UK Conservatives lose popularity after pre-election tax bribe.

The Tories reputation is so far in the gutter that 37% of people surveyed think that their taxes have gone up with the latest budget. This is factually untrue because taxes have been cut. However, the British public is so sick of this party that they don't believe them, even when they are telling the truth! I'm not going to lie, I did chuckle at this one.

I'm not in favour of the tax cuts anyway. The money would be better spent on schools and hospitals but this whole episode just underlined how screwed the Conservative Party is and how certain it is that they will lose the next election.

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Elessar · 31-35, M

Found this in the wild

I don't really disagree with the sentiment/message. I'm very accustomed to the process where those who f*ck things up leave power just in time for the avalanche of the consequences to come down once they've left the chair to the opposition, that will take the blame, securing their re-election in the next iteration because people are generally too naïve or distracted to see the links, and right-wing propaganda machines centuries ahead.

Taking for good your analysis that Starmer won't be much better from a worker POV than the Tories, that's exactly how it seems it'll play out.

You're essentially replaying our 2008-2011/12.