Now the Tory bribes have failed, it’s time to get tough

Inheritance Tax, Rishi Sunak, Rwanda, David Cameron, Brexit

Sunak’s threats come over as if given by a petulant babysitter (PA Wire)

Rishi Sunak and his advisers seem to believe that in trying to persuade people to vote for them, they are dealing with recalcitrant children...

They tried offering us sweetie bribes – 2p off national insurance, 2p off income tax, cancelling inheritance tax (one for the rich kids) – so long as we were really, really well-behaved when handing over our votes. Well, the local election results showed that really didn’t work, did it?

So now, it’s time to get tough with us.

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