yea agreed. where I disagree with the govt approach is they are raising taxes (good) but not even enough to just meet existing obligations, hence austerity lite. they might as well raise taxes by more, they’re already going to get crucified by the press yet only get a little extra revenue

whereas Albo refuses to meaningfully raise taxes and thus chooses low-spend low-impact policies, Starmer is raising taxes but spending it in the least visible ways possible while simultaneously doing austerity lite, so most ppl are like “what did I get for those taxes?” Worst of all worlds