People want better government, better jobs, and lower interest rates
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- Rachel Reeves thinks people want deregulation, growth and big infrastructure from government, She’s wrong. They want government that works, better jobs and lower interest rates.
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I totally agree! It’s frustrating to see how government spending can lead to inflation, especially when they just print more money to cover the gaps. Cutting down on wasteful spending would definitely help ensure that our tax dollars are used more effectively. It’s all about being responsible with our resources.
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Food and water are totally under regulated already, as are many other sectors. Less regulation is just another caving in to big businesses and the super rich funders.
fix energy and it'll help the whole economy
Our politicians don't govern for the benefit of the population, they govern for the benefit of their doners and other powerful interests. The rest of us are "to be managed". As long as we allow this to continue, it won't change.
Britain has been a one party state for 45 years, own by wealthy corporate and individual interests whose money is mostly offshore.
Reform UK Ltd, 74% funded by 9 offshorers. (Source: Good Law Project 21.9.24 from the Electoral Commission).
No different than the states. Democracy is just an illusion.
Going towards 100% funded by one offshore soon?
And for corporations, the only thing that matters is capital accumulation. And what is a prerequisite for capital accumulation? GDP growth.
This is policy by and for the rich.
There is one exception and that is the Green party.
Too bad the British voting public is completely brainwashed in thinking they are not a valid alternative to the two cheeks of the same bottom corporate duopoly.
Politicians are in hoc to non-doms. That's why their priorities are completely out-of-touch. I mean, voters have said "Tax the Rich" forever, but politicians never do it. It's also why we get never-ending neoliberalism, despite mountains of evidence proving it's failure.
Well said. I agree. All the people that I engage with want much better institutions such as the NHS and public services. I believe that many MPs, should be obliged to spend some time living and working in ordinary working situations. Love and peace. Tim
And USING the services. Might give some perspective.
I definitely agree with 90% of this video. However, getting close to the EU would help to deliver on a lot of the other goals as it would have huge spillover effects. It may be the case that the public doesn’t recognise these benefits and the effect that becoming closer to the EU would provide for the average person.
Another very interesting video, Richard. Thank you.
We have witnessed the failure of HS2 and Labour come up with 3rd runway as a solution!!??
The 3rd runway has been on the cards for decades my friend.
@@billB101Time to finally tear up that card.
@@billB101The carrot is in play.
To fly more immigrants in.
Invest 100bn per annum over next 4 years on infrastructure (housing, schools and hospitals), make education in critical services (key industries, healthcare, teaching) essentially free with 5 year commitment to staying in UK, improvement of core services through investment and nationalization
Make first 22k tax free
Decrease corporate taxes on businesses under 5 million
Increase tax rate at 100, 250, 1 million
Introduce wealth tax
Borrow the rest
I hate Britain, I've hated it for 15 years under the Tories. And now Labour are gonna make me hate it for another 5 years. God it's depressing.🤦🏻♀️🙄
Then go back to Ur cave. Stay there
The business of govt is business and jobs from as soon as we enter education is the goal. They don't know how to change, trust me, the system is worldwide.
@antonyjh1234 u know ..... Go form a party and win the election. Then we talk. Meanwhile watch the whole episodes of yes minister and prime minister. I am wondering what is the end game of Murphy here.......hahahahaha
@ Why are you laughing, what was funny about the question or statement? He himself said the goal of the channel is education about money. Most people don't know where it comes from
@Skylark_Jones: Goodbye then. When are you leaving and where are you going? Remember that the grass is always greener elsewhere
Well said😊
It’s my experience, that ordinary people may know what they want…but have no idea how that can be achieved…
'Would you like to have better services' Yes. 'Would you like to pay more tax?' No. The politician's dilemma...
The problem being is that we have politicians who really just don't care about people, and that's how they act.
surprising that MP's who get a pay rise every time they sneeze think that pay rises aren't that important for the rest of the country
MP's pay is decided by IPSA ( Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority ) it's not decided by MP's at all.
@@billB101 but it is voted on by them and guess what happens?
Ah but they work so hard, every hour of the day, like the ghost MP for Clacton.
@ No it's not. Lol.
@ Some of the MP's I know never stop working. Do you actually know any yourself?
We certainly don't want Labour In Name Only Government.
