Starmer's vision quest
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First Aspect
Veteran
There are 37000 prison service employees. The home office employs 51000. If any single one of them makes a mistake, the person in charge should resign. That way, everyone can have a try.
CXRAndy
Shaman
Starmer desperately buying votes
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2...-decision-to-deny-waspi-women-pension-payouts
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2...-decision-to-deny-waspi-women-pension-payouts
bobzmyunkle
Über Member
Ok folks, replacing Starmer.
My first thought when he said he'd fight any challenge was, what with? Charisma? Track record?
The second obviously is who would replace him. Names I've seen touted so far
Wes Streeting - obnoxious neo liberal, intent on selling off the NHS. Self flagellating Christian
Shabana Mahmood - who's she, apparently an authoritarian
Ed Miliband - had his chance and failed the bacon sandwich test.
It's a grey damp morning here and the above doesn't raise my enthusiasm for the day
My first thought when he said he'd fight any challenge was, what with? Charisma? Track record?
The second obviously is who would replace him. Names I've seen touted so far
Wes Streeting - obnoxious neo liberal, intent on selling off the NHS. Self flagellating Christian
Shabana Mahmood - who's she, apparently an authoritarian
Ed Miliband - had his chance and failed the bacon sandwich test.
It's a grey damp morning here and the above doesn't raise my enthusiasm for the day
icowden
Shaman
I think the person Labour members want is Andy Burnham.
Pblakeney
Veteran
All very true. Add on that the opposition parties are no better and I have a corresponding gloomy grey weather day.
Welcome to the Eeyore club.
Pblakeney
Veteran
I suspect that Andy would hit the buffers in the same way as every PM in the past 10 years.
secretsqirrel
Active Member
Well, only Farage has a magic wand..
bobzmyunkle
Über Member
How would that work, given he's not an MP?
First Aspect
Veteran
This is all just noise. At the absolute most we will get a stalking horse candidate to help Burnham decide whether to contest a by-election and go for it.
Ed Bendytoy has tried and was a complete vacuum as leader. He is essentially the architect of the Corbyn era by changing voting rules to allow the leadership votes to be sabotaged by minority thinking.
He also completely sabotaged his own brother's prospects, who would have been the leader labour needed, rather than what he was, i.e. a leader assembled by a committee from leftover pieces found in the left and the right of the party HQ.
The other names I'm less familiar with. Which is precisely the problem. Labour were basically Starmer, Reeves and Rayner - with some numpties like Lammy not quite able to derail them. Replacing Srarmer with someone no one has heard of would be pointless.
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Dorset Boy
Regular
Telegraph reporting that Treasury officials have confirmed that RfA will not piss around with the PCLS on pensions in the budget, but likely to restrict salary exchange schemes.
Also reported is that the government is understood to be planning a 2p increase to income tax mitigated by a 2p cut to national insurance on earnings between £12,571 and £50,270, which would mean workers who are basic-rate taxpayers seeing no impact on their take-home pay.
Also reported is that the government is understood to be planning a 2p increase to income tax mitigated by a 2p cut to national insurance on earnings between £12,571 and £50,270, which would mean workers who are basic-rate taxpayers seeing no impact on their take-home pay.
First Aspect
Veteran
It's idiotic. She wants people to invest in pensions so the stock market can benefit, and has been looking at changes to cash ISAs to encourage more going into investment ISAs for the same reason. If she removes the tax free part of pension contributions it will have an immediate and large opposite effect.
Dorset Boy
Regular
She should just rule out making any changes to the PCLS for the life of the parliament, to provide some certainty.
The Treasury also need to urgently look at the grossly unfair system for tax relief on pension contributions that has significantly contributed to the increasing wealth divide, ie move to a flat rate of tax relief, of say 25%.
There is no reason to give higher rate tax payers 40% relief and basic raters only 20% when the higher rate has pretty much remained the same for 40 years, but the basic rate has fallen from c32% to 20%.
The Treasury also need to urgently look at the grossly unfair system for tax relief on pension contributions that has significantly contributed to the increasing wealth divide, ie move to a flat rate of tax relief, of say 25%.
There is no reason to give higher rate tax payers 40% relief and basic raters only 20% when the higher rate has pretty much remained the same for 40 years, but the basic rate has fallen from c32% to 20%.
BoldonLad
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I thought that the PM being an MP (or a Lord) was just convention?, maybe time to break some conventions? Not that I think Burnham would do any better than the previous 30+ years or so of dross.
