He’s pledged to set up a nationalised green energy company, increase funding to the NHS, and build 300,000 new homes per year. That seems a fairly decent start.
Issue is the Tories have tanked the economy and cut taxes, so Starmer’s got fuck all money without raising taxes (unpopular, even though I think it’s the right thing to do). Post election and with a massive amount of political capital to spend, I think we will see tax rises on those that can afford it, to help fix some of the damage.
I swear some of the people on here only think you can be left wing if you want an 80% wealth tax of millionaires and are going to institute universal basic income.
Starmer is running a balance between left wing and actually getting fucking elected
I swear some of the people on here only think you can be left wing if you want an 80% wealth tax of millionaires and are going to institute universal basic income.
I mean, he really isn’t. He’s far to the left of them.
as i understood he has no intention of reversing the institutional damage from the Tories so he’s effectively supporting those anti welfare policies
He’s pledged to set up a nationalised green energy company, increase funding to the NHS, and build 300,000 new homes per year. That seems a fairly decent start.
Issue is the Tories have tanked the economy and cut taxes, so Starmer’s got fuck all money without raising taxes (unpopular, even though I think it’s the right thing to do). Post election and with a massive amount of political capital to spend, I think we will see tax rises on those that can afford it, to help fix some of the damage.
on ‘funding the nhs’: his shadow health secretary says he will employ privatisation to reduce NHS waiting lists: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-59910107
incidentally he also accepted £175000 from donors linked to private healthcare and health insurance firms: https://www.thenational.scot/news/24250557.wes-streeting-takes-175k-donors-linked-private-health-firms
Not to mention renationalising passenger rail.
I swear some of the people on here only think you can be left wing if you want an 80% wealth tax of millionaires and are going to institute universal basic income.
Starmer is running a balance between left wing and actually getting fucking elected
Welcome to Lemmy.
Which is also a Tory policy put forward by a Tory thinktank.
That isnt actually an energy company and will own 0 infrastructure or generation capacity.
But he refuses to reverse the privatisation of NHS trusts and also those are both policies the Tories are supporting as well.