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Dan Steel
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Progressive Social Market Liberalism
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This is a good move from the government.

'Government waters down inheritance tax plan for farms - increasing the threshold from 1m to 2.5m'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government waters down farm inheritance tax plan
The government has now said it will lift the intended threshold from £1m to £2.5m.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This article is spot on regarding what the country needs, though it misses the crucial reason Kier Starmer was elected: stability.

The country needed to regain some semblance of normality, boring politicians, policy briefings etc..
Why is Keir Starmer so unpopular?

Jeremy Gilbert: Britain needs a leader willing to break with the legacy of Thatcherism
Why is Keir Starmer so unpopular?
Britain needs a leader willing to break with the legacy of Thatcherism
www.newstatesman.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Reposted by Dan Steel
Why is Keir Starmer so unpopular?

Jeremy Gilbert: Britain needs a leader willing to break with the legacy of Thatcherism
Why is Keir Starmer so unpopular?
Britain needs a leader willing to break with the legacy of Thatcherism
www.newstatesman.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Reposted by Dan Steel
Opinion | 'It didn't make me any better or motivated to do my job. I was more exhausted'

🖋️ Tayla Blaire

Read more: trib.al/z50QcHl
December 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Closer ties with the EU is of 'strategic necessity'

A country-wide consensus on the matter has to be reached first. The prime minister has to drum up nationwide public support to force his hand

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keir Starmer told closer EU trade ties ‘strategic necessity’ for UK firms
Labour urged to accelerate reset with Brussels as many exporters struggling to trade in the EU after Brexit deal
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Reposted by Dan Steel
Telegraph discovers that there may have been one or two problems with Thatcher's flagship housing policy
(Wait till it realises right to buy cost multiple times more than £900m)

www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/a302434...
How Right to Buy cost taxpayers £900m
Councils repurchase thousands of properties as housebuilding fails to meet demand
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This current govt has the right ideas and the right plans but the execution is not easy on the eyes
December 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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December 22, 2025 at 2:52 AM