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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Kevin Maguire

'Rishi Sunak's to blame for the austerity juggernaut he's driving at us fast'

His brutal cuts are heading our way so Rishi Sunak was cowardly to hide behind platitudes.

We know the Conservatives' latest unelected Prime Minister calls “difficult decisions” will be his decisions proving difficult for workers, families, pensioners and businesses.

They were from David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and now Sunak as a 12-year reign of misery continues.

And we all understand a Tory chap worth £730-million, twice as rich as a King he visited in Buckingham Palace and half with his heiress wife of Britain's 222 nd wealthiest couple, is incapable of appreciating how tough life is for everyday folk.

Or how much worse Tory leaders make it for us as living standards plummet, wages plunge in value, prices soar, interest rates rocket and shrinking economic growth leave the country teetering on the edge of recession.

Rishi Sunak delivering his first speech as PM outside No10 (Ian Vogler / Daily Mirror)

Which is why those terrible cuts when they arrive, Halloween horrors due to be played on Monday by Sunak's Chancellor, a Jeremy Hunt who sickened the NHS now preparing dirty tricks with no or few treats, will be the final nail in the Conservative coffin.

Raise fair taxes on super wealthy like Sunak's own, plugging legal loopholes exploited by an elite the Tories are and representing, and there would be no need for cuts.

Sunak's to blame for the austerity juggernaut he's driving at us fast.

Covid, Putin and Truss are a costly burden, of course.

But Tory banker Sunak's chooses to slash, scythe and squeeze. Let's never forget that when we're eventually granted a vote.

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