Quote Originally Posted by howdydoo View Post
Your idea of more tax for people in the £40k + to £70k earnings bracket is the answer?

They pay enough.


……. and no that doesn’t mean me.

In theory I agree. I would go far higher personally. But I think that a 'go for the rich only' narraative will be too easily be dismissed as 'class war' and sunk without a trace whereas a progressive tax from these levels can frame the proposition as not just targetting the rich.

However, the last Labour attempt to frame a progressive tax idea sunk without a trace also so what do I know? I'm lucky enough to be in the lower end of the high tax bracket and I know that we could afford to pay more but I had higher earning friends that claimed that the last labour manifesto would skint them! Maybe you're right!