Britain is ‘broken and needs radical action’ say two thirds of voters

Radical and Starmer might be a bit of an ask really.

The main parties will go for the managed decline route instead of looking at ideas that might upset the boomers

Radical action: Farage. Like Brexit, he will create amazing solutions for the UK /s

People in this country want the moon on a stick. World class public services while paying little in the way of tax.

It is broken. I’d like to hear sensible options to repair it as well, instead of soundbites. I think almost all the problems stem back to a lack of economic growth over the past (almost) 20 years. So, we really need to hear from people with suggestions that will stimulate growth…but that’s very likely to mean tax cuts and a Truss-like budget. The alternative of no growth/decline, is the status quo, which will take us to a dark place.

Problem is this has happened before, governments didn’t listen and we voted the same way again and again – it’s almost as responding to a poll is about all we can manage before apathy sets in. Until something drastic happens, nothing is going to change.

I’m excited for potential NI on rent. That will definitely not just be immediately passed on to the renters.

I just love having another reason for my rent to go even higher than it already is.

Id rather just be taxed directly for renting at this point, at least it would be transparent and consistent

Getting kinda sick of certain individuals who stand to gain a lot from “radical action” tell us that we need “radical action”.

Members of Parliament can’t do anything radical anymore. The markets are far too sensitive.

Liz Truss tried something ~~radical~~ different, and then the market panicked and the pound fell. She was then outlasted by a lettuce. No matter who we elect no one is going to risk being the next Truss.

But the radical action will likely highlight the division that already exists as different groups want different things and refuse to compromise. For example, I want tougher reform on immigration but some people think that means sinking boats in the Channel and keeping immigrants in shanty towns; I would never back those policies. The only thing that crosses the divide is that we all agree the UK has stagnated and needs to change.

Working to rejoin the EU would probably be a good first step.

People really will swallow any old shit they’re fed by mainstream and social media won’t they

Democracy is by the people, for the people, of the people. But what of the people are stupid?

Let’s break down dramatic action:

1.There is a massive welfare bill. Do you want to cut down on welfare benefits? Labour backbenchers will be properly outraged and we have seen it before.

2.Get rid of the pension triple lock. Reform and conservatives supported by all the pensioners who have nothing else to do with their day will be outside Downing Street clamouring for Starmer and Reeves’s heads.

3. Deport all immigrants. Yeah right. NHS will collapse. Global businesses in the UK will move their highly technical jobs out of the UK. What will the British STEM graduates do? Ecosystem is not created overnight

4. Get rid of the 100k cliff. Yeah and who is going to fund it? You help the people making more than 80k a year and watch people making below that cry about how unfair it is.

5. Reduce VAT registration limit. Small businesses will be hit with a massive cost out of the blue.

6. Increase VAT registration limit to help businesses expand their business. That might work but again that does not incentivise businesses to expand indefinitely.

7. Join back the EU. You won’t get the same deal.

8. Deport all illegal immigrants. Right. Who is going to pay for it? What is the cost of doing it?

Giving people too much of a say without making them individually responsible for their actions is how democracy will break Western society. Some sections of the British people clamoured for Brexit and now everyone, even the ones who did not vote for it and their future generations are going to pay for it.

Media publications need to stop doing these polls. They are stupid. They don’t help anybody; if anything it detracts from people who can do some change from actually doing it.

And this sub Reddit does not help either. Get a job for God’s sake.

Childcare and ‘get women back to work’ I hate this statement. How about let women raise their children! Britain has been intentionally broken, to break the people! It’s all by design. Make us hate each other rather than address actual issues like the cost of living! Everyday I am more convinced that the UK isn’t run by the actual government.

The thing that’s broken is politicians all rushing to be more reactive and short term driven than the next.

It’s always been the same, the left and right fight and the rich get richer.

Now more than ever.

No change other than massive change will end that.

They’re all still petrified of Murdoch.

It doesn’t matter who’s in power, policies etc etc.

I hear about how bad the country is, online you’d think we were at war, you go outside and it’s anything but that, yet people are still looking for someone to blame, look no further than they paymasters above MPs.

I want radical action and I think it’s broken, but I’m diametrically opposed to the flag shaggers who also think it’s broken and want radical action.

They need to fix three main things tbh, the economy, immigration and the stupid online safety act.

I fully believe we need massive constructional and electoral reform. The two party, hyper-centralised system of governance isn’t fit for the modern world. Government can’t pursue policies outside of a very narrow centre-right range without a complete dog-pile from hostile media and reactionary social media. So we’re stuck with the same old shit.

If we had proportional representation and proper English regional devolution equivalent to the devolved nations (not shitty metro mayors) then we would have much more political flexibility. People would get used to nuance and compromise, different approaches could be attempted in different areas, parties would be more free to be themselves rather than chase small numbers of swing voters.

If we keep down the road we’re on, we’re going to end up with the current system collapsing.

The fixes for the UK are relatively straightforward. Actually doing it with no political will is the problem. Ideology has completely overridden pragmatism in politics, in general.

The first three fixes are rejoining the single market, introducing a national ID scheme with linked social security number and population register and fixing the processing of asylum claims and removing the 30% without a valid application.