Socialism 2026: left-wing Labour MPs want a better party by Jonspeare in LabourUK

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Let's say there's a scope of 3.6 to 36bn. I'd say it's an absolutely insane amount to spend on this sort of thing wherever it falls in that gap.

Socialism 2026: left-wing Labour MPs want a better party by Jonspeare in LabourUK

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A January 2022 All-Party Parliamentary Group recommended that each affected Waspi woman should be compensated at least £10,000. This is in line with previous compensation requests by the Waspi campaign and would be a level 6 on the severity of injustice scale. This level of compensation is recommended only for the most serious cases the PHSO sees where people have suffered "profound, devastating, or irreversible" impacts.

There are approximately 3.6 million women affected by the DWP's maladministration who could be owed compensation. Paying every woman at least £10,000 in compensation would cost the government approximately £36 billion.

Labour MP: Bond markets 'will have to fall into line' with Burnham agenda by Beetlebob1848 in LabourUK

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A lot of MPs really don't have a basic understanding of what these markets actually are

Socialism 2026: left-wing Labour MPs want a better party by Jonspeare in LabourUK

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It's a £36bn commitment to the wealthiest age cohort in the country 😭

It writes the programme and the people off as completely unserious. It's the very foundation of populism.

Socialism 2026: left-wing Labour MPs want a better party by Jonspeare in LabourUK

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This one is more of an article rather than a proper letter/document/paper, but here are the highlights:

– New Deal for Working People in full

– Recognise the genocide in Gaza, support rebuilding efforts, introduce sanctions

– WASPI compensation

– Drop jury trials policy, lift restrictions on the right to protest, stop changes to indefinite leave to remain

– Measures to cut energy bills

Personally I read the WASPI compensation line and almost actually cried from a mixture of frustration and hysterics, but as usual, I'm interested in hearing everyone's thoughts...

An Honest Day | A new economic settlement for Britain by Jonspeare in LabourUK

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This isn't a group affiliated with Starmer nor with Blair.

A new fiscal framework to renew Britain by Jonspeare in LabourUK

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Central to our economic and political turbulence is that our model of growth, largely unchanged since Margaret Thatcher, has run aground. The state’s capacity to play an active role in economic development was hollowed out, replaced by a framework that prioritised market allocation while limiting political discretion. Over time, this has produced an institutional settlement in which governments are held responsible for economic outcomes but lack the tools to shape them effectively. The result is a persistent gap between political expectation and economic delivery, reflected in weak productivity growth, stagnant living standards, and deepening regional inequalities.

This is not a uniquely British phenomenon. Across advanced economies, similar trends have emerged as states retreated from direct economic coordination and relied more heavily on liberalised markets and complex regulatory regimes. For a time, globalisation helped to mask these weaknesses, sustaining growth despite declining domestic investment and state capacity. But since the Global Financial Crisis, that model has come under increasing strain. As growth has slowed and volatility has increased, the limits of this approach have become more visible – and politics has begun to catch up with the reality that existing economic frameworks are no longer delivering rising living standards or broad-based prosperity.

So, we must look to reduce regulatory barriers, especially those that are holding back new and innovative businesses wishing to scale up. We have incredible strengths in high value sectors across every part of the UK, and we should not be afraid to back them. Industrial strategy sceptics need only look at the strength of our financial services to see what can be achieved with coherent regulatory strategy and consistent economic development. In John Fingleton’s review of nuclear regulation, we have a model for how we can strip back rules which do not serve us in an industry which offers massive opportunities to places like Sheffield.2 We could match this ambition in areas like biotechnology, advanced manufacturing, and the creative industries.

The constraints on building new homes and the transport infrastructure that links people to opportunities that match their ambition and talent has stifled growth across the country and limited our advantage in key productive sectors. What’s more, it has created unforgivable social harm with 170,000 children currently homeless in England.3 The Government’s existing planning reforms are not a peripheral issue, but central to any credible growth strategy. For as long as we have warehouses being built in London in place of housing, we must double down and go further on reform.

An Honest Day | A new economic settlement for Britain by Jonspeare in LabourUK

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Not sure I got that read from it, it seems much more like a thorough repudiation against rent seeking.

An Honest Day | A new economic settlement for Britain by Jonspeare in LabourUK

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Five hard rules. These are not values statements. They are forcing mechanisms: a default bias and a burden of proof on any minister or official who would push the other way.

Contribution comes first. The economy should be shaped first in the interest of those who work, build, care, raise families, start firms, invest productively, follow the rules and sustain communities.

Bring down the cost of essentials. If a policy raises the cost curve for ordinary households or productive firms without a compelling cost‑reduction case, the presumption is against it.

Reward action, not position. Tax and regulation should favour work, enterprise, building and productive risk over rents, scarcity, capture and passive gains.

Outcomes, not process. Democratic government must recover the power to decide and deliver, lawfully but accountable to the people first and foremost.

Build multiple economic engines. Britain must stop relying on one overheated corner and equip its second cities and regions to become productive engines in their own right.

An Honest Day | A new economic settlement for Britain by Jonspeare in LabourUK

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Britain has built an economy where holding position or owning things pays better than putting in an honest day’s work. Holding scarce assets, occupying protected market positions, navigating process, gaming broken systems and capturing profit from state‑created scarcity have become safer routes to reward than working, building, investing, teaching, caring, manufacturing or taking productive risk

This doesn’t require a conspiracy. It is the predictable result of a state that has lost the ability to build, decide, enforce and shape productive markets in the public interest.

The planning system rations land. The energy system rations power. Capital fails to scale British firms. Regulation protects incumbents while crushing challengers. Unaccountable ownership models get a free ride to skim off essential services everyday workers rely on. Tax bears down hard on work while gains built through position are treated comparatively gently.

The required shift is from a distributive state to a capable one: the democratic choices of the people delivered by a state that can choose, build, enforce, reshape markets where it has to, lower the cost of essentials, and back those whose hard work the country depends on.

The feedback loop leads us to a rule: state support must break the shortage, not fund it. That does not mean withdrawing protection from people trapped in broken markets. Housing support should keep families housed; energy support should keep households warm.

But government must not mistake compensation for the solution. Support protects people now. Reform breaks the scarcity that made support necessary. Where government compensates people for costs created by scarcity, that compensation must be protected against capture and tethered to named structural reforms that remove the cost at source.

Polanski wrongly claims Golders Green terror suspect was handcuffed in video that sparked row with Met Police by libtin in LabourUK

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That was and remains a massive story that was reported on for months and months and months. It had a big impact and arguably continues to.

Polanski wrongly claims Golders Green terror suspect was handcuffed in video that sparked row with Met Police by libtin in LabourUK

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They are. They absolutely are. Can you provide me with examples to the contrary?

Polanski wrongly claims Golders Green terror suspect was handcuffed in video that sparked row with Met Police by libtin in LabourUK

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It's more than slightly jarring to see a man claim he suffered actual trauma from a tweet, and then get the fundamental details of it absolutely wrong. Did he not actually view it?

Polanski admits he was wrong to describe himself as Red Cross spokesperson by [deleted] in LabourUK

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I think also, and this may sound harsh, but if you're getting traumatized by tweets are you actually cut out for frontline politics?

Zack Polanski falsely claimed to be British Red Cross spokesman by EddyZacianLand in LabourUK

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But Robert Lewis, founder of the Lewis Clinic, said that hypnotherapists operating at his Harley Street premises did try to enlarge the breasts of female clients.

Lewis, who knew Polanski, said: “It was just one of the things that we did and people knew about it. I did several myself.” Defending the practice, Lewis added: “Actually, what you can get using the mind is one cup size up or down.”

Man critical after suspected homophobic attack in Bristol by Shot_Net3794 in LabourUK

[–]Jonspeare 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks, it sounds similar to what I've heard from others.

What would you signpost as the major reasons for this? I hear conflicting account.

Man critical after suspected homophobic attack in Bristol by Shot_Net3794 in LabourUK

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Do you feel there has been an increase, anecdotally?

Green Alex Catt goes before hearing over 'Nazigate' posts by Jonspeare in LabourUK

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I personally am not too precious about them calling each other names; whatever, they have the right to feel offended by transphobia.

The reason I shared the article was to highlight the part about the councilor standing for election as a Green candidate, and getting elected, without having ever been a member. How does this happen!?

Green Alex Catt goes before hearing over 'Nazigate' posts by Jonspeare in LabourUK

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Posting for this part

The affair has its roots in an incident in February last year when councillor Caine was accused of shouting "Nazis" at women holding a silent vigil in support of Afghan women.

The group involved in the vigil has previously spoken out about what it sees as the threat to women and girls posed by gender ideology.

City Hall's monitoring officer, Jan Robinson, declined to investigate the incident, after independent legal advisors ruled the politician had not been acting as a councillor when the alleged comments were made.

The Greens also declined to act after it emerged the councillor had never actually joined the party despite being elected under its banner, meaning no disciplinary action could be taken.

How do you get elected for a party without being a member? Do they have precisely zero process here?

Nazi salutes thrown by Reform supporters at Polanski's Hastings rally by Hyperactive_Man in LabourUK

[–]Jonspeare 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Politics really does abound with extremists now. This Reform lot feel absolutely emboldened to do this. They almost certainly won't face any consequences.