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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Dope1 ⎊  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: OT: UK Labour wins big
Date: 07/04/24 10:09 PM
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Why wouldn't they go for one of the parties further to the right? They could have gone to the Reform party instead of the Labour.

Many did. Nigel Farage specifically wanted to break the Tories and formed his own party.

Seems more like a full on rejection of Conservative policies,

In your mind you want to project your need to believe that your politics are sooper popular but the reality is that it’s more complicated than that.

bbc.com - UK politics

'The highest tax burden for 70 years' - Keir Starmer
Mr Starmer is right - the overall level of taxation last year was the highest for more than 70 years.
And it is forecast to get higher.</k>

They’re on pace to collect an INSANE amount of taxes, in fact:
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) - the independent body which makes forecasts for the government - predicts that it will collect 37.1p of every pound generated in the economy in 2028-29.

That sound conservative to you?

Go watch Clarkson’s Farm on Amazon (you won’t because I’m the one recommending it). It’ll show you how choked with regulation their farm sector is - they literally can’t do anything without getting some inspector over.

It’s more complicated than Orange Man BADBADBAD Republicans stinky.
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