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General election 2024
BloodyHellKenAgain · 13/06/2024 12:44

I know it's missing the point but bloody hell, that image they've used of KS makes him look really scary !!! It's on the leaflets we've had through the door as well.
It makes him look like he's passing down some terrible punishment on you for even considering voting for someone else 😂

HebburnPokemon · 13/06/2024 12:56

It's Prime Ministerial,

...I think.

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LumiB · 13/06/2024 13:26

So devoling powers from Westminster means councils have more power...ergo here come council tax rises!!!

BloodyHellKenAgain · 13/06/2024 13:30

HebburnPokemon · 13/06/2024 12:56

It's Prime Ministerial,

...I think.

I prefer my politicians to look a bit more approachable and less like they're about to give you a stern talking to, or worse.

BIossomtoes · 13/06/2024 14:02

I don’t give a shit what they look like.

40somethingme · 13/06/2024 18:14

I agree, I was also pleasantly surprised with it. I was going to vote labour tactically anyway but now feel more comfortable about it as their manifesto is the one I agree with the most.

Clavinova · 13/06/2024 20:26

HebburnPokemon · 13/06/2024 12:56

It's Prime Ministerial,

...I think.

He looks like a tax inspector.

Clavinova · 13/06/2024 20:29

InWithPeaceOutWithStress · 13/06/2024 14:04

Labour has no plan according to the IFS - Sunak was right;

IFS: ‘Labour manifesto has no plan to pay for promised change.

'The Institute for Fiscal Studies has given its analysis to the Labour manifesto.

The think tank has declared that the set of promises had provided “no indication that there is a plan for where the money would come” to deliver the promised change.

paolo2145 · 14/06/2024 09:44

You seem to have what IFS said about Tory manifesto 2 days ago as below:

On the NHS, IFS associate director George Stoye said: “Beyond an almost meaningless commitment to increase NHS spending above inflation each year (it always gets more than inflation), there was a striking lack of detail on what financial resources will be made available to the NHS over the next parliament to deliver these commitments.”

On cuts, “the Conservatives have largely remained silent on where these will fall”, think tank analysts added.

IFS director Paul Johnson said: “The Conservatives have promised some £17 billion per year of tax cuts, and a big hike in defence spending.
“That is supposedly funded by reducing the projected welfare bill by £12 billion; cracking down on tax avoidance and evasion; and saving billions from cutting Civil Service numbers, reducing spending on management consultants, and “quango efficiencies”.”

He added: “The trouble is the policies that have been spelled out are not up to the challenge of saving £12 billion a year.

“Some have already been announced and included in the official fiscal forecasts; others are unlikely to deliver sizeable savings on the timescale that the Conservatives claim.

“The hope seems to be that, since spending on disability benefits is rising rapidly, one can simply “reform disability benefits” and hold spending down.

“But halving the number of people that successfully apply for disability benefits from its current level would not be easy and would need definite, clear policies that require difficult decisions.

NHS - latest news, breaking stories and comment - Evening Standard

Latest London news, business, sport, showbiz and entertainment from the London Evening Standard.

https://www.standard.co.uk/topic/nhs

ArtificialElephants · 14/06/2024 20:35

40somethingme · 13/06/2024 18:14

I agree, I was also pleasantly surprised with it. I was going to vote labour tactically anyway but now feel more comfortable about it as their manifesto is the one I agree with the most.

Me too!

Some of the things I absolutely love and never hoped to see - especially the wildlife and animal protections, like closing the trail hunting loophole.

Also like the payrise for people on minimum wage.

Less keen on lowering the voting age, but overall I feel like it really matches with what I hope for from a government.

MaryMaryVeryContrary · 14/06/2024 20:38

HebburnPokemon · 13/06/2024 12:56

It's Prime Ministerial,

...I think.

He looks like an office worker droid from a futuristic film

spuddy4 · 14/06/2024 20:48

HebburnPokemon · 13/06/2024 12:56

It's Prime Ministerial,

...I think.

It's like something from a poster for a Kray type wannabe gangster movie.

Whoever is in charge of PR could have picked a better photo.

Clavinova · 14/06/2024 21:08

paolo2145
You seem to have [missed?] what IFS said about Tory manifesto 2 days ago

I can't see the words 'no plan' in your copy and paste.

The IFS said Labour's manifesto has no plan to pay for promised change.

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