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The Budget

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winterwhite Sun 03-Mar-24 12:27:26

Looking on the bright, or least gloomy, side - Jeremy Hunt is a silver-tongued smooth operator. If there is a glimmer of good news for tory party members he can put it across, then if the Observer is right we might get a spring election.

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keepingquiet Sun 03-Mar-24 12:09:11

I have zero faith and 100% cynicism regarding this budget. They seem to have forgotten who elected them this time, it was mainly the so called red wall votes in the post-industrial towns and cities for whom they have done nothing.
Now I feel they are aiming at traditional Tory voters who tend to be wealthy and privileged. They don't have the intelligence to even try something new, but believe peole are genuinely stupid enough to vote for them.
It is a pathetic attempt to placate the disgruntled Tory voters who may turn to Reform (who are really the new UKIP) but it isn't going to work.
Sad that UK politics has fallen to this, but we can only blame ourselves.

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Whitewavemark2 Sun 03-Mar-24 07:12:35

Observer

“Jeremy Hunt is expected to raid the public finances to conjure some pre-election goodies in his budget on 6 March. He will create the headroom for tax cuts mainly by tightening the squeeze already imposed on Whitehall departments. And whoever takes over after the election will find gaping funding holes, empty coffers, high debt and low growth. As legacies go, Hunt’s is on course to rank as one of the worst”.

Any tax cuts will only appease his party members. The voter wants better public services, particularly health. There was no budget “bump” after the autumn statement and it is highly unlikely that the budget next week will be any more popular.

However, if there is a glimmer of hope say from a rise in the polls for Tory support - then expect an election in the spring.

It can’t come soon enough.

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