AIBU to feel the media is pushing Starmer out?

So you don’t increase taxes. You cannot increase borrowing. So you need to cut spending. Drastically.

and while I’m at it, if kids are undernourished it’s probably down to feckless parents. Parents are given enough to live off if they spend wisely. They don’t, and so they starve their kids. Giving the feckless more money doesn’t help anyone.

Perhaps people need to stop having kids they cannot afford?

Be responsible.

I will go back to a statement I have made many times.

You can't tax the rich because it becomes worthwhile to implement strategies to avoid taxation if you are rich.

You can't tax the poor because they have no money.

So the only people you can really tax is the middle. Who also conveniently have a considerable amount of wealth tied up in things that are easy for the government to identify and difficult for them to hide. ie property and private pensions.

However, going after this considerable wealth is not exactly something that is popular with the electorate.

‘Billionaires avoiding tax’? Which billionaires? Chartered Tax Advidor here and you are spouting 100% cliched bollocks. Would you please stop? It’s tiresome and childish, and stops people listening to actual solutions made by people living in the real world, not made up fantasy magic money tree and unicorns land.

Christ! There’s one of these idiots on each and every thread like this. Just have a wee think, if there were any undertaxed billionaires (there aren’t) who would be willing to hang around the UK to be taxed more (they’re not) why didn’t Keir and RR do it???

‘Billionaires avoiding tax’? Which billionaires? Chartered Tax Advidor here and you are spouting 100% cliched bollocks. Would you please stop? It’s tiresome and childish, and stops people listening to actual solutions made by people living in the real world, not made up fantasy magic money tree and unicorns land.

Christ! There’s one of these idiots on each and every thread like this. Just have a wee think, if there were any undertaxed billionaires (there aren’t) who would be willing to hang around the UK to be taxed more (they’re not) why didn’t Keir and RR do it???

Tax the bloody wealthy. Tax wealth more and income less.

Why do we have undernourished children alongside billionaires avoiding tax. It’s bonkers and that is not a civilised society.

A much better question should be - why didn't the media do any interrogating of Starmer's party before it came to office, and is it going to be exactly the same with Burnham until he becomes unpopular as well?

This was posted two years ago today

What I think is we get one term of reform it's horrible doesn't work. And then we have another labour gov with the promise to rejoin the EU and we do it

If Burnham (who I assume will become the next PM) sticks to the manifesto, nothing will change so what’s the point of changing the leader and creating unnecessary instability?

If he gives many of the backbenchers what they want and goes more to the left, he’ll be hounded out by the press in 5 minutes. Increasing welfare or not cutting welfare is the opposite of what the country needs.

In my personal opinion the next PM needs to go big or go home. Do what’s right for the country and not play to the media. Get the best minds in room and come up with a growth strategy and implement it.

There will be loud negative opinions from special interest groups and social media owners but in the long run, the number one thing this country needs is more money flowing. If that means cutting business and personal taxes and less financial services regulation then get it done. Alongside this investment in more 3rd spaces to bring people back together.

The government also needs to come off X and ignore the entertainment media who aren’t interested in policy, just engagement. There are hardly any real political journalists interested in actual policy anymore, they all seem like showbiz correspondents peddling gossip.

I am a lifelong Labour supporter but cannot support them while Starmer is leader. He is disingenuous and totally incompetent. Burnham actually makes decisions and has a history of positive change at a regional level which he will hopefully translate to the national level. I can support Labour with Burnham in charge.

Any change of leader should trigger a general election. It's incomprehensible to have a PM that the electorate haven't voted in.

Tax the bloody wealthy. Tax wealth more and income less.

Why do we have undernourished children alongside billionaires avoiding tax. It’s bonkers and that is not a civilised society.

If Burnham (who I assume will become the next PM) sticks to the manifesto, nothing will change so what’s the point of changing the leader and creating unnecessary instability?

If he gives many of the backbenchers what they want and goes more to the left, he’ll be hounded out by the press in 5 minutes. Increasing welfare or not cutting welfare is the opposite of what the country needs.

In my personal opinion the next PM needs to go big or go home. Do what’s right for the country and not play to the media. Get the best minds in room and come up with a growth strategy and implement it.

There will be loud negative opinions from special interest groups and social media owners but in the long run, the number one thing this country needs is more money flowing. If that means cutting business and personal taxes and less financial services regulation then get it done. Alongside this investment in more 3rd spaces to bring people back together.

The government also needs to come off X and ignore the entertainment media who aren’t interested in policy, just engagement. There are hardly any real political journalists interested in actual policy anymore, they all seem like showbiz correspondents peddling gossip.

To feel the media is forcing Starmer out and to be annoyed by this.

They need constant drama and content and this is done at the expense of the country. Starmer is boring but things are improving despite major problems like Iran in the background.

If this were 20 years ago he’d have been safe. They are treating government like football clubs and want Burnham as they think he’s more showbiz. These foreign owner media outlets don’t care about the stability of this country, they just want headlines and drama on X to drum up more drama for headlines and opinion pieces where the media all interview each other.

The country is becoming ungovernable because them and I’m sick of it.

Gb news is where you get your information from 😂

I think Kemi. Pretty much everything she says is sensible.

If Burnham (who I assume will become the next PM) sticks to the manifesto, nothing will change so what’s the point of changing the leader and creating unnecessary instability?

If he gives many of the backbenchers what they want and goes more to the left, he’ll be hounded out by the press in 5 minutes. Increasing welfare or not cutting welfare is the opposite of what the country needs.

In my personal opinion the next PM needs to go big or go home. Do what’s right for the country and not play to the media. Get the best minds in room and come up with a growth strategy and implement it.

There will be loud negative opinions from special interest groups and social media owners but in the long run, the number one thing this country needs is more money flowing. If that means cutting business and personal taxes and less financial services regulation then get it done. Alongside this investment in more 3rd spaces to bring people back together.

The government also needs to come off X and ignore the entertainment media who aren’t interested in policy, just engagement. There are hardly any real political journalists interested in actual policy anymore, they all seem like showbiz correspondents peddling gossip.