Call for a General Election-petition exceeds 200,000 signatures

[ForsythiaPlease]

In six hours, this is unstoppable-please sign and share
https://t.co/0aZ6Q6VhZD

This is exactly how democracy works.

Did they mention denying old people warmth or wrecking our food security before they were elected? Not in their manifesto but it clearly planned.

Their policies are driven by spite,ignorance and resentment not by good governance. An effective government has to govern for all of the people, not just the ones they like and this government has lost the plot.

If they carry on like this, Labour will be unelectable for a generation and that isn't good for any of us. They need telling before they hand power to the Tories for the next 40 years.

Didn’t vote Tory, didn’t vote Brexit. People who shut the issues down aren’t very bright. People who work and don’t rely on benefits are worried. That’s because the budget will cause job losses and wage stagnation. Every think tank and business out there is in agreement. The budget has officially shrunk the private sector. You know, the sector which funds the welfare state and the public sector. Once the private sector shrinks, the rest must follow. I expect the welfare state next.

Quite.

Don't exactly love a petition to remove a democratically elected government 😒What's terrifying to me about all of this is how much influence the press has. Absolutely huge influence. They very clearly represent the elite.

The aim of this Labour government seems very firmly to iron out inequality. Farming couples need £3,000,000 in assets before they're subject to IHT (if passing their property to children or grandchildren; individuals £1,500,000). £3,000,000. This BBC article says only 117 farms were valued at over £2,500,000 in 2021-22. www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8rlk0d2vk2o.amp 117 farms. Owned by the richest families in that community.

fullfact.org/news/farmers-inheritance-tax/

I'm sick of this bollocks. It's like Brexit all over again - right wingers misleading, fear mongering and misleading to protect their own privilege. Just fuck off.

Exactly. Whatever side of the political eisle you are on, we all benefit from a competent government and a strong opposition.

I can't even remember the last time we had that!

Petitions are always important, even if they don't change anything at the time. They enable voters to express their unhappiness.

No I won’t be signing thank you. We will have a General Election within 5 years… probably in 2029. That’s your opportunity to see if the people want another change.

In the UK today, 70 per cent of land belongs to less than ONE PER CENT of the population. This super rich and rather mysterious tiny elite also hold 70 per cent of the country’s wealth. Land has become a tax dodge for billionaires which has driven up the price making it impossible for tenant farmers to own their own farms or for small farms to expand. It’s also limiting house building. I’m not crying over dukes and like of James Dyson having to pay their fair share. This petition is a joke. www.zmescience.com/other/shorties/70-percent-britain-land-owned-by-the-rich/

The fact you think it is left wing demonstrates how right wing most media is.

I bet these are the same people who. Complained when remainers wanted another referendum. Only remainers were right to want to change the result

“Grown ups”

You call this lot “ Grown ups “ ??

Inept, cowardly and liars is what I would describe them as. 🙄

On the contrary.

I’m in favour of them nationalising the railways, which is in progress. Why would the gov shut money to private companies to give to their shareholders when they could shit that money on improving a nationalised railway instead

free school breakfast for junior school so every child gets food in their belly, charity starts at home and with the youngest of society

renters reform to make tenants life better, for those that can’t afford to buy a house

employment laws changing to protect employees from day 1 and raise nmw to help those at the bottom of the pay scale

for starters I’m seeing a lot of help for those less well off and not the millionaires and wealthy

Yes. Compared to the last lot they seem to be taking the job seriously. Not just getting drunk and handing money to their friends.

Lord Rothermere, the billionaire owner of the Mail, also owns more than 5,000 acres of land on estates in the West Country. He would have been able to pass this all to his billionaire son without paying a penny in tax. I wonder why the Mail is so keen to vilify Labour? It’s a mystery. www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/13357330.4700-acre-estate-sold-to-daily-mail-owners-firm/

Democratically elected ? What, on a 16% share of voters - less than Corbyn got ? 🤣

That is hilarious.

It's fast approaching 300k.

I have a friend who is an arable farmer in the south of England. She is desperately upset and angry about the budget.

She says that it isn't only the IHT, Labour also imposed a carbon tax on fertiliser at £50 a tonne, and cancelled a large chunk of grant to farmers that had been pre-promised for next year's budget. It was intended to allow farmers to sell below the cost of production, to keep food prices down. Plus obviously the rise in NI.

She says it feels like the govt has declared war on farmers. That no farm will invest in a new barn or a new grain dryer or a new tractor now, everyone will be trying to keep the value of farms down. Lack of investment is suicidal for any industry.

The minister for DEFRA is the MP for Streatham ! Like he knows anything at all about farming.

What kind of govt brings in a policy that results in the NFU having to set up a suicide watch.

They have made some very difficult decisions in the face of a crisis level of need for improvement in impoverished public services. Some of those decisions may be the best available option in a very difficult situation; some of them may not have been.

Denying that the people who made this decision are grown-ups, calling them inept, cowardly liars (together with all the other ridiculously hyperbolic rage-insults on this thread and many others like it), just demonstrates how far from reasonable discussion we have strayed in online political discussions seeded by disinformation and rabble-rousing.

These are a few more wealthy that have had a thousand years of passing down land without paying tax on it - why shouldn’t they pay iht?

If you call lying and cheating a good start then you’re deluded .

They have lied . Will continue to lie.

I would not trust them to empty my rubbish bins and have absolutely no faith in them whatsoever.

I am a floating voter btw . So please stop
presuming I vote Tory.

Farmers voted out of the EU where they were getting plentiful grants. The Tory gov promised them alsorts but labour didnt

the farmers were warned, it was poo poo as project fear

You've got to be kidding. The tories lied constantly

Which party do you have faith in?

And vote for who exactly?