Keir Starmer has been warned against “appeasing” Donald Trump as he considers reducing a major tax for US tech companies while cutting disability benefits and public sector jobs.
His chancellor, Rachel Reeves, confirmed on Sunday that there were “ongoing” discussions about the UK’s £1bn-a-year digital services tax that affects companies including Meta and Amazon.
UK here. We should be taxing these bastard’s more not less. Much more.
On the surface I’m against this but I guess it depends on what we get out of it. Ultimately, leaving the EU puts us in an awkward spot. We have to pick and choose our battles.
“Reducing a major tax for US tech companies while cutting disability benefits and public sector jobs” sound a lot more like ultra-submissive boot-liking or just plain selling off to foreign fatcast that anything anywhere as mild as “appeasing”.
By European political standards, New Labour isn’t Left, isn’t Center-Left, it even isn’t Center-Right: it’s Hard-Right, specifically Neoliberal Hard-Right.
