He was seen as on the centre-right of the party even at the time, hence his clashes with the party Chair, Harold Laski ("A period of silence on your part would now be welcome"), and many ot… (View Post)

The ever-forensic Sienna Rodgers observes that Starmer has moved towards wealth tax but actually specified CGT, which isn't a wealth tax: https://labourlist.org/2021/09/yougov-poll-puts-labour-i… (View Post)

"Middle class" is American for "ordinary people like me". Our "upper class" is, as HYUFD says a side-effect of the hereditary monarchy and all that, and nowadays regarde… (View Post)

Interesting point in the tables is that narrow pluralities say they're willing to pay more tax for both the NHS and social care. But large majorities say they don't believe the Government h… (View Post)

I agree. But it's important to put the horse before the cart. You don't start by saying "We want a wealth tax". You start by saying "We want to reduce the tax burden on peopl… (View Post)