Can someone tell me - serious question - when austerity actually stopped because you talk about this new budget and reintroducing austerity and I don’t ever remember it not being economically shite since the mid naughties? Cheers, NHS Staff Nurse (since 1988).
@moonlit_forest2680Күн бұрын
The new budget is not even a return to austerity
@NeonVisualКүн бұрын
Austerity means cutting public spending, which Labour are not doing as they are INCREASING spending and investment. You Russian bots are so transparent. Unsure if you realise how thick it makes Russians appear? Thick as mince
@alexhanson6577Күн бұрын
You are, of course, correct. It's the same slight of hand as inflation. "Inflation is down! It's only 3% now." So.... Prices are still going up? "Errr, yeah". They cut everything to the bone and then never raised any budgets back up. Then they claimed no austerity because they weren't cutting anymore. Politicians are just propaganda tools for the billionaire oligarchy.
@kalebdaark100Күн бұрын
It depends how you define austerity. If you mean cutting services to try and balance the books (assuming you believe it will balance the books which I don't) then a return to austerity would simply mean making more cuts. If by austerity you mean making do with less funding, then no austerity never actually stopped, so a return would just be making it worse (or better depending on your point of view).
@JabskinКүн бұрын
austerity never stopped
@shamrock141Сағат бұрын
The budget wasn't as radical as I hoped it would have been but overall I am satisfied with Labour's plan. Removing VAT exemption on private schools is good, the only people who can afford that are very well off, increase in capital gains tax is good, National insurance contribution has a very important stipulation that will protect small businesses or at least very heavily soften the blow. I am however still pissed off that the house of lords and royal family still exist. We're reaching record levels of wealth disparity, there is no reason that the royal family and a house of 600 well paid, completely unelected officials should still exist, there needs to be a referendum to disband them
@nkenchington657516 сағат бұрын
Average income is roughly £35,000. Average house price is roughly £290,000. 8.28571 is the answer. At various points in the past, the number has been between 2.5 and 5. So when the bank says they'll lend you 4 times your income, which will burden you with quite a large monthly payment, it's nowhere near enough.
@jacksalisbury4289Күн бұрын
I admire Grace but sometimes do think she lives in a bit of fantasy with the rest of the more metro left. I wouldn’t disagree with her assessments more her expectations. You cannot in three months have a clean break from austerity. That has been entrenched now for some time and will take time to reverse. I like to see what she said about the pressure from the left keeping the centre of the party honest. What I’d like to see now is people like grace take the good things of this first step and start to give more credit. This budget is a philosophical break from 14 years and rebalance that will now built upon. I hope. At this stage the sometimes overt criticism from the left doesn’t matter but what I hope is that if we see this built upon then people like grace and others such as Owen Jones’s will begin to get behind the change.
@markwelch356423 сағат бұрын
If this plan works, great! If not, it's socialism or fascism. I want to make sure that socialism is visible as a viable option, so we don't slide into the other by default...
@timelwell700223 сағат бұрын
I'm not an economist, so I try to get the 'feel' of what's what from listening to various economists to see what they have to say. Specifically, I want to hear what the following economists and other political commentators think of this budget: 1) Martin Lewis 2) Gary Stevenson 3) Maria Mazzucato 4) James Meadway 5) Richard Murphy 6) Philip Pilkington 7) Stephanie Kelton 8) George Monbiot 9) Peter Oborne 10) Zack Polanski With a few exceptions (listed below) I'll wait to see what the above people say. These exceptions are: a) The Personal Tax Allowance is WAY too low at only £12,570 before taxation 'kicks in' at 20% - which Reeves COULD and SHOULD have addressed b) The 2-Child Benefit Cap COULD and SHOULD have been lifted. Numerous charities have criticized the government on this, including Save The Children, Child Poverty Action Group, The Childhood Trust, The Children's Society, etc, etc. c) Ending Winter Fuel Payments for pensioners is a huge mistake IMO, but also in the opinion of numerous charities including Age UK, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Independent Age, etc.
@Matt-ou7tu22 сағат бұрын
She's probably more knowledgeable than you in fairness.
@paulking203922 сағат бұрын
@@Matt-ou7tu So is Jeremy Hunt, but he's also dangerous.
@tompearce361022 сағат бұрын
@@timelwell7002increasing tax thresholds and removing the 2 child benefit cap would be great but at the same time you have to ask where the billions would come from to cover the cost or what current plans would be scaled back.
@tarkovRatter22 сағат бұрын
Taking away money from us hasn't worked to grow anything in the last 14 years, one thing I can guarantee is if you give us money we will spend it.
@davidkavanagh18921 сағат бұрын
I completely agree. Something that boggles my mind about western economic policy of the last 15 years
@tradeladder14611 сағат бұрын
So where should they get it from then Dickie ?
@tarkovRatter11 сағат бұрын
@@tradeladder146 Give people money to spend, maybe look at other countries economical models dickie ;)
@lonyo537710 сағат бұрын
What money did they take away from you?
@tarkovRatter10 сағат бұрын
@@lonyo5377 They took my pennies and my heart was broken, I saved so long for my pennies , buy me a penny sweet please
@musiqtee22 сағат бұрын
Climate, environment, fiscal, monetary, public services, energy… ≠ separate “issues”… …all of these (everything we do, or don’t) is within our ONE ECOLOGY. It’s not ‘rocket science’, not reducible to current ways of “solving issues” - Intuition goes a long way… (…and huge thanks as always, both of you!) 😊
@rohanharridge5579Күн бұрын
50% on bus fares is regressive AF, economically & environmentally it's going in the wrong direction when both situations are critical. A quid is nothing if you have money, £10 a week is.. They don't GAF
@phillipcarter804523 сағат бұрын
Let’s just say it’s £ 500 more a year . To get to work .
@EchoingHell23 сағат бұрын
Prior to the cap, the average adult day fare was already higher than £3. And with inflation, that £3 is lower than it was. Stop expecting taxpayers to fund every single little thing all the time.
@ijc998423 сағат бұрын
We don't get it around my area. Bus fare to nearest city is £14 return.
@jasongreenslade114314 сағат бұрын
What if it is paying for the new roll out of electric busses which is spreading?
@Burtis8910 сағат бұрын
@@jasongreenslade1143 it could do, also could have been used to nationalise the buses, invest in green tech to run the electric buses keeping costs down in the future meaning more routes could be run even if they are not relatively profitable because getting people to work is profitable to the government as they would have more tax from the workers and such. Maybe I'm just a dreamer
@SomeRandomGuyOnYouTube2 сағат бұрын
She's not an economist. She's just a commentator.
