Labour government

I agree 100%.
Yes I'm pleased I voted for him.
Yes I'm happy with most of what they're doing. They are trying to govern a country absolutely wrecked by the tories.
They are actually trying to sort this out against a barrage of propaganda funded by billionaires.
I don't think they'll manage before the next general election and then we will throw ourselves to the right wing wolves again and find out out that Labour really weren't that bad after all.
Worst PM will always be Truss. Then Johnson. Then Cameron for his stupidly designed referendum.

And guess who sold of most of our gas storage. Clue, it wasn't Keir Starmer.

@Araminta1003

"Next issue has cropped up - gas shortages, given the cold weather and lack of gas storage.
Guess who has tons of cheap gas? The US…"

And the reason why is that they have been busily getting on with gas fracking.

The issue in the UK is everyone wants cheaper gas bills but no one wants to increase supply through fracking.

@crackofdoom

"I don't like the massive sum of money being ploughed into carbon capture and storage, at the seeming expense of easier and cheaper ways to cut carbon emissions"

There is an easier, tried and tested and cheaper technology for capturing carbon which is called "trees".

Or if you want to go less well known but more effective technology then you could use "sea grass" or a similar but deeper water alternative called "kelp".😀

The press like to make money. I know you want Labour to be having a worse time from them but their policies are impacting the economy and many feel they are not doing well.

It’s probably it’s a comfort to say it’s the media to blame but they are making their own mistakes.

@EasternStandard the first picture is from a review of the daily mails articles which were overwhelmingly supportive.

Keep pretending that the papers treat each party in the same way.

Sure. Well done for finding a couple of headlines though.

I voted Labour and will vote for them in the next election.

Sure.

moving in the right direction at least

How is contracting the private sector, highest borrowing costs in decades and devaluing pound moving in the right direction?

Nonsense. Partygate was good clickbait and the DM are profit driven as any media outlet.

Labour will have to look at their own policies not rely on the media excuse.

Interesting. They're doing better than I thought.

I also like that rail renationalisation is going ahead- I think taking Southern Rail back into public ownership is imminent. And I think I heard that legislation is in train to allow councils to take back control of buses? That's good.

I don't like the massive sum of money being ploughed into carbon capture and storage, at the seeming expense of easier and cheaper ways to cut carbon emissions. And the messaging around new housing is still unclear- it's social housing we really need.

I think Labour are doing a good job with the shitty situation and resources they've inherited as a result of tory mismanagement for over a decade, brexit and covid. Not perfect but moving in the right direction at least. I really don't see any responsible alternatives open to them.

@EasternStandard nonsense. The press didn't turn on Boris Johnson for a long time and even some still minimise what he did. The tabloids are predominately right wing as are the times and telegraph.

No they don’t. The press was full on covid onwards. Partygate ran for months

Labour aren’t used to the combination of media and SM at this level. They can’t keep using the media as an excuse

Next issue has cropped up - gas shortages, given the cold weather and lack of gas storage.
Guess who has tons of cheap gas? The US…

I am sure some will say it is all a Tory conspiracy made up by Elon Musk and the press.

Yep. Who claims he's the worst PM we've ever had? Do they remember Liz Truss? Or David Cameron who helped in making the country poorer for decades yet to come?

The press attack the Labour government more than they ever did the Tories. And Labour have been in power for 6/7 months. People are high if they think they can undo 14 years of damage in that space of time.

Essentially this in a nutshell.

And you don't even need to be a top flight economist to work this out.

As has been pointed out, the private sector creates growth. Always has. You need the private sector to develop, to employ, to invest. This gives the growth.

Her budget was the opposite of creating growth. She has made it more difficult and more expensive for the private sector and it will all come home to roost.

Labour backed themselves needlessly in a corner pre election by stating they would not raise taxes for working people. Utter nonsense. They then raised NI for employers and argued themselves in knots that the employers are not working people. Nonsense, nonsense, nonsense. There are more SMEs in the country employing people than there are PLCs. Jobs will be cut, wages will stagnate, investment will be put on hold. All = no growth/low growth.

If they had slapped a small amount of additional income tax across the board it would have delivered a different result.

They are now servicing debt at a high rate and will have limited choices as to what to do. But basically spend less and increase taxes.

No. He seems determined to damage everything he touches. His choice of Reeves as a chancellor is a disaster. She simply isn't up to it.

This. But I must say the Tory Party and Elon Musk spin machine are doing a tremendous job at trying to discredit them. I have never seen so many political threads even at the point where the Tories were totally dismissing totally crumbling public services.

What was said about JP is disgusting, untrue, and should be condemned. I don't always agree with her, but she has done more than most politicians to help victims of VAWG. No politician should face that kind of abuse or name calling. I hope your condemnation applies to all politicians, even the ones you don't agree with or support?
Kemi Badenoch was accused of being a white supremacist in blackface, this was retweeted by a labour mp. I don't remember much condemnation, even from Keir Starmer.

The irony in all of this is that as soon as Sir Keir Starmer realises he has essentially already lost the next election and gets down to damage control and acting in the best interest of the country for the next 4 years (which I have every faith the man could do, if he wants to perhaps by careful steering of some of the other ministers) - then we will all be vastly better off than with the current shenanigans going on. Head down, crack on, damage control.

“Not on the scale of potentially bunging Reform $100 million.”

That amount of money is peanuts to Elon Musk. It is like me giving up a few days of work to travel to the US to campaign for some Democrats candidates.

There are always two sides to every argument. He will argue the same with his statements online. Yes, he has millions of followers and is a trillionaire, but when he is making statements in his capacity as any odd human, they are just that. So better get used to it, legally speaking.

I do as they have a vast misunderstanding of what causes growth or stalls it

The first half of 2024 was in the up. Their entirely predictable effect is down to them