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Old 28-08-2022, 18:11   #4261
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Re: Updated: Boris resigns as party leader

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I agree there has to be a radical plan, I think we can all fathom this despite which side of the political spectrum we all sit on.
Agreed, all plans to date are fundamentally tinkering round the edges of the problem. I suspect everyone is waiting for the solutions to become politically palatable. It’s an honest conversation with the voters that I think many so far would prefer not to have to face up to.

And yes, that’s both sides.

Starmer can’t even commit to a higher minimum wage than the Tories will deliver by 2024.
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Re: Updated: Boris resigns as party leader

Tory alarm at ‘suicidal’ talk of a Boris Johnson comeback as prime minister

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Lord Marland, the former minister and Conservative Party treasurer, said Johnson had told him that his priority was to make money.

He told LBC: “His great statement to me was that he has to now get hay in the loft — go and make some money — to repair his own balance sheet.

“[b]As prime minister you earn so little money[b] and, as it’s been well documented, he’s got a few children and a few ex-wives. So there’s quite a big payroll that he has to satisfy.”
It must be terrible having to survive on £165k per year, with your main accommodation paid for and a second mansion in the country…
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Re: Updated: Boris resigns as party leader

I think the differentiators between Starmer's Labour and Truss's Conservatives will be around other lines than spending. That comparison really only held true when comparing Corbyn to May as Johnson has been a high-spending interventionist and more of a One Nation Conservative... or at least has portrayed himself as the latter.

The necessity of support to alleviate fuel poverty won't see the end of Conservative high-spending and borrowing. I doubt Truss shares Johnson's enthusiasm for investing in tax-payer bets on non-strategic companies like Black Sheep Coffee and Bolton Wanderers or supporting strategic companies like Tata Steel but political realities may change her mind on the latter.

Truss's Conservatives seem to be less of a one-nation Conservatism and more a tilt towards those at the top with lower employee rights and lower taxes on higher earners.

It will be interesting if once in power, she listens to business on such issues as over-borrowing, Channel 4 privatisation and closer harmonisation with the EU to reduce red tape and grow exports.
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