To think Labour is not the party of the working people.

[pinkpalmleaves]

I voted for Labour as I believed their election pledge of being a party for the working people but genuinely I can’t think of one thing, since they’ve been in power, that they’ve done to help me (a single working mother on around £42k a year)! I get zero help from UC, these mystical breakfast clubs don’t exist, people aren’t employing people due to their ridiculous NI implications, they aren’t building affordable housing, energy prices are insanely high and all they talk about is grants (which won’t affect me as I live in a flat)! Genuinely I can’t think of one thing that they’ve done to help working people in the middle. Why are Labour sticking their heads in the sand? Why do they refuse to help the squeezed working class? They are stopping this economy from thriving - as
nobody can afford to spend anything extra (treats, holidays, meals out etc etc)!

@BudsBeginingSpringinSightthank you! I used to be centre left! This Labour government and the Pro Palestine movement have shifted me to centre right! Can’t stand the insanity of it anymore!

Same here.

Low interest rates masked a lot of it as lending was cheap. Asset inflation meant many did get richer despite wage stagnation. Lack of investment isn’t noticeable immediately. I hadn’t long finished uni so was impacted by the crash.
Likewise I had started earning more & had young dc when the tax bands were frozen so noticed it fairly quickly. For many I think it’s only when other costs have risen that they have started to feel it.

Who are “actual working people”???? You think no one but you is working?

Kemi is horrendous. Like a mean prefect in a girl’s school. Vile woman.

@BlackRowanI answered your question. What is Labour doing to help working people?

Not at all. She makes Starmer bristle in retaliation though, and some on here.

And benefits aren’t taxed -
except for JSA! Again something else to hammer
working people with. With the end of the two child limit the benefits bill is going to be insane!

But aren’t a lot of the Reform party now Tories who have deflected & who didn’t “fix” immigration?

@pinkpalmleaves I'm a swing voter and in my life I have voted labour more than other parties but I've shifted over the years and the jeremey Corbyn era deeply shocked me.
I like kemi as well I think she's quite refreshing.

Introducing things like the rape clause into the third child exemption made me feel very uncomfortable for example. You might not get any help benefits wise but didn't you feel that was wrong?

So you are basically jealous? You have a partner I presume to spread the load whereas she doesn't? She might get the rent help but there won't be much UC left for any other bills.

Same. I’d have to hold my nose though.

She's doing brilliantly.

@TulipsDaffsAndSunshine the most recent time I saw pmqs I was shocked by Keirs behaviour ! .he sounded atrocious when talking to her.

Yep.

Not a fan of Kemi at all.

There is a difference between feeling jealous and feeling something is fundamentally unjust.

If you’re a fan of Starmer still it’s a shrinking group.

Yep. Starmer thinks he's above accountability. He doesn't like being taken to task by a woman.

Not his biggest fan either but I dislike Kemi more.

Yep most can see this.

Well yes I have a partner but on a relatively low/mid salary if I lost my job we would be worse off going out to work for 35
hours a week than a family on benefits where one partner worked 16 hours a week.
So not jealous but feel this unfair and that there should be more support for those who have paid in when they need it.

So why is the Tory party predicted to come out of the local elections with hundreds fewer seats than 2022 (which was also a disaster for it)? It is going to be a bloodbath if that comes to pass and I doubt Badenoch will survive.

(And yes I know Labour is going to have an even bigger bloodbath etc.!).

I thought Kemi wasn’t popular although I haven’t read much recently.

Yep. Which is why some of their supporters have moved to Lowe's party.

I think you're wrong about Badenoch's survival. Starmer on the other hand...