@4adiarmuid42 минут бұрын
random
@mystic_mimi21Күн бұрын
I have little hope. We need radical and brave changes. One can’t complain about our infrastructure crumbling but also not want tax. Tax is fine as long as it is means tested and income based, spent correctly. We are just getting a continuous mindset as the last 25 years.
@basilmagnanimous70119 сағат бұрын
you would beed an austrian painter type of reformer the last ‚reformer’ , thatcher, obliterated manufacturing in this country
@dogsboneprototype72783 сағат бұрын
tax is not spent by the central government, it does not go in to a pot that the government then uses - the government creates the money it spends and destroys the money it collects in tax - the pervasive ideology is that the government needs taxes to spend money
@Tel-cl2zz3 сағат бұрын
@@basilmagnanimous7011 Why does Labour continue to follow the Conservatives' unsuccessful trickle-down policies initiated by Thatcher in the 1980s? Reintroduce progressive tax rates like those after WW2, before Thatcher's tax cuts for the wealthy reduced their contributions by over 40% in the 1980s, a time when we had many millionaires but no billionaires. Prohibit private healthcare, as it siphons off profitable segments of the NHS, such as dental and eye care, it also allows the wealthy to bypass waiting lists for treatment, while leaving the NHS to handle costly operations and emergencies, and the NHS has to rectify the private sector's errors when they mess up! Plus, implement a wealth tax of 2% per annum on all assets exceeding £15,000,000.
@RGBmodeКүн бұрын
It's pointless wasting time and money trying to reverse the decline. The top priority for any Brit under 50 should be to emigrate, because things have only gotten worse here for most of our adult lives.
@HT77892Күн бұрын
You’re right thats the plan and other western countries
@annishilcock4587Күн бұрын
Emigrate to where? The problems she is talking about affect the entire world.
@Alex-fm5keКүн бұрын
Where has Better outcomes than the U.K?.
@HT77892Күн бұрын
@@annishilcock4587 south east asia if you can leave do it or plan to it’s never going to get better in the uk and i was born here!
@RGBmodeКүн бұрын
@@annishilcock4587 English is the most widely spoken second language in the world. If you made a decision NOT to leave, then every bad thing that comes your way will remind you that you made the wrong decision.
@nicholasbethell29216 сағат бұрын
As an 'economist' who failed to predict the damage Brexit would do to our economy, I don't have a lot of faith in Grace Blakeley. She studied PPE at Oxford like Liz Truss.
@fil99825 сағат бұрын
She's not a proper economist just a political commentator
@damianbutterworth24348 сағат бұрын
Rachel can not even handle a credit card. That sort of person should not be in government.
@patrickdegenaar949512 сағат бұрын
One in seven working people (5M) are too sick to work. That is 2M sbove pre-pandemic levels. Fix the NHS, and we turn benefit payouts into taxes, which can then be used to fix the rest of piblic services...
@Canadish10 сағат бұрын
"Yeah but that means I have to do something and it's haaaaard 😢" - neo-lib Government
@markgt89410 сағат бұрын
Fix the NHS. Good luck with that 😂 It’s too wasteful and was designed at a time when the population was significantly less.
@mogzybuster9 сағат бұрын
@@markgt894 Well if you don't try you never will, and good luck with debt in an insurance based system. The NHS did work pre thatcher, but since then it has been slowly choked and starved it hasn't been given the chance to be what it once was. The argument of a different sized population doesn't work either, but a healthier population getting better and quicker treatment resulting in better productivity does. Decades of tory ideology has been the scourge of the NHS, they didn't want it when it was formed, and they never have since.
@outofideas429 сағат бұрын
@@markgt894 it has only recently been made wasteful, by David Cameron. Breaking up the NHS into 'competing' regions that cant talk to each other. Its why you have to do the same blood test 5 times. That wasnt the case before hand - you just check the records. Undoing what cameron did to the NHS will do a lot of fixing in itself. Then modernise it as in fairness labour plan to do, but also hiring more GPs, building more hospitals. Encourage more preventative measures, and completely nationalise the NHS.
@markgt8949 сағат бұрын
@@mogzybuster try with whose money?! Good at spending tax payers and other peoples money, to try something! How much more money to throw at it? The population was about 20 million less than today, and probably healthier. The NHS is no longer workable in this country.
@benpage44937 сағат бұрын
She's giving a very generous interpretation? She ignores or doesn't understand how technocratic the public/council management class have become - they are pure careerists. Labour might have invested a little more money in the public sector but from my experience as a frontline worker this managerial class are utterly conditoned by neoliberal doctrine (because if your not your an irrational, socialist, Troysky, anti-semite etc, etc and your career is over). In other words the iron rule is public money must go to private companies - outsourcing and privatisation. So this money won’t go to help school children or NHS patients it will go to their donors, the City of London and Wallstreet. Blakey is also ignoring how much of this money will go straight back to the Treasury in the raised employer NI. So she's wrong, for us at the bottom of the pile it will definitely mean more austerity. This budget is a travesty. Blakey I think is being very generous because she wants to maintain her seat in the television studios as the house lefty, maintain her public image and sell more books.
@CheebasonicКүн бұрын
It’s just putting the brakes on - instead of turning round and going in the opposite direction from last 14 years
@ZenkryptКүн бұрын
well to turn round, you have to stop first. It's a step in the right direction.
@michaelknox3248Күн бұрын
@@Zenkrypt hahaha
@alexhanson6577Күн бұрын
@@Zenkryptyou haven't seen me drive
@Claire-dg3gh23 сағат бұрын
Or borrowing a ton of money not to buy an asset to always be yours, like a house or a water company or indeed an energy company & instead going to a private industry drug dealer & spending all the money on meth & pink coke & fenty laced ket. Oh & they took out the loan in your name & you (& the children you can't afford to have because of the last time they did this) have to pay back the debt... Forever.
@FireSwordable11 сағат бұрын
What a beautiful and profound way to express fuck all.
@tradeladder14611 сағат бұрын
God Bless you Rachel, Nom Doms are Crying, Sunak went Mental. 😂
@fil99825 сағат бұрын
Jealousy is not smart economics........just because you (and I to be fair) are jealous of the wealth of rich people it's not necessarily smart economics to make them leave the country. Typically this makes tax receipts go down.
