There‘s no end to austerity with Starmer. He rather keeps cutting public spending than taxing the rich.

  • EnemyBattleCrab@lemmy.world
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    Didn’t Gordon Brown build a surplus, only to be called out as a scrooge by the tabloid? Feels like you just cant win.

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      by the tabloid?

      Well no. You can’t expect tabloids to play fair. There’s no profit in that.

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      Only once if I recall in 2001. Then he sold off $3 billion worth of gold that would have been worth $11 billion 🤷