Would you vote for Labour/Getting rid of Triple Lock at the next general election?

[mybiggreenfrog]

Yes (YABU)
No (YANBU)

Renters rights has led to landlords leaving the sector and so there are less properties to rent.

Day one rights has deterred employers from employing people or taking a chance on a young or disabled person.

Higher minimum wage has exacerbated youth unemployment.

Breakfast clubs has infantilised parents. Parents should give their own children breakfast not rely on taxpayers.

British Rail was horrendous. I am expecting the same result. Plus it will cost a fortune.

Institute of fiscal studies and other analysts say it wont cover social care especially residential care.
Its a political strategy/framing to better sell it, a hypothecathed sell linking a pension reduction to social care .
1.It wont cover the costs of social care it may be a small down payment
2 it will need further tax rises.
its a risky political strategy .

I liked it yesterday when Burnham was going on about Fatcher.

Conveniently forgetting of course that the primary reason Thatcher got to power was because the Labour government before her busted the country and we ended up at the IMF.

Yes and the winter of discontent.

It won’t be as risky as Truss.

He hasn't done it yet. Won't be until 2030 and I very much doubt they will get voted in again.

Do you now? Which party do you think will win the next GE?

No, I wouldn't vote for them, but not because of the triple lock. I just think they’re hopeless. 🤷‍♀️

This, it’s all just pie in the sky.

And it led to a massive boom for the working class (when they were working class). He's trying to reverse everything she achieved.

I was focused on the recent past. But the House of Commons Library informs me that the later numbers were a bit higher.

Well that wasn’t really my point. My point was that he said what I believe every other party leader knows and at least he’s put it on the table which is more than anyone else would have the guts to, especially the Tories.

Truss was swiftly removed, so the error was fixed.
Interest rate jumped to 4.8% after Truss, it's about 5.8% now

Driving lessons aren't a standard benefit for immigrants.

The Tories would never have been able to. Labour would have traduced them as being cruel and nasty to old people.

You may not have noticed but there are several geopolitical events that didn’t exist in late 2022.

Well they should be! Ive seen a recent surge in some horrendous driving by people who clearly don't know the highway code. Undertaking and all sorts.

There's always something going on in the world. The economy should be resilient. Unfortunately Labour have spent too much to allow this.

A woman pulled out in front of me on a roundabout without looking yesterday. I don’t think she was an immigrant.

Just a bit of anecdotal evidence Blossom from us both. Neither can be relied on. But one can be suspicious.

I'll vote Tory.

The trash like JRM, Jerrick, Cruella, Truss etc left the party so there is a chance of revival of pre-Brexit party which can revive the market and support middle class. And Rishi was at least competent, not ideal but miles ahead of current lot

They don't have a chance of majority in next GE of course, but I'd be very glad with hung parliament where they have to find solutions which work for most people, not just unions and benefits takers

What a ridiculous thing to say.

The first budget which ignored “fully funded, fully costed” pre GE line didn’t help. And the second.

Let’s see about the third.

I wish they'd go further and remove the 2.5% rachet. Make it equivalent to the 1st percentile of pre-tax wages. So it's a little bigger than the New State Pension is now (enough to absorb and abolish the WFA), and future increases are tied to low-income wages rather than becoming a political argument.

A couple of other reforms: I'd tie the Personal Allowance to the same percentile, and merge NI into income tax, to remove a few loopholes (which don't just affect OAPs, there's a loophole if you have more than one job too). That way, people over the state pension age who receive more than the PA from work and pensions will pay the same tax on those incomes that working age people do. This won't affect the poorest pensioners, but it will bring in some money from the richer ones.

Using one's house as collateral for social care is a good idea too.

They had many years of a majority government, they should be able to justify their decisions without worrying about what the opposition say. That sounds like weakness.