Budget November 2025

[Niigata Jack]

One more try before I sign off

What have they gone back on promise wise. There’s a big difference between a government u turn and a broken promise.

It's not worth bothering mate, you don't accept anything, you know exactly what they've gone back on ffs.

Sign off matey its best allround

 

[Niigata Jack]

Completely agree, the Labour Party is dead and has been for a while. It does turn slightly toxic when your opinion differs to others about how the country is being run.

They only see what they want to see.

 

[Smurph]

They only see what they want to see.

That's fairly evident on this thread.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

Toxic “I have an opinion and some people don’t agree with me” is now “toxic”. Snowflakery of the highest order from one of the most confrontational , aggressive and argumentative posters on here.

 

[Smurph]

Toxic “I have an opinion and some people don’t agree with me” is now “toxic”. Snowflakery of the highest order from one of the most confrontational , aggressive and argumentative posters on here.

Perfect example.

 

[Niigata Jack]

Toxic “I have an opinion and some people don’t agree with me” is now “toxic”. Snowflakery of the highest order from one of the most confrontational , aggressive and argumentative posters on here.

Hope you've ironed your I love Starmer shirt for work tomorrow

 

[exiledclaseboy]

Hope you've ironed your I love Starmer shirt for work tomorrow

I’ve also got a Kiss Me, Keir” hat for meetings.

 

[rockinj]

It's not worth bothering mate, you don't accept anything, you know exactly what they've gone back on ffs.

Sign off matey its best allround

It’s like debating Brexit again.

Name me a law you want to get rid of that eu put in place?

“All of em”

One example

“Fuck off you woke twat”

 

[Niigata Jack]

I’ve also got a Kiss Me, Keir” hat for meetings.

I'd be disappointed to know if you didn't have one.

 

[rockinj]

I was beginning to doubt myself reading some of the stuff on here but this podcast has made me think I’m not completely losing it

Does Labour need to own its move to the Left?

Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 27/11/2025 · 44m

podcasts.apple.com

I urge you to listen. It’s a really good analysis. It makes far more sense to me than some of the bizarre comments I’m seeing.

This Government campaigned on a new Labour growth agenda but have adopted a more traditional Labour approach. That’s precisely what I’ve been getting at.

It’s a subtle change that is quite dramatic on what we’ve experienced for decades now and yet the classical Labour supporters hate this gov. It’s very odd.

 

[Ringwood]

I don't know that much about ISA's I know that you can put a maximum of 20k into one between april to april and I suppose you can remove that 20k at the end of the year and put it into another ISA and so on etc?
That figure is being reduced to £12,500 though.

The purpose of cutting the ISA threshold is the want people to switch to ISA investing.

 

[Ringwood]

I don't mind in fact I enjoy other people's political opinions even if I don't agree with them.

 

[rockinj]

The purpose of cutting the ISA threshold is the want people to switch to ISA investing.

Yes absolutely talked about this before, it’s reduced the limit on “cash” isas alone but the overall isa limit hasn’t changed.

I personally think that makes sense and if you’re really anti investing your still have options. It’s small but worth bearing in mind:

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/savings/personal-savings-allowance/

 

[rockinj]

"So what would you do to fill that gap in finances?"

Stopping giving billions upon billions away in foreign aid would be a starting point and the ridiculous amount of money these boat people are costing, also removing the two child cap they could have maybe just increased it to three perhaps, there was a parent talking on the news last week who has 5 children saying that her monthly benefits would rise from £900 to £2000 that's more than working people take home a month to their families, we've all heard cases where people have said that they have more money on benefits than they'd get working, that is likely to get worse now, this government would rather take money off pensioners if they go above the Tax threshold which is ridiculously low in the first place at £12,750.

By the way do you know how much we spend on “foreign aid”

I’ll save you the effort to tell me to do one as you don’t know.

6bn in 2027 (0.3% of gdp)

And it’s not “foreign aid” it’s the international development budget which helps developing economies which in turn:

Improves trade
Reduces migration flows

So by “cutting foreign aid” we’re far more likely to reduce our export markets and have more dreadful boat people.

On welfare, something does need to be done here but it’s more fundamental than the tabloid hysteria. The benefit families are small fry. It’s the welfarism of low wages, low productivity that is driving much of it with welfare topping up incomes.

We also have a huge legacy problem post covid. But this is structural and needs addressing.

But pensions are the biggest welfare drain with the triple lock becoming unsustainable but that generation cannot be touched of course.

 

[Ringwood]

Why do we send 1.4M over to Pakistan for overseas aid.. a nuclear power?