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I don't think people are totally malleable to media messaging but the ambient noise of highest tax burden since the war, ballooning welfare bill, and 'the boats', does promote the idea that there's a simple, mostly painless route to lower taxes.
The question is, what message could change this?
Because as long as voters continue to incorrectly believe median earners are highly taxed *and* want good and improving public services, there's going to be trouble for all politicians.
Nick Gray retweeted
This is Mrs Thatcher appearing on Saturday Superstore. Idea that past politicians didn鈥檛 do anything beyond news interviews is just nostalgia.
And many people who voted Labour were fed up with the state of public services.
The idea that a government could simply cut spending on a bloated state is fantasy.
It's all a bit odd... Does Haldane have a history of fiscal hawkishness? If he does then I don't remember it.
And the UK might be currently sensitive to higher taxes, and people might not want to pay anymore, but we are objectively not a high tax country.
What do you think voters want from the budget, Labas Vakaras10? What could a government do to make the voters happy?
I have to wonder if all of those people saying Lowe fully understand who he is and the politics he represents
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If only the town had one of the best places to study engineering in the north of England 馃
New report believes Hartlepool would benefit from new university offering shorter degrees trib.al/qejnmpu
I'm going for things best consumed at room temperature - brandy, whiskey etc.
It's difficult to stockpile ice cubes and I'd rather die in whatever the coming armageddon is than drink warm g&t.
Where is this supposed to be going? Is there an expectation that voters will be persuaded that Andy Burnham is basically Hitler and consequently flock to Reform?
Not sure that's going to happen.
I did slightly wonder then thought maybe it's some kind of birthday reunion with some old mates from a cans of export and shots of green chartreuse time of life. It looks like a club though (i.e. a clerb).
And when we recently did have civil unrest here, and the state came down like a ton of bricks, people complained.