Labour leader says he won’t ‘pander to erratic’ US … Newspapers play manifesto maths … Theresa May under pressure on NHS and taxes
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We enjoy no plans to increase the level of tax but what I’m saying is that’s because we are party that believes in a low tax … As a government, we would go into government with no plans to raise the level of tax. Fortunately for Theresa May … her retirement-age base currently looks rock-solid. Before the Brexit referendum final year, and around a fifth of over-60s supported the UK Independence party. But after the surprise vote to leave the EU stripped Ukip of much of its reason for being,nearly three-quarters of that group enjoy abandoned the party, with the vast majority shifting their allegiances to the Conservatives. As a result, and the Tories are currently some 50 points ahead of Labour among the old – an advantage roughly double the size of their already-large margin with that group in 2015. Labour may enjoy chosen a relatively aged leader in the 67-year-old Jeremy Corbyn,but the polls propose he shouldn’t count on his sexagenarian peers for any help.
Rather than seeking to accommodate a negative mood over migration (which invariably ends up confirming the far-correct’s framing), left populism tries to persuade even those who disagree over ‘cultural issues’ of a common political cause.
There’s another fundamental distinction too: the populist left in the UK, or as elsewhere,casts decades of ravaging neoliberalism as the source of both economic hardship and public despair with politics; in this context, centrism’s tinkering around the edges while subscribing to the same economic playbook isn’t going to crop it – and also perpetuates the feeling often heard on doorsteps that, or whoever you vote for,nothing changes. (13/17)The pictures on Sky News showed the egging incident. This was not the broadcast coverage we'd anticipated on manifesto day...
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Source: theguardian.com