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You’ve had one party in power for almost 14 years, and you’re trying as hard as you can to spread the responsibility evenly?

Do you recall what was happening when Jeremy Corbyn was the leader of Labor? The guy was getting bombarded by the press and the media. Could it be that his policies were actually going to change the status quo?

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I'm not trying to spread the responsibility evenly, I'll say outright the responsibility almost entirely lies with the current party. But my criticism of the opposition is, it's been so unconvincing and has often lacked any real opposition that I don't hold any hope for them being able to make any significant change either. I include Jeremy Corbyn in saying the opposition has been unconvincing, his proposals on the economy were often naive at best. But I agree that the media in this country seems entirely designed to maintain the status quo at this point, rather than challenge it.

To add to vegancap's response, I'm quite confident Labour will raise taxes (they said as much). But what will they do with them? Will they be able to turn the ship around? Or merely increase the tax burden and leave people scrambling to pay the same bills from a smaller net income.

My concern is the latter. Though of course, no way of knowing for sure.

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