@AdamCiernickiКүн бұрын
This whole nonsense about balancing current spend with tax revenue reminds of a friend whose family used to suffer, like not going on a holiday for few yrs straight or driving old banged up car that kept breaking… because they didn’t want to have loans. Fuel and maintenance savings alone would pay for the interest on my brand new car in that same period of time. Regarding assets and investments: several reports point to massive return on investments in things like Childcare. Whereas conservative ppl, or regressives as I call them, think of these as ”handouts” How on earth do you expect to get anything back from parents if you don’t invest and enable first?? How do they plan to activate stay home parents and stimulate growth and reverse declining trend in childbirth rates, while punishing anyone financially who dares to make kids? It’s the conservatives who are airy-fairy with no business sense whatsoever.
@JeffDavies-i8qКүн бұрын
Thought provoking- thanks for posting.
@moohan651810 сағат бұрын
I think it's clear the government wants to balance current spend with tax and then redefine debt to take on more which would then be spent on the thing labour want to invest in.
@fil99825 сағат бұрын
I agree but your confused. This Labour goverment has been a cancer on families. Punishing hardworking families who want to put their kids in private schools (mine are in state schools before you say it), punishing people with punitive inheritance tax (I have no inheritance myself but scrimp and save with the hope I can put something away for my kids to have) , destroying confidence with employers making it harder for me to get a pay rise / moving jobs, removing the only disincentive we have of stopping illegal immigrants making our street less safe and putting further pressure on public service, wasting public money by just pouring into the NHS without reforming it...rhe just is endless with Labour they lied to get into power and tgis is the ultimate betrayal. I for one and I'm sure many think the sane that the system needs to be reformed politicians lie to get into power with few votes then abuse that power by implementing their own agenda.
@BOZ_1120 сағат бұрын
Public/Private partnerships are just about funnelling state money into private companies, the directors of which are party donors. Private companies operate a profit margin, and public sector institutions/agencies operate at cost, and are far more efficient.
@Lily-cl6zk8 сағат бұрын
Very well put
@paulrudgley168256 минут бұрын
People are propagandized to think of privatization = "good" Nationalisation = "bad".
@timwoodger789623 сағат бұрын
I’m looking forward to hearing Richard J Murphy’s take on this Budget.
@k0bbКүн бұрын
Did i miss it or did they dodge the hike on NI contributions for employers? Was hoping to hear their opinions on how this drives growth.
@nkenchington657516 сағат бұрын
It will probably drive employers to cut back in various ways, like salary raises.
@itaz627611 сағат бұрын
Well it was lowered back in 2023 and now has been bought back up to 15% The employees didn’t pass in the saving to workers but now are complaining they will pass on the perceived rise to workers
@williambrookings72211 сағат бұрын
The increase isn't the killer it's the reduction in threshold that will make employing people significantly more expensive. This will have a significant impact on small and medium sized business and may encourage more redundancies. My biggest fear with this budget is how it might drive up unemployment and impact independent businesses on the high street
@lonyo537710 сағат бұрын
@@williambrookings722the NI increase is only a cost vs current NI if you have more than 5 employees at median wage. If you have 5 employees at median wage it's a tiny bit cheaper. 1-4 and it's even more cheaper
@claudiafigueiredo49799 сағат бұрын
@williambrookings722 It will not encrease in small business actually they got a break and some with like 4 or 10 ppl will not pay
@ymwan4 сағат бұрын
The most understated part of the budget is the bringing in of pensions into IHT including farming (farmers should be calculating winding up costs right now). The IHT change has effectively created a NEW LTA of 650K for a couple. You now have as a couple only a pot of 650k (whether it it in a SIPP, ISA or GIA) to generate income for your retirement (4% of 650k = 26k income for a couple) . Any exposure above this immediate opens you up for immediate 40% additional tax or more (if you die above 75 it becomes 52%). And because you don't know when you will die (and due to market fluctuations you would normally err on the side of a bigger pot, but with a 40%+ tax hanging over you, one would be incline to blow the excess. That's for the fortunate ones that can max out this new imposed limit. Yes, one can buy an annuity, but that why the pension reforms were done to allow more control of your destiny because everyone's health, desires and family circumstances are different. It's your savings you should spend it as you like. Why should giving away money to a politic party reduce the IHT bill? All of these do not apply to civil service pensions, but of course one forgets when the goose is dead and there is nothing to take anymore who will pay the unfunded pensions? This budget has decimated the pension industry IMHO, and enslaved the future generation (they just haven't figure out the maths yet). And imposed a £1M cap on wealth (hence the farming and entrepreneur £1M exemption). Those with a potential retirement asset pool of 650k+ will look to asset strip themselves by gifting and/or moving aboard the money.
@CJWFell10 сағат бұрын
It's stealth austerity tax. You cannot see it but you know it's their. Prices are going up but your standing still.
@bishboshs10 сағат бұрын
You're. It's you're. If you can't tell the difference then maybe you also don't know what you're talking about with regards to 'austerity tax' which is even weirder when you then start talking about prices going up, which has nothing to do with austerity or tax.
@alisonc29723 сағат бұрын
However cheaply produced electricity is, surely it is still fed into the market at the market traded price? Looks like she's right, the current market system does need change to make a faster move towards renewables that work.
@alanhat525223 сағат бұрын
yes, electricity is billed as if it was generated by _gas_ regardless of the actual source 😢
@alanhat525222 сағат бұрын
"the market traded price" is another problem, producers aren't allowed to, for instance, offer a local discount - Scotland is covered in wind farms but Scottish people have to pay Stock Exchange *_gas_* prices for it 😢
@bishboshs10 сағат бұрын
@@alanhat5252 There's no such thing called the 'Stock exchange gas price" which you would know if you're from the UK or infact weren't a bot.
@stephendavis55309 сағат бұрын
Bus fares going up from £2 to £3. 2 Child Benefit Cap retained. !0 million pensioners won't get their Winter Fuel Allowance. Gas and electric rising 10%. Water bills likely to be rising by 48%. National Insurance contributions for employers rising significantly, so small businesses, hospitality and care homes will find it hard to retain staff or pass those costs on. Spending on NHS and schools and new housing nowhere near enough. Rachel Reeves will tax to bring down government spending, so of course austerity will result. Remind me....what's so great about this budget again?
