Rishi thinks we've turned a corner. Does it feel like we have

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Rishi keeps saying we've turned a corner, but does it really feel like we have. Do people feel better off, or less worse off.

A case in point from my very small world view. I know a mum of a 4 month old and a 3 yo who has today lost her home. The rent was put up from £600 pcm to £875. She's had to move in with her parents until temporary accommodation becomes available.

Housing is just one of the things that absolutely do not feel lime they are improving and have only got much worse under 14 years of the conservatives. So how can we trust that the next 5 years will be any better.

He's talking the words he thinks we want to hear, but why not have delivered it before if that's what they could do?

Taxation of the state pension is £1k away. Different taxation criteria for pensioners is a terrible policy and would just exacerbate generational friction. The simple answer is to increase the personal allowance for everyone each year. The entire taxation system is ripe for review, it’s grossly unfair and ridiculously convoluted as a result of numerous tweaks that have produced unintended consequences.

Pensions are already taxable.

But tax is increasing - personal allowances are frozen so fiscal drag increases tax for anyone who gets a pay rise. The only people not paying more tax are the super rich like the Prime Minister.

For 'less state intervention' read:
Less state responsibility for provision of public services
Lower taxation for the most wealthy
Private healthcare, education, care for the elderly accessed by the very wealthy
Rapidly falling standards in state education, NHS and adult social care for those who can't afford private
Result: Welcome back Victorian Britain where there was no NHS, very basic state education and workhouses for the poor who could not look after themselves.
The gap between the wealthy and the poor will widen even more.

It's exactly what they have do e to Water companies and energy companies and public transport- sold it all off, the investment has been appalling, standards have plummeted, prices have risen dramatically and owners have stripped billions of profit from the services.

As a parent, this is hugely concerning. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), the UK’s leading independent economics research institute, has done a deep dive on the Tory manifesto and says total school spending could fall by £3.5bn a year the way it's being costed. This, from the Guardian:

@LuluBlakey1 and today's Tory manifesto says they are going to save 12billion by cutting welfare.

I dip in and out of threads on here that talk about how long disability benefits take to be assessed. What do you think that might be impacted. Sorry, rhetorical question.

We don’t necessarily need more people working - we need more people earning higher wages, ideally top tax rate level. You could double the number of workers, with low paid immigrants doing the 1m+ jobs that no-one wants to do, and it would add very little to the revenue generated, where a 10% increase in higher rate earners would generate more tax revenue. We need high quality, high paid immigrants - doctors, dentists, scientists, or even self-employed plumbers and plasterers can earn a damn good income.

It's from this report

https://ifs.org.uk/articles/conservative-manifesto-initial-response

weve turned a corner alright, just not the one he thinks we have.

its gonna be a shock.

He'll be on his way to the airport to his nice house in California.

No things are shit. I am one of those quitting work before my state pension age and living on lowish savings. Everything is getting worse, including work. I have had enough and am living for today instead.

This is so, so damning and should finish Sunak off. He just about manages to suppress an eye roll as he lies that the D-Day celebrations 'went over' and that's why he was late for the ITV interview.

https://x.com/PippaCrerar/status/1800775338097529050

He then massively offends parents saying that because his cared about his education, he wasn't allowed Sky TV. So anyone who does have a subscription and lets their kids watch doesn't care? He's so out of touch he might as well be conducting his campaign from Pluto.

I do agree so many things have declined since 2010 and can understand wanting to live for today btw but I’m curious why are you leaving before you get your pension? Is it an issue with your workplace?

It seemed also to be in relation to having to ‘go without something’ as well, which is even worse!

I honestly don’t think he has any awareness of what everyday life looks like for most people.

Turning a corner?

UK economy flatlines in April

https://news.sky.com/story/uk-economy-flatlines-in-april-official-figures-show-13151386

It was expected and hardly breaking news. It will be better in the next quarter.

That doesn’t help Sunak and if he thought it would, why call a snap election?

Yep, if predicted why on earth call a snap election and risk losing and it seeming like the next guys made the difference?

No issue with my workplace. I think things are going to get worse, so I want to enjoy things while I can.

Because it’s a harder sell in mid winter as you well know, people hate going out to vote, especially the elderly - and who knows what’s going to happen with Putin.

Because he knows there's worse to come.😒