Comments by "Mark Welch" (@markwelch3564) on "Dr Who is driving right-wingers nuts and why Starmer wants to praise Thatcher | Podcast #32" video.

Sadly the Labour front bench struggle to be left of Cameron and Osborne 🙁
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It's a "vote for me" piece. In such articles, you mention previous politicians for one of two reasons - either to condemn them as failures and state how you are different, or remind people of their success, and imply that you are the natural successor to that legacy He didn't reference Thatcher as a failure...
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@magnificentbastard5085 if it was one article in isolation, then maybe I'd give him the benefit of the doubt. However, his economic policies are also pretty Thatcherish. There's a trend in his behaviour
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@alanbarker2279 I hope you're right! What is giving you hope? Where are you seeing Starmer setting a different course to the current direction?
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@magnificentbastard5085 I approve of the windfall tax! I just wish they could be so bold on day-to-day taxation too
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@magnificentbastard5085 what is "fiscal discipline" - rebadged austerity. They have the same position on privatisation as the Tories too
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@fang_xianfu that's going to be an eternal debt trap though. How will we have the revenue to clear debt if our economy is in a dead-end? It needs to be done wisely, but austerity has to be actively stopped. Without active intervention, austerity just keeps fueling more austerity
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@magnificentbastard5085 We will find out when we see concrete policy comitments. I hope we will see a 21st century Atlee, but I worry we'll get continuity Osborne
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