17-02-2026, 10:19
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Re: Starmer’s chronicles
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
What did those fools expect with their attacks on employment? They sacrificed the economy on the idiotic promise of not raising consumer taxes.
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The country needs to raise more taxes due to increasing MoD, NHS spend, etc. But instead of putting an honest penny on income tax, the government has raised the costs of employing people by increasing NI. This makes the country less competitive and dampens growth.
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17-02-2026, 10:20
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laeva recumbens anguis
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Re: Starmer’s chronicles
Someone (a reporter for the Times) once explained to me and a group of colleagues that the way to make a graph look more dramatic in a story was to only show a small section of of the overall chart (the bit that backs up your story), and don’t start the y axis at 0 (as a change from 4% to 5% looks starker/more negative that way…
For instance, in the Sky story
From the ONS website
https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentand...eries/mgsx/lms
Don’t get me wrong, unemployment increasing by 20% since Labour came to office isn’t good, but this level of unemployment in not unusual for any Government…
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17-02-2026, 17:18
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Re: Starmer’s chronicles
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Originally Posted by Sirius
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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The Ring of U turns
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1233412921698738
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17-02-2026, 22:03
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Re: Starmer’s chronicles
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Originally Posted by Dingbat
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A lot of them seem to be covid related, which was a rapidly changing situation.
Not as if there was years in opposition to plan and actually think about policies.
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Yesterday, 20:16
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Re: Starmer’s chronicles
What's that coming over the Hill? Is it a U-turn? 
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The chancellor has been speaking to broadcasters this morning - and didn't rule out a potential 16th U-turn from the government coming down the tracks.
This centres on the promise from Labour to bring up the minimum wage for 18 to 20 year-olds in line with the rest of the workforce.
However, there are reports this could be delayed or scrapped due to the impact it is having on youth unemployment.
Asked if the government is sticking to its manifesto plans on youth wages, Rachel Reeves dodges answering.
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https://news.sky.com/story/politics-...enoch-12593360
To me, if an increase in minimum wage is counter-productive, reacting to the evidence by not increasing it further is a sensible adjustment.
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Yesterday, 20:23
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Re: Starmer’s chronicles
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
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But as with so many of these u-turns, the evidence was readily apparent long before now.
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Yesterday, 20:38
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vox populi vox dei
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Re: Starmer’s chronicles
gosh that's come as a shock 
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