Right To Buy From Landlord (Labor Proposal)

buggy_boy

davidmcn wrote: »

Well, given that Labour are hardly likely to get an overall majority of any sort, never mind one with enough Corbynist MPs to put through more radical proposals, it seems a waste of energy to start worrying about policies which they haven't even put in their manifesto.

I would be more concerned about the things which Boris plans to do in the next 4.5 years which haven't been mentioned in his flimsy manifesto.

I would not be so flippant about the chances of a labour government carrying out radical plans. They will likely buy their way into power and to do what they want by offering SNP the ability for Scotland assembly to choose if and when a 2nd indi ref is called almost guaranteeing eventually Scotland will leave.

The Lib dems have pretty radical powers and will likely again be bought by Corbyn promising to enact some of both their policies and giving credit to the Lib Dems in exchange for passing more radical Labour plans.

Corbyn wants to borrow like there is no tomorrow, we already pay a lot of money on interest, this would go up massively and because of all the extra borrowing we would likely have to pay a higher interest rate... Its taken 10yrs and were still paying the price of reckless Labour spending, Corbyn's damage would take decades to recover from, far longer than any short term detrimental effect of Brexit.

As for Boris I think the start of his term would be about getting brexit done, including a trade deal which will likely be extended beyond the year, then it will be about creating new trade deals with the likes of the USA which will take years, it will be much of the same on the domestic front with maybe a bit more spending and less tax cuts which will mean higher taxes after inflation.

I would be worried about a second term for Boris maybe but hopefully by then we would get a decent opposition

AdrianC

buggy_boy wrote: »

They will likely buy their way into power and to do what they want by offering SNP the ability for Scotland assembly to choose if and when a 2nd indi ref is called almost guaranteeing eventually Scotland will leave.

And, of course, any successful Scottish indyref brought about by a substantial number of SNP MPs at Westminster will immediately lead to a Westminster general election, because of the change in the balance of power brought about by the loss of those MPs...

59 of 650 MPs sit for Scottish constituencies, remember.

But the massively increased likelihood of a successful IndyRef is down to one thing, and one thing only. Brexit. Brexiteers are being utterly dishonest with themselves to blame anything else. In 2014, it was voted down in the referendum and on the back burner - until that day in June 2016 stirred everything into the current ludicrous chaos.