FlyTheNest

frog222 wrote: ↑Tue 12 Sep, 2023 8:29 am
It's Dirt cheap, DIY by any group of teachers and school parents and the Treasury would approve ?

In 1995, I was the pensions minister who took through parliament the equalisation of pension ages, giving 15 years’ notice that the women’s pension age would rise in slow stages between 2010 and 2020. It was a huge cut in future spending but essential to sustain the whole system. Opposite me for Labour was the late Donald Dewar, a brilliant debater. Over many weeks of arguments, he asked me hundreds of questions, but with a twinkle in his eye. It was clear that Labour would quietly accept this huge change. We both knew it had to happen and that doing it over a long period across parties was the only way.

Rayner says Labour would repeal Strikes Act within first 100 days in office

voters care more about the NHS than 'the debt' if they have to choose between them, which they do. Labour should highlight those treade-offs. Very few people care about the debt above and apart from all other considerations. Second, those voters who really do care about debt consolidation above all else are too few to matter for any meaningful electoral strategy and will likely vote conservative anyway.