In widespread with many mother and father throughout the nation, this is a dialog that I’ve with my younger daughter on a semi-regular foundation (bear with me, this may tackle some political relevance finally).
Me: “So it’s 15 minutes until your bedtime, you can either have a little bit of TV or do a jigsaw, not both.”
Daughter: “Ummmm, I want to watch TV.”
Me: “That’s fine, but it’s bed after that, you can’t do a jigsaw as well.”
Quick-forward quarter-hour.
Me: “Right, TV off now please, bedtime.”
(Pause)
Daughter: “I want to do a jigsaw.”
Now substitute me with the federal government, the TV and jigsaw choices with axing welfare cuts and scrapping the two-child cap, and my daughter with rebellious backbenchers.
Politics newest: Former Labour chief requires wealth tax on property above £10m
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6:36
Rachel Reeves’s fiscal dilemma
That’s the pressure at present current between Downing Avenue and Labour MPs. And my preliminary ultimatum is the messaging being pumped out from the federal government this weekend.
In essence: you have had your welfare U-turn, so there is not any cash left for the two-child cap to go as effectively.
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9:11
Welfare U-turn ‘has come at price’
For a lot of in Labour, this strategy feels just like the lives of their constituents are being utilized in a infantile sport of horse-trading.
So what could be carried out?
Nicely, the federal government may change the principles.
Altering the fiscal guidelines is – and can probably stay – an especially unlikely answer. However because it occurs, certainly one of Labour’s proverbial grandparents has simply popped spherical with a unique suggestion.
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5:31
Welfare: ‘Did not get course of proper’ – PM
A wealth tax, Lord Neil Kinnock says, is the mandatory consequence of the financial restrictions the occasion has positioned on itself.
Ever the Labour storyteller, Lord Kinnock believes this may permit the federal government to craft a extra compelling narrative about whose facet this administration is on.
That may very well be precious, given one of many massive gripes from many backbench critics is that they nonetheless do not actually perceive what this prime minister stands for – and by extension, what all these “difficult decisions” are in assist of.
The draw back is whether or not it is going to really elevate a lot cash.
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16:02
Is Corbyn an existential threat to Labour?
The super-rich might have numerous property to take a slice from, however additionally they have costly legal professionals prepared to seek out novel methods to maintain their consumer’s money away from the prying eyes of the state.
Or, after all, they may simply depart – as many are doing already.
Within the quick time period, the long run is a bit simpler to foretell.
If Downing Avenue is certainly now saying there isn’t a cash to scrap the two-child cap (after heavy briefing in the other way simply weeks in the past), an almighty tantrum from the backbenches is inevitable.
And as each guardian is aware of, the extra you give in, the more durable it turns into to carry the road.
