r/PoliticsUK

The number of problems facing our country are numerous in nature and increasing. Add the infrasture and farming support required to deal with the increasing heat we are going to experience every year to the need for modernised water infrasture - build and staff more prisons - clean our oceans and rivers - increase our standing military and equipment - build more houses - arrest the loss of talented teachers and doctors to other nations. Given all of this and more surely the british people can accept an increase in personal taxes?

Is growth a better solution, yes - but this will take time to develop right? Especially given the state of world affairs right now.

Am I wrong? I would appreciate a wide range of views on this - not looking to argue just encourage solutions

Northerner living overseas. Loving the King of the North’s swoop into No. 10, but it’s left me with questions as to where all this money is coming from?

Public control of water, drilling the North Sea, housing and transport, a Northern No. 10, the biggest social housebuilding push in years, reindustrialisation, higher defence spend - it all sounds great, but how does it get paid for? Is it more borrowing, tax rises, the long-term savings he reckons come from taking stuff back into public hands, or some mix of all three? asking as someone watching from the sidelines.

Side note - been listening to Burnham’s book Head North and completely understand his hatred of the South now.

I know this is probably going to be controversial, especially on Reddit, but I genuinely think Rupert Lowe deserves more attention than he gets.

And before anyone starts, no, I don’t think he’s perfect. I don’t agree with every single thing he’s said or proposed, and I’m not going to pretend he’s some political messiah who’s going to walk into Downing Street and magically fix Britain overnight.
But honestly, look at where we are.
We’ve had Labour, we’ve had the Conservatives, we’ve had years of promises about “change” and “building a better future”, and yet so many of the same problems just keep getting worse.
Taxes are high. Housing is ridiculous. Public services are under pressure. Energy is expensive. Government keeps getting bigger. People are increasingly frustrated about immigration. There’s a growing feeling that you can’t say what you actually think without someone trying to label you as some sort of extremist.
And the biggest problem, in my opinion, is that hardly anyone in mainstream politics seems willing to actually challenge the direction we’re going in.
That’s why Lowe stands out.
Whether you like him or hate him, he actually talks about things that a lot of ordinary people are thinking about.
Immigration, national identity, free speech, government spending, taxation, energy, law and order, national sovereignty.
These aren’t weird fringe issues. They’re pretty fundamental questions about what sort of country we want to live in.
Take immigration.
I don’t understand why we’ve reached a point where simply asking whether the level of immigration is sustainable is treated as though you’re automatically motivated by hatred.
You can believe immigrants should be treated fairly and still believe immigration needs to be controlled.
You can welcome people who genuinely want to come here and contribute while also believing that Britain should have the final say over who enters the country.
That’s what having a border is supposed to mean.
And surely it’s reasonable to ask whether we’ve built enough houses, schools, hospitals and infrastructure to support the population we’re bringing in.
You don’t have to hate anyone to ask that question.
The same goes for national identity.
I actually think Britain has become weirdly embarrassed about being British.
We’re constantly told that our history is something to apologise for, that traditions are outdated and that talking about national identity is somehow suspicious.
I’m not talking about pretending Britain has never done anything wrong. Of course it has.
I’m talking about recognising that there’s also an enormous amount worth preserving.

Does anyone know how many Labour MPs claiming to come from working class backgrounds are multi millionaires?