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Starmer's Labour is about as left wing as the US Democrats are; by comparison only.
I mean, he really isn't. He's far to the left of them.
as i understood he has no intention of reversing the institutional damage from the Tories so he’s effectively supporting those anti welfare policies
He's pledged to set up a nationalised green energy company, increase funding to the NHS, and build 300,000 new homes per year. That seems a fairly decent start.
Issue is the Tories have tanked the economy and cut taxes, so Starmer's got fuck all money without raising taxes (unpopular, even though I think it's the right thing to do). Post election and with a massive amount of political capital to spend, I think we will see tax rises on those that can afford it, to help fix some of the damage.
on 'funding the nhs': his shadow health secretary says he will employ privatisation to reduce NHS waiting lists: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-59910107
incidentally he also accepted £175000 from donors linked to private healthcare and health insurance firms: https://www.thenational.scot/news/24250557.wes-streeting-takes-175k-donors-linked-private-health-firms
Not to mention renationalising passenger rail.
I swear some of the people on here only think you can be left wing if you want an 80% wealth tax of millionaires and are going to institute universal basic income.
Starmer is running a balance between left wing and actually getting fucking elected
Welcome to Lemmy.
Which is also a Tory policy put forward by a Tory thinktank.
That isnt actually an energy company and will own 0 infrastructure or generation capacity.
But he refuses to reverse the privatisation of NHS trusts and also those are both policies the Tories are supporting as well.
Nope. Both murican dems and cons are further right than Reform in the UK.