Tuesday 7 September 2021

Manifesto busting

The 2019 Conservative Manifesto had two policies:

1. Implement Johnson's Brexit

2. No tax rises.

Number 1 was done, but now Johnson wants to renegotiate the deal he was elected on, does that mean he is in violation of "the will of the people?". I'm asking, not for a friend, but for me.

I said at the start of 2020 that all would disown the WA and NIP, and so it has come true.

As for number two, the Government is trying to say it will implement that policy after three years of the this Parliament and then honour it, after breaking it.

It has further promised to "legally ring-fence" the NI raised taxes to ensure subsequent Governments can't use the money for something else.

Any future Government cannot be contrained by laws of a previous one; what can be made, can be unmade.

It is frankly, bollocks.

The Johnson-lead Leave campaign promised £350,000,000 a week for funding things, like the NHS, not just the NHS.

So, £350million times 52 weeks is £18,200,000,000 or £18.2 billion. Johnson could take the £5,3 billion to find social care out of that and still have over twelve billion left.

Unless it was all a lie, of course.

You decide.

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