budget and the future of uk

Clearly he would have loved more "giveaways", in the form of tax cuts will continuing to cut public spending, there were radical threads, which could have long term consequences.

By 2027, because of cuts to National Insurance,(NI), and the decision to freeze income tax thresholds, for every £1 NI cut, £190 will be raised in taxes.

This "fiscal drag" will mean over three million  more higher -rate taxpayers and over four million more low earners paying tax. On current trends, a recipient of the full basic state pension, is also on course to pay tax, and perhaps fill, out a tax return in 2026/27.

The government is partly shifting the tax burden away from workers (some)towards all forms of income ,including savings and pensions

According to the independent Government economic Advisory body...The office For Budget Responsibility

(OBR)2% NI and last Novembers 2% cut in the Autumn statement do not offset the extra income tax being paid as a result of the tax thresholds being frozen.

But the fact that taxes on income overall are being raised means pensioners will see higher tax bills as their income increases (marginally).

Overall , this is not a tax cut with fiscal drag equating to the biggest single tax rise in 45 years.

Then in another reversal of previous Tory economic policy, where previously Sunak had been making the argument for raising spending on the NHS and social care, by increasing National Insurance to 13.25%. Policy now is to increase National Insurance to 8% and adult social care plan, is officially on ice !

Both major parties have been accused of a "conspiracy  of silence", by the influential think-tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies, about tough financial decisions required after the election,

It is clear however that Hunt and Sunak  have not only attempted to "slip one under the counter", with regard stealth taxes , which could have an effect on the elderly and vulnerable, but also appear to back tracking like Olympic sprinters in reverse , with regard to their commitments to the NHS and social care.

As we know Boris Johnson became the master of lies and deception "There were no parties  !"

The current incumbents of Downing street are catching up fast .

They should remember the immortal words of none other than Abraham Lincoln ,who once said

Unless of course you you are  G W Bush , who was once quoted as saying.. "You can fool some of the people all of the time , and those are the ones you want to concentrate on 

As you know Dr M L supported Brexit. I still support the basic premise but I have to say that if I had known beforehand how poorly prepared and how poorly managed the process would have been I would have voted differently.

The Conservative party are totally shot & full of hot air factions who think they have the power to rule. They are in for a huge shock. My biggest concern of course is that I remain unconvinced that we have something a lot better to replace them which is a dilemma. 

We now have a 10 million pound donor to a leading political party, I won't say which one but take a wild guess, exposed for outright racism. What is interesting is the mixed response to this from said party and reluctance to return the donation - £10 million buys you a LOT of racism it seems - and also the individual attempting to defend it as not being racist (you almost literally cannot get more racist). 

If I said what he had I would be sacked, it's as simple as that.

Along with numerous leading politicians from the same party, the message is very clear: they (as in politicians and their rich backers) do not adhere to the same rules as the rest of society. I've often wondered about the importance of personal character in politics - you could be an excellent politician but a total womaniser perhaps - but there must be some level of example-setting, ethics and trust in politicians or else we genuinely risk breakdowns in law and order. I obviously view the decline as being steep over the last 8 years and my strong opposition to the UK having Johnson as PM was not on his politics, as vague and flexible if you could even define them, but his dishonesty and chaotic style. This is why I found it so disheartening that a) the Tories made him leader and b) enough of the UK voted for him on the basis that he seemed fun. This seems to have paved the way for the illegality of his Government and blatant corruption and now outright racism within the same party.

I fully appreciate my partisan views on a certain party (which I believe are fully justified from actions from their members over the last 10 years or so) but I would like to state that I can fully respect someone with right-wing political views if they are honest and not peddling hate crimes constantly. It's kinda sad that even to suggest this seems like a radical concept.

I wish I'd never even taken an interest in politics because the more you learn about it, the more depressed you get. And the worst thing is nothing I think, say or do will make a blind bit of difference.

Thoughts (or rant) over. 

So no ban on receiving funding from such groups/people then ?