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5%. Everything is a trade-off but the public are told by politicians and populist media that you can have your cake and eat it.

Not sure what other options we have. We can't be a low tax Singapore on Thames as we have a generous health and welfare state and we're not large enough to be as protectionist as China or India.

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a 5% increase you say Andrew :erm:

I wonder which 'exceedingly accurate' economic expert you've been chasing on twitter?

actually no, I don't want to know which of your heroes guessed at 5% :D

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Who wants economic growth, that went out of fashion years ago! ;)

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Reform humiliates Keir Starmer as Labour U-turns on plans to delay 30 local elections
The Government has announced it will abandon efforts to delay local elections for millions of Britons this year.


https://www.express.co.uk/news/polit...starmer-labour



Nigel Farage has secured a stunning legal victory against the Labour government, as he forced Keir Starmer into a humiliating u-turn over plans to delay local elections for millions of Britons. Ministers announced that Local Government Secretary Steve Reed had decided to withdraw his decision to postpone 30 council elections this May, "in the light of recent legal advice".

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He better start looking at removal companies now then. He's toast.

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Burnt toast :rofl:

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Anyone still keeping count of the U turns :D

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I'm pretty good at maths but not that good:D

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The U turn list is getting longer Mr Starmer

Here is a list of the 15 U-turns since 4 July 2024:

July 2024 - Change to fiscal rules Labour campaigned on;
September 2024 - Decided not to compensate Waspi women, despite campaigning in opposition;
October 2024 - Raised employers' national insurance despite election pledge;
April 2025 - Change in position on legal definition of a woman after Supreme Court ruling;
June 2025 - U-turn on the cut to the winter fuel allowance;
June 2025 - U-turn on planned cuts to disability benefits after backbench rebellion;
June 2025 - Announced national inquiry into grooming gangs after saying one wasn't needed;
November 2025 - Increased income tax, despite election pledge not to;
November 2025 - Scrapped the two-child benefit cap, having previously said there was not enough money to;
November 2025 - Changed qualifying period for protection from unfair dismissal to six months, despite manifesto pledge of it being from day one;
December 2025 - U-turned on most of the changes to inheritance tax for farmers;
January 2026 - Announced business rates relief for pubs after budget changes led to huge tax increases;
January 2026 - U-turn on plans to make digital ID mandatory;
February 2026 - Labour backbenchers forced the government to hand sensitive Mandelson documents to a parliamentary committee;
February 2026 - U-turn on plans to delay 30 local elections set for May.

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15 in 19 months, thats something like one every 5 weeks. :rofl:

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At this rate he will be the U turn King of all time :)

He is just like a lighthouse in the desert very bright but completely useless

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I think Starmer would prefer people to focus on his latest u-turn rather than on this.
https://www.itv.com/news/2026-02-16/...on-journalists

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I've run out of fingers and toes! :D

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Yet more bad news for our glorious leader this morning. :LOL:

https://news.sky.com/story/unemploym...years-13508415

It's down to his policy's so it's his problem.

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