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guys it isn’t the two child benefit cap that gets you to £406 billion but if reform want to start campaigning to raid pensioners they should go for it
Reflections on the budget from the head of Students4Reform
November 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
guys it isn’t the two child benefit cap that gets you to £406 billion but if reform want to start campaigning to raid pensioners they should go for it
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Also who cares why they did it? What matters is it's done. (In any case reducing poverty is one reason people vote for Labour MPs so mollifying is kind of the point of elected them).
I'm hearing criticisms of the end to the two child limit, because it was done just to mollify Labour backbenchers, at a cost of £billions.
I remember another govt delivering a referendum on EU membership, just to mollify restive backbenchers. That's costing way, way more... A little perspective?
I remember another govt delivering a referendum on EU membership, just to mollify restive backbenchers. That's costing way, way more... A little perspective?
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Also who cares why they did it? What matters is it's done. (In any case reducing poverty is one reason people vote for Labour MPs so mollifying is kind of the point of elected them).
think it is clearly true that this budget doesn’t look quite like this without threats (internal and external) to labour’s left
“We were right”: The two-child benefit rebels respond to the Budget
More than a victory for the government, the removal of the two-child cap is a vindication for the left of the Labour Party
🖊️ Megan Kenyon
More than a victory for the government, the removal of the two-child cap is a vindication for the left of the Labour Party
🖊️ Megan Kenyon
"We were right": The two-child benefit rebels respond to the Budget
More than a victory for the government, the removal of the two-child cap is a vindication for the left of the Labour party
www.newstatesman.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
think it is clearly true that this budget doesn’t look quite like this without threats (internal and external) to labour’s left
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Bond markets spooked as the Chancellor appears to disappear behind raised hands; gilts stage rally as she reveals she was actually there the whole time
October 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Bond markets spooked as the Chancellor appears to disappear behind raised hands; gilts stage rally as she reveals she was actually there the whole time
amongst all this, I’m glad the two child benefit cap is being scrapped and properly scrapped at that
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
amongst all this, I’m glad the two child benefit cap is being scrapped and properly scrapped at that
i don’t believe you’ve all just started your new job as press officer at the OBR. why would they onboard you all on budget day?
November 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
i don’t believe you’ve all just started your new job as press officer at the OBR. why would they onboard you all on budget day?
great pretence to fuck the OBR up tbh
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
great pretence to fuck the OBR up tbh
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There’s a word we used to say. They don’t let you say it anymore, but I think it’s a beautiful word. We call it: dialectic. You have the thesis, and then the antithesis, and if you put them together it’s a synthesis. Very powerful. We’ll be looking into that. Very materialist, the theory of history
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
There’s a word we used to say. They don’t let you say it anymore, but I think it’s a beautiful word. We call it: dialectic. You have the thesis, and then the antithesis, and if you put them together it’s a synthesis. Very powerful. We’ll be looking into that. Very materialist, the theory of history
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
not at all motivated by my club stinking up the place at the moment but club football is stale in my view maybe the tides turned on that maybe it should always be a consequential international break
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
not at all motivated by my club stinking up the place at the moment but club football is stale in my view maybe the tides turned on that maybe it should always be a consequential international break
saw bugonia tonight and thought it banged tbh
November 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
saw bugonia tonight and thought it banged tbh
greens on 17 with yougov is crazy. what’s their ceiling do we think?
November 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
greens on 17 with yougov is crazy. what’s their ceiling do we think?
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This is the point. Policy *should not* be adjusted or fine-tuned in response to minor forecasting judgements. Decisions about whether or not to break a prominent manifesto promise *should not* depend on minor forecasting judgements. This stuff matters. We've got to do better than this.
I know it’s always like this. But one striking thing from the budget kite flying and kite pulling back in, is how major policy decisions are constantly being buffeted around by iterative forecast changes.
All feels a bit of a silly way to be making major economic policy & political decisions.
All feels a bit of a silly way to be making major economic policy & political decisions.
November 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is the point. Policy *should not* be adjusted or fine-tuned in response to minor forecasting judgements. Decisions about whether or not to break a prominent manifesto promise *should not* depend on minor forecasting judgements. This stuff matters. We've got to do better than this.
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It's a Ming vase strategy that involves repeatedly smashing the vase
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
It's a Ming vase strategy that involves repeatedly smashing the vase
a ming vase electoral strategy comes unstuck when you can never put the vase down when you actually win
November 14, 2025 at 9:59 AM
a ming vase electoral strategy comes unstuck when you can never put the vase down when you actually win
i think it’s a heartwarming testament to the human spirit in the face of overwhelming evidence that there are still pretty loyal starmer and reeves supporters on here
November 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
i think it’s a heartwarming testament to the human spirit in the face of overwhelming evidence that there are still pretty loyal starmer and reeves supporters on here
maybe every political journalist in the country just made up some quotes and attributed them to number ten sources as a joke
NEW: Keir Starmer spoke to his senior No 10 team this morning and said briefings against ministers are “completely unacceptable” and would bring consequences, No 10 say. He was “assured that no No 10 staff briefed against ministers” and accepted this assurance.
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
maybe every political journalist in the country just made up some quotes and attributed them to number ten sources as a joke
strange but true: in the late 20th century and even the early 21st, UK prime ministers would usually stay in office for as long as 2 or 3 years. often longer!
November 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
strange but true: in the late 20th century and even the early 21st, UK prime ministers would usually stay in office for as long as 2 or 3 years. often longer!
“the devious wes streeting is plotting to oust me from office which is destabilising to the government and the bond markets, however his position in my cabinet is totally secure despite what i just said about all the destabilising scheming”
November 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
“the devious wes streeting is plotting to oust me from office which is destabilising to the government and the bond markets, however his position in my cabinet is totally secure despite what i just said about all the destabilising scheming”
exclusive clip from the first starmer vs streeting leadership hustings
November 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
exclusive clip from the first starmer vs streeting leadership hustings
streeting vs starmer is going to be really vicious really quickly because the stakes are so low
November 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
streeting vs starmer is going to be really vicious really quickly because the stakes are so low
great video on the rockstar games union busting effort youtu.be/c9nOwjeznjI?...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
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November 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
great video on the rockstar games union busting effort youtu.be/c9nOwjeznjI?...
haven’t played fifa in a little while and got back on board with eafc 26. kind of surprised how bad it is? you can win games like 9-0 consistently on pro and then world class is a grind, not sure any single player game mode nails it, it desperately needs a half decent competitor
November 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
haven’t played fifa in a little while and got back on board with eafc 26. kind of surprised how bad it is? you can win games like 9-0 consistently on pro and then world class is a grind, not sure any single player game mode nails it, it desperately needs a half decent competitor
great news!
NEW: Rachel Reeves signals she intends to remove the two-child cap *in full*
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
great news!
that there isn’t a mainstream 7pm-ish music show on the bbc is bad imo. get your radio stations to pick the lineup for variety each week + charts. make people listen to stuff they wouldn’t otherwise imo
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
that there isn’t a mainstream 7pm-ish music show on the bbc is bad imo. get your radio stations to pick the lineup for variety each week + charts. make people listen to stuff they wouldn’t otherwise imo