Britain’s left-wing government is left-wing: An obvious fact. But still an overlooked one
As the article acknowledges, it's left wing economically while being quite right wing on social issues. Blue Labour, essentially.
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Er... bullshit. If they were left wing, they'd put back in a wealth tax and increase CGT at the VERY least.
The point is that they're redistributing wealth: taxing the rich to spend on the poor. Just because they're not doing it in one of the two ways you've cited (they are taxing wealth, through a mansion tax) doesn't mean they're not doing it.
Sure, but they're redistributing from the middle, not the top. It's not nothing, but the ultra rich will remain ultra rich, leeching from the country as they do so
[Edit - it wasn't me who downvoted you, FWIW]
But they're not! The IfS, for example, says:
The package was skewed towards raising more from those with high incomes.
Thanks for not downvoting me, but I don't really mind! I always think that if people downvote rather than argue, that means they have nothing to say.