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I think this hits the nail on the head. Pretty much everyone here in the UK is just waiting for the general election to remove the incumbent right wing party. T
by lifeisstillgood 3y ago
I think this hits the nail on the head. Pretty much everyone here in the UK is just waiting for the general election to remove the incumbent right wing party. The government itself seems utterly internally divided and unable to find a direction and after a while everyone (cabinet ministers included) is just waiting for it to be over.
So this slips in and most peoples reaction if they know about it at all is "this is not legitimate because the people enforcing it are so weak"
Basically it's set up to be ignored - a populist press release dressed up a legislation.
Worrying
- nly 3y agoThe current government isn't even that right wing. Whole I agree with everything you said, it's actually worse... nobody really believes the next (Labour) government will improve things either.
- cs02rm0 3y agoEconomically it seems hard to differentiate as much further right than the previous Labour governments. It's certainly spending a lot more on the NHS (in real terms). Furlough was a pretty eye-wateringly expensive state intervention. Traditional conservative economics don't seem to be on offer in the UK these days.
- polshaw 3y agoFurlough has driven an enormous increase in inequality though, thus not as left-wing as it might appear on the surface. Money was given to ordinary working people (whose outgoings, being essentials, didn't change much), and then went straight to the landlords etc (whose outgoings, being more discretionary, were massively cut during the pandemic). So everyone who hasn't significantly increased their wealth over the pandemic in nominal terms (and many did, we had rising stocks and housing prices.. during a pandemic!!) is today poorer than before.