@joetrent47535 сағат бұрын
Bus fares are not going up, it's just the cap has been increased. Also the cap was due to come to an end but Labour have extended it. Would you prefer. there was no cap and bus companies could charge whatever they liked? My cities bus fare is staying at £1.75 and not going up at all.
@stephendavis55304 сағат бұрын
@@joetrent4753 They are going to increase from £2 to £3. To my logic, that is an increase.
@shamrock1412 сағат бұрын
@@stephendavis5530 did you forget about the small business exception to national insurance contribution, whereby the threshold of not contributing on your employee's salary will increase from £5,000 to £10,500, which will result in 865,000 employers no longer having to make any national insurance contributions
@intothemultiverse1033Күн бұрын
Lots of ultra socialists and Corbyn fans will be in tears tonight over this budget. I’ll raise a glass to you with my £0.01 cheaper pint.
@michaelstimpson1137Күн бұрын
We were in tears when Starmer took over and shifted the party all the way to the right, aped the tories and took up failed neo-liberal economic policy. Enjoy your 1p cheaper, but still unaffordable pint while you can.
@EchoingHell23 сағат бұрын
@@michaelstimpson1137 A party that went from losing for 14 years to a win. Seems like a worthwhile trade to me.
@MetalSamantha20 сағат бұрын
Tears over want? Do try not to talk such utter nonsense
@storm2141012 сағат бұрын
@@michaelstimpson1137Corbyn is a brexiteer - enough said
@thomaswikstrand839710 сағат бұрын
@@EchoingHellWin? Ehm... Yes, a right wing government was indeed elected. If that's a win... Congratulations?
@MabDarogan212 сағат бұрын
She's very good
@matt49125Сағат бұрын
...looking?
@keithclunk31253 сағат бұрын
The budget was good to me. And Grace Blakeley is so gorgeous.
@bluj786 сағат бұрын
Funny how, during the 2010's, the money supply increased by 50% and minimum wage increased by 20%. Austerity, my assterity.
@Discodave007licencedtothrill.56 минут бұрын
If she an economist. Next time you see her, ask her. “What are the economic benefits of Brexit”?
@mawkernewek19 сағат бұрын
9:30 this is when we find out how good Grace Blakeley's grasp of astrophysics is
@pygmalion19637 сағат бұрын
Remember the last policy of the tory government was "scorched earth" and that needs to be fixed before we can grow Britain
@rogermanvell46939 сағат бұрын
Some good points especially about the human toll on people in the public services.
@anncothromoir101819 сағат бұрын
Won't "working people" effectively pay for the increase in employers' National Insurance contributions though...
@readmore71809 сағат бұрын
Of course they will. Labour are a pack of liars. The grownups knew exactly what this shower would do and tried to tell everyone. They turned out to be correct, liebour lied about everything like we knew they would.
@Burtis8910 сағат бұрын
The worst thing is mortgages in my case near £800-£900 is interest paid to the bank that means i have a massive deficit of spending power to support the local economy and have to shop cheap. Same can be said about renting. Housing costs are strangling the economy
@bishboshs10 сағат бұрын
So would you like someone to lend money to you interest free? How would you design a monetary system without the core element which links time and money?
@Burtis899 сағат бұрын
@bishboshs no I didn't say that did I, I just said it's a bit ridiculous to be paying that amount of interest every month. I pay £1100 Only £220ish comes off what I owe the rest goes to the bank to for lending me money to live in a house so I can sleep in it get up and go to work and pay tax. Imagine if people had even half the amount back in their pockets to do day trips in UK spend it in the local shops blah blah blah. The tax generated from thoes sales would massively boost the economy. Yes I get that banks invest the money into private sector to then further increase their profits blah blah blah. It's just feels like robbery
@ilumos23 сағат бұрын
Great you folks got this video out so quick, but the production quality sure did take a hit - cutting in the middle of a sentence, too bright, audio sounding bad...
@AdamCiernickiКүн бұрын
14:20 That’s a good point. The reason why investors don’t make enough money on renewables is because once you scale these projects the price per unit goes down, below level of profitability. These projects should and have to be NATIONAL or otherwise non-profit (eg. Local cooperatives)- we as a Nation don’t have to make profits and pay out dividends. Quite the opposite, what’s a problem for private investors is a direct benefit to the Government. The industrial (think steel) and data centre competitiveness is directly correlated with electricity price. You don’t need MBA to see the idiocy of current system.
@readmore71809 сағат бұрын
Renewable energy should be in no way national, that's the last thing we need. It should be local, the only way people will ever save money on energy is if they produce it themselves. It's not a coincidence that the greener we are becoming the more expensive energy is becoming is it. The installation and upkeep costs more money, that money has to come from somewhere and it ain't the public of the uk that can afford it on a national scale, as that's who will be paying for it if it was "government", funded. There is no such thing as government funded it is all tax payer funded. Of course it needs to make a profit, that's where more tax payer funded things can come from. But government is renowned for being wasteful especially labour/socialist governments. They can't run a piss up in a brewery let alone a country.
@AdamCiernicki8 сағат бұрын
@ you mean it should make profit, just like our Water did? Makes total sense mate “)
@AdamCiernicki7 сағат бұрын
@ I don’t think you understand the point I’m trying to make. Investors aim to MAXIMIZE profit, and consumer price is one of the main levers to do that. National ownership aims to MINIMIZE cost and consumer price (to reduce Inflation and boost industrial competitiveness of the entire country) Quoting tired old soundbites for the Daily Mail is not a good idea mate.
@readmore71807 сағат бұрын
@@AdamCiernicki so because I'm correct and you're talking nonsense I'm suddenly quoting a newspaper. Classic. All businesses should aim to maximise profit even ones own by the tax payer, that's how we get more money to pay for other things. No government in the history of the world has minimised cost. They just spend other people's money time and time again. And it's now getting worse.
@josephineh615410 сағат бұрын
Considering the times that we are in - 15 years of austerity, cost of living crisis, climate breakdown, a 3rd of children in the UK living in poverty, and more, this felt like a very nothing budget. Doesn't seem to even recognise let alone try to address all the crises most of us are facing on a day to day basis.
@Paul-eb4jp9 сағат бұрын
You obviously weren't listening.
@benpage44937 сағат бұрын
Exactly! She's being unreasonably generous in her assessment. Keep her tv studio seat as house lefty?
