He really is a fucking tory
Tax cut for Musk, Bezos and other tech billionaires on the table, Starmer confirms
Submitted 3 months ago by shish_mish@lemmy.world to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/tax-cut-billionaires-starmer-musk-bezos-trade-3630807
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MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
drunkosaurus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
What the fuck
Leeuk@feddit.uk 3 months ago
Appreciate its only been about 9 months or so, but been disappointed with Labour so far…
Starmer doesn’t appear to be listening to the public mood on benefit reform, taxes or even the growing hostility here towards the US. It seems he’s stuck 2 years in the past and as others have suggested it’s difficult to see him as being the leader of the Labour Party. The most positive move I’ve seen him make was his warm welcome of Zelenskyy after the White House disaster.
I don’t know if it was true, but I once read that Churchill rode the underground shortly before his famous speach which helped him get the mood of the public. Starmer really needs to doing something similar. He’s looking more out of touch every passing week.
Flamekebab@piefed.social 3 months ago
They already pay naff-all, how much more can we possibly cut?
Infernal_pizza@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Maybe we should start paying them tax instead? And they can have a free castle in Scotland each
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
Starmer is such a fucking piece of shit man. It was obvious from the start, but its still disappointing.
Hansae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Spineless bastard
Naich@lemmings.world 3 months ago
That’s good. They could do with a bit more money. If we had it we’d just spend it on food or some such recklessness.
TwinTitans@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yeah, no. Tax increases seem reasonable.
buster6775@feddit.uk 3 months ago
Voting in ‘democratic elections’ is serious magical thinking: Nothing ever changes.
punksnotdead@slrpnk.net 3 months ago
I can see the Labour Party coming to power in the next election - maybe, maybe not - who knows? But it doesn’t really make a difference who’s in power - the State remains the same, the structure is still there, they just tinker with it a little here and there.
buster6775@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Trans women aren’t women: cope, seethe and dilate.
buster6775@feddit.uk 2 months ago
So many transphobes omg
BigMacHole@lemm.ee 3 months ago
I thought Only AMERICANS were Incapable of Learning?
SanPe_@lemmy.world 3 months ago
“Labor” ???
hellfire103@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Well, I certainly know who I’m not voting for next election.
imrighthere@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Could somebody explain to me why the UK keeps bending over for trump ? You have a bit of russian in the house or something ?
floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
From an international perspective, it just makes the British government look scared and weak.
lemmus@lemmy.world 3 months ago
thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 3 months ago
That’s not actually correct. The missiles (the rocket part) are indeed leased from the US, and the maintenance every few years is thus done by them - which keeps the cost down. The warheads are the UKs.
A freshly serviced trident missile should be good for 5-7 years (although they currently get serviced more frequently).
If the UK falls out with the US then we have a number of years to either build or own replacement or buy/lease them off another country - France for example has several options in this space that could be easily adapted.
We are where we are because nobody could imagine the US going rogue like this, a failure of imagination for sure but our nukes are in fact in our control
…org.uk/heres-how-britains-nukes-are-operationall…
chathamhouse.org/…/uks-nuclear-deterrent-relies-u…
…org.uk/no-america-doesnt-control-britains-nuclea…
TheTonDog@feddit.uk 3 months ago
Blame the historic “special relationship”. We’re a US vassal state, out of touch with the rest of European sentiment.
IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Probably keen to represent GSK, AstraZeneca and financial services companies. Though to hell with the rest of us.