Thanks for the great picture of London's Trafalgar Square, the main site of political protests in the capital, where I often visit. In the last parliamentary elections, Britons voted against the neoliberal policies of the previous years promoted by the Conservative government. So for the Brits, neo-liberalism is not just an economic theory, but practice. The main reason for Keir Starmer's victory was that he was expected to regulate the economy more fairly, including through higher taxation of the rich.

It has already been announced that Labour will maintain the freeze on income tax thresholds, dragging millions more people into higher tax bands. It also seems that second property owners will suffer, as they will have to pay more. VAT on private school fees also confirmed.

From what I have heard so far, it seems that it is the middle class that will suffer first, not the richest, which calls into question whether the positive expectations of the new government are justified. Instead of a fight against neo-liberalism, we will have a fight against the middle class, which provides economic and social stability, with unpredictable consequences for society.