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Stephen Smith @gsds3.bsky.social · 10h

Whilst they think the voters - other than the 16% saying they’ll support them now - are in Kemi’s fictional fairyland, they’re doomed.

Stephen Smith @gsds3.bsky.social · 12h

Tbf, he hasn’t realised the need to advocate for all his policies and, indeed, his government. It sometimes feels his previous career is a problem - you don’t have to explain to the judge your point countless times, you expect the jury to pay attention. The electorate on the other hand….

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Stephen Smith @gsds3.bsky.social · 13h

You’d think that someone who talked about us being in a fight for the soul of the country might want to participate in that fight. But, Starmer experience says not

Stephen Smith @gsds3.bsky.social · 13h

You think they move quickly? This is the lot that happily let a round of mayoral elections take place on a system that did them no favours despite aeons of time to tweak it back

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Stephen Smith @gsds3.bsky.social · 18h

With our working lives potentially spanning 50 years in the future, an adult careers service to help people switch mid working life to the best alternative would be great.

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Stephen Smith @gsds3.bsky.social · 19h

I think it was The Pinch but it may have been somewhere else which had a fascinating graph of lifelong net (projected & real) contributions, which offered precisely zero surprise on which generation was the biggest net beneficiary of the UK welfare state

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Stephen Smith @gsds3.bsky.social · 20h

Yeah, I suppose early retirement isn’t a binary thing. Just surprised there are appreciable numbers who can afford to retire in that cohort, but a) the ones who can pay lots of tax b) maybe the pension pinch is a bit younger

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Stephen Smith @gsds3.bsky.social · 20h

Surprised the tax drop starts in the 50-59 cohort - is early retirement still a thing for them?

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Stephen Smith @gsds3.bsky.social · 22h

Example n of a government that has no coherent vision into which its policies fit