MPs don't bother to ask ordinary people what they want. They're only interested in what corporate donors want.
They had a chance for change in 4 elections since 2010 but the right wing media wins it for the Tories every time.
This is actually nonsense.
Bingo
@@billB101when Labour is funded by billionaires and offshore hedge funds, when it puts corporate lobbyists into parliament and kicks out socialists, when it literally appoints staff from its donors organisations into government agencies, what other kind of policy do you expect?
Were you born yesterday?
@@billB101 what naïveté
This is why Gary Stevenson is gaining so much popularity.
It would be great for Richard and Gary to do a video - if they find they agree they should unite and support each other and to get their message out, build greater awareness etc
You should really look into Liam Byrne's. His book on inequality is superb.
@@billB101 Hey thanks for this recommendation!
@ You're welcome.
He talks about exactly this, good economists are snapped up by the big firms to make them money.
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We need citizens' assemblies ASAP. Let the people decide policy!
A lot of sense but we do need closer ties with the EU for freedom of movement, better job opportunities and to help British businesses to overcome the escalating harm caused by brexit. Even more important now the Trump and Musk regime wants to govern us
I voted remain and still believe it was a huge mistake. Brexit not only weakened Britain but also the EU. The problem now is that it’s impossible to unf*** something once it’s been f*****. Too late for post coital regret. Also why on earth would they ever have us back. Brexit was, however misguided, the democratic will of the good folk of this land. Now we must just do our best to make the best of a bad situation.
@@ClareFlynn-y8w why do we need freedom of movement?
If MPs really worried about unemployment wouldn't they dump the ridiculous and cruel NAIRU policy and introduce a job guarantee?
People want the wealth of the nation in the hands of the people ,not the hands of the already super rich.
And how do you want that wealth redistributed
Not a problem, the 'super rich' are all leaving. Then you will only have poor people around you. I take it that will make you happy?
@@Tensquaremetreworkshop At least there will be no Masters anymore. Freedom is a pretious thing worth to sacrify something useless, isn't it?
@@kevoreilly6557 Fair... perhaps? Just a suggestion though...
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Everyone keeps talking about wanting a better government, better jobs, and lower interest rates. But the way things are going, I don’t see much changing.
That’s because our politicians don’t really govern for us. They govern for their donors and the people who actually hold power. The rest of us? We’re just being managed.
Exactly. People keep expecting politicians to fix everything, but history shows us they rarely do.
It’s frustrating. We don’t just want lower taxes-we want a country that actually works! Good jobs, fair wages, a system that supports people instead of squeezing them dry.
But here’s the real problem: too many people put all their hopes in the government. The truth is, even if they wanted to fix everything, they might not be able to.
Which is why you have to take control of your own finances. Relying on politicians to create stability is a losing game.
And people won’t to be paid more - what a surprise!
This Labour Government has not offered any of the "change" that they were voted in for!!
I'm looking forward to your video on the mismatch between economic theory/models and economic reality!!!
"We have already seen that children have higher risks of poverty overall (30% versus 21% for the whole population), but larger families with 3 or more children have consistently faced a higher rate of poverty (45% of children in large families were in poverty in 2022/23). " Rowntree Foundation.
First and foremost what people want is the eradicaton of poverty in the UK - one of the richest nations in the world, where currently 30% of kids are trapped in poverty.
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I've always wanted to be involved for a long time but the volatility in the price has been very confusing to me. Although I have watched a lot of TH-cam videos about it but I still find it hard to understand.
Many people understand well that improved pay at the lower end of the scale leads to more economic activity, which is what we need. As for immigrants - allowing asylum seekers to work would make a huge difference, both to them and to their visibility and approval.
Trouble is whenever wages are improved prices rise accordingly. Funny how pay rises are always blamed for inflation when it's the owners of the products sold that put the prices up🤔
I remember Hs2 .What a Tory disaster 😝
HS2 was first proposed by Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
It seems that Labour are going to unlock pension surpluses to encourage growth. If this is a plan to hand pension surpluses over to benefit big business, then it must be stopped. Will there be any significant safeguards to make sure these surpluses are paid back to the public purse? I sincerely doubt it.
Absolutely agree - please critique this dismal plan Richard!
