Spot on. I still need an explanation as to why RR hasn't done this in the budget, or shifted corporation tax onto sales rather than profits. I suspect the answer, I fear, is Brexit. That Britain is alone, and can't actually do anything, and that we'll just become poorer and devoid of control (the irony) which just enables fascism to emerge in the back door. Potentially frightening times.
Emerge… we’ve been frighteningly close for a few years now.
Farage has been having political sway for years and he’s only now got a seat in Parliament - the shift in membership of the Tories has also gone similarly far to the right. Those leaning or falling far sides on the right (and occasionally on the left) aren’t being swayed by what happens in the HoC or HoL, but by what happens on social media, their favourite news outlet or on breakfast TV, because that’s where they’re easiest to reach.
That contradicts what has been said earlier about extreme parties being kept out of power. France has proportional representation, but Le Pen's support grows and grows as the political "establishment" has to try more and more desperate measures to ensure that she is kept out of office. Would you say Le Pen's supporters feel like they are being heard?
They’re heard, all their supporters votes count and the party is heard in parliament. Watch Euro TV and you’ll sometimes hear them yourself.
The leaks suggest it’s a simple reworking of the 5 missions into 6 pledges … I don’t think there’s anything new - it’s NHS waiting lists, house building, net zero, education, crime and living standards- not expecting anything on immigration surprisingly
It doesn’t necessarily contradict it. I mean Macron’s been in power there for years now, which in and of itself disproves your point.
Spot on.Sadly, it's only the promise of absolute power on the basis of 30 odd percent of the vote that keeps these two huge parties of so many disparate and conflicting views together. Get rid of FPTP and there would be a number of parties covering that political ground. Just imagine having to look at differences in the various positions and policies rather than just the colour of the rosettes
