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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈
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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈
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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈
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But he also tarred those in his own party and others on the left who believe wealth taxes will solve all their problems. "It is a tempting prize... tax cuts that magically pay for themselves, a wealth tax that solves every problem... we can all see these snake oil merchants on the right and theleft” he said. That could be a jibe aimed at Reform or Andy Burnham, whose interventions have dominated the conference.
But he also tarred those in his own party and others on the left who believe wealth taxes will solve all their problems. "It is a tempting prize... tax cuts that magically pay for themselves, a wealth tax that solves every problem... we can all see these snake oil merchants on the right and theleft” he said. That could be a jibe aimed at Reform or Andy Burnham, whose interventions have dominated the conference.
But he also tarred those in his own party and others on the left who believe wealth taxes will solve all their problems. "It is a tempting prize... tax cuts that magically pay for themselves, a wealth tax that solves every problem... we can all see these snake oil merchants on the right and theleft” he said. That could be a jibe aimed at Reform or Andy Burnham, whose interventions have dominated the conference.
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Wendy Siegelman
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JuneSim63
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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈
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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈
@Lazarou@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago
This would be infuriating at any time but has become deeply worrying in light of the surge of Reform UK and wider nationalism. That Starmer will pledge at the Global Progress Action Summit on Friday that his government will lead the fight against the “decline and division” fomented by the far right - a move in stark contrast to the passivity of recent months - suggests he is at least partly aware of the urgent need to reset. But one speech will not compensate for an agenda that fails to make the positive case for immigration and asylum rights. The fact Labour will never be able to satisfy the staunch anti-immigration vote when Reform offers mass deportations (and the claim migrants are eating our swans) makes the chase more tragic still. On its worst days, Starmer’s government is akin to a mediocre tribute band playing cover versions to a crowd who will always prefer the original.
This would be infuriating at any time but has become deeply worrying in light of the surge of Reform UK and wider nationalism. That Starmer will pledge at the Global Progress Action Summit on Friday that his government will lead the fight against the “decline and division” fomented by the far right - a move in stark contrast to the passivity of recent months - suggests he is at least partly aware of the urgent need to reset. But one speech will not compensate for an agenda that fails to make the positive case for immigration and asylum rights. The fact Labour will never be able to satisfy the staunch anti-immigration vote when Reform offers mass deportations (and the claim migrants are eating our swans) makes the chase more tragic still. On its worst days, Starmer’s government is akin to a mediocre tribute band playing cover versions to a crowd who will always prefer the original.
This would be infuriating at any time but has become deeply worrying in light of the surge of Reform UK and wider nationalism. That Starmer will pledge at the Global Progress Action Summit on Friday that his government will lead the fight against the “decline and division” fomented by the far right - a move in stark contrast to the passivity of recent months - suggests he is at least partly aware of the urgent need to reset. But one speech will not compensate for an agenda that fails to make the positive case for immigration and asylum rights. The fact Labour will never be able to satisfy the staunch anti-immigration vote when Reform offers mass deportations (and the claim migrants are eating our swans) makes the chase more tragic still. On its worst days, Starmer’s government is akin to a mediocre tribute band playing cover versions to a crowd who will always prefer the original.
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈
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Wendy Siegelman
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