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What is a Striver

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FluffBut · 27/10/2024 19:20

Rachel Reeves claimed her Budget was for strivers as she tried to draw a line under a furious row over Labour’s definition of working people

What’s a striver? Are you a striver?

Rachel Reeves | The Independent

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https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/rachel-reeves

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RVEllacott · 27/10/2024 19:26

No idea if I'm a "striver". I did roll my eyes at Bridget Phillipson saying that a working person is someone who's main source of income comes from "going out to work". Presumably that includes everyone from cleaners to hedge fund managers. I'm not sure they've thought this through.

ErrolTheDragon · 27/10/2024 19:28

Well, one of the definitions in Merriam-Webster is 'to struggle in opposition' ....Grin

Dobest · 27/10/2024 19:29

ErrolTheDragon · 27/10/2024 19:28

Well, one of the definitions in Merriam-Webster is 'to struggle in opposition' ....Grin

So it'll be all of us, struggling.

ErrolTheDragon · 27/10/2024 19:30

RVEllacott · 27/10/2024 19:26

No idea if I'm a "striver". I did roll my eyes at Bridget Phillipson saying that a working person is someone who's main source of income comes from "going out to work". Presumably that includes everyone from cleaners to hedge fund managers. I'm not sure they've thought this through.

Assuming she didn't actually mean tax the hell out of people who WFH

RVEllacott · 27/10/2024 19:33

ErrolTheDragon · 27/10/2024 19:30

Assuming she didn't actually mean tax the hell out of people who WFH

I assume not. I WFH three days/week - maybe I need to increase my office days in case the government think I'm slacking and not a striver.

ErrolTheDragon · 27/10/2024 19:48

Or here's another definition

What is a Striver
ByMerryKoala · 27/10/2024 19:53

God, I dread to think. Roll on Wednesday and then we'll know who's getting shafted. Joy.

DrBlackbird · 29/10/2024 09:16

RVEllacott · 27/10/2024 19:26

No idea if I'm a "striver". I did roll my eyes at Bridget Phillipson saying that a working person is someone who's main source of income comes from "going out to work". Presumably that includes everyone from cleaners to hedge fund managers. I'm not sure they've thought this through.

We’ll add it to the growing list of other policies and actions not thought through.

Starmer ought to remember that political parties are voted out, not in.

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