Labour isn't working - Thread 19

[TheNuthatch]

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

We are bracing for the budget 😬

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

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Plus how do you downsize when no-one's going to be buying a property with 8/10K council tax to pay annually? I mean maybe if someone was buying a multimillion pound house in Mayfair they wouldn't care, but for an ordinary family home, no-one would touch it.
If they go ahead with this, I think we're going to wind up with many of the higher band houses selling for less than the D/Es.

If they go ahead with it will crash the housing market.

I'm just thinking of the "tread lightly on our lives" line again and thinking... well, what I'm thinking would probaby get me permabanned.
How dare they? What gives them the right to just wade in and sabotage people's lives, plans and ambitions?

@redange What will Reform do about Europe? Farage is not exactly respected. Everything was fine before Brexit.

Yep.

BlackRock Will love that perhaps.

So many will be unable to pay. They can't bang them all in prison.

😂Miaow!

Yeh just don’t pay. If they can’t they can’t.

Cats were so much prettier before Brexit.

I blame Brexit.

That’s right - there will be a repricing, logically.

The issue will be more acute for those who leveraged up after the pandemic - you remember that race for space? Some of those poor buyers will be flirting with negative equity.

Worse case, banks will be hit as debt portfolios are revalued.

Yes - Tory scum!

"Caribbean nations to press Britain for trillions in slavery reparations
Delegation to meet Labour MPs as countries demand compensation"

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/14/caribbean-nations-to-press-britain-for-trillions-in-slavery/

Might need to squeeze everyone for a few more grand a year as Starmer and Lammy will probably agree to it.

Re. council tax, if you don't pay they can have you declared bankrupt and then seize and sell your house.
It's actually terrifying - it feels like there was previously at least some sort of gentleman's agreement that taxation wouldn't suddenly push specific groups into actual penury, and Labour have just disregarded this completely.

Flash.

Reeves will allow people to defer paying the new tax until they move house or after they die amid concerns that “asset-rich, cash poor” homeowners – especially pensioners – could be forced to sell their homes to cover the cost.

It means some families will be hit with another layer of inheritance tax when their loved ones die, on top of the existing 40 per cent death duty….

My partner agrees with you. I won't repeat what he said. He did say the place is cursed.

Good luck with that at the next GE.

So you'd better hope you're happy where you are because that's moving ruled out.
It does rather mean that the current system of selling a home to pay for care home fees will be blown out the water though - the government will have to cough up for that.

Bored of the trolls now. None of this is funny.

Sorry, but I am now going to withdraw from this thread.

Badenoch, writing for the Telegraph:

Britain deserves real leadership, not Labour’s endless U-turns

www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/a13f4e1ed051e351

Please stay. I think we should all report any disruptions now.

Please don’t. They’ve been deleted. Come back soon. Mnhq need to sort it out.

Yes

Oh please don't. Thats exactly what they want. They'll get bored (or banned) eventually.