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It is a realistic budget that is necessary. £22b increase in day to day spending on NHS, sounds good to me given the massive backlog. Anybody on here that is a pensioner would probably want to see waiting times come down

Tony, what do you think are good things that left wing parties offer and good policies they have done.

If Trump loses, I shall enjoy the petulant man child tantrums

The Daily Mail must take a long time to read cover to cover

Tony, Tony, Tony…….come on mate, , there is no equivalence with Trump and the MAGA movement.

Countries with social democracies which are more sympathetic to socialist values are countries with much better living standards than the U.K. and better public services. For example Norway, Denmark, France even Germany. Tony why don’t you broaden your mind a bit and look in to it?

Are you sure? I think you might be confusing Marxism with authoritarian regimes Marxism is the opposite of what you claim: a social, economic and political philosophy that analyses the impact of the ruling class on the laborers, leading to uneven distribution of wealth and privileges in the...

Calling Puerto Rico an “Island Of garbage” is a vote winner :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:

The problem is that we’ve privatised our public services so increasing tax burden just means more money going to assets of the wealthy not better services

Moral hazard Privatise the profits Socialise the losses

In the U.K. far more is concentrated in the hands of the very few. None of you right wingers address the fact that U.K. has far higher levels of wealth inequality and far lower standards of living than equivalent economies Nobody is calling for wealth equality, all I want is the U.K. to have...

But we don’t have any hypothecated taxes

Do you believe in home ownership? You know the benefits of having investment in land and the benefits of a growing asset It’s hilarious how Tory supporters are massively supportive of property ownership but twist themselves inside out claiming that it’s a terrible thing for councils to own...

Tory govts exist to boost wealth of the wealthy. By the way the evidence shows Labour and Conservative have been pretty much the same on the economy, loads of evidence of the metrics shows it. Your claim that Labour wreck the economy and Conservatives repair it is nothing more than a right...

A very small percentage might’ve done.

Trump is a pathological liar. Trump refused to accept he lost in 2020 and tried to break democracy. Tony I’m sure you are a decent person really, why do you not condemn a person so lacking in morality?

Thatcher bribed working class with cheap council houses, she robbed local authorities of the money and stopped them building more. housing benefit is a huge burden on councils….and the money goes into the pockets of privately owned housing associations. These days the working class are paying...

It is true. Living standards are lower in U.K. than equivalent Western economies. Public services in U.K. are worse than equivalent Western economies. Wealth inequality is high in U.K. than equivalent economies. Who has been in power most of the last 45 or so years?

other countries have managed to achieve better standard of living and better public services……so why do we have no control but they do? In the last 45+ years this country has ended up with worse standard of living and worse public services than equivalent economies. But we aren’t allowed to...

America has a weak political system that allows vested interests to influence power. The system favours the Republicans, so if it was destroyed it might result in a stronger political system. The result is that ordinary working Americans have a worse standard of living than many other...