Taxing times
LABOUR’S failure to reform welfare, its huge pay rises for public sector workers and unwillingness to curb public spending mean massive tax rises are now inevitable.
In repeated naked displays of their outdated class envy, left-wing MPs are obsessed with bringing in a wealth tax.
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Never mind that it would be a disastrous brake on economic growth and serve only to drive entrepreneurs away while not bringing in anywhere near the sums claimed.
Ministers should be firmly ruling it out.
Instead, they dangle the prospect while keeping tight-lipped about the likely punishing tax hit to come on ordinary families and businesses.
Brace yourselves for a chilling autumn.
Beeb’s lost it
WE’VE been saying it for years and now the head of Ofcom agrees.
After a string of scandals, the public has lost trust in the BBC.
The corporation’s obvious anti-Israel bias in coverage of the war in Gaza has shredded any respect for its news output.
Serial management ineptitude also led to it broadcasting racist hate towards Jews at Glastonbury.
All this follows its outrageous attempt to cover up the Huw Edwards scandal.
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy clearly has the Beeb in her sights.
But if she’s hoping Auntie will reform itself she’s in for a long wait.
Down plughole
WHY is the Government using taxpayers’ money to subsidise the price of electric vehicles to consumers?
It’s the job of car manufacturers to make EVs cheap and reliable — not the Government’s.
It makes no sense to give away £640million in taxpayer cash to EV buyers while spending only £63million on improving Britain’s woeful charging network.
But when it comes to an obsession with hitting Net Zero targets all common sense seems to go out of the window.
Forgiving King
THAT the King is still prepared to broker peace with Prince Harry speaks volumes for his strength as monarch and father.
Harry’s betrayal of the confidences and privacy of the Royal Family in his tell-all book caused deep wounds.
Meghan’s accusations of racism in her infamous Oprah Winfrey interview also provoked deep hurt.
The King, alongside the loyal and confident William and Kate — who dazzled at Wimbledon again yesterday — has restored calm after the turbulent Megxit years.
It’s now surely up to Harry to prove he can be trusted.
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