Row as Starmer suggests landlords and shareholders are not ‘working people’
Row as Starmer suggests landlords and shareholders are not ‘working people’
It comes as the Treasury minister refused to say whether those who rent out properties would be covered by Labour’s manifesto promise
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Comrade Starmer lmao
He's right though. I'd very much like a PM to take a hard line on these chuckle fucks.
Nothing "comrade" about it. It's just sense.
He definitely is. It's refreshing to finally even hear this sentiment from our government. However it's just words, hopefully we start seeing some positive changes in the rental and housing market.
I'm super dubious because Starmer has done very little to earn my trust, but I would be very keen to be surprised, or even proven wrong
Very small scale landlords are often working people, and lots of working people own shares. That said, the bigger landowners and stock holders are much less likely to be working people. Those fuckers contribute nothing of value to society.
No landlord is a working person, otherwise they wouldn't be landlords.
I know plenty of people who work full time in real jobs, and also rent out a house. Renting a single building doesn't give you enough to quit your job where I live.
Nor are you a landlord while doing another job. If you are doing your own investment work while being paid a PAYE job. You are also a thief, but I doubt you have that recorded on your payslip.
It may sound silly. But so is the whole claim of this article. Starmer never said or even suggested landlords cannot work. He was asked the question, in relation to the Labour Party manifesto pledge not to raise "working taxes"
His answer was "not under the definition we are using" (for working taxes)
It is an utterly pathetic attempt to so division to claim "Starmer suggests landlords and shareholders are not ‘working people’"
He definitely did not say it and the telegraphs use of the word "suggests" makes it clear they know that.
It is nothing but an outright lie designed to sow division.