I don’t expect anything to practically change apart from the rhetoric on migration and asylum, and even then I’m not sure they’ll exactly be that friendly.
They might actually process the asylum claims rather than leaving them in limbo and unable to work, and actually benefit the economy instead of being a cost
That is true to be fair. But in terms of investing in the places that need it and taxing the wealthy they will do nothing different to the Tories. To be honest asylum is low down in my list of priorities/problems I want the government to solve. I hate the hostile atmosphere but really fixing the deep rooted social problems this country has is far more important to me.
If you think they’re going to pump billions into public services I think you’ll be sorely disappointed. Everything I’ve read about them points to more austerity. I really hope that’s not the case and I understand they are better than the Tories, but it’s an extremely low bar to hurdle.
Britain will stop being idiotic and will quit electing Tories any day now. Anyyy day.
How long has it been? 10 years? 12 years? They got one rigged referendum, one 6 yo tantrum, one pandemic, one recession and one dead royalty.
I say that had enough.
I just googled. The last non conservative PM was Gordon Brown in 2007. 😬
Even if Labour win, Starmer is basically a conservative neoliberal. Pretty much like all leaders in Europe.
Yeah, still way way better than the tories. IMO a labour or libdem parliament wouldn’t have let brexit happen.
Just FYI I’m speaking from the perspective of an American with friends/family in the UK, so I may be a bit ignorant on the topic.
It’s way better in the way that eating your own vomit is better than eating your own shit.
To be fair the Tories are probably not to blame for that last one.
I dunno, QE2 had to meet up with Truss, a couple days later she’s dead.
I mean I’d have a brain aneurysm if I had to meet lettuce lady, who’s to say Lizzie didn’t ?
Another point against them
Unfortunately Labour are just terrible in different ways, and sometimes the same ways.
I read somewhere their policies are about 10 degrees of difference so we just tack one way for 10-15 years and then back
I don’t expect anything to practically change apart from the rhetoric on migration and asylum, and even then I’m not sure they’ll exactly be that friendly.
They might actually process the asylum claims rather than leaving them in limbo and unable to work, and actually benefit the economy instead of being a cost
That is true to be fair. But in terms of investing in the places that need it and taxing the wealthy they will do nothing different to the Tories. To be honest asylum is low down in my list of priorities/problems I want the government to solve. I hate the hostile atmosphere but really fixing the deep rooted social problems this country has is far more important to me.
We need clean economic growth to fund services, Labour is probably our only chance now the Tories have lurched to the right.
https://labour.org.uk/stronger-together/britain-2030/green-and-digital-future/
If you think they’re going to pump billions into public services I think you’ll be sorely disappointed. Everything I’ve read about them points to more austerity. I really hope that’s not the case and I understand they are better than the Tories, but it’s an extremely low bar to hurdle.
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