So Badenoch makes a pledge to young home buyers to try and save her job abd maybe the Conservative Party. Abolishing stamp duty would cost £9bn. The main beneficiaries would be house builders and estate agents and solicitors. The chance of homes becoming cheaper is close to zero if the past has lessons to teach. When women started working full time the house prices surged. And where does the £9bn come from? The party of fiscal responsibility has ear marked savings of £50bn – they are vague about what they would cut regarding services. the last government left a financial mess – so much for traditional competence! Do they really believe that £50bn can be found by efficiencies? I am sure Labour would be happy to find these efficiencies if they exist anywhere but in the fervid wishes of the delusional muppets.
And more tory councillors defect to Reform – their racism was not well hidden before defection. The Mail last week claimed that Starmer had said that being concerned about migration was racism – he said no such thing, and which Party’s government saw the increase in immigration to nearly 1 million. Which party cut Engish lessons for migrants and led to less integration? I think any right minded person will be concerned at te massive increase in immigration, largely because of the paucity of factual information available. I would suggest that this is the fault of all parties – the right want to peddle lies, liberal folks are frightened of sounding racist and the left are confused by migrants accepting lower wages and undercutting the unions, whilst having to accept that racism is most prevalent amongst the working classes (partly due to their being most vulnerable to large influxes of migrants.
Personally I am concerned about the impact of population growth in the UK – Population grew by 10m between 1900 and 1950, then the same again between 1950 and 2000, but now by 10m in just 25 years. And employment in primary and secondary sectors fell? Impact assessment by governments or councils – non-existent! We are aware of the decline in virtually every aspect of wildlife (except maybe rats?). Of greatest concern is the impact on insects and the bottom of the food chain. Obviously a larger population will need more houses, jobs, cars and sewage works, and more pollution. The world population of humans has more than trebled in my lifetime. 6 billion more people having a crap, arguing, cutting down trees, paving the countryside. These are the things we should be addressing, rather than petty squabbles that politicians and the trash media delight in!