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Tax cut for Musk, Bezos and other tech billionaires on the table, Starmer confirms

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨shish_mish@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨unitedkingdom@feddit.uk⁩

https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/tax-cut-billionaires-starmer-musk-bezos-trade-3630807

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  • imrighthere@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Could somebody explain to me why the UK keeps bending over for trump ? You have a bit of russian in the house or something ?

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    • floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      From an international perspective, it just makes the British government look scared and weak.

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    • lemmus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      UK nuclear weapons are American and can only be serviced by America (in Georgia). They have failed all of their recent tests, so are likely defunct. British global power is a myth that largely depends on its nuclear capabilities, so it is extremely dependent on the US for this. Brexit was the final nail in the coffin of the prospect of independence from Washington. Finally, the current Labour Party is Blairite through and through. It’s prominent cabinet members were educated in US business schools and are simply setting themselves up for consultancy jobs once they leave office, all the have to do is hollow out the state even further to the benefit of US companies.

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      • thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        That’s not actually correct. The missiles (the rocket part) are indeed leased from the US, and the maintenance every few years is thus done by them - which keeps the cost down. The warheads are the UKs.

        A freshly serviced trident missile should be good for 5-7 years (although they currently get serviced more frequently).

        If the UK falls out with the US then we have a number of years to either build or own replacement or buy/lease them off another country - France for example has several options in this space that could be easily adapted.

        We are where we are because nobody could imagine the US going rogue like this, a failure of imagination for sure but our nukes are in fact in our control

        …org.uk/heres-how-britains-nukes-are-operationall…

        chathamhouse.org/…/uks-nuclear-deterrent-relies-u…

        …org.uk/no-america-doesnt-control-britains-nuclea…

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    • TheTonDog@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Blame the historic “special relationship”. We’re a US vassal state, out of touch with the rest of European sentiment.

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    • IcyToes@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Probably keen to represent GSK, AstraZeneca and financial services companies. Though to hell with the rest of us.

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  • MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    He really is a fucking tory

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  • drunkosaurus@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    What the fuck

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  • Leeuk@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Appreciate its only been about 9 months or so, but been disappointed with Labour so far…

    Starmer doesn’t appear to be listening to the public mood on benefit reform, taxes or even the growing hostility here towards the US. It seems he’s stuck 2 years in the past and as others have suggested it’s difficult to see him as being the leader of the Labour Party. The most positive move I’ve seen him make was his warm welcome of Zelenskyy after the White House disaster.

    I don’t know if it was true, but I once read that Churchill rode the underground shortly before his famous speach which helped him get the mood of the public. Starmer really needs to doing something similar. He’s looking more out of touch every passing week.

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  • Flamekebab@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    They already pay naff-all, how much more can we possibly cut?

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    • Infernal_pizza@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Maybe we should start paying them tax instead? And they can have a free castle in Scotland each

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  • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Starmer is such a fucking piece of shit man. It was obvious from the start, but its still disappointing.

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  • Hansae@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Spineless bastard

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  • lemmus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Starmer the Collaborator.

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  • Naich@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That’s good. They could do with a bit more money. If we had it we’d just spend it on food or some such recklessness.

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  • TwinTitans@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yeah, no. Tax increases seem reasonable.

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  • buster6775@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Voting in ‘democratic elections’ is serious magical thinking: Nothing ever changes.

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    • punksnotdead@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I can see the Labour Party coming to power in the next election - maybe, maybe not - who knows? But it doesn’t really make a difference who’s in power - the State remains the same, the structure is still there, they just tinker with it a little here and there.

      youtu.be/-1uSSRcn7UE

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      • buster6775@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Trans women aren’t women: cope, seethe and dilate.

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    • buster6775@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      So many transphobes omg

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  • BigMacHole@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I thought Only AMERICANS were Incapable of Learning?

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  • SanPe_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    “Labor” ???

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  • hellfire103@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Well, I certainly know who I’m not voting for next election.

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