To think Rachel Reeves patronised the public with her rhetoric on cash ISAs?!

[Hulabalu]

I paraphrase but she said she wanted to cut the ‘cash’ ISA allowance from 20k to a fraction of that but allow people to still do the 20k stocks & shares ISA. She said something like she wanted “peoples hard earned money put to work in the stock market”.
She gave ZERO thought to people’s attitude to risk, that they might not want to risk their money in stock market.
She just wanted people investing in UK companies to boost economy. Not that people would have necessarily invested in Uk stocks.
Thankfully the banks etc stepped in and stopped her stupid plan
But I now can’t stand the woman! How dare she try to “sell” her plan to us and take us for fools 😡

Just reading that. That is a split

Absolutely.

Reeves received a very tepid reception from the City last night, and the macro data continues to be fairly horrid. Oh, and then the withdrawal of the whip from four ‘rebels’.

So much for the ‘summer reset’.

Her mansion house speech was awful. She glitches so much I wonder if shes actually human.

It is 100% true. Labour and Corbyn's party level pegging at 15% each

That parity will not last long, will it?

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Ha ha most likeky not. Will be hilarious if Corbyn overtakes Labour 😂😂
The more MPs Starmer suspends the more he pushes more away..

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Brilliant!

Perhaps some defections….

Try reading beyond the headline. It’s more nuanced than that.

Polls aren't nuanced. They literally ask voting intentions, no nuance. So at basic Q level of "who would you vote for" Labour + Corbyn are level pegging

Polls are nuanced as you’d know if you’d bothered to read the article but you haven’t, have you?

The greatest level of support for a potential new party comes from those aged 18–29, with 33% saying they would back a new left-wing party

The age group least likely to actually go out and vote.

God you would argue with a door! Of course there is context but it doesn't fundamentally change the result of the poll. The result is the same whether you read the bloody article alongside it or not.

You really don’t like people disagreeing with you, do you?

You really don't like anyone criticising Labour do you? How is that going for you?

I criticise the current government quite a lot myself. The end of year report card is standing at 5/10 and could do better.

5/10 is a huge stretch. Majority of population wouldn't give them that.
4 MPs suspended for being knobheadery behaviour in the words of No.10. How is that acceptable language when those MPs were standing up for their constituents, shows the level of contempt in No10 for the electorate. Not sure even Boris would have said that tbh

That is poor form from No10.

And Labour typically rely on younger voters. Usually they’re pro that until it’s a Corbyn party.

A split as you’ve put wouldn’t help them.

Young people tend not to vote. From Yougov

However, while previously there had also been a gradual decrease in the Labour share as age rises, in this election, around the same proportion of all age groups below 50 voted for Labour (41% to 46%). For the over 50s the proportion voting Labour decreases more steeply with 34% of 50-59s backing Labour, 28% of 60-69s and just 20% of those 70 or older.

^The Liberal Democrats were backed similarly across age groups, the Green Party did a lot better with younger voters while Reform UK did better amongst older voters.
The median age of a Labour voter is now 46 and the median age of a Conservative voter is 63. For the Lib Dems it is 48, Reform UK 56, and Greens 39^

https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/49978-how-britain-voted-in-the-2024-general-election

5/10 is a huge stretch. Majority of population wouldn't give them that.
4 MPs suspended for being knobheadery behaviour in the words of No.10. How is that acceptable language when those MPs were standing up for their constituents, shows the level of contempt in No10 for the electorate. Not sure even Boris would have said that tbh

Yes, you said that 20 minutes ago.

Mn is playing up. Ignore the jibes.

It’ll be interesting to see if Labour do the lower voting age that their supporters wanted. Maybe not now Corbyn and Reform could take votes.

Not true, you gave enough of a shit to comment!

I don’t blame you
but the rich with their offshore bank accounts will be fine and so the poor on benefits will be unaffected , it’s the ones in middle that will get stung

investing better if you have appetite for risk and a decent time horizon . Otherwise, cash may well be best if earning decent interest in a cash isa .

But I need quick access savings tax free…
reeves knows many will be in this situation and so it’s really just a way to grab tax