A Structural Framework for National Renewal

My view is that taking on policy separately is a mistake. All core policy interacts into a structural whole in the practical world. Here is how I describe the primary underlying structural causes at the foundation of our nation which good policy can resolve.

Current political discourse is often trapped in emotional deadlocks that divide communities and misdiagnose the challenges. To break this impasse, Restore Britain could focus on a foundational economic reality: 

'the primary obstacle to national restoration is the continuing penalty of taxing productivity at the economic margin'. That is, taxing the locations at the margin of productivity. 

If we come to terms with this primary cause, managing every other systemic issue - including immigration, becomes significantly easier. Conversely, if we avoid attending to it, no border or regulatory policy can achieve a permanent resolution.

Currently, 95% of public revenue is derived from taxing productive activity - falling entirely on wages, profits, corporate investment, machinery and communications etc. This taxation raises baseline costs across the economy. In central urban locations, a high concentration of economic activity creates a sufficient surplus to absorb these taxes. However, on the marginal spaces of our economy - such as regional towns, coastal communities, and rural streets there is no financial cushion. By taxing productivity at the margin, the fiscal system renders regional areas economically unviable, forcing investment elsewhere and concentrating the domestic workforce into overcrowded urban hubs.

This internal bottleneck is intensified when it collides with global migration. Immigrants from developing nations are fleeing their own punitive tax policies and this is happening at the global margin of production, pushing populations below the line of existence at all.  When they inevitably enter the UK, thanks to the effects of tax at the margin, the domestic economy lacks the regional flexibility to absorb them, even if we wanted to. New arrivals are forced into the same dense urban centres where existing residents are angry and frustrated. This rapid expansion within a fixed space increases housing costs and strains local infrastructure. The state responds more incoherently by increasing the tax burden on wages yet further to fund public services.

Yes, that is a foreigners problem to deal with. But it's already our own problem because we are not dealing with it at home for ourselves yet. I'm pointing out that if we keep failing here we will not have the power to resolve the identical and extended global problem of immigration either.

There are multiple pathways already available to remedy this. Let us not prescribe anything yet. We must first build a clear public consensus on the root cause itself for their informed consent later. Once this is established, the derivative policy options can be taken directly to the electorate and enacting through the law. By reframing our policy as a structural system failure rather than a cultural conflict, Restore Britain gains a huge constituency of new, additional voters with few lost. People now know the cause and will thank us for our authenticity. 

This approach validates the genuine anxieties of the public and wins votes by giving the electorate an informed, rational choice based on the primary cause of the nations troubles - taxation at the margins of the nations production.