Show me the money
Amid the pathetic farce of a political party and all its members suddenly “realising” that their leader is an egotistical, sullen, desperate man-child; we have some last minute manoeuvring over economic policy.
The desperate attempt by the PM to cling onto power as his finger nails break included the ridiculous claim that now Rishi Sunak is no longer chancellor, he can introduce tax cuts like he always wanted to.
To which the obvious reply is “Show me the money”. There is no room for tax cuts without borrowing more or totally slashing the size of the state. A state with a collapsing health and education sector with inadequate armed forces and millions on the bread line, who desperately need more benefits not less.
It is called austerity and it failed, totally. Growth and productivity have tanked, Brexit is swallowing cash and now the PM wants to risk a trade war with the EU.
The best things any Chancellor could do for the country are, to help with fuel costs again, and invest in health, education and housing.
40 new hospitals would be nice, real ones that is not Potemkin ones, schools with roofs would help and a couple of hundred thousand new cheap homes a year would not only bring down house prices but rents as well.
Bringing down housing costs would help more people than almost anything.
Instead we have the clown in chief boasting of 50 year mortgages and housing benefit being used to buy a home. Any policy no matter how mad, so long as house prices keep rising.
Tory economic thinking has dominated the agenda for 40 years now, can we at least discuss a sensible, long term, investment led economic agenda that promotes growth, green policies and productivity, while protecting not demonising the poorest?
Not apparently under this or any other possible Tory leader.
Economics, trade and Brexit, not necessarily in that order but the dog always comes first.