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cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social @cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social · 19h

"couldn't meet increasing govt debt" is what it boild down to.

cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social @cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social · 19h

I don't support any party in particular. I just want to see sane and sensible rather than a Farage Trumpist rabble in no 10. And a recognition of the big issues facing humanity rather than navel gazing. Climate, nuclear proliferation, and facing down dictators.

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cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social @cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social · 19h

Wow. Magic Money theory. Been tried, old son, google Weimar Republic.

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cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social @cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social · 19h

I'm watching a likely bond crisis cos almost all W democracies continuously o/borrowed when we all knew demographic change was coming. +no party can get elected on a platform to restore fiscal balance, so the bond markets will force it. Happens all the time, but not on this scale. It will be ugly.

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cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social @cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social · 19h

There is no mandate to change the electoral system. Stand on that manifesto ...IMV LAB should have done so, for PR - but they didn't.
If you want to abolish the whole party system, just what would you replace it with?

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cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social @cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social · 20h

And I'm seeing a bunch of pretty diverse left ppl who seem to think money can be magicked into being, bond mkts/defence/security ignored, + the realpolitik of today's global challenges just melts away in the face of righteousness.

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cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social @cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social · 20h

Well I thought Bsky a haven of sense and civility till I wrote on this thread. Suddenly, a mob of "progressives" foaming at the mouth just like the right wing loons on X. Even they never replied calling me a cunt. Time to block a few ppl, I suppose.

cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social @cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social · 20h

Of course they've looked at it, esp LAB ones. It can't be fixed without USA, and they don't want it fixed. Capital moves around, only strong intnl rules could control it, and we're now moving in the opposite direction.

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cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social @cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social · 20h

It's the system we've got and you have to work with it. And the vmore you treat ppl who tell you inconvenient truths as "uninformed" the more you will move far from electoral reality.

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cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social @cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social · 20h

That would not be a bad outcome, but it ain't gonna happen, The right will unite, but the left won't ; the attitudes on this thread tell you all about that.

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cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social @cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social · 20h

What pray is LAB doing to you?

cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social @cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social · 20h

I just did.

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cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social @cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social · 20h

You think successive Chancellors haven't looked at that? If only it were possible.

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cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social @cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social · 20h

No its not. It's how party politics work. No one gets the party they want ; hopefully a majority will get one they can live with. It's always the lesser of 2 (or more) evils, not utopia vs dystopia.

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cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social @cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social · 20h

Interesting that all the replies on here ignore fiscal, electoral, political reality, and simply demand more benefits. The money's not there, people, and no one can magic it up. Mostly that's just demographics ; we now have a low worker/dependency ratio.

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cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social @cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social · 20h

I suggest a look at the bond markets. Higher benefits are simply unaffordable, the benefits bill will have to be reduced, not increased. Fiscal reality.

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cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social @cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social · 20h

No they don't. Complete misrepresentation. Tories are obvs pulled R by reform and adopting their policies. Lab are not, bar immigration, which they belatedly realised is THE big issue that will lose them a GE to Reform. ALL parties are prisoners of the bond markets + have to prioritise state exp.

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cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social @cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social · 20h

Kind of you to say so. But if that's your best shot, consider your position.

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds like the sort of person who would never get involved in fraudulently buying a house in Clacton to avoid tax.

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cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social @cavedwellerparsnip.bsky.social · 21h

Nonsense. What deluded rabbit hole did you go down to get that idea?

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Lisa (UK) 🦋 @monalisa1.bsky.social · 2d

This needs wider coverage. Frightening.

Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 3d

Would *really* recommend listening to New York Times' Jane Bradley talking about Farage and US, and Russian influence, on Democracy for Sale this week

www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5p0...

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d

China is well positioned for a trade showdown with Trump on.ft.com/47zG4Nq | opinion

China is well positioned for a trade showdown with Trump

Rare earths are not the only Chinese product that America would struggle to replace

on.ft.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 6d

UK energy bosses sound warning over rising household bills on.ft.com/3J5V7VN

UK energy bosses sound warning over rising household bills

Octopus Energy, EDF and E.On executives challenge Labour’s pledge to reduce energy costs

on.ft.com

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 6d

This is how Farage and Tice reacted at PMQs when someone raised the issue of one of their politicians accepting bribes to spread Russian propaganda. Apparently it’s funny to be a traitor.

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