[The Weeping Angel]

Oh joy. And just before the Budget, just to compound the "nothing works and taxes are up" mood.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/202 ... e-november

Bastards.

[Youngian]

There's also the problem that 17.4m, even with deaths and repentant liberal leavers and Lexiters, is rather a lot of voters to tell that (in effect) they made a dumb choice.

Nobody made a dumb choice as all the bad predictions for Brexit were Project Fear. Its not Remain voters Farage needs to be made accountable to. They got the Brexit they voted against.

[Tubby Isaacs]

The problem is that lots of Remain voters are more focussed on Starmer who should "just cancel Brexit ffs"

[Tubby Isaacs]

Reeves considers breaking manifesto pledge with income tax rise to fill £30bn gap
Exclusive: Treasury discussions include possibly adding 1p to basic rate or raising higher or additional tax rates

Roughly translated- Treasury produces spreadsheet.

I'm ok with this but I'll be in a small minority. The general reaction to this is unlikely to be "Great, grown up politics!"