RE: Europe flat to higher premarket ahead of data3 Sep 2024 14:13
Mr. T: "Money for this can be found by increasing national defence spending" It may seem obvious, but that is NOT "finding" money. The increased national defence spending has to come from our taxes, whatever you choose to call it. I would personally prefer to see the winter fuel payments re-installed. I abhor the massive public sector pay rises without any attempt to reform the hideous waste of, for example, the failed NHS. In fact, the NHS, the largest employer and the highest cost item on the national budget should be dismantled and privatised as soon as possible. Labour have a great opportunity to do that, as did the Tories in 2019 (another opportunity squandered by them), but they won't as they are too in thrall to the health unions.