@ Murphy has talked about this being a good idea before. Obviously he won't agree if Labour actually do this, he hates Labour.
@@billB101 I think in regards to investing in public services, he is in favour. I'm not so sure about handing public surpluses (which, if I'm not mistaken, are there in case of any shortfalls) to private investors.
That’s absolutely not what the government is proposing.
@@davidhodgson3901 actuallly they are. It's been in the news the last couple of days.
Thank you Richard for touching on this subject .
You are absolutely correct which is why there is so much doom and gloom everywhere in the UK .
Not that many years ago the emigration figures were around 300 thousand each years .
Today that figure has reached around 500 thousand people who choose to leave the UK each year .
This is testament to how awful both main parties have been in government .
If MPs are worried about inflation, then I've just done a shop and almost everything has gone up in price again despite being told inflation is falling...and this is before the April tax hikes.
Economists and Economics journalists hardly ever run a critical eye over official inflation statistics. I wonder why?
I wrote to my MP stating this. Why do we have to put up with inferior PM's that are Globally ridiculed?
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Richard. Thank you!. Your clarity and analysis is amazing and comprehensive. It really levels up my understanding of what the heck is going on.
Less government less ripping off the tax payers less illegal immigration.
80% and upwards of UK citizens support us owning our water, not private companies. It's got high levels of public support regardless of party affiliation. Most other countries own their own water and run their water utilities themselves with no issues. Even with the blatant failure and corruption of things like Thames Water, politicians still won't allow them to be nationalised. It's corruption. They are owned by a small number of powerful self-interested people and they will not do the right thing for the people and the country.
It’s terrifying.
Cut the 6m public servants in about half
I have a strong sense of fairness. And l have to say the current situation in the UK is causing me to have concerns. I'm alarmed about the rise of wealth inequality and the concentration of power being in a small, privileged group, which is having detrimental effects on society and governance. From your poll it's clear the centre right and left share many of the same concerns which unsurprisingly the politicians are oblivious to this.
If you want a politician to do what you want, don't vote for them.
Better government: without the ongoing struggle between the RIGHT and LEFT. Better Jobs; without the ongoing conflict between conservative capitalist and conservative workers. Low interest rates: without the bankers making profits and ruling by debts and rates.
Reeves economic assumptions are completely topsy-turvy. The economic model that enabling business to grow by removing constraints (eg workers rights) and providing them with the infrastructure they need to operate (eg 3rd runway) will result in growth (increase in GDP, more jobs and profits etc) and therefore an increase in tax revenues is a failed economic theory and is not supported by the data. It has never and will never work and a chancellor that continues to pedal household budget economics nonsense - that the only money the government has to spend is either from taxes generated by the private sector or borrowing is just plain wrong. It’s topsy-turvy. Government spending comes first and then taxes used to control inflation and distribute wealth. This Government neither understands the economics nor how money is created in a fiat currency. They are not listening to what the public want or need because they think they cannot not satisfy it anyway. They are stuck in the austerity now jam tomorrow doom-loop. But they can. They just need to reject the past 50 years of neoliberal economics and actually start to govern
Yes, but what do Labour donors want?
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@@TimLoo-w4u That comment was nothing like the dunk your emoji reaction suggests you thought it was.
@@TimLoo-w4u who said anything about Trump just because we're criticising Labour (from a left-wing angle mind you) doesn't mean Reform + Trump are suddenly going to take over
@@TimLoo-w4u forgot your medicine this morning?
A few videos ago you mentioned that a 3rd runway at Heathrow being built would generate 0.3% of growth has been picked up by labour. It’s a shame as I had a lot of hope for them
They do go out and walk about, but they listen to the people they think are important they listen to big business they listen to wealth. They don’t listen to the ordinary every day person that voted that vote for them all they are or a means to an end to get the government in 10 Downing Street and then they are forgotten that every day person is just forgotten, they pander to big business and money
Not everyone wants lower interest rates, some savers are sick of low interest rates. But they do want lower inflation.
That won't happen until they leave the 3-letter agencies.
These country also needs big infrastructure projects. There’s no other way to build a greener country, and also creates jobs.
In Germany in the late twenties and early thirties a lot of attention was paid to the "gesundes Volksenpfinden". We've seen what that leads to.
