Labour isn't Working - Thread 42

[Nuthatch26]

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

We're gearing up for the Burnham budget. 😬

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

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Mumsnet just deleted my post because I joked about a knob head on a bike with the pal flags intimates people on Tottenham Court Road and thought about I sticking a walking stick in his spokes or paying a homeless person to jump out at him

Apparently lurkers have no sense of humour 😂

Thank you but everyone has something going on. It isn't great but we still have some good moments.

I'm sure the fan club spend more time LIW than I do!

What is LIW?

Sorry I am old these days apparently

I’m not quite sure what I would do if a communist approached me for a chat 😱🤬

Waves hello to the cat lovers club!

They spend more time reading this thread than I do too. 😂

Labour isn't Working (this thread) - LiW

Just googled for the answer to 'What to do if communist with leaflets approach me in the street' because that is an interesting ponder

Reach for the paper, look them dead in the eye, and say, "Ah, thank you for sharing our property, comrade

I'd get arrested if I stopped for a natter with them .😂

🤣😂🤣

There’s many a cat meowing their socks off while the owner is busy reporting posts on here.

Most of them look like students, but some are middle aged and older.
How the fuck can you get to my age and find yourself handing out communist leaflets on a street corner in 2026? 🤯

Chancellor John Healey has dropped his strongest hint yet of higher taxes on banks, saying he had “decisions to take” in the Budget in relation to the financial services sector. “My observations on the banks are just that people too often see them as big distant financial institutions, when they are hard-wired into the economic fabric,” Healey said in Bangkok, during a trip for the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank. He added: “That said, I’ve got decisions to take in the Budget, and I’ll set those out in two weeks’ time.”

The Treasury declined to comment on a report in The Guardian saying that Healey is poised to impose higher levies on the banks.

Edit: Anything but cut welfare, of course. Meanwhile, lenders will naturally look to pass on any increase in corporation tax to 8%, to borrowers etc.

ROFL 😂😂😂

This is something that would be quite hard to dig into, I suppose

But honestly, I generally assume those people are moderately well off.

The thing I saw most often in London was a publication called the socialist worker I think it was? And I think the people who distribute it actually have to buy the copies themselves and then they give it out for free or something.

It makes me shudder a little bit to think how much goes into all of this.

But in general, I think this type of politics is becoming a bit of a hobby horse both on the left and the right. Edit - I think I phrase that badly. I think it’s becoming a really core part of people’s identity … and many are obsessed with identity.

It seems Labour are back to flag flying pre budget re the bank tax. Ridiculous. Just looked at who will be hit by that. They must need another bogey person to hit for the electorate to think oh good get the banks.

Or kite flying. Forgot in general irritation at the usual Labour stuff.

I just saw something so Labour in tone it made me laugh. A good reminder to avoid.

I've been listening to the commentary on this on the radio. The budget is already written so this bank tax is a dead cert. Heard someone say its not a good look for Labour to hit banks simply because they've had a good couple of years. JP Morgan saying they may reconsider putting their European HQ in London.

Its being framed as a tax on banks to pay for reducing energy bills for a certain demographic.

The extra money would help fund a planned package of help for poorer households and businesses with their energy costs over winter.

"Who can we tax in order to pay benefits to others"

Labour don't like flags 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😁

There's a stupid video doing the rounds of Healey and Miliband eating snacks in Bangkok. 🙄

Why is Miliband in Bangkok at a meeting of finance ministers?

😬 exactly 😅

The bank tax is nuts. It raises a comparatively small amount but will cause other de growth issues. Still Labour to the core then. Pat Mandelson’s line applies to Burnham and Healey.

Yep. The banks have done ok so Labour think let's hammer them. Everything Labour do is anti growth.
Thick as mince.