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You really need to read the article IMO, OP only post a half cutout for some reason???
That would probably mean Labour gets about 80% of the seats. I seriously doubt UK will be able to right itself under the current political system.
Because then labor will increase taxes to improve services, and people will not feel the improvement and think they get nothing, because it takes time to build what Conservatives have torn down.
Labor is probably lucky if they get 2 terms. And they need to get things passed in the house of lords, which will undermine the Labor government. Then the people will forget how shitty Conservatives are, and vote them back in, because they don't feel Labor is doing a good enough job with their money.
This will cause an absolute majority to Conservatives because of the idiotic first past the post system, and Conservatives will tear down everything Labor has built, either good or bad.
The first past the post system is a disease that undermines democracy to make it almost totally dysfunctional. We see the same in USA.
It's an attempt to sacrifice democracy for efficiency, and the end result is that both are ruined.
Now whether millionaires are fleeing or not IDK, but they may not be worth much for UK society any way. Millionaires use more public services and pay less, so it may in fact be good riddance, unless they actually contribute. But I do believe it may be a symptom of a society that doesn't work as well as it used to, so those that have the means, choose other options.
They don't need to increase taxes to do that. They can print as much pounds as needed to put all the available labor needed to improve services and infrastructure as fast as possible. Faster than if they had to tax the money first. I don't know if they'll do that though. :D
No they can't, that creates hyper inflation and ruins the economy. If that was an option, why do you think not every government does that instead of taxes?
"printing" money happens very very often. The US constantly prints money AND increases it's debt yet the dollar stays strong. You have to remember value of a currency is imaginary, it's just a contract where we agree X is X and Y is Y.
While yes you can devalue a currency by printing money, you can also increase its value by strengthening the system it's printed into. If we print money to build and improve, the UK becomes more desirable and therefore it's currency more valuable despite it's increased monetary supply.
It's alot more complicated than Print more worth less. Hell I expected high inflation after COVID due to increased printing, and while inflation did happen, it was not for that reason, it was pure greed.