Sniping from the sidelines when in opposition is good sport and easy. But, when they find themselves in the very position of those they have spent the past decade criticising and telling the public they have all the answers to: fix the Economy, NHS, Social Services, protect the old and vulnerable, sort Net Zero, ensure Food Sustainability and protect the countryside, improve education, fix the wars in Ukraine, and Gaza and every other world problem, it would seem that Keir Starmer and his gang are already falling short by a mile.
Leadership is clearly not one of Starmer’s life skills nor is oratory. What he can be is devious, spin on a sixpence, flip flop his policies, bore for England, hide behind his Chief of Staff, Ms Gray, upset over 10 million pensioners and householders who currently receive a Pensioner Cost of Living Payment of £300 alongside their Winter Fuel Payment, whilst falsely blaming the previous government for everything.
No doubt Starmer and his Chancellor are gambling on their belief that many pensioners don’t vote Labour, and some will have died well before the next General Election. So, robbing the elderly and vulnerable to enable them to pay off train drivers already on a minimum of £60k a year, and other public service workers at the behest of their paymaster union bosses and the deputy PM Angela Raynor, clearly appeals to Starmer and Reeves. One can only wonder how long before the wheels come off this runaway train before it hits the buffers.
What no one is saying including the BBC and political journalists, is that had Labour been in Government these past years during which the country coped with the financial implications of the pandemic, world recession and other difficulties, the UK and its finances and the health of the nation would be in a far worse state than it is now.
Whilst all this is going on there is already deep concern amongst Britain’s remaining steel production plants as reports that over 2,500 jobs could be lost before Christmas. Clearly those workers should worry but so should the country for economic and national security reasons, as pointed out be Priti Patel last week.
During the General Election Labour repeatedly told us they would support the steel industry. However, since Keir Starmer walked into No 10 with the support of 34% of those who voted, keeping in mind that over 80% of those eligible to vote did not vote Labour, they have gone very quiet on this.
Instead of coming into office prioritising and giving certainty to the steel industry, they have spent their first weeks strangling enterprise and sabotaging the prospects for future economic growth. They have found £10bn in public sector pay to appease the trade unions but failed to finalise a £1bn package to secure the future of domestic steel production.
The result of Labour’s disinterest in British steel, will see China dumping cheap, poor-quality steel into the UK thus undermining our national security. China is already targeting cyber-attacks
towards us, undermining our democracy and rule of law. If labour fails our steelworkers and allows our domestic steel production to collapse, they give China greater influence over our economic wellbeing, a stranglehold over our economic security and put the nation’s security at risk.
Angela Rayner really is John Prescott in drag. She has picked up his baton to bury our green and pleasant land beneath, tarmac, concrete and houses. She is already making plans to introduce legislation which will permit permanent traveller sites on green belt land as she plans to ‘shake up’ planning laws.
The Housing Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister plans to allow travellers access to green fields where councils cannot guarantee a long-term supply of available land. As has been said by the shadow housing secretary: “It is clear that Ms Rayner is prioritising traveller sites over family homes and the protection of green spaces.”
Labour’s plans to target the wealthy, entrepreneurs, landowners, business creators and large employers is already resulting in talented people who are responsible for propping up the economy by paying their taxes and creating jobs, making a quick exit. There are reports of several billionaires, of which there are actually very few, fleeing Labour’s Britain.
Starmer claims that his main priority is to boost economic growth. If it increases taxes on the wealthy, such as capital gains tax and inheritance tax, they will go elsewhere. Labour is not encouraging economic growth but by doing the opposite by increasing tax, regulations and red tape, obsession with Net Zero, encouraging working from home and a four-day week and adding 20% Vat onto school fees, they will soon find they have driven away the very people who prop up the economy.
Already London estate agents are reporting that the high-end housing market is in decline as too many tycoons are selling up. If too many high net worth wealth creators in banking, asset management and private equity executives depart, as Luke Johnson writes, “The decline in tax, investment and job creation would be precipitous.”
Leadership is clearly not one of Starmer’s life skills nor is oratory. What he can be is devious, spin on a sixpence, flip flop his policies, bore for England, hide behind his Chief of Staff, Ms Gray, upset over 10 million pensioners and householders who currently receive a Pensioner Cost of Living Payment of £300 alongside their Winter Fuel Payment, whilst falsely blaming the previous government for everything.
No doubt Starmer and his Chancellor are gambling on their belief that many pensioners don’t vote Labour, and some will have died well before the next General Election. So, robbing the elderly and vulnerable to enable them to pay off train drivers already on a minimum of £60k a year, and other public service workers at the behest of their paymaster union bosses and the deputy PM Angela Raynor, clearly appeals to Starmer and Reeves. One can only wonder how long before the wheels come off this runaway train before it hits the buffers.
What no one is saying including the BBC and political journalists, is that had Labour been in Government these past years during which the country coped with the financial implications of the pandemic, world recession and other difficulties, the UK and its finances and the health of the nation would be in a far worse state than it is now.
Whilst all this is going on there is already deep concern amongst Britain’s remaining steel production plants as reports that over 2,500 jobs could be lost before Christmas. Clearly those workers should worry but so should the country for economic and national security reasons, as pointed out be Priti Patel last week.
During the General Election Labour repeatedly told us they would support the steel industry. However, since Keir Starmer walked into No 10 with the support of 34% of those who voted, keeping in mind that over 80% of those eligible to vote did not vote Labour, they have gone very quiet on this.
Instead of coming into office prioritising and giving certainty to the steel industry, they have spent their first weeks strangling enterprise and sabotaging the prospects for future economic growth. They have found £10bn in public sector pay to appease the trade unions but failed to finalise a £1bn package to secure the future of domestic steel production.
The result of Labour’s disinterest in British steel, will see China dumping cheap, poor-quality steel into the UK thus undermining our national security. China is already targeting cyber-attacks
towards us, undermining our democracy and rule of law. If labour fails our steelworkers and allows our domestic steel production to collapse, they give China greater influence over our economic wellbeing, a stranglehold over our economic security and put the nation’s security at risk.
Angela Rayner really is John Prescott in drag. She has picked up his baton to bury our green and pleasant land beneath, tarmac, concrete and houses. She is already making plans to introduce legislation which will permit permanent traveller sites on green belt land as she plans to ‘shake up’ planning laws.
The Housing Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister plans to allow travellers access to green fields where councils cannot guarantee a long-term supply of available land. As has been said by the shadow housing secretary: “It is clear that Ms Rayner is prioritising traveller sites over family homes and the protection of green spaces.”
Labour’s plans to target the wealthy, entrepreneurs, landowners, business creators and large employers is already resulting in talented people who are responsible for propping up the economy by paying their taxes and creating jobs, making a quick exit. There are reports of several billionaires, of which there are actually very few, fleeing Labour’s Britain.
Starmer claims that his main priority is to boost economic growth. If it increases taxes on the wealthy, such as capital gains tax and inheritance tax, they will go elsewhere. Labour is not encouraging economic growth but by doing the opposite by increasing tax, regulations and red tape, obsession with Net Zero, encouraging working from home and a four-day week and adding 20% Vat onto school fees, they will soon find they have driven away the very people who prop up the economy.
Already London estate agents are reporting that the high-end housing market is in decline as too many tycoons are selling up. If too many high net worth wealth creators in banking, asset management and private equity executives depart, as Luke Johnson writes, “The decline in tax, investment and job creation would be precipitous.”
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