Make Britain Great Again

[edison]

He lost due to the Pandemic, not because of his economic or foreign policies. Which Americans now realise were great.

He is currently ahead in the polls, and also favourite to win on Betfair and other betting markets.

And people dont like to admit voting for him when asked by pollsters, but he is still ahead in the polls, so i expect an even larger Trump victory in November.

Anyway this thread has gone off topic because people brought up Trump for no reason.

This thread is supposed to be about Reform and making Britian Great again

How on earth would Reform save £156B in government spending? Healthcare, defence, debt repayments and education are four of the five biggest spending areas and presumably would not be reduced in any significant way. The rest of the annual government budget comes to about £560B. Maybe take off police too and that leaves just over £500B.

What of the remainder gets slashed to fund all these promises? It's on the same lines as Liz Truss's catastrophic budget isn't it?

[NotAllThere]

How on earth would Reform save £156B in government spending? Healthcare, defence, debt repayments and education are four of the five biggest spending areas and presumably would not be reduced in any significant way. The rest of the annual government budget comes to about £560B. Maybe take off police too and that leaves just over £500B.

What of the remainder gets slashed to fund all these promises? It's on the same lines as Liz Truss's catastrophic budget isn't it?

Instead of the magic money tree, there will be magic waste reduction tree.

[Alf W]

How on earth would Reform save £156B in government spending? Healthcare, defence, debt repayments and education are four of the five biggest spending areas and presumably would not be reduced in any significant way. The rest of the annual government budget comes to about £560B. Maybe take off police too and that leaves just over £500B.

What of the remainder gets slashed to fund all these promises? It's on the same lines as Liz Truss's catastrophic budget isn't it?

That leaves ‘Social Protection’ but you couldn’t touch Pensions. Leaves Benefit payments to take the hit.

[Fraidycat]

From the Reform website

Immigration Savings	£5B
Energy Savings - tax subsidies & scrap Net Zero	£30B
Benefit Saving - 1 million plus back to work	£15B
Transport & Utilities Savings	£5B
Slash wasteful Government spending
incl govt depts. quangos, commissions	£50B
Stop bank interest on QE reserves	£35B
Cut foreign aid by 50%	£6B

[WTFH]

Stop bank interest on QE reserves - £35B

Ah yes, stop paying interest to banks on loans. I'm sure the banks will just roll over and say yes.

[sadkingbilly]

From the Reform unicorn stables:

Immigration Savings	£5B
Energy Savings - tax subsidies & scrap Net Zero	£30B
Benefit Saving - 1 million plus back to work	£15B
Transport & Utilities Savings	£5B
Slash wasteful Government spending
incl govt depts. quangos, commissions	£50B
Stop bank interest on QE reserves	£35B
Cut foreign aid by 50%	£6B

were you born a complete bell end, or did you have to train for it??
just out of interest, like.

[woody1]

Too many old gits.

Instead of sending migrants, maybe we should be getting Saga to operate flights to Rwanda.

[Fraidycat]

Ah yes, stop paying interest to banks on loans. I'm sure the banks will just roll over and say yes.

I did a quick google:

Prior to the 2007 – 2008 financial crisis, the Bank of England did not pay interest on all the reserves held by banks.
The Bank of England could imitate the Eurozone and Japan by implementing what is known as a tiered reserves policy framework, by only paying interest on a portion of central bank reserves, or stopping paying interest all together.

[sreed]

Instead of the magic money tree, there will be magic waste reduction tree.

The ‘low tax’, ‘low immigration’, ‘fiscally conservative’ Tories have first dibs on both. They’ve been promising to “reduce waste” in government since 2010, I’m sure they’re almost there…..

[WTFH]

The Bank of England could imitate the Eurozone ...

But the 52%ers would be offended if we did that.