Labour isn't working - Thread 15

[TheNuthatch]

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

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

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She is, I do want her to stay though.

sorry lurkers

Yep you could map it out. The more Labour fuck up the more they watch us 😬 and hit out

Oh fuck off Nandy. Blah blah

Me too, and Starmer 😁

They do.
Helmets on ladies, we'll probably get visitors soon 😂

Oh sorry @Noodledog Welcome to the thread

Don’t worry, they’ve only got a month to wait for Labour to renege on a key manifesto promise and then the fun can really start! Let’s build the vibrant economy of the USSR in the 1970s, can’t wait.

Won't it be lovely when our counterparts on the Other Thread see the light and join us here. We will all put the unpleasantness behind us and join together in a rainbow thread of mutual love and appreciation, and mutual dislike of Starmer. I extend the hand of friendship to my Labour loving sisters! 😘

But I had my hair done today 😭🤣🤣🤣
I'm far too old to be bothered by the dungheap flies that make their way over here. It's best to ignore them.

I kind of do too although it would be amusing to see another Rayner. Either way it’s good stuff

Welcome to the Other Side @Noodledog

Have you been at the gin?? Or something pharmaceutical even?😂😂

Cognitive dissonance can result in a lot of anger. They know Starmer's shit but....

There is so much anger. That said, it’s why I stayed off MN for a long time. I genuinely found the hollering at anyone who didn’t agree with Labour upsetting. I, on paper, should be a traditional Labour voter. Heck, I was once, a member of the party. I am a teacher, public sector, children in the SEND system, strong military history, the list goes on.

My husband has always been a Tory; paid up member. Lots of grief from my family about that! That said, my sister is horrified she voted Labour now. Our son is a paid up member of the Tory party too. I’ve not gone that far, I float!

Not thinking Labour are the 2nd coming does not a Russian bot/Tory shill/Troll make. Thankfully that all appears to be a lot quieter now. I genuinely couldn’t read it all any more. It was an echo chamber.

Pharmaceutical. I've got the flu and have been mainlining lemsip and nurofen all day.

So do I. Between them, the are making it absolutely certain that Labour won’t get in again.

😂😂 feel better soon.

True

It was insane wasn’t it. I thought we’d up where we are now so it’s not surprising, but still the ferocity over Labour.

Never gonna happen.

It was bonkers. We’d always end up here. Their only plan was…we aren’t the Tories. There was no plan. Anyone not on the state payroll and in the public sector can vouch for that. It’s a nightmare.

It’s because many of them are on the take…

With respect, they don’t count - the are small-minded and petty, with one axe to grind against anything which would threaten their monthly welfare credit.

Having been up hourly to pee I'm on the sofa shivering with a cup of tea. How much rummaging did they do digging out a bad hip. I'm hopping mad that the budget maybe delayed again because of this new sideshow.

Labour has been accused of abandoning welfare cuts after admitting that its flagship review of disability benefits will save no money.

A review of the Personal Independence Payments (PIP) will not look at ways to bring down the ballooning cost of the benefit, official documents reveal. Instead, it will only ensure the system is “fair and fit”.

Sir Mel Stride, the shadow chancellor, said it showed “Labour have thrown in the towel on welfare reform”.

Paul Johnson, the former director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said the admission “confirms [the Government] has given up on any savings from PIP”, which is projected to cost taxpayers £30bn a year by the end of the decade.

The revelation will fuel fears of significant tax increases in next month’s Budget as Rachel Reeves struggles to rein in runaway government spending. Economists believe the Chancellor must find as much as £40bn in either tax rises or spending cuts to fix her plans.

Sounds like a rough night @justasking111 Hope you get some pain relief soon and a bit of rest.

So, they're not even going to try to reduce pip payments and we are abandoning the two child benefits cap - were just all going to be fleeced so Labour can play the good guy?

Or at least they can for one more year - I mean they've tapped borrowing in '24, hiked taxes to the hilt in '25, who is going to be picking up the tab for growing unemployment, lower productivity and gloomy outlook in '26?