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Starmer’s ministers look at new economic blueprint to quell voter anger

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Starmer’s ministers look at new economic blueprint to quell voter anger - SLRPNK

For once, ‘Labour source’ has it right: >“The problem with the answers coming from the populists isn’t that they’re ‘not sensible’, it’s that they’re not radical enough,” one Labour source said. “Price controls and handouts actually accept the premise that things can’t be fundamentally changed. The truly radical thing is taking on why the system is broken in the first place. Why can’t we build homes? Why is energy so expensive? Why do many workers pay a higher marginal tax rate than a landlord? >“Voters aren’t turning to Reform and the Greens because they’re becoming ‘extreme’. They’re, fairly, concluding that the mainstream offer is managed decline and they’d rather roll the dice. The answer is to put forward something genuinely bolder that really changes things for them.”

Mar 21 at 9:51amWeb
Show threadmindlesscrollyparrot1d ago
How about they look at a new blueprint for not banning all forms of public protest and one for not getting drawn into a paedophile’s war of distraction?
Show threadphutatorius1d ago
Naw, mate, it’s all about changing the presentation, not the substance.
Show threadInfernal_pizza1d ago
Nationalise energy, water and rail or fuck off
Show threadWolfmanEightySix1d ago
And that’s just for starters.
Show threadFishFace1d ago

They’re already nationalising rail.

The rest is sensible too, but don’t kid yourself: it won’t be as big a change as you want. Water, for instance, is fucked due to decades of the country being fleeced, and that money is gone. It can’t be clawed back; it needs to come from peoples pockets one way or another

Show threadInfernal_pizza1d ago
Some of it could be clawed back if those responsible were actually held accountable
Show threadFishFace1d ago

Those responsible are foreign nationals, and regulators. Fining ofwat is just fining the country, and individual people at ofwat can’t cover the price.

It’s gone. It sucks but it’s a fact.

Show threadtetris111d ago
Then punish one of the enablers. Make an example that anyone who is happy to make those kind of deals will face financial repercussions.
Show threadfrankPodmore1d ago
Why?
Show threadWhatAmLemmy1d ago

concluding that the mainstream offer is managed decline

I like the term “managed decline”, but almost every government appears to be actively coordinating with capitalism to exploit the working class; delivering us a “democracy” that is functionally equivalent to corporate dictatorship.