@PeterAstley-ph2qq8 сағат бұрын
It's probably better than a tory budget would have been where the priority would have been creaming off taxes to line the pockets of their cronies and donors. Maybe take the hit on this one and be more intense with our scrutiny on their next offering?
@BernardMorrey8 сағат бұрын
It's not a clear break but it's a start and hopefully, year on year, it will improve. You cannot expect everything at once. I was actually pleasantly surprised by the budget . I was expecting austerity plus given the supposed "Black Hole " in the finances
@DC-xl5qj6 сағат бұрын
Imagine being an alien passerby, observing the humans of earth. Watching them hold themselves back by their own economic failures, wandering if they're going to destroy themselves again, or evolve. The majority submitting to the ideals of the very worst of their kind, literally repressing their own technological capabilities to maintain an economic model that causes constant struggle for the vast majority. It would make for some painful watching 👽
@Paul-eb4jp9 сағат бұрын
I think it's the best we could have hoped for, it's a very difficult balancing act and I know the left want to go further but spooking the markets is costly as Truss proved, 8 out of 10 from me.
@cat_glove10 сағат бұрын
I have the biggest crush on her. Having a huge brain is the cherry on the top of the tree. I love smart women.
@moonlit_forest2680Күн бұрын
No this is not a return to Austerity! The budget is giving the NHS an additional £22bn spending plus 3% investment. Large boost to the minimum wage and carers allowance. Please stop randomly thinking everything is austerity
@b3n5-ck7fsКүн бұрын
literally the first thing she says is that it's not a return to austerity
@michaelknox3248Күн бұрын
hahaha
@lat141923 сағат бұрын
3% is just about an inflation increase, not an actual increase.
@moonlit_forest268023 сағат бұрын
@ inflation is currently 1.7% so this is an above inflation increase. Basic maths
@michaelknox324810 сағат бұрын
@ which is due to increase by over 2% before the end of this year due to high energy bills. According to the ONS and CSI. Next time, trying giving the full picture instead of half. It makes your comments disingenuous.
@adamgriffin-jones777122 сағат бұрын
Love the channel in general but some nonsense commentary regarding carbon capture in particular in here. Critical for energy intensive industry in the uk - to say nobody advocating for this without an investment position is rubbish.
@alanhat525223 сағат бұрын
What of _tidal energy?_ A simple signature puts Swansea effectively off the National Grid in maybe 2 years time liberating a couple of gas power stations to be shut down & that's not the only _"shovel-ready"_ tidal project in mothballs...
@evildude95120 сағат бұрын
Sewage in the water, ecological decline, a farming and risk of a systemic climate breakdown. Guess its time to cut the DEFRA budget by 30%.
@TheGinglymus11 сағат бұрын
I don't think they've been pushed to not be as bad, I think they've been pushed from being progressive backwards and they've managed to save a vestige of progressive measures
@AquacommandКүн бұрын
Public / Private Incorporation of The Third Way’ !!!!!! You want fast progress’ consult the Alchemist. Austerity was pernicious and personal choice !!! Add a Chairman to oversee the economic relationship.
@theusualyt21 сағат бұрын
Unexpected to hear a strong climate take tbh. The main structural point that comes to mind is the Nate Hagens (great simplification) type stuff of; saying that like energy (oil) is like the only true input to our kinda system. So yeh the jarring budget of GDP go up-- business as usual vs a fundamental shift, is a point I'm surprised to hear. The invest in making green transition happen is quite J. Doyne Farmer say pushing for institutional shifts to give the energy transition cost curves and tech a viable shot.
@NotThatTomBrady5 сағат бұрын
Minimum wage increase wasn't good, barely covers the increase in bus fair. Rather obvious that its those on min are the most likely to use the bus.
@mrCameron38Күн бұрын
Okay Grace - you seem very intelligent in your field. However, storage, battery storage is a tried and tested technology. Not only does it work but it is utterly essential is we need to hit net zero (which we do). The basic essential rule (which I’m shocked you are not aware of), is that for any grid to function,supply must meet demand. When it doesn’t, you have huge power outgages. Or you see both technical and financial curtailment of generation assets which not only in the real time can ruin the asset owners financially but you will find in any form of due diligence process for the acquisition or construction of generation assets, these challenges will slow and at times prevent the development of these assets. When it is very windy or it is very sunny, renewables all create huge amount of supply. Often there is not enough demand to meet said supply, on lets say a clear sky 30 degree day, or a a messy storm. Without storage technology the 11:37 energy transition literally does not happen. I suggest that if you want to talk about energy and power markets you go and do some reading. That was one of the most flawed, pathetic statements I’ve ever heard someone say with such confidence. Note to politics Joe. This is the second time I’ve heard you making grand sweeping statements about energy policy, and you’ve been completely wrong. Do some reading, some research, try to understand the world around you. It’s embarrassing.
@AlethiaDaisy-RueКүн бұрын
You're clearly quite knowledgeable and I respect you for that. It also seems that you have put a lot of thought and intention into this comment. I am therefore curious why you decided to word it in such an aggressive and essentially rude way "most flawed, pathetic statements", "it's embarrassing", "I'm shocked you are not aware of". Did you mean to incite disagreement, or helpful discussion/debate, and if you didn't mean to incite disagreement, then why did you word it in this way? I hope this doesn't come across as rude or adversarial, I genuinely don't mean it to be - I simply was interested in why you wrote this in the way that you did.
@AquacommandКүн бұрын
Frustration 🧐
@mrCameron38Күн бұрын
@@AlethiaDaisy-Rue I don’t have time for a media outlet that wants to position itself as better than the disgusting legacy media we have in this world, however, they then completely fail to address the argument in a sensible or useful way. I mean they should have some experts or those experts assuming they exist at politics Joe should do some post interview editorial work to adjust that messaging. Messaging like this contributes to destroying the work that people are doing to progress the energy transition. So yes it’s lazy and it’s pathetic. Yes I’m frustrated and for good fucking reason.
@AlethiaDaisy-Rue13 сағат бұрын
@@mrCameron38I get that you might be frustrated, and that there might be perfectly good reason for that, but what are you going to achieve aggressively posting about it in some comment section, even if someone from the Politics Joe team were to see your comment, all it would serve to do is aggravate them, and make them probably shut down to any criticism you are offering - so why do it?
@GetGwapThisYear4 сағат бұрын
Desperate optimism. The method of borrowing and spending she’s married herself to just got a whole lot more expensive RE bond prices. The £ isn’t looking too healthy either. It’s austerity. It’s wage suppression. It’s ongoing fiscal drag.
