Not sure about that one. It seems to be neoliberalism as a common world view...

He was doomed the moment he walked into that coalition negotiation room to get bent over backwards by Peter's and Seymour.

Between subsidies and contracts and tax breaks. Big American businesses are the real "welfare queens".

They unfortunately see it as a way to stem the bleeding to Reform. Although it's not Labour voters going that way in most cases it's Tory voters. Labour are losing their base with the move to the right but that isn't going to bring in Reform voters...so why do it??

Labour have finally lost their identity. They have lurched into neoliberal and populist ideas while simultaneously trying to do some traditionally Labour things.

With such a high percentage of private rentals now, currency policy and benefits settings funnel public funds to landlords at a frightening rate. Corporate/Landlord welfare is an epidemic.

I'll end with the overall working-age benefits picture. It's still going up more than I thought it would - and that's a high bar. [Ends]

It's well documented. Look no further than the UK 'Housing Benefit' the maximum it pays is determined by postcode. In a given postcode the rents tend to be *exactly* the maximum housing Benefit. When thry increase the rate, the rents go up. Welfare for landlords.