tillimarleen@feddit.de to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 year agoKeir Starmer: ‘We can’t win power by spending. We need to reform and create wealth’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: news_world@lemmy.link
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-linkKeir Starmer: ‘We can’t win power by spending. We need to reform and create wealth’www.theguardian.comtillimarleen@feddit.de to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news_world@lemmy.link
There‘s no end to austerity with Starmer. He rather keeps cutting public spending than taxing the rich.
minus-squareEnemyBattleCrab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoDidn’t Gordon Brown build a surplus, only to be called out as a scrooge by the tabloid? Feels like you just cant win.
minus-squareHumanPenguin@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago by the tabloid? Well no. You can’t expect tabloids to play fair. There’s no profit in that.
minus-squaremannycalavera@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoOnly once if I recall in 2001. Then he sold off $3 billion worth of gold that would have been worth $11 billion 🤷
Didn’t Gordon Brown build a surplus, only to be called out as a scrooge by the tabloid? Feels like you just cant win.
Well no. You can’t expect tabloids to play fair. There’s no profit in that.
Only once if I recall in 2001. Then he sold off $3 billion worth of gold that would have been worth $11 billion 🤷