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John McDonnell

John McDonnell: Conservative manifesto of bluster shows Tories are out of ideas

You can see now why Boris Johnson pulled out of facing Jeremy Corbyn in another debate.

There’s no way his bluster and posh boy antics would have dug him out of the hole the Tory no-hope manifesto has dug him into.

There can’t be any doubt now that the Conservatives have completely run out of ideas.

There’s no recognition of what they’ve put this country through for nearly a decade.

If the Conservatives win they’re now promising five more years of the same.

There’s nothing about preparing for the future, tackling the climate and environmental emergency with the urgency it needs.

John McDonnell says Boris Johnson and his Conservatives have run out of ideas (AFP via Getty Images)

No new money for care for older people, despite all the promises.

Nothing more for our schools, after years of cuts.

Nothing for the public sector workers after years of pay rises below inflation.

Nothing to stop the brutal roll-out of Universal Credit.

And – of course – a Brexit deal that would serve up our NHS as a Christmas present for American health corporations.

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell gives his verdict (PA)

It couldn’t be further from Labour’s manifesto last week, which was full of ideas to turn the economy and the country round.

We’ll get big oil companies to pay for the retraining and well-paid jobs that workers in those industries will need.

We’ll deliver free personal care for everyone over 65 who needs it.

We’ll deliver justice for the women who lost out when the Tories and Liberals took their pensions.

Boris Johnson is accused of 'vacuous political slogans' (Dan Kitwood)

We’ll pay £26billion into the NHS and £25billion more for schools, while the Tories will never sort out our public services or create the well-paid jobs we need because they won’t take on the super rich and tax dodgers.

They hope we’re all stupid, thinking just about Brexit, not the next five years.

The people of Britain deserve more than the Tories' negative campaigning and vacuous political slogans.

The choice couldn’t be clearer: real change with Labour, or more of the same grim Conservative cuts.

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