One of the issues with Biden was that he was generating jobs, but they weren't that good
what????
that is so insightful
If Starmer proclaimed his three top priorities are improving the NHS and public services, improving public services including the NHS, taking care of the NHS and providing good public services, he would be onto a winner! If he delivered, he’d be certain of reelection and reelection and reelection.
If the general public knew as much about economics as you say, why on earth would they have voted for Brexit.
They dont. people are generally clueless about economics. We have left the EU so we need to accept that and deal with actual problems we had while IN the EU. I think people forget we had poor public services, poor wages, lack of housing etc etc while IN the EU. Address those problems rather than try to rely on re-joining the EU as a panacea
Because (a sufficient number of them) they believed what they were told about the benefits.
Most of them didn't. Unfortunately, not enough of them voted against so a plurality carried the day.
because the ordinary person realised that people from overseas are bankrupting the UK, hence why the UK seems to have no money but in reality it has almost 2 million unemployed foreign nationals in the UK that everyone has to pay for.
I would argue that just as many who voted to remain also have zero understanding of Economics. It's a rather sweeping statement, from a biased opinion 🧐
My "Daily Dose of Lefty Professor" is spot on today! Although I'd argue paying someone £15ph to pull a pint or empty a bin etc will mean the UK is going to struggle
Times have changed. In the ‘50s some people barely earned £10/week.
@12theotherandrew Of course, but a barman in 1980 (adjusted for inflation) received £6ph, now it's double that. As much as we'd all like to be paid a wedge, it's not sustainable imo
@@willlyons9823 Only because the people in charge of the products and properties keep putting their prices up. If they didn't then barstaff would be able to spend more of their income on goods and services (and so would we).
@ In the 70s the “top brass” were paid about seven times the wage of the “shop floor”, now the CEOs of many multinationals receive on average about 76 times the pay of the menial employees.
Surprising how these choices match up, or rather don't match up, by people's actual voting choices.
The government is demonstrating an inability to communicate how its goals align with the wishes of the people. The first
two wishes of Labour voters can all come out of infrastructure. We need to build and equip state of the art hospitals and guarantee adequate maintainence. We need to have good quality transport links. We need to have brilliant primary and secondary education in sound school buildings with better staff student ratios.
We are getting a third runway at Heathrow, more shoddy housing with no medical facilities available and rising utility bills to pay for water infrastructure that should already have been factored in and useless carbon capture.
Maybe the wishes do not align after all.
It’s the growth of people’s lives that matter
We need fewer airports and more railways. For most people, airports are rarely used and not essential. Replacing roads with railways is an everyday necessity for our survival
i agree that we definitely need more railways but airports are by no means rarely used, especially nowadays with budget airlines.
go to any London airport (apart from city) and tell me it's rarely used
People always want a better government.. hmmmm.. sadly the government isn't the majority of the people.. hmmmm.. just a worldwide 🌐 Web of control within the definition of class and our struggle to make government decisions for the people great again.. hmmmm..
The Government cant build a new road let alone Heathrow ! Or even encourage the trains to run on time
I get the impression that the public want everything all at the same time. They want higher pay but they say unions and higher wages are bad for business - and we need to support business. They want less tax and more government spending. They want the government to step in and protect them and the thing they feel they care about but want government to keep out. Etc etc
Trump is talking about scrapping personal tax and replacing the revenue with tariffs on imported goods. Exactly like American used to operate before 1913...
Tariffs are a sales tax. Who do you think pays them? The purchaser. So a very regressive tax.
@@Tensquaremetreworkshop A sales tax on foreign goods only...So you would rather have no choice at all and pay tax on your income...?!
@@manoo422 Income tax is progressive- the yop 1% pay 27% of it.
Taxes on imported goods go on the price. Domestic manufacturers raise their price to match- why wouldn't they?
Checked the survey questions and it did not ask about the growing gap between rich and poor, and taxes on income earned from wealth (i.e. uk assets). Maybe that shows how out of touch Ipsos is.
When you look at our crumbling water infrastructure and poor transport links outside the SE, and the impending effects of the Climate Emergency, you can't argue we don't need infrastructure. It just depends on the infrastructure. Not a third runway at Heathrow and not more roads, but yes to better drainage and flood protection and integrated local transport, yes to modal shift to rail and light rail.
