Labour and the Tories promise to lavish us with gifts, but who will foot the bill? Andrew Rawnsley
almost 6 years in The guardian
In their zeal to splash the cash on public services, the main parties want us to forget that tax or borrowing or both must rise
By the grace of God and through the machinations of Boris Johnson, tomorrow the Irish state coach will convey the Queen down the Mall to preside over the state opening of parliament. At around 11.30am, she will address the assembled peers and MPs: “My Lords and Members of the House of Commons, there now follows an election broadcast on behalf of the Conservative party.”
Well, probably not, but she might as well. It is always the case that the Queen is a jewel-encrusted ventriloquist’s dummy for the prime minister of the day. When Harold Wilson came to office in 1964, Private Eye put the monarch on its front cover with the speech bubble: “And I hope you realise I didn’t write this crap.” Continue reading...
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