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[email protected] appears to have vanished! We can still see cached content from this link, but goodbye I guess! :'(
So Tories screwed our economic situations and Keir's Labour will keep us here.
What is the point in a massive majority if you'll do what the predecessors did? Power for power's sake?
People just blindly voted Labour in without considering what that they stood for.
Yup, and for the avoidance of doubt:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg3j131327yo (see graph at bottom)
Labour used to be funded by trade unions. Now it's just a 5th of total funding. Corporate takeover of the Labour party. Of course, businesses will be wanting a return on investment here.
The pcs (civil servant) union agreed a 10% pay demand this year. Sir Keith might get lucky with something like a 5% deal this year on good faith alone, but next year will be brutal if he thinks he can keep that up.