Rishi ‘Chicken Little’ Sunak has bottled calling the election. After 14 years of incompetence, the British persons are ready besides out the unelected PM.
You can’t blame him for operating scared. He’s had the week from hell. First, the Budget fell flat as a pancake, even along with his personal MPs. It was meant to be the pre-election second to bamboozle Labour and wow the general public.
But as a substitute of beginning the marketing campaign with a bang, they’re going out with barely a whimper. It was meant to deliver hundreds of thousands of Tory voters who’ve deserted the social gathering again. Instead, it drove Lee Anderson, the previous Deputy Party Chairman, out altogether.
Anderson mentioned he give up as a result of, after 14 years of Tory authorities, “you can’t get a police officer to turn up to your house when it gets burgled, people are pulling their own teeth out and they can’t get a GP appointment”.
I’m solely ever going to say this as soon as – I agree with Lee. The Chancellor launched a smash-and-grab on Labour’s plan to abolish the non-dom tax standing. After a decade of scaremongering, ministers warned it could put 230,000 nurses in danger and referred to as it “about as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike”.
Now they’ve pinched it. We’ll add it to the checklist of Labour insurance policies the Government has adopted – our plans to coach extra NHS employees, recruit extra dentists and for a windfall tax on oil and gasoline giants. If the Conservatives are so determined to see our manifesto applied, they need to simply name an election.
But why was Mr Sunak so wedded to the non-dom tax standing for therefore lengthy? At least he can now truthfully inform the British folks, “we’re all in this together”. If the Downing Street magpies assume this causes Labour issues, they don’t know Rachel Reeves.
The Iron Shadow Chancellor is the very best chess participant in Westminster, at all times three strikes forward. Labour stays dedicated to delivering free main faculty breakfast golf equipment, two million extra NHS and 700,000 extra dentistry appointments, and doubling NHS scanners.
Tory ways gained’t cease our mission to revive the NHS and ensure children begin the day with hungry minds, not hungry bellies. The large shock was the Chancellor’s unfunded £46billion pledge to abolish National Insurance. That’s 1 / 4 of the NHS price range.
The Tories must knock down 130 hospitals and sack 96,000 nurses and 37,000 medical doctors to pay for it. They haven’t discovered a factor. The selection on the subsequent election is a reckless Conservative Party that can crash the financial system once more, or a modified Labour Party to provide Britain its future again. It can’t come quickly sufficient.
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Tories ought to do the correct factor on donor Frank Hester
Solidarity with Diane Abbott. She’s confronted racist, misogynistic feedback from vile Tory donor Frank Hester. Decent Tories are calling on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to return the donations. But as a substitute of standing up for decency, he’s dodging questions and clinging on to Hester’s hundreds of thousands. Sunak is not going to even rule out taking extra of his money.
When you get a Tory leaflet by means of the letterbox, understand it was paid for by the person who mentioned Diane makes him “want to hate all Black women” and “should be shot”. Where is the PM who promised to control with “integrity, professionalism, and accountability”?
Who mentioned earlier this month that “we must be prepared to stand up for our shared values in all circumstances, no matter how difficult”? Show some management, Rishi. Give the cash again.