First 100 days

[Iwishicouldflyhigh]

whoever you voted for, what are your thoughts after the First 100 Days?
I didn’t vote for Labour, but I was quite excited in their first few weeks as Keir got his head down and I was excited fir change.

Now I just feel deflated. Same old….freebiegate, nitpicking, infighting. A bit depressing really.

i don’t even think there was a decent alternative really….and that’s even more depressing!!!!!

Voted labour. So far, so good.

I'll judge once the budget has been announced.

The comment I made to a couple of people before July's election was that a change in government would be more about what wouldn't happen because the Tories had lost than anything else.

I didn’t vote for them but I’m really enjoying the realisation of their voters that they aren’t what they said they were going to be.

Looking forward to the budget where no matter what they do I’ll be ok, yet those that voted for them are likely be penalised.

Genuine question…..what do you think is good about what they’ve done so far?

I voted Labour. I don't really care about the freebies but I wish they would be more upbeat. Constant doom and gloom about finances is having a real impact on the economy and it's just miserable.

Voted Lib Dem. Happier with labour than I was with the Tories. Will be interested to see how the budget goes. Agree with the winter fuel allowance being means tested although think maybe there could have been a grading of it so slightly more people get some.

They haven’t done anything good.

They've taken money from our pensioners for no clear reason and their flagship we’re going to take money from rich private school parents will be watered down when it gets to the high court.

So far, off the top of my head, the two main things are cancelling the Rwanda plan and the reforms to Ofsted. Good moves both.
I'm sure there are many more I could mention.

Reserving judgment until the budget is announced. I expect it won't be nice.

It's true they've abandoned the Rwanda plan. But they are mooting Albania rather than Rwanda. So that's a bit disingenuous

Which bit of the budget are you getting especially excited about? I don’t think there will be good news for anyone. Wealthy or poor.

Happy with handling of the riots, public sector pay awards, reforms to ofsted, wfp not being universal (but do need to sort something for those who just miss out), Rwanda being cancelled, more cooperation with EU (but still want more), workers' rights being improved.

That's off the top of my head. Good start.

They need an Alastair Campbell figure to control comms and tell the rwp to shut the fuck up though.

Until the budget they haven't had chance to make big moves.

I'm liking what I hear about the budget plans. Invest in infrastructure and technology to fix the crumbling mess they've been left, pump prime the economy and private investment to kick start productivity improvements.

It's what we should have done in 2010 instead of the idiotic cuts and view of the national economy like a household budget where you need to pay off the credit card.

Yes, very heartening to hear they're going to borrow to invest.

I’m looking forward to the realisation by the people that voted for them that they are going to be significantly poorer.

It isn’t true that anybody with any great amount of money will be poorer. It just isn’t! We have ways to prevent our money being taken away via IHT. VAT on school fees will make no significant difference to our standard of living. It will to the parents of kids that scrimp and work second jobs killing themselves to give their kids a good education but hey fuck them right! The kids can go to the local sink school where they will be bullied to death for coming from a private school. CGT increases on rental properties? No problem. I’ll just put rents up to cover the lost income. The illusion that labour is going to punish the wealthy is nothing more than that. We will be ok whatever. At least under a conservative government those that work hard and try to get on in life aren’t punished for doing so.

Im from a working class northern pit village. My parents worked their arses off to get me where I am and I’ve done the same. Social mobility for those that are willing to work is really important in a functioning economy. Labour are trying their best to stop that.

As a teacher, I’m pleased with the Ofsted reforms and the plans she has for education. In state education, it feels more hopeful than the last 14 years!

www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/bridget-phillipson-interview-quiet-revolution-education

@iamtheblcksheep So you agree that it isn't Labour making life difficult for the less well off but greedy and selfish people who want to protect what they have at all costs?

They point they're making about schools is there shouldn't be any such thing as a 'sink school'. How can you disagree with that?

If by "penalised" you mean 'required to pay higher taxes', then that's exactly what many felt was the right thing to do, and is expected, so not a 'penalty' at all but a really posirive step. And my family has a combined annual income of less than 50k. HTH.

Didn't vote for them.

Still think they are a better option than their main opposition.

I’m not making it difficult for anyone. I’m protecting what I’ve earned. If you want more money get a second and third job until you have what you need. Two generations ago my family was very poor. I’ve earned every penny I have. You will never make me feel guilty for that.

You definitely shouldn't feel guilty for having worked hard to become successful, but the idea that everyone can do similar if they just try and if not it's tough, rather than the state stepping in to support is pretty abhorrent really.

No. It seems to have been ingrained in people that you deserve your equal share in society regardless of how hard you are willing to work to get it. This isn’t animal farm. It doesnt work like that.

Maybe if those that can but don’t give there all actually got off their backsides and made a bit of effort, the social responsibility wouldn’t be so great and maybe we’d be able to take better care of those that actually need it.

I have no issue with supporting the truly sick and disabled and I’ll be paying the fee difference for one of my child’s friends to stay in her school because her parents are trying their absolute best working multiple jobs under difficult circumstances. I am not against contributing a disproportionate share of my income but i wont do it when there are so many contributing so little

😂I think you need to re-read Animal Farm...

This list alone shows how much the public discourse is almost entirely controlled by the right wing press. Despite only being in for 3 months they have achieved a lot of good things - but all anyone talks about is some gifts, which were admitted and in some cases returned, as if this was some enormous corruption expose despite 14 years of systematic extraction of money from the public purse via every means possible and in plain sight - and the winter fuel allowance from wealthy pensioners, despite those losing it actually better off over all.

Posts like the OP just show how little the public actually engage in the reality of politics, and form their entire opinion set from a few headlines and social media

Agree Labour have a comms problem, though we also have a media ownership problem in the UK

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Another post by Tory Central Office.