Chameleon Magazine

While Labour shouts “We’re the party of working people,” Sarah Pochin just set their entire economic fantasyland ablaze—with receipts.

💣 When “Working People” Means Nobody Actually Working

You know you’re in trouble when a backbencher’s tweet reads like a courtroom closing statement and your entire front bench looks like they just discovered spreadsheets exist. Sarah Pochin just kicked down the rhetorical door and handed Labour a to-do list titled: “Things You Might Consider Before Tweeting Platitudes.”

Let’s unpack this Budget-shaped turducken of disaster:

• Frozen tax thresholds: Because nothing says “helping workers” like stealth tax rises that slowly boil your paycheck like a frog in a saucepan.
• Employer National Insurance hike: Great news if your goal was to turn “Help Wanted” signs into “Store Closing” posters.
• £100 million on an asylum dispersal pilot: While actual citizens disperse into overcrowded housing queues and cold kitchens.
• A Chancellor who misleads, a Cabinet that misfires, and an economy that misbehaves—it’s like The Thick of It, but with fewer laughs and more overdraft fees.

Labour’s response?

“We’re the party of working people.”

Cool. Which ones? The ones working triple shifts to afford food and rent? Or the ones who used to own small businesses before your policies turned hiring into a liability?

This isn’t just economic mismanagement—it’s cosplay governance. The whole front bench looks like they googled “how to run a business” and then got distracted by a Guardian op-ed and an oat milk flat white.

Meanwhile, those of us in the real economy are out here doing the actual work while watching politicians argue over whether math still counts as oppression.

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Challenges

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Do you feel like Labour’s new “working class hero” act is working? Or are you stuck juggling bills while the government juggles optics? Unload your rage, sarcasm, or spreadsheet of shame in the blog comments 💬📉