Majority of Brits want Rachel Reeves to ‘resign’ if she hikes income tax

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/majority-brits-want-rachel-reeves-36227336

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26 comments

  1. I just want it to be over, I am genuinely sick of hearing about it. The only thing worse than bad news is drawing out the delivery of bad news for aslong as possible. 

  2. One of the reasons we have such a convoluted tax system is the political difficulty of raising rates. Pretty sure that a majority want to keep the triple lock and increase NHS funding as well.

  3. Flat 20% for everyone please. Scrap the triple lock, and force the gov to do more with less.

  4. Her job is to scramble for funds because the rest of the gov’t is spending frivolous.

  6. I think the majority of Brits just want her to resign full stop.

  7. You break an election pledge. What should people do. Also, there should be legal consequences for breaking a pledge, otherwise anyone can promise the moon and have no obligation to deliver on anything.

  8. I want her to resign regardless. Compulsive liar in charge of the UK’s finances… you couldn’t make it up.

    Didn’t know she needed a licence, then she did but thought the agents were taking care of it (with invisible money transfers presumably)

    Her CV is Jackanory.

    She won’t put the taxes up… until she gets the first opportunity.

    Starting to wonder about that inherited £22billion black hole. Keeps getting bigger the more she fucks up.

    Out… all of you. Thick as a brick Lammy, the tool makers freebie loving son, Lisa “Jobs for donations” Nandy. What a bunch. Zippo’s circus wouldn’t hire them.

  9. Waiting for the inevitable tears and crying from her whilst telling everyone how she intends to rob us of even more.

  10. Why so they can then just put someone fresh in to make it even worse? Make them own their shit.

  11. The classic political tactic though is to deny something happened. Then to admit it might have happened but in rare occasions. Then to say it not only does happen but is right to happen. Final, we always said we would.

    This will be the same.

    Budget will say “I’m not increasing taxes”

    Within days “Yes we did raise taxes but only a bit and it was essential”

    Followed by “Yes we did and never said we wouldn’t”.

    Finally “If you don’t agree with us you’re a Nazi”.

  12. The Chancellor job is a pure poison chalice after the last decade or so we’ve had.

    Anyone accepting the role should have known full well it would be a wild ride and likely not one they’re going to emerge from smelling of roses.

  13. Why do I feel like I’m part of a minority of people that know and understand that things change. When I vote for a government, I’m not voting for a party because I think they will fix all the problems (impossible, even though they say they will). I’m voting for them because I believe they will do the least shit job of what’s on offer. Do we really believe that if the Tories had remained in power, that they wouldn’t have put income taxes up? They’d have done the same thing, and I’d be reading the same post about Mel Stride.

  14. i think if its a tax on the wealthy this time people will not mind

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  17. I think she should have gone when the whole ya know, lying on her CV was brought to light. Anybody else would have been.

  19. That’s the plan. Career politicians assign scapegoats to blame. The scapegoats retire in comfort then write books and do interviews.

  20. What’s her word worth? That’s how you judge someone.

  22. A tale as old as democracy. Most people never want to increase taxes no matter what the economic state is.

  23. I think the majority of Brits just want the whole labour party out at this point.

  24. Considering Starmer is joined at the hib with her he’d have to go to. We’d get a 2 for 1 deal which I don’t mind.

  25. The frustration is that the government are giving no confidence about their plan for the future. That’s not a Labour problem, every political party has the same issue.

    There’s a huge productivity dividend coming down the line with artificial intelligence. The government just needs to embrace AI transition to grow GDP, and that should include:

    – Advancing regulation that encourages AI investment

    – Investing in British Large Language Models

    – Investments in AI workflows

    – Investing in retraining for staff affected by the goal

    – Creating incentives to make the UK the global go-to for all professional services

    If we do that and focus on growth, I don’t have an issue with us potentially borrowing today, during a low point, to fund day-to-day spending. I suspect the inflation and interest would lower as well if we had a solid growth plan and strategy.

  26. Sick of rich assholes that have had easy lives, the finest education at Oxford and the best connections into the highest levels of government telling poor people they need to pay more.

    None of it in principle is difficult, you don’t need an Oxford degree to tell you there is massive income inequality. Start at the top for once.

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