Dodge the doom loop
When even the boss of the Confederation of British Industry warns Rishi Sunak against an austerity “doom loop” of tax rises and public spending cuts, he either heeds the advice or is doomed himself.
The latest Tory Prime Minister foisted on the country without a general election is a wealthy fiscal conservative prepared to balance the books on the backs of the poorest.
As Chancellor he snatched a crucial £20-a-week Universal Credit payment from six million households – a cold-hearted move that casts a chill of fear about what may lie ahead.
His enormous wealth will not be such an issue if he looks after the poor and struggling low and middle-income families.
But sitting pretty while short-changing the less fortunate would be an enormous mistake he would come to regret.
TLC for NHS
Lengthening waits for cancer treatments are the result of an ailing NHS lurching backwards due in large part to a lack of proper funding.
The Government, which allocates spending to Wales and Scotland as well as holding direct responsibility for care in England, cannot be allowed to forever scream “Covid” when queues overall in the NHS continue to break records long after virus restrictions ended.
Our precious NHS is literally a life-and-death service. Early detection and treatment of potential killers such as cancer are crucial if the odds of beating such deadly threats are to be shifted in our favour.
Health matters, and reviving the NHS requires TLC and an urgent injection of money – money that is worth spending.
Great gaffes
Houston, we have a problem when many of the most memorable misquoted lines from films are catchier than the words that are actually spoken on screen.
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who are the finest wordsmiths of them all – scriptwriters or film fans? We’re gonna need a bigger quote...
