Liz S

I saw online today that in last night’s BBC QT that a Labour MP and Minister ,Nick Thomas-Symonds , said in response to a Q on the Labour PM’s partial and not full U-Turn on WFP:

“I don’t think anyone thinks it is a good use of public money to be paying the winter fuel payment to millionaires”.

Really ?

Though surely then it is also correct to surmise that most ‘ordinary’ people would also think that with Labour, as a UK party, receiving substantial amounts as political financial donations from millionaires , that is then seen as something that is grossly unfair , distasteful and so unacceptable in UK politics, indeed it is as Peter Geoghegan states in his book what amounts to being “Democracy for Sale: Dark money and Dirty Politics”.

Also do the public also not see it as unfair that Labour are punishing the weak and vulnerable within their UK in order to protect the financial interests of many millionaires and also the financial interests of very wealthy non doms too (who are also either millionaires or billionaires).

That is with Labour choosing to not create a wealth tax upon Millionaires or Billionaires or where Rachel Reeves announced a decision to tweak the transition period for nom doms, where she ,Reeves , said: “We have been listening to the concerns that have been raised by the non-dom community.”

“Reeves told an audience at the World Economic Forum in Davos that changes would be made to upcoming legislation to increase the generosity of a facility to help non-doms repatriate their funds to the UK.

However Labour formerly pledged to scrap the status in its election manifesto, saying this would address unfairness in the tax system and raise extra money for public services”.

Now with Labour it is a case of “changes will be made to the Temporary Repatriation Facility, a three-year scheme to help ex non-doms (millionaires and billionaires) bring their assets to the UK at a discounted tax rate”.

Dave Doogan, a SNP MP, said Reeves had “a listening ear for millionaires” but was “deaf to the difficulties of those millions still struggling with the cost-of-living crisis”.

Indeed at the time of imposing the cuts to the Universal WFP for pensioners the backlash from pensioners fell on deaf ears as far as Labour were concerned.

As has Labour’s proposed cuts and changes to welfare benefits also fallen on deaf ears with Labour, in yet another backlash against another one of Labour’s cruel and punishing policies , that impacts, yet again, only the most vulnerable within their UK and not the millionaires. (as does Labour also retaining the Tory party’s two child cap policy only negatively impact the poorest within their UK).

Then of course not capping bankers bonuses as well, that is surely not a popular decision with the public either , that has been made , as a decision by this new Labour UK government , as that is also, as a Labour UK government decision, one that only financially benefits millionaire bankers.

Nick Thomas-Symonds is another Labour politician who is blind to his own hypocrisy and is seemingly also blind to that of his own political party’s hypocrisy as the new UK government.

The whole point of the backlash against Labour as a UK government deciding to cut the Universal WFP for pensioners was because they, as a UK government, refused to impose similar ‘sanctions’ against the most wealthy within their UK, as seemingly they , as a Labour UK government , only want to attack and penalise the less wealthy and most vulnerable within their UK.

Vote SNP via a majority in 2026 or fall for even more terrible fake propaganda from the likes of Nick Thomas-Symonds who like most of Labour politicians , are intentionally in denial to their own failings as a party and as a new UK government.

Liz S