Comments by "Greg Greg" (@SlowhandGreg) on "Are Keir Starmer's plans to boost defence spending a 'fallacy?' | LBC" video.

  1. He's promising to reverse 14 years of cuts, the Tories have also hollowed out our military we have a tax base that has risen from 33% to 37% and still rising with Sunak freezing thresholds till 2028 and a future Tory government raising the pension age to 67 how much Tory waste is in there? Outsourcing is expensive and Ideological
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  2. well said
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  3.  @johnrussell3961  Both Starmer and Reeve are left of Blair Brown the thing is Starmer is the ultimate pragmatist he will push but not force unlike some he isn't going round telling people they are wrong
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  4.  @bigfisher4354  Thatcher / Major tax cuts were paid for with Oil money and asset stripping public services. Osborne never reduced the tax base below 33% and the Tories borrowed over 1 trillion from 2010 to 2019 stagnated the economy and increased the population by 8 million.
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  5. we can always replace them with migrant labour eh?
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  6. In what way our defence capability has been hollowed out by Tory cuts to the point you'd expect the Con's to outsource it to he Wagner group
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  7. difference is the Toryies talk the talk Labour will actually fund stuff and not gaslight so no there polar opposites
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  8.  @britnatzaredemocracydenier5922  reduced waiting lists, investing in insulation for domestic properties, green lighting Mayors to build council houses
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  9.  @britnatzaredemocracydenier5922  every economist outside of Tufton street thinks Austerity is the Root cause of our economic stagnation lowering living standards. All the think tanks that Reeve and Starmer consult with are on the same page with regard to reversing Austerity opening up Transport in the North and kick starting a full scale house building program.
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  10.  @bigfisher4354  Joined 5 Mar 2024 = tory troll. Tax base = 33% during Blair / Brown so it has as much credibility as 7 bins and meat tax
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  11.  @bigfisher4354  propped up by oil Money and Asset stripping the Tories blew the lot on tax cuts. 2010 to 2019 base was 33% Osborne repeatedly tried to cut tax with zero economic success all he did was blow a 1 trillion hole in public finances.
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  12.  @bigfisher4354  we are now 8 Quarters straight of negative Per Capita GDP growth
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  13.  @bigfisher4354  The consumer spend on energy in 2020 was 30 Billion in 2023 it was 170 billion equivalent to increasing the 20% threshold to a 40% tax rate
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