box it all really unfolded. London and parts of SE are still holding somehow. Listening to Starmer/Reeves bullshit is the same like watching City for the past two months, like somebody split your skull and picking your brain.This is a drum political centrists like myself have been banging for 15 years.
Another unpopular opinion on here no doubt but in my view this country has been in a tailspin of increasing velocity since the day Tony Blair stepped down.
2008 crash did it for us, Blair or no Blair. Tory/LD government had just completed the job with almost genocidal budget cutting. Although there is info how we recovered by 2014-2016, it never happened in reality, but for a tiny minority at the very top. Brexit and COVID were catalyzers for things to become even worse. Politicians are just the agents of the financial industry and nothing else, their reaction to 2008 crash - presented as a great victory for the whole society - or what happened to Truss is the best proof for that. We moved from casino capitalism to betting shop capitalism. Blair was only lucky that during his reign inflation and energy prices were low, so people had this feeling of security, but once that cat was out of the box it all really unfolded. London and parts of SE are still holding somehow. Listening to Starmer/Reeves bullshit is the same like watching City for the past two months, like somebody split your skull and picking your brain.
I don't think anyone would disagree with paying more tax, the problem is having visibility as to where it all goes and what measured improvements will be achieved.The country is in the shit and there are no easy answers.
Con merchants telling people there are easy answers are part of the problem, they are definitely not part of the solution. But of course, people want to believe there are easy answers as it gives them someone to kick.
Politicians can't tell the truth because generally, people aren't grown-up enough to accept it. I find it amusing that almost every critic of this government wants public expenditure increased in some way or another, but at the same time they don't think anyone should pay more tax.
Good post there fellaI don't think anyone would disagree with paying more tax, the problem is having visibility as to where it all goes and what measured improvements will be achieved.
If I hand over my hard earned cash for a service to be performed I can see when its been competed, if its to the required standard and its transparent who's getting paid what amount. The problem with taxation is, its not transparent, many see little tangible benefit. Schools are getting worse, hospitals dont have enough money, infrastructure projects are being cancelled, the military is shrinking, pension ages are rising, not enough police, prison full, swathes of homeless people etc.
Yet people such as myself are absolutely caned for tax because Im an easy PAYE target on a good salary.
Its absolutely correct that we all need to pay more tax, but there needs to be a lot more accountability around how that tax is spent.
I don't think anyone would disagree with paying more tax, the problem is having visibility as to where it all goes and what measured improvements will be achieved.
If I hand over my hard earned cash for a service to be performed I can see when its been competed, if its to the required standard and its transparent who's getting paid what amount. The problem with taxation is, its not transparent, many see little tangible benefit. Schools are getting worse, hospitals dont have enough money, infrastructure projects are being cancelled, the military is shrinking, pension ages are rising, not enough police, prison full, swathes of homeless people etc.
Yet people such as myself are absolutely caned for tax because Im an easy PAYE target on a good salary.
Its absolutely correct that we all need to pay more tax, but there needs to be a lot more accountability around how that tax is spent.
The country is in the shit and there are no easy answers.
Con merchants telling people there are easy answers are part of the problem, they are definitely not part of the solution. But of course, people want to believe there are easy answers as it gives them someone to kick.
Politicians can't tell the truth because generally, people aren't grown-up enough to accept it. I find it amusing that almost every critic of this government wants public expenditure increased in some way or another, but at the same time they don't think anyone should pay more tax.