Starmer and Reeves hint at tax rises to come ahead of unusual pre-budget speech today
Last night, Sir Keir gave Labour MPs a taste of what's to come by warning of the need for "tough but fair" decisions.
Speaking at a party meeting in Westminster, he said the budget "takes place against a difficult economic backdrop".
"It's becoming clearer the long-term impact of Tory austerity, their botched Brexit deal and the pandemic on Britain's productivity is worse than even we feared," the prime minister said.
Blimey, for a chap pretending to be UK Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer isn't very strong on personal responsibility or anything resembling The Buck Stops Here. His knighthood clearly wasn't collected for something as courageous as that.
It has been equally clear for ages that he doesn't mind scraping the barrel and as many barrels as it takes to plod on, plod on then plod on some more.
Just give it up you ridiculous man.
Man?
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"It's becoming clearer the long-term impact of Tory austerity, their botched Brexit deal and the pandemic on Britain's productivity is worse than even we feared,"
None of this was a secret before the Labour manifesto was written. None of this was a secret before the first Labour Budget (which even mentioned a "black hole").
"It's becoming clearer" is just trying to squeeze more justification out of excuses already made.
DJ - I agree, he can't think of better excuses and possibly thinks he doesn't need to because Treasury officials are using them when he speaks to them.
Starmer's rigid faith in official 'experts' seems to set the boundaries of his world.
I like the, "for a man pretending to be the Prime Minister.."
More and more, I get the impression that Starmer is merely spouting a script written by his puppet masters.
Penseivat
Penseivat - I agree, a weak man who advocates whatever he is told to advocate by those who are really pulling the levers.
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