RE: 2025 meltdown?3 Mar 2024 20:47
Evi,
'why are the cons even trying to please the electoral'
They will want to go out with tax cuts. There are many political benefits, especially if they steal Labour's plans and change non-dom rules and VAT on private schools and use that money to fund the tax cuts.
This hampers Labour's election manifesto promises; makes it harder for Labour to reverse the changes [as putting taxes back up would be unpopular and not a good platform to canvas for the election on]. And, more importantly, when you operate from a public schoolboy attitude that politics is a game then if you hamper your opponent in office then you are more likely to get back into power yourself sooner.
Good politics but poor for the country... some would even say it is treasonous.