I want higher interest rates, thanks.
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improving the NHS might make people happy but that us truly the last thing that's going to boost the economy.
What on earth is the point of politicians if they don't work for us!?
They are bought and paid for by billionaires to make policy that benefits the big businesses they own
To deceive us and assist in the embezzlement of our collective wealth.
Build millions more homes. Cap interest rates for mortgages at 3%. Don't allow individuals to own more than two houses. Don't allow any business own more than 100 beds/houses (including multi-business owners)
Put a cap on house prices - the price should be considered on the cost of land, materials plus labour not runaway rises on location, location, location. Houses in this country should be bricks and mortar with a proper tiled roof.
@@mmcd256 The cost of land is the difference between cost of materials and market price for the house (less a profit). Simple economics.
Bricks and mortar with a tiled roof? So, exactly like the Romans then. No progress in 2000 years...
The biggest issue by far is the cost of housing. They can’t crash the housing market by flooding the market with cheap houses , so we’re stuck in a rut with no wait out. We need a social housing objective lots of new council houses that can NEVER go on the market. People will go to work if rent is affordable.
7:04 this data seems to show the public don’t care as much as politicians…
It's a throw away society so why would they repair existing systems? Buying a shiny new runway is much easier. Train sets are so last year and hospitals were a hand me down.
Because all money is debt, new money/debt must enter society because it is always leaving through taxes, the money for the old runway has passed through society, if the public aren't taking on new debt then they must or stop taxes, because as we all know watching Richards channel, taxes pay for no current spending and they only remove money from society. Without new debt instruments, poverty will have to happen so people can get unemployment benefit.
Their only goal is to input debt, telling them they can replace all hospitals, trains and runways would be great for them, repairing existing doesn't mean as much profits and debt inputted and means slavery for the masses longer.
My view and most people’s view is to tax the rich:75%
And then as we have seen you get nothing, and lose out massively. The wealthy have fled Britain in droves meaning those who pay the most tax don't pay it here. This is why Professor Laffer devoped the Laffer curve, there is an optimal tax take and beyond that point the tax take starts to fall.
Your view is based on greed and envy and like most Socialist views is toxic and provably a failure.
How do you propose actually doing this? You have to tax wealth not income so how do you manage that?
@@johnyysimmerz tax land - you cannot move that abroad
@@skyblazeeterno As in tax land upon purchase or tax land as an unrealised capital gain?
No it is not "most people's view" at all. How are you going to "Tax the rich 75%" when a) They've all left and b) They've taken all their assets and wealth with them after closing down their businesses and laying off all their employees??
Rearranging the deckchairs 🤫
If you actually listen to people, it's fairly obvious that Labour and Conservative voters want roughly the same things, they just disagree on how to achieve them.
I'm inclined to think that if someone really wants to be an MP they should be banned from being one.
What and have intelligent capable people.. your joking...😂...
Time to change the system of government so that politicians do what the people want. Isn't that their job? Most people don't have a five year work contract independent of competence. Did we vote for that?
What, like Brexit?
Just goes to show how out of touch our politicians are. We are ruled by self serving crooks and fools. Heaven help us. Thank you Richard
People don't know what they want, they don't understand where money or oil comes from and economically they want money without realising it is all debt.
Eh?
Every single dollar is banker debt, and nobody is refusing money. It all has an interest rate applied and it's not being paid to "us". Time we get rid of the debt based system that goes along to get along. I don't mind paying down debt if it makes things better/easier for the next generations, currently we have people in power who are trying to do the opposite, as much as they can. The business of govt is business and they do not care about us or the thing they are supposed to be caring for, the country.
@ People drive everyday using oil other people have been killed over and every single dollar is just bank debt, , that always loses value the longer you hold it. govt or public debt, which we use as a means of exchange and money does not build up in society, prices for house etc are an indication of how much debt went through it and the money for all the houses doesn't exist in society, as all money is based on someone's debt. Once that loan is paid off the money is gone too.
Brilliant and 100% true! But can our economy afford to address the real issues? So it is back to serving the big guys again.
On the other hand: the questions of the surveys you presented were wrong. For sure there is a different perspective between the public and MPs. And to treat these the same is difficult as there is a different level of expertise. We would not want to do that in the medical sector (while that is far less vital for our living conditions).