@EdgyNumber117 сағат бұрын
Yeah but don't forget how much the Tories left us the shit - especially in the last 5 years. The OBR is going to tell us exactly what's been going on.
@travis34302 сағат бұрын
It's a slowing in inequality, not a reversal...& It'll never be a reversal People will lose even more faith in democracy than they do already in the next decade with inequality still rising.
@alexandernoussis19438 сағат бұрын
Yet another discussion about climate change without mentioning the biggest cause. Animal agriculture
@tonysanders53610 сағат бұрын
Good grief I voted labour to say they were pushed is a real stretch. However for me it has always been housing. I feel we need 3 m council houses however if we get the 1.5m houses from the private sector then OK this is a step in the right direction. Its always going to be Housing and this is the problem around the developed world for the next 20 years.
@adriancurtin60129 сағат бұрын
Parliament, through your M.P. is the way to protest.Not on the streets!
@hardnormalcoyle6 сағат бұрын
End of austerity? For many it'll never end, only get worse
@chrissimpson242822 сағат бұрын
not entirely sure the Valencia events can exclusively be attributed to the climate issue. Shown my half Swiss/Spanish wife the videos and images from Valencia. She said she was last there 24 years ago and when it rained she was walking up to her ankles in water through the same streets. She says Valencia has never had a functioning canalisation as we in the UK or elsewhere have and despite heavy rain tye failure to invest in proper water management has a direct effect in this matter - essentially turning the streets and houses into sluices as she herself witnessed over two decades ago.
@GeoffreyHellington20 сағат бұрын
Pieute spotted! Are you using Ed's laptop? Or is it Laura's?
@lat141923 сағат бұрын
Grace, calm down on AMOC. Btw, it's not anthropogenic, we can't spend our way out of climate chahge, but we can try and adapte.
@alanhat525222 сағат бұрын
Take a look at what actual, real-world climate scientists are saying about AMOC before you start believing oil-company propaganda! 😮
@serconjonnington35428 сағат бұрын
This is a managed decline. 2008 saw much wealth disappear and never return
@bernieburrows37315 сағат бұрын
Surely people come before the economy.
@grahambetteridge1441Сағат бұрын
Austerity for the private sector
@dobcsek10 сағат бұрын
Properties in the UK aren’t assets, they are more like liabilities (especially if you’re an accidental landlord like myself)
@bishboshs10 сағат бұрын
Sell then?
@dobcsek8 сағат бұрын
I can’t. I’m working abroad and as a non resident, I would need to pay 24% capital gain tax on the sale.
@bugcatcher66638 сағат бұрын
@@dobcsek you can, you just choose not to.
@dobcsek8 сағат бұрын
@@bugcatcher6663 I would be stupid to lose 6 figures on the sale, let's put it this way
@bishboshs7 сағат бұрын
@@dobcsek right? So you've made a gain on owning an asset? Maybe you should sell quickly then before the cost of the liability exceeds the gain of the asset. You can't have your cake and eat it.
@itaz627611 сағат бұрын
The bit neither the conservatives nor labour do is tax the rich They could have done this by bringing cgt up to income tax levels, taxing farm land at the same rate as IHT as for everyone else not with a 50% discount and putting a tax free threshold on pension pot subject to iht if say 500k or 1m
@metalhead25509 сағат бұрын
What's with the huge amounts of reverb on Oli's voice at various points through the video? You're not Batman mate 😂
@colmdevlin534010 сағат бұрын
Where have you been Grace, i,ve missed you
@walterstevens8676Күн бұрын
Why is all the focus on the requirement for new revenue (£40bn) and its allocation rather than on the overall sources and targets of revenue and spending? For example, the overall ratio of capital to current expenditure, and the balance of tax between individuals and companies? Surely that reflects government choices more clearly? Or is much of the existing tax and spend pretty static ito where it comes from and goes to? Also, is this budget an admidsion that the government doesnt have a big theory of where growth comes from?
@ricardosharry894423 сағат бұрын
yep on the later!
@alanhat525223 сағат бұрын
What of the touted Sovereign Wealth Fund or GBEnergy? Are they so miniscule they're irrelevant?
@briankerrison850410 сағат бұрын
The big wealth is offshore..how do you tax that.. we would have to start a special offshore fiscal agency.. & success would be based on how it’s manned & funded.. “not a quick fix”.. isn’t that what your wanting ? 🤔
@markgt89410 сағат бұрын
Asking Grace Blakeley for their analysis is like asking Karl Marx for an objective, non partisan, assessment. Love the echo chamber of opinions on this channel 😂
@nicksimmons723410 сағат бұрын
Corbyn fan club having a difficult day. Oh dear what a shame.
@Conorspillane6 сағат бұрын
But they will probably be lucky in that falling inflation will mean falling interest rates and I think they are walking into a falling interest rate cycle
@mace97706 сағат бұрын
Clever and articulate for sure but is she really an economist? I studied Chemistry for years, I’m not a scientist.
@BOZ_1120 сағат бұрын
Total fiscal outlay for 2023 was £463 billion, so a £20bn "shortfall" would only need a 4.3% increase to the fiscal budget to cover. This is trivial, since they do it for war, they do it for CONVID, but they don't do it for public services or worker tax cuts
@toggerz748714 сағат бұрын
Liz Truss tried to do it for tax cuts. It didn't end well. The funding for day to day spend is not the same a one offs. Stuff like war or a pandemic are usually considered one off spends. They aren't expected to last forever, so the funding model treats them differently. Also, consider this. While it is only 4.3% of the total fiscal outlay, to get an extra £20 billion out of the roughly 35 million available workers works out to about £550 to £600 extra per head in tax revenues. The amount is far less trivial when put like that. Would you consider a £550 tax rise trivial? Obviously, Labour cannot just put up everyone's tax like this. They've had to be thoughtful and considerate of how to raise those tax revenues, while avoiding raising tax rates on those who cannot afford it, so as to keep with their manifesto promises.
