Who knows us better than us? There can be nothing worse than someone who does not know us saying they do, especially in politics.

One of the worst culprits are politicians. On TV and in the papers, they waffle on, saying they know what the British public wants, but they are out of touch or just make it up.

The public always has ways of showing its displeasure. By-elections and local elections are the usual way of showing a government how they are feeling in politics.

But still the politicians take no notice. They know what we want, not us. Keir Starmer is a culprit of this. He knows what the public wants all the time.

Things on the public’s mind are the cost of living and illegal immigration. We can see our shopping increasing with fuel prices rising every day.

Every time we get our weekly shop, it seems we pay more. Inflation from last year has increased, and people are struggling to make ends meet.

The pressures of paying gas, electricity and other utility bills are zapping the public’s wages before buying food. The pressure on OAPs and low-income families is becoming intolerable.

Illegal immigration is also a top subject on many people’s minds. All these illegal immigrants coming in mostly by boat and lorry, too, have become a major talking point.

Labour talks about immigration but fails to address illegal immigration.  Sometimes, 1000 people arrive illegally on our shores looking for asylum weekly by dinghy.

For communities that have these immigrants living with them in the community, they worry for many reasons, especially their children.

But if we need any other indicators, Reform is looking good in the polls with their immigration policies.

Reform doesn’t even talk about their other policies, except immigration, only on occasion. Is this not a plain indicator of what the people want?  

 So does the government know what the public wants? They don’t understand basic constructs. We can see the evidence in the public liking of Reform.

Reform took the local elections by storm. Ok, it could be a protest vote against Labour. But in the polls, Reform is consistently the frontrunner and has been for some time.

At the end of the day, each political party is out for what it can get. All full of promises and manifestos that they break.

There is no solution, but all we can do is Vote and hope.

Well, the chancellor is breaking the bank by giving kids and adults a 15% reduction on VAT on attractions in the summer from June to September.

The Chancellor promised to smash ticket prices for museums, theme parks and zoos to ease the cost-of-living burden on families.

Rachel Reaves commented that children’s meals in restaurants will also be cut as part of a “Great British Summer Savings” plan.

The plan is estimated to cost £300 million, which will include bus travel for kids aged 5-15. The chancellor told MPs that she knows what matters to the public, and this will help with the cost of living.

It does support the hospitality industry, we can agree, but people have more important things to spend their money on.

The VAT cut is for children and adult tickets used for summer attractions. This will happen between June 25 to September the 1st.

She also said there was to be no rise in fuel duty and a change in tariffs on various food items.

It’s all a great idea, keeping families close and helping with the cost of family days out. But haven’t families got more worries than days out?

With the cost-of-living skyrocketing, people are demanding change quickly. Is this simple offer going to cut it with the public?

We have high household bills, gas and electric, and car fuel running at a high price due to the Iran war.

We need change, and we need it now. Yes, we can agree that the chancellor has tried to save us money, but it’s not in the right areas.

She will be planning how to get the £300 million back as we speak. In the end, the Chancellor is a taker, not a giver.

Well, it’s been a roller coaster week in politics this week. Key names like Sir Keir Starmer, the PM, Wes Streeting, and Andy Burnham all play a part.

It started with a bad result in the local elections for Labour. They were huge losses and worse in Wales. Various MPs started to get disgruntled, and the PM said he would make a statement on Monday.

Come Monday morning, the PM gave a speech trying to inspire the public and his MPs. Read off the autocue, he failed to inspire anyone, and his major pledge was to nationalise British Steel. He couldn’t tell a joke without an autocue.

Tuesday was a cabinet meeting with many MPs coming out after the meeting telling the press the PM is the man to get the job done.

Wednesday was the King’s speech at Westminster in the Lords.

Everyone became aware that Wes Streeting was planning to leave government. He held off for the King’s speech before declaring his resignation. On Thursday, Wes resigned, with Andy Burnham coming to London.

Many MPs came out in the defence of Keir Starmer. The number of MPs looking for the PM to go was just over 90. What we are led to believe is that the UK will fall apart without the PM.

The Prime Minister’s hardliners just had repetitive messages that no one has challenged the PM yet. No one has the 81 MPs needed.

The cabinet comments are all choreographed and rather boring.

Andy Burnham, even though he is not an MP, has decided to throw his hat in the ring. The MP for Makerfield will give up his seat, and Andy will stand. This time, the NEC said he can move forward to stand.

There are problems, though. Reform took most of the seats in the local elections, and with only a 5000 majority, the seat could go to Reform in a bye-election.

It’s been a very packed and exciting week, and we just scratched the surface. Check out Google to get more info.