People want what they want, and being an MP gives you no more expertise than the public, as the only qualification required to be an MP is to get selected and elected. For goodness sake, look how many are clueless.
Furthermore, who do the "economic experts" work for?
The obsession with growth now shared by both the Tories under Liz truss and labour under Starmer is a political reality for governments which are in the end servants of capital. For capitalists GDP growth is essential to ensure capital accumulation.
In a more rational and democratic economy, the distribution of wealth and income would be a much bigger Issue but as both the conservatives and labour are allergic to imposing redistribution on their wealthy donors and benefactors then they have to substitute GDP growth as a mythical panacea for actual well-being.
If you ask people whether they feel better off now than they did 15 years ago, most will say they felt better under the new labour government up to 2010. Even though GDP was at 25% smaller then.
GDP is not the right measure of well-being for the population. But it is the only measure that capitalists care about.
Yes! Thanks.
Big New Infrastructure Projects seem to be a feeding trough for investors, who all want a nice profit!
Since most of the investors are pension funds, we all need them to make a nice profit.
Part of the problem with the survey is that it mixes the process and outcomes. Yes, the aim of politicians should be delivering the outcomes that people want, but those outcomes are dependent upon other policies that people understandably are not so interested in.
For example, "improving relations with the EU" is not a priority for ordinary people, however the extra prosperity that would bring would help with "improving public services".
If they aren't going to listen,we are going to need to make them..
Professor Steve Keen has a view of the economy which I go along with. However, his views are not shared by all politicians. Does that make him wrong? Not for me.
People can want things but do they want to pay for those things? The NHS will never be able to meet all the aspirations of the population because every year new treatments are developed which enable people to live longer than otherwise. On one level that is good, but these treatments are almost always very expensive.
Better public services - who is not in favour of that, but take Birmingham, the road kerbs have a huge amount of debris against them which is not cleaned by the council. Their vacuum tanker fleet sits idle for more than half the day. They have the equipment but not the will to clean the streets. That is just a simple example.
Asking people want they needs to be linked to “do you want to pay for this?” frequently the answer is going to be, no.
What Britain needs to do is spend our infrastructure money more wisely. HS2 was the wrong specification - not the wrong idea. Slower trains would have generated much less opposition which would have meant fewer and shorter tunnels and much lower costs.
We want more capitalist government not more taxes
Interesting
As a result of this, I am planning to start differentiating between Republican leaders and Republican voters in the US.
So many times, I see Republicans criticized as a whole with legitimate criticism. I want to make it clear that i find Republican voters to be more in line with my thinking than their leaders. I am against their leaders.
I do think we should invest in the infrastructure....it's had under investment for years because of a privatisation idea that just hasn't worked and continually failing to deliver projects to time and on cost.
Utilities and Telecoms - antiquated! Hospitals - falling apart! Rail - we can't even get HS2 right! House buildings - new housing stock never gets built! I could go on.
Get the infrastructure right and everyone benefits.....but don't let the private sector do it, no massive profit return building is needed. Manage it well, to budget, and reap the rewards of fast internet, cheaper energy and ability to move around cheaply.
The politicians aren't interested in maintaining and managing existing infrastructure. These are seen as dreary, unsexy chores and they're only motivated to do anything when there's an outcry. They rely on the moaning but mostly polite British public to grin and bear it most of the time.
Even some so called private ownership turns out to be foreign state controlled corporations, it's broken.
Very interesting. Good effort, carry on.
It seems more a question of grinding people down I know people who work hard and still have not much best is to leave for a country wich doesn,t look like 1965
Please, please do. The more 'poor people' that leave, the better. But they don't.
I did not say poor people just hardworking people
Being a working man and home owner here is what I want:
1. Fed up of people telling me what I want. Nobody actually asks me.
2. Homes and rents that relate to ordinary peoples incomes.
3. Less people in the country (I am not against immigration) and more room for wildlife.
4. The wealthy pay their fair share of taxes.
5. Better quality of work out there.
6. Peace, love and understanding.
7. Pies and lots of them.
I'll stop there.....
Not just pies. We want pasties too!
Nae wonder democracy in the UK is a mess
Ordinary people don’t seem to know much about the economy based on what they want. Nothing rates highly