@BOZ_118 сағат бұрын
A Fiscal deficit is not a debt (the money was not borrowed, it was created). The money to pay treasuries comes from the same place as fiscal spending (thin air). A “fiscal deficit” is a private sector surplus, i.e. it is income for you, I, and everyone else. Conversely, a fiscal surplus (a surplus sounds good, eh?) is a drop in private sector (our!) incomes. Don’t worry about outstanding treasuries, since sovereign govts cannot involuntarily go insolvent. Worry about private debt (search for: credit delinquency). The proof is that the Tories created a record fiscal deficit in 2020/21, and inflation was below 3%. It only jumped to near double digits once the BoE raised interest rates and utility companies started price gouging (record profits were posted across the whole UK energy sector in 2022)
@michaelstimpson1137Күн бұрын
Isn't she talking about the AMOC, which is a water current.
@davewright93139 сағат бұрын
Great budget for the rich
@MasterK687Күн бұрын
How is a rise in capital gains tax a good thing?
@dh1380Күн бұрын
😅
@JabskinКүн бұрын
maybe you should watch some reputable economics vids like IFS to answer a big question like that
@markwelch3564Күн бұрын
It's better than rises for income tax, national insurance or VAT 🙂
@MasterK68723 сағат бұрын
@@markwelch3564 I agree.🙂
@MasterK68723 сағат бұрын
@@Jabskin Thanks for the recommendation.
@TimNeedham-l7z5 сағат бұрын
Excellent budget..not for the filthy rich tho
@cloudyskies13236 сағат бұрын
You just couldn’t leave out the normal cyclical weather and big it up as climate change. Newsflash the climate is always changing and not supposed to be stable forever.
@1pauljs10 сағат бұрын
Is the wealth fund not a not to the future?
@dklenowski9 сағат бұрын
public sector spends money efficiently! what planet do you live on. temperatures are going to fall, but were going to burn, thats a new one.
@paulking203922 сағат бұрын
Productivity is down 20% since 2010, many hidden parts of the UK now resemble the 3rd world after 14 years of austerity, along with the rise of Amazon killing off the high street, we need a bold Government or there's no way back and have to accept we're much poorer. If Germany is struggling, what chance do we have ? Perhaps bolder in the next budget or one after. I didn't vote for them, couldn't after the purge and lies from the leader. Labour are on probation, let's hope they stay on the straight and narrow, or we risk Farage becoming PM.
@BocaoZ22 сағат бұрын
If one takes a look at the roots of the recent German model, it will become clear why it has failed.
@matt49125Сағат бұрын
I'll take Nigel as PM
@leejohnson320911 сағат бұрын
It's not a very good budget. It doesn't address inequality, won't fix public services and does nothing for the environment. What I'm reading though is a lot of rejoicing from the left that it's not another absolute disaster zone budget like the ones we have seen in recent years from the Tories. I mean, has the bar really been so low for so long that we accept this rubbish as a triumph? The Tory media moaning is no marker for success either. Anything even remotely left of a Libertarian budget from Labour would have them foaming at the mouth calling them communists.
@henryburton652910 сағат бұрын
It’s the best budget in 15 years
@leejohnson320910 сағат бұрын
@@henryburton6529 that is true.
@henryburton65299 сағат бұрын
@@leejohnson3209 I wish lefties would support Labour like righties support ANYONE on the right. Its the best in 15 years but you made a negative comment. This is how we elect fascists like Nigel Farage.
@leejohnson32096 сағат бұрын
@@henryburton6529 There was never much support for Jeremy Corbyn. I'm much more supportive of post socialist Labour than they ever have been of people with my opinions. They would still label me a racist and a threat to Britain and not accept me in their party. So whilst I accept they're preferable to the Tories, and if I had to would tactically vote for them. I will never accept the continued running of the NHS for private profit. I will never accept unfair taxes. I will never accept protection to the accumulation and concentration of wealth at the expense of the poor and the environment.
@leejohnson32095 сағат бұрын
@@henryburton6529 I support Labour so far as, if I needed to I would lend them my vote to keep the Tories out. But I cannot condone the values and policies of New Labour 2.0. I am a socialist and supporter of Palestine. The party has made it clear that people like me are not welcome in it so the fact they would even get my vote at all they should be thankful for. This budget shows that it values the interests of the few above human life, needs of the many and the environment.
@liam-james23 сағат бұрын
Fiddle what you like. Labour have always increased taxes and borrowing and even though they said they wouldn’t they have. Workers will pay indirectly either way. We need a whole new way of leadership all parties are garbage. End of the day the people will always pay and be worse off no matter who is in charge.
@alanhat525222 сағат бұрын
No Labour _don't_ increase borrowing, in the last Labour government they took debt:GDP steadily down & stabilized at 39% before the Global Crash & even then it only rose to 64% Torys just took it up & up, steadying well over 100% after a peak of 118% during May's tenure. This is publicly tracked data that a simple google will find for you 😮
@RealLabour190022 сағат бұрын
If Grace Blakely counts as economist, i count as a straight man, even though i have a husband
@JohnWilliams-tc6fc8 сағат бұрын
Brilliant budget
@garyb45511 сағат бұрын
The problem is far too much spending. As Angela Merkal said, Europe accounts for about 10% of the Worlds population, and about 16% of the Worlds GDP, and about 58% of the Worlds Welfare. This is unsustainable and will bring catastrophe in the end. Welfare is the driving force behind mass immigration into Europe from the poorest parts of the World. Welfare systems all across Europe needs to be cut dramatically or Countries will go bust, this is where the real money has gone..
@Jack2488Күн бұрын
The fact people label Grace Blakeley as an economist, with a straight face - is mind-blowing.
@stevencalvert9454Күн бұрын
Exactly she talks alot of rubbish
@NeonVisualКүн бұрын
@@stevencalvert9454 So do Tories
@0211brucetubeКүн бұрын
@@stevencalvert9454 That sounds like a typical economist to me
@stevencalvert9454Күн бұрын
@0211brucetube 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙌 good point
@stevencalvert9454Күн бұрын
@@NeonVisual what's that got to do with the tories 🤔
@littledrummerboy2907Күн бұрын
Uk is a dump what has happened, it once was a beautiful place
@leonardeast4971Күн бұрын
Please emigrate your belly aching, and negative input is not what we need as a nation. Get on board or go give everyone a break.
@JeffDavies-i8qКүн бұрын
What happened? 14 years of Tory blunders that's what happened.
@samuelwilkin5Күн бұрын
Thatcher
@stevepage7213Күн бұрын
Just waffle !!
@sarkybugger500921 сағат бұрын
How many grown-ups do you know that own a laptop covered in stickers?
