Can you imagine the media reaction if Labour had published a manifesto so vague and contrary to previous pledges as the Tory one (Johnson promises 50,000 extra nurses as cautious manifesto is revealed, 25/11/19)? How can voters, let alone journalists, take seriously a promise to hire 50,000 more nurses when 18,500 of them will be made up by "encouraging existing nurses not to leave the profession"? Had Labour`s manifesto included such an outrageous claim, it would have been on all the front pages!
Similarly, rather than accuse Johnson of lying in order to win the Tory leadership contest, when promising "to increase the higher-rate income tax band to £80,000", its absence from the Tory manifesto merely warrants as a proposal "which appears to have been dropped"(Static proposals are light on tax reforms, 25/11/19)! The untruths seemingly never stop, and undoubtedly there will be more. Remember how ten days before the 2015 election, and the polls were indicating a close result, Osborne suddenly promised a "Northern Powerhouse"? They are still talking about it, and most likely still will be prior to the next election. It`s called "taking us for mugs"!
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