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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
He kept his promise by breaking another, they don't cancel each other out, there is no spin you can put on this and like it has plenty of times in the past I hope his dishonesty costs him his job, it's not like he's any good at it anyway
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They do, actually, because the election pledge on taxes was made before the pandemic struck. I think fair-minded people would accept that.
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
He's not an honest person, Chris. His thinking behind this smacks of trying to gain public approval by claiming he's met a manifesto commitment (he hasn't fixed it at all).
His job is to oversee sustained economic growth so that the Covid debt can be paid off over 50+ years.
Leaving the EU saves us current account money of c. £16 billion per annum. What's that going to be used for? It's dishonest not to mention it (at best economical with the truth).
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The NHS, of course. That’s already in the bag. Ka-ching!
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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
Refresh my memory on how he planned to do it before the election please? I remember him saying he had a plan and I remember the criticism he got for being vague but that's about it, oh yes and I remember Michael Howard and The Times sacking him for being dishonest, do leopards change spots often
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Well, how is he funding the pandemic? I suspect he was going to borrow the money, taking advantage of low interest rates, and let growth over the years reduce the debt.
But he’s had to use that strategy to fund the pandemic.