What we are witnessing is nothing less than a political bait-and-switch of monumental proportions—a manoeuvre so brazen it could make a second-hand car dealer blush.
CP
Now, for the uninitiated, a bait-and-switch is a cunning little trick where you spot a gleaming motor online, set your heart on it, and trot down to the garage only to be told, “Oh, that beauty’s gone, but here’s a rusty old banger you’ll just love.” In other words, it’s a con—a swindle—a shameless act of pulling the wool over your eyes.
And this is precisely what Labour has done to those who voted for them in the General Election last July.
They lured the public in with their promises of fairness, prudence, and relief for hardworking families. Yet what have they delivered? The highest tax raid in British history, a kick in the teeth for pensioners, a punch to the gut for farmers, a slap in the face for business owners, and a catalogue of broken promises so extensive it could be titled the Encyclopaedia of Betrayal.
Instead of fairness, we get fiscal punishment. Instead of relief, we get relentless taxation. And instead of prudence, we’re handed a list of U-turns and economic blunders that leave the nation gasping for air. Labour, it seems, has sold us all a dodgy motor—and it’s breaking down faster than their promises.
Let us reflect on just a few of the catastrophic broken promises Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have managed to serve up in their first six months—a litany of betrayal that grows by the day:
A Budget of Broken Promises
First, the so-called Budget—a marvel of fiscal sleight of hand. Rachel Reeves unveiled an eye-watering £40 billion tax hike, leaving the average household £770 poorer by the end of Parliament. They promised no surprises, no stealth taxes, and yet here we are, staring down the barrel of the highest tax burden in the nation’s history.
They claimed this would bolster the NHS. But let us not be naive—this high-tax, high-spend bonanza is set to drive inflation through the roof, push up mortgage rates, and crush any semblance of economic growth. Reeves has “fiddled the figures,” as Rishi Sunak rightly pointed out, breaking fiscal rules to let borrowing spiral out of control.
It is not just bad economics; it’s rank betrayal.
A Kick in the Teeth for Pensioners
Labour promised to protect pensioners. Protect them? They’ve axed winter fuel payments for millions, a move so heartless it would make Ebenezer Scrooge blush. They’ve said means-testing this lifeline will save the Treasury £1.4 billion, but at what cost? By Labour’s own admission, up to 100,000 pensioners will fall into poverty, and thousands more will suffer in the cold.
This is NOT a government for the people.
Energy Bills and the Net Zero Con Job
Remember the promise to slash energy bills by £300? Labour MPs swore blind that Great British Energy would deliver those savings. Instead, their shift to Net Zero fanaticism will see bills rise, not fall. Ed Miliband’s policies are set to hammer British households while driving manufacturing abroad.
And yet, they keep blaming a mysterious £22 billion black hole that they refuse to explain but insist exists. Conveniently, £22 billion is the exact amount they need for their carbon capture experiment. Funny, isn’t it?
This isn’t progress. It’s regression—dressed up as virtue.
Farmers and Businesses Left to Rot
Keir Starmer promised British farmers “better days,” yet under Labour’s 20% inheritance tax, family farms will be gutted. Farmers who have worked the same land for generations now face ruin, unable to pass their heritage to their children. The streets of London are filling with tractors and placards, but Starmer remains deaf to their cries.
And let us not forget the National Insurance hike
A £25 billion body blow to workers and businesses alike. It’s a tax on aspiration, on enterprise, on growth itself. Businesses across the country are already closing or they will. Who would want to be a business owner under this draconian, high taxing Labour government?
Then there’s the Abandonment of Social Care Cap:
Labour scrapped the planned introduction of a lifetime cap on social care costs, leaving families potentially liable for substantial expenses.
The National Insurance Increase:
Labour implemented a significant rise in National Insurance contributions, despite earlier commitments not to increase taxes on working individuals.
The WASPI Women Betrayed:
Labour pledged “fair and fast” compensation, yet now they reject payment claims outright. Their excuse? That compensation would be “unjustifiable.” Tell that to the 1950s-born women who’ve worked hard all their lives and fell for Labour’s promise to them.
VAT on Private School Fees:
The government introduced VAT on private school fees, a move that has been criticised for overburdening state schools and limiting parental choice.
Labour shelved the Conservative’s planned Free Speech legislation:
Academics and students of all persuasions need the protection afforded by the Freedom of Speech Act yet Labour shelved it days before it was due to come into force. Hundreds of professors have already written to Labour’s Secretary of State yet their words are falling on deaf ears.
The Immigration Policy Reversals:
Labour’s decision to abandon the Rwanda plan within days of coming into power, which aimed to deter illegal Channel crossings, has been linked to a surge in such crossings, contradicting their commitment to manage immigration effectively. Labour said they’d “stop the boats,” yet crossings are higher than ever.
Labour pledged not to borrow irresponsibly, yet borrowing is spiralling out of control:
To make matters worse, they’re even discussing a return to disastrous PFI deals—the same schemes they championed last time they were in power, which are still burdening the NHS with crippling repayments. Let’s not forget: every single pound of this debt will ultimately fall on you, the British taxpayer.
Why a General Election Must Be Called
This government has lost its mandate. The British people did not vote for this litany of betrayals or this cavalcade of incompetence. They were promised competence and fairness but have been delivered chaos, deceit, wokery on steroids, relentless DEI madness, and the disgraceful giveaway of our Chagos Islands.
And don’t even get me started on them letting out murderers and rapists just so Keir Starmer could focus on locking up his so-called “far-right thugs”—those terrible people who dared to post a few mean things on Facebook!
If Labour truly believes they have the answers, let them take it to the people—now that the country has seen their true colours. Let them explain their betrayal of pensioners, their war on farmers, their broken energy promises, and their relentless tax hikes.
As the smartest man in the world says: “A new election should be called in Britain.” Hear, hear Elon!
Claire Bