A.Stringer<p>"The current <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/economiccrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economiccrisis</span></a> is a dual one of crumbling <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/publicservices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicservices</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/stagnantgrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stagnantgrowth</span></a>, and a key mistake the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labourgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labourgovernment</span></a> is making is keeping <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a> too low. But is their reluctance to raise taxes primarily due to a hunger for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/economicrespectability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economicrespectability</span></a>? It seems to me it is more about a hunger for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/electability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electability</span></a>, and thinking (incorrectly in my view [1]) that higher taxes will lose them <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/votes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>votes</span></a> because it will add to the current <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/costoflivingcrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>costoflivingcrisis</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/06/why-following-path-of-last-labour.html?m=1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/</span><span class="invisible">06/why-following-path-of-last-labour.html?m=1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKpol</span></a></p>