Until Labour crafts and wows voters with a credible alternative to the Conservative Chancellor’s austerity conjuring tricks, the party will struggle to win another General Election. The worst hit of any major economy with close on a tenth of national output lost during the pandemic, Rishi Sunak’s woeful record matches Boris Johnson on needlessly lost lives. (Image: Ian Vogler/Daily Mirror)Labour opposing now the corporation tax rises it justifiably and repeatedly demanded is politically illogical when increases would be paid only on profits of firms doing well from coronavirus, virus-stricken businesses avoiding the hikes. Banker Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s itching to reduce living standards and cut public spending in pursuit of self-defeating traditional Tory austerity to curb his growing £2.1trillion debt mountain. Last time he reduced spending away from Covid by £10billion and on Wednesday he’ll impose backdoor income tax rises behind flashes of cash.

Source: Daily Mirror February 28, 2021 21:14 UTC