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I thought that was core socialist/illiberal policy, sadly they inevitably run out of other people's money to spend, fear not some more money trees are due for planting in Croydon..:-)
There's an election in the air. Indeed, were it not for the Fixed Term Parliament Act stopping exactly the sort of mischief it was supposed to we'd now be in mid campaign.
While I'll take GB's comment in the spirit it was meant the Tories promises deserve particular scrutiny.
This is the party of safe money, of fiscal rectitude. The people who forced austerity on us because of the supposed over spending of the Blair/Brown era. And, albeit far later than promised and at cost to society which is well evidenced by Foodbanks etc, they have actually reduced the deficit.
So now, cornered by the Brexit FUBAR of their own making and prospect of needing to take northern seats off labour they want to spens, spend, spend. At same time they're promising billions in tax cuts by raising threshold for higher rate tax.
Now unless they raise taxes somewhere else the only way is to borrow....
You couldn't make it up.
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