The country needs stability and that was the ticket on which Labour was elected.
Many people feel hugely let down and any lurch left will make people feel even more disheartened. Everything needs to be paid for and all we seem to have had is one tax rise after another and another. In the meantime, before even increasing productivity and the country’s wealth they got out the cheque book and raised the 2 child cap ( a kick in the teeth for those who make challenging decisions to stick to 2 eg I have 2 and one is disabled). They are not reading the room and will hand the country to Reform because they are doing a Left Wong Liz Truss. She gave away money to the wealthy and spooked the bond market leading to higher government borrowing/ more costs/ more tax. The Left are doing the same with a socialist money give away leading to more borrowing/ higher interest rates and for what? Has productivity gone up? Are we more competitive?
The best Government would actually do nothing and give industry / business th3 chance to plan and plot a future so it can invest. My husband is self employed and they are constantly fighting choppy waters first with the conservatives and now Labour. If Keir stays and they stop back stabbing at least he can keep things stable then businesses might have a chance to plan, invest and grow rather than contract and be risk adverse.
So saying, I really don’t think that Labour is reading the room at all.Their ideology has detached from what they were originally about. They don’t reward aspiration or ambition and use monies generated to help those more needy. Instead they just raise taxes ( in an ideologically driven way] to redistribute as welfare.
Also I am a carer ( by definition I have worked hard doing that) and now I face higher taxes on my only projected extra pension income of a house I rent out bought with an inheritance. I regret that and wish I offshored the monies and bought in an allowable income tax free - I think it’s 5%. I am limited in what it could put into a pension as I don’t work but I tried to go back to work and a lengthy argument with social services about provision for my son ( which actually made me ill as in on blood tests) scuppered that. I don’t know what the Government expects me to do for income in old age. The worse thing is that I will still care even when over aged 67 and lose my carers allowance as I claim a state pension. That’s all rubbish. This week it has been endless calls, emails p, messages and organisation etc. My son relies entirely on someone running his life. The house as rent out is lovely and with a B EPC.I would live there myself. The rent is the same as it was 5 years ago when I bought it. The tenants love it a lot. Now I am also burdened in a few years time with the whole concept of digital tax every 3 months.