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Mrs Bucket's avatar

Where people keep getting it wrong, is thinking Labour want to improve Britain. They don't, they are Fabian Marxists, working knowingly or unknowingly for China. They want to destroy Britain, so they can 'rule over the ashes'.

Alasdair's avatar

That is patent bollocks. If you really believe that, you have no hope of understanding what is really going on and why all politicians struggle to govern.

Mrs Bucket's avatar

Glad you revealed yourself as an obvious fellow traveller.

Alasdair's avatar

Not at all. I don't vote Labour and think they are failing. But I can't abide stupid conspiracy theories.

Lorraine Smith-Lee's avatar

Thanks Liam, I wish they’d start listening to you, it is all so sensible.

Maxine Grice's avatar

If only you WERE chancellor Liam! They haven’t got a clue what they’re doing🤦‍♀️

David Dilly's avatar

Liam, some of the answers to the housing crisis ( especially in expensive rural areas) are all there in your book "Home Truths". Enabling communities to self- fund affordable housing through Land Value Capture under the umbrella of democratic Community Land Trusts, could provide huge nation-wide housing supply growth where it is needed. To the benefit of the local people both young and old in a sustainable community. Get the bureaucrats out of the way.

Mona O’Connor's avatar

Liam, you were on the verge of apoplexy through all of this . See you in September ! Xxx

Mark Lucas's avatar

The UK's public finances are in a pitiful state. One recent example being rumoured treasury demands that departments shave 1% of budgets by cutting capex. Capital investment is money spent today to give better living standards tomorrow. ( Bat tunnels don't count btw)

However I can't quite see why Britain would ever need an IMF bailout. Public debt is nearly all in sterling and in extremis a government can instruct the central bank to lend it fresh money. That's been done indirectly via Quantative Easing every since the great financial crash. There are nasty medium term consequences but a government running out of sterling to pay its bills is not one.

In my opinion there could be future IMF involvement following a bond market crisis. Not our of necessity, but more for poltical cover for a beleaguered Chancellor. As in " I really don't want to cut this welfare programme but the IMF insisted".