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When the Labour party suggest reasonable increases in Public spending the right wing media dismiss them as reckless 'tax & spend'. When the Tories suggest returning Public spending to recent (non-inflation adjusted) levels that pertained before Tory cuts, the right wing media proclaim this as pragmatic investment.
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Yeah fair enough, maybe I misread (misheard?) the tone of the piece there. Of course it's valid to point out that this would be a sudden U-turn and that it's basically what Labour wanted too, but it just came across to me a bit like "this is a bad thing because you're U-turning". I thought a slightly more neutral reporting tone would have helped, but again, just my take.
So this is interesting: it's been pointed out in German politics that usually when one party starts making concessions to the talking points of more right-wing movements, e.g. regarding immigration, this usually doesn't really work out very well as those right-wing movements (such as the AfD) are seen as 'owning' the issue to some extent. So trying to copy their stances tends to backfire and just end up validating them.
I honestly don't see that happening here with regards to increases in spending and Labour, but why is that? Isn't Labour the party always calling for more spending, better pay and working hours for NHS staff, etc. etc.?