Starmer's vision quest
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briantrumpet
Über Member
I do like Ian Dunt's writing, not least for the sweariness. (This is a long piece, but hits several nails on the head, I think.)
https://iandunt.substack.com/p/seven-unrelated-thoughts-about-labours-f9e
https://iandunt.substack.com/p/seven-unrelated-thoughts-about-labours-f9e
Stevo 666
Senior Member
Latest report on millionaire migration - UK departures up to an estimated record 16,500 in 2025. You have to scroll to the bottom of the table to get to the UK, because we are at the bottom:
https://www.henleyglobal.com/public...th-migration-report-2025/country-wealth-flows
More than India and China put together. That's a lot of tax revenue walking out of the door.
https://www.henleyglobal.com/public...th-migration-report-2025/country-wealth-flows
More than India and China put together. That's a lot of tax revenue walking out of the door.
(Without questioning or analysing the figures) to what extent is it caused by UK tax policy. Maybe just that the only people who can emigrate these days are (multi-)millionaires (EU, etc. now well closed off to regular people).
Personally, were EU option open to us I'd be leaving as UK really is going downhill fast, more plummeting than going. But mustn't speak out too loudly as I might be proscribed as a terrorist organisation (bye-bye Freedom of Speech).
Ian
briantrumpet
Über Member
icowden
Shaman
Good to see you quoting from a source that is entirely neutral and has no vested interest at all. I know that probity is very important to you.
Is it? Or is a lot of that wealth already living in the Cayman Islands?
Ian H
Squire
That figure was arrived at from counting Linkedin posts. There is no reliable data. Already dealt with somewhere up-thread.
Early days to see what might happen with this possible new party but thinking it could possibly represent a significant threat to Labour in terms of splitting the Labour vote.
I do wonder if Labour's move to the right has unsettled a lot of Labour voters who stuck with Labour from loyalty and no left alternative. Corbyn's General Election got Labour more votes than Starmer probably due to policies (I can't see Corbyn getting many votes based on his charisma). So maybe there is an appetite in the electorate for lefter policies and maybe people have not felt they had any alternative and maybe this new party might provide that offering and take votes from Labout (like Reform have done to the Conservatives).
Of course a lot will depend on those (will Corbyn go far left?) but they can offer the world and more safe in that they'll never gain power and be reneging as they face reality.
Ian
briantrumpet
Über Member
C'mon, what's wrong with setting up and profiting from programmes selling citizenships/passports to high net-worth individuals? Shirley Henley couldn't be biased at all just because it makes a fortune out of trying to persuade very rich people to relocate to countries it advises how to attract very rich people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henley_&_Partners
BoldonLad
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At our GP the routine is, ask for an appointment, you get a "telephone appointment" where the GP or possibly a Nurse Practitioner rings you up and ask what the problem is, if you are very lucky/ill you may get an actual "face to face" appointment after that. So, the minimum "lead time" to get to see an actual doctor is 4 days plus.
briantrumpet
Über Member
As mentioned before, I've used the online triage system for my GP - last time I got a call-back from the duty GP the same morning and an appointment the same afternoon, and it's not had the greatest reputation for same-day accessibility or quick appointments.
CXRAndy
Legendary Member
Should that not read at the top for millionaire flight 😁
icowden
Shaman
I think a key problem is that NHS England rolled out a Livi based website for GPs and many use it. Really badly. It is supposed to help practices triage and streamline their patient flows by allowing them to triage requests - all of which come from an online form. If you are disabled or otherwise unable to use the internet you call and the receptionist is supposed to do the form for you.
My old practice (Red Practice in Walton) used this system but soon became overwhelmed and made the decision to restrict use of the form to 7.30 am until appointments were filled (7.35am). After that no form. The result of this is that after 7.35 all the patients needing to see a GP hit the phone or start to queue up very angrily at the practice. The senior GP could not grasp (even after I explained it at a patient forum) that the form has to stay open all day. It's essential to making it work. You then look at the forms and work out who needs to be seen today, who needs to be seen in the next few days etc.
I finally gave up with them and moved to a new practice. They use similar software but are able to offer an abundance of appointments. They have actually applied to the council to extend the capacity in their practice because so many patients want to move there. They use a similar system (GPSurgery.net) to the livi solution but most importantly they make sure that they are accessible all the time. As a result, no phone queues and no angry patients in reception. They use their IT to alert to all sorts of follow ups and keep up to date with best practice and local services.
A good example of this is that I have asthma. I'm also an operatically trained singer (this is important). For a while I had had an asthma review by red practice. The nurse would do my peak flow (you breathe into a tube as hard as possible - it gives you a measure of functional lung capacity), i would blow around 550 (top of the scale) and then be told I was fine - even though I complained of a persistent wheeze.
New practice - the Nurse actually listened to me when I explained my lung capacity and strength isn't reflective because my training is the equivalent of olympic lung training, referred for a lung function test and I'm now on a steroid inhaler to try to tackle the wheeze.
If you can - vote with your feet and find a better practice.
secretsqirrel
Regular
Mr Pie not impressed…..
