A reminder for voters

The Star`s editorial mentioned that Labour would fall into a "Tory trap" if it fought this forthcoming election "as just one of the contending parties of Remain", but this isn`t the only one to avoid (Morning Star, 29/10/19). Not only did the cancellation of the budget mean the Tories` fiscal plans don`t get an official airing, but the updated growth forecasts and health check on the public finances are kept from public scrutiny. The last time Cummings was given the opportunity to lead a campaign, he ensured the nation was inundated with nonsense about  billions going to the NHS, and millions of Turks arriving in the UK. Without the economic data, which accompany each budget, similar duplicity can be expected prior to the general election.

       A Cummings-dominated Tory election campaign will dismiss the claims, from the likes of the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Resolution Foundation, that the economy is currently close to the point of recession, as another Project Fear. Agreeing to support a December election before accurate figures on the economy are published will sadly see opposition parties playing into his hands!

   On the brighter side, the election gives Labour the opportunity to remind voters what the Foreign Secretary, the Home Secretary and the Trade Secretary think of them. Raab, Patel and Truss in 2012 described British workers in their jointly written "Britannia Unchained" as "among the worst idlers in the world"! A few thousand posters wouldn`t go amiss!