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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Hardest thing for any opposition leader is offering an alternative to the current Government's policies.
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Why is that? It's the easiest thing in the world to criticise the people who are actually trying to run things.
Corbyn didn't succeed because nobody with any common sense could believe in him.
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Originally Posted by jfman
I'll support anyone who backs a socialist platform and has paid their taxes. A billionaire supporting a socialist agenda isn't a bad person because they've done well with the cards they've been dealt. If they support reform I'd support them.
Curiously, can you back up your allegation here?
I'd be at the front of the queue to condemn him if so.
https://www.theguardian.com/business...s-keir-starmer |
And what kind of reform would you support, jfman? Do tell!
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Originally Posted by Hugh
”left supporters"?
Ah, you know me so well... 
(btw, he, like Corbyn, is a "millionaire" mainly because of his London home appreciating in value since he bought it, and his pensions value - by that metric, I’m a millionaire- you couldn’t tell, though... ). |
So why are you left leaning then? Just askin'....
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Originally Posted by Hugh
You appear to have accidentally left out another part of that Bill - the bit that raised the income thresholds for being charged income tax at the higher rate.
And of course, the Higher Threshold for Low Income workers was just one small part of a huge & complex Bill - but I’m sure you knew that he wasn’t just voting on that one small part of the Bill.
https://assets.publishing.service.go...tory_Notes.pdf |
So policies of envy denied the poor a tax reduction. Yes, sounds like Labour.