Labour isn't working - Thread 6

[TheNuthatch]

A chat thread for those who don't like this Labour government. Labour isn't working.

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.

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I'm glad to hear it. That's how it should be. I don't see how Rayner will manage to do the same from her home in Hove.

In a country with a similar tax, you're expected to estimate it yourself- and there are published regional guideline prices per metre square. The tax service can investigate if they think you're wildly out. I'd expect the last sale price and date to factor into their decision to investigate or not.

Yes I believe Lloyds takes last sold price and applies standard market uplift for the area.

oh look, bank shares taking a thrashing due to rumours of labpor’s tax raid..how long before they’re forced to squash those rumours?

Home office wins in Epping would g want to be there

Not a good look for the government. Another helping hand for Reform.

Crikey, some big losses there. Presumably this is in response to the possible bank levy?

Yes due to the tax raid rumours - labour, carefully destroying value…London is losing global share and is in decline as it is..

So our judiciary ruled that the EHCR prevents councils from enforcing existing laws - which would require planning consent for a hotel to be repurposed as an asylum seekers centre - since if there was contagion and other AS accomodation closed, the AS would have nowhere to stay and would be destitite, which breaches their human rights.

But they ruled that the EHCR can't prevent the government from imposing a new tax which will prevent children from accessing an education which their parents chose/meets their needs since the tax - which will bring in no revenue and is purely punitive - is causing schools to close at twice the usual rate. Even though they explicitly admitted in the judgement that it would harm the childrens' human rights.

And this isn't 2-tier justice.

I'm starting to think that Jenrick is right. Exiting EHCR is necessary but it won't be enough. The activist judiciary who abuse it will still find other ways to undermine the UK unless they are made accountable.
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/08/15/time-to-sack-activist-judges-says-robert-jenrick/

@strawberrybubblegum That's a really good comparison when you put it like that. 👍

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/aug/29/uk-bank-shares-tumble-after-call-for-windfall-tax-on-lenders-in-budget

I'm shocked 😲

this strategy of soft launching tax hikes to gauge reaction is really working for them eh?

Invest today.. Make money.. We can be sure that’s what the Fabians are doing..

😂

Yep. They'll damage the economy with all the kite flying. They did the same before the last budget too.

I remember all the fear about them screwing over private sector pension contributes by withdrawing higher rate tax relief…that’s no doubt in the pot again….

I think their strategy at the moment is to throw everything out there, deny nothing, and see what causes the least outrage. It's an appalling way to govern.

Definitely is. But apparently it’s all the fault of the extremely right wing papers…

....and the tories 😂

We need to separate politics and law in the UK . It’s not legally safe to have politically motivated judges. Which we most definitely have.

There’s no way Labour will address it as the judges and barristers are often on their side.

https://archive.md/JQsFp The radical barristers who really lay down the law in Britain

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/bell-hotel-epping-asylum-seeker-migrant-high-court-appeal-government-home-office-b1245068.html

No, surely Farage!

Nah, it's just bad comms 😂

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@Hollyohara absolutely but how can they do it ? Ie sperate them
I even had a politically motivated solicitor advising me on something me as a newbie and in conversation with someone else they said my solicitor was advising me poorly and probably because of this