@peteratkin37888 сағат бұрын
Key budget changes and their implications: Summary: Labour's first budget in 14 years, emphasizing it as a balanced, fair, and “overwhelmingly Labour” budget that supports public services, taxes the wealthiest, and avoids austerity measures. Notable criticisms include missed opportunities in fuel duty and inheritance tax, and perceived pandering to right-wing media. The speaker suggests this budget marks a return to responsible governance after years of Conservative rule. Budget Changes and Implications: * £22 billion NHS investment: Largest real-term increase since 2010, seen as a critical boost to healthcare. * COVID Corruption Commissioner: Expected to curb COVID-related financial abuses. * Private school VAT exemption removed (from Jan 2025): Impacts private school affordability, targeting wealthier households. * Non-domiciled tax status removed: Expected to increase fairness in tax obligations, mainly affecting the wealthy. * £11.8 billion for Infected Blood and Post Office Scandals: Financial redress for victims, addressing long-standing injustices. * Capital gains tax increase: From 10% to 18% lower rate and 24% upper rate; shifts burden to wealthy investors. * Freeze on income tax and NI: Minimizes tax increases on middle- and lower-income earners. * Employers’ NI increase (to 15% in 2025): Additional cost for businesses; may affect employment policies. * Minimum wage increase: Directly supports low-income workers. * Fuel duty freeze: Seen as a missed revenue opportunity and a concession to media influence. * Focus on benefit fraud: With plans to target organized fraud, not individuals, it aims at reducing systemic abuse while addressing corporate fraud. * HMRC reforms: Expected to enhance tax collection, particularly among high earners and corporations. Implications: * Economic Fairness: Budget shifts tax burdens onto the wealthiest, providing financial relief for poorer households. * Public Investment: Stronger funding for public services suggests a move away from austerity. * Media Criticism: Conservative-leaning media and private entities are expected to challenge Labour’s changes. * Public Reception: Budget appears positively received by the public, including some Labour critics. * This budget reflects Labour’s commitment to supporting lower-income households and public services while making the wealthy bear a larger tax burden. An expanded view on how right-wing media has attempted to defame the Labour budget, their current tactics, and what we might expect in the future: Past Approaches: Historically, right-wing media outlets, like The Daily Mail, The Sun, Sky News, and sometimes The Telegraph, have taken a hardline stance against Labour-led fiscal policies. Their strategies have often included: * Labeling Labour as economically incompetent: Right-wing media has frequently painted Labour as unable to manage the economy responsibly, emphasizing any fiscal expansion as “reckless spending” and attributing potential economic downturns to Labour’s policies. * Characterizing Labour as ‘soft on benefits’: Media narratives have historically suggested that Labour’s approach promotes a "welfare state," blaming them for alleged over-spending on social programs and ignoring the tax contributions from higher earners. * Highlighting “Tax and Spend” policies: There’s been a consistent portrayal of Labour’s policies as a "burden" on middle and upper-income households, suggesting that their tax initiatives (e.g., on private schools or high-value assets) are punitive and unfair to "hard-working families." Current Tactics: Following the release of this budget, right-wing media has latched onto several angles to question Labour’s intentions and undermine their policy decisions: * Manifesto Promise Scrutiny: Media outlets are scrutinizing Labour for any perceived breaches of their manifesto pledges, particularly around tax increases. By amplifying minor deviations, they aim to create doubt about Labour’s trustworthiness. * Private School Tax Changes: Introducing VAT on private school fees has been portrayed as an attack on “choice” for parents and as risking the quality of education. By focusing on this as an unfair tax on families, the media appeals to middle- and upper-class concerns, despite its limited impact on the broader population. * Fears of Economic Instability: Right-wing media is using the “market stability” argument, suggesting that Labour’s tax policies might deter investment, leading to market instability. By invoking memories of recent Tory mishandlings, they imply that Labour could unintentionally spark similar market shocks. * Sympathy for the Wealthy: By framing policies that increase taxes on the rich, such as the removal of non-dom status and hikes in capital gains tax, as “attacks on success,” they aim to build empathy for the wealthy while asserting these changes harm the economy by discouraging entrepreneurship and investment. * Demonizing Progressive Tax Policies: Many outlets frame Labour’s tax changes as punishment for the wealthy, claiming they could drive away job creators and entrepreneurs. They stress the “unfairness” of taxing assets like inheritance, positioning Labour as anti-success or even anti-business. Future Strategies: Moving forward, the right-wing media is likely to intensify their opposition by targeting specific narratives that play on public anxieties and longstanding political tropes: * Fueling Fears of Higher Taxes: Expect exaggerated projections about future tax hikes under Labour, aimed at stoking fears among middle-income earners and creating the impression that Labour’s policies are a slippery slope to widespread tax increases. * Blaming Labour for Economic Strains: If the economy shows any signs of weakness, right-wing outlets may attribute it to Labour’s fiscal policy, regardless of other factors. By selectively highlighting market dips, inflation rates, or currency fluctuations, they could claim that Labour’s tax-and-invest policies are “overheating” the economy. * Framing as ‘Class Warfare’: To appeal to a broader audience, they may portray Labour’s progressive taxes as “class warfare,” suggesting that Labour is driven by ideology rather than economic necessity, hoping to alienate moderate voters. * Highlighting High-Profile Criticisms and Departures: If any wealthy individuals or corporations threaten to relocate due to higher taxes, the media will likely amplify these instances, pushing the narrative that Labour’s policies are driving away the UK’s “best and brightest.” * Questioning Fiscal Responsibility: With some experts likely to differ on Labour’s budget impacts, right-wing media may highlight analyses that cast doubt on Labour’s economic acumen, framing them as returning to "irresponsible" spending practices. In summery, right-wing media will likely continue using a combination of fear-mongering, empathy for the wealthy, and ideological opposition to undermine Labour’s budget. Their aim will be to create an enduring public perception that Labour's policies, while popular in some circles, could threaten long-term economic stability and prosperity for all.
@stephenwalker850Күн бұрын
Ah’ll be honest Ahm not big on hard sums but ah really don’t see why the nutsak was doin he’s fckn nut , sounds like he was full of shit to me , nothing new there ah know
@nNJMOTOTКүн бұрын
My boyfriend says laughter is foreplay. Now we have a new ritual: watching funny videos before bedtime😚
@YnfAyTyTКүн бұрын
My boyfriend tried to do the same thing as in this video. Now we have a new couch and lots of laughs🐱