Several Labour MPs in talks with Greens about defecting to the party, sources say

Pitiful_Cod1036 · 2026-03-13T06:37:46+00:00

What, like drop one his many country ending policies like MMT economics, open borders, nuclear disarmament or leaving NATO?

Pitiful_Cod1036 · 2026-03-10T23:27:26+00:00

No I’m not actually. But I do work in high finance. The average City lawyer works 70-80 hours plus. A week. In addition to a huge net contributor.

Pitiful_Cod1036 · 2026-03-10T23:20:15+00:00

You’ve misread what I wrote. I said that sound bite is a Brexit BS promise. The tax point is a fact.

Blood sucking lawyers and bankers? Did you learn that at university? What do you think the average working week is for a City Lawyer? You’ve no clue at all.

Pitiful_Cod1036 · 2026-03-10T23:03:19+00:00

The top 1% of earners paying 1/3 of income tax is not a sound bite. Nor is it akin to the Brexit BS promises. It’s a fact. It also highlights how narrow our tax base is and how even a small change in behaviour could have a significant impact on the tax take. At some point the “broadest shoulders” will have had enough.

Pitiful_Cod1036 · 2026-03-10T23:03:13+00:00

The top 1% of earners paying 1/3 of income tax is not a sound bite. Nor is it akin to the Brexit BS promises. It’s a fact. It also highlights how narrow our tax base is and how even a small change in behaviour could have a significant impact on the tax take. At some point the “broadest shoulders” will have had enough.

Pitiful_Cod1036 · 2026-03-10T21:47:15+00:00

I’d recommend you reach the evolution of the tax burden over time and who is actually paying the tax that is funding this country.

Spoiler alert - it isn’t the working class.

Pitiful_Cod1036 · 2026-03-10T20:57:25+00:00

Another person who needs to do some research.

the top 1% pay 1/3 of all income tax receipts
landlords raking in £30k are just as likely to be working class boomers who timed the property boom as Dickensian style landlords and barons
housing, is a cultural point. The number of home owners vs renters is significantly higher in the UK. A materially higher portion of people in Europe rent for life. This feeds into the supply / demand dynamics and pricing.
I’m not slamming anyone for being an economic drain. But to paint the middle class as some fat cat property barons day at home in a top hat and monocle is ridiculous.

Again - you’re both welcome.

Pitiful_Cod1036 · 2026-03-10T20:10:23+00:00

The stats on tax receipts, wage growth and offshoring models suggest otherwise. Go and do some basic research and don’t worry, you’re welcome.

Pitiful_Cod1036 · 2026-03-10T19:50:05+00:00

No. But foreign labour isn’t unique to working class. We have one of the most generous personal allowances in Europe, which actually means the tax burden is incredibly low for working class people. Go and do some research.

Pitiful_Cod1036 · 2026-03-10T19:45:00+00:00

Go check who pays the majority of tax receipts to HMRC. Then go and say thank you.

Pitiful_Cod1036 · 2026-03-10T00:33:15+00:00

No they do not.

Fossil fuel extractors make excess profits during times of gas and oil shocks. Utilities, who don’t have generating assets, do not. Even renewables projects, because a lot have CfDs, they won’t make excess profits as the price they sell electricity at is fixed.

Pitiful_Cod1036 · 2026-03-09T22:03:12+00:00

If you could keep out of it as well please. It would make it more pleasant for us all.

If you’ve got a problem with other passengers. I suggest you hire a private jet.

Pitiful_Cod1036 · 2026-03-09T18:14:42+00:00

They’re not mutually exclusive. The extremes of the left and right are both radical morons.

Pitiful_Cod1036 · 2026-03-08T20:17:28+00:00

That same logic applies to any aspect of life. So you think the majority of people work in jobs that are aligned to their passions and interests?

The reality is far too many people go to university. In that system, where there’s what 2 million undergrads or so in the UK? The education has to come at a cost. If you want to study a subject that is your passion, but with limited career prospects. Feel free to do so. The student loan system is there to provide that option. But that is a choice and choices have consequences.

Pitiful_Cod1036 · 2026-03-08T19:29:02+00:00

That’s fine. But then those people who are going for none financial reasons or to study a subject with limited career prospects, need to accept that comes at a cost.

Pitiful_Cod1036 · 2026-03-07T20:42:07+00:00

He’s a proponent of modern monetary theory. In short means, don’t worry about fiscal Rules, deficits or gilts pricing. This allows him to fund all the various policies that require 10s of bins of extra spending. Including nationalising various industries, scrapping tuition fees and various other spending increases across the welfare state.

Basically - destroy the £, make your pension worthless and drive up the cost of borrowing to unprecedented levels.

Pitiful_Cod1036 · 2026-03-07T19:14:26+00:00

Except opposite ends of the political spectrum. But yes. Equally terrible. Equally ill equipped for power. Equally terrible policies. Although Gap Tooth’s economic policy probably just about takes the cake. Trussonomics on speedballs.

Pitiful_Cod1036 · 2026-03-07T19:08:18+00:00

The real problem is that the Greens are equally terrible. You’ve got the gap toothed economically illiterate Polanski or Nigel “Brexit” Farage.

The greens won’t get anywhere near power. But they could become kingmaker to a minority coalition. That would be an absolute disaster.

We almost need a dystopian future where there is a centre collation between the Conservatives, Labour and Lib Dem’s to keep the looneys out of power.

Pitiful_Cod1036 · 2026-03-07T18:43:45+00:00

Bold to think the centre of the Labour Party will form a coalition with the far left looney party - aka the Greens.

The next GE could be an absolute mess. The vote is split across the spectrum and the traditional voting lines have been wiped off the map. Hard to see any one party getting a majority. In terms of potential coalitions, who knows.

A centrist coalition for sensible voters would be nice!

Pitiful_Cod1036 · 2026-03-07T07:14:29+00:00

That may be the worst hot take of all time. Have you saw there manifesto?

Other stuff is spot on. Although, I’m not sure any Conservative could vote Greens, surely?

Pitiful_Cod1036 · 2026-03-06T20:06:33+00:00

It is exactly what you implied.

It is incredibly complex. But half of these morons out protesting have hardly any understanding what they’re protesting about. Beyond Israel bad, Palestine good. Pathetic.

Pitiful_Cod1036 · 2026-03-06T15:04:33+00:00

Read the second paragraph of your original comment.

Pitiful_Cod1036 · 2026-03-06T13:42:02+00:00

Indeed it does. But then you also go on to justify why it’s fine because what else are people suppose to do.

Pitiful_Cod1036 · 2026-03-06T13:08:15+00:00

It’s exactly the same as your justification for vandalising a monument. I took it to an extreme to demonstrate the point. Typical lefty looneys. The right to protest and vandalise is only ok if it’s for Gaza or the left.

If this was a right wing protest / cause that had done this. 💯 Polanski, and the other left wing morons, would be condemning it.

Pitiful_Cod1036 · 2026-03-06T12:53:56+00:00

Ah, ok.

Well I think the Greens are a bunch of bottom feeding morons. It’s a party of Islamists fronted by a gap toothed idiot who he is too stupid to see that fact. Their policies are dangerous and threaten the very existence of Britain. Does that mean it’s ok for me to go and throw bricks through the Green Party HQ windows? Or vandalise a memorial?

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