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#Starmer #LabourParty It seems they are intent on doing all they can to make me a non voter. Their stance on welfare is my primary reason for believing that. Yes the Tories and Reform would be even worse,but I need more than just 'at least they're not as bad' to cast a future vote for Labour. I need to know they genuinely care about the disabled and/or vulnerable...That they're not going to punish them for the bad and irresponsible behaviour of those far more fortunate in life. Sadly the signs are far from good. Voting for a Labour party that regards bullying the disabled and/or vulnerable as an acceptable way of proving how competent, and strong, it is, doesn't appeal to me in the slightest.

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  • Ideally I'd support a political party to the left of a Starmer led Labour but not a Corbynite,unelectable,perpetual protest party.  It disturbs and worries me  that some on this thread are giving clear indications that  they have no problem with Labour's intended actions against the disabled and/or vulnerable. The idea that it can be deemed acceptable, because of the damage caused by 14 years of Tory ineptitude, horrifies me. Have we really sunk so low, as a nation,  that punishing those less fortunate for the behaviour of those far more fortunate is regarded as morally acceptable?

  • in reply to Deleted User

    No one is saying we’re happy about it.

    What we are saying is that there is no better option available and going off in the huff and not voting will mean a Tory/Reform government which would be vastly worse.

    It’s just realism.

  • in reply to Deleted User

    Please advise what policies of the Tory and Reform parties are worse than Labour? I think they're all as bad as each other. The reform party wanted to raise the personal tax allowance to 20K which would have helped millions of poor people. The Tories said they would raise it a bit for pensioners. Labour kept it frozen, and took away the fuel allowance for most.

  • in reply to Bunny

    You can’t massively cut almost every tax and increase services.

    Their own manifesto has a vague statement about “cutting government spending”.

    And these are the people who told us Brexit would give us £350m a week for the NHS.

    They are rich people funded by very right wing billionaires and they have absolutely no interest in improving life for ordinary people.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman
    TheCatWoman said:

    I too wonder how Reform intend to pay for all this?

    An outline of this is at the end of the document here:

    Reform Party policies

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  • in reply to Bunny

    You can’t massively cut almost every tax and increase services.

    Their own manifesto has a vague statement about “cutting government spending”.

    And these are the people who told us Brexit would give us £350m a week for the NHS.

    They are rich people funded by very right wing billionaires and they have absolutely no interest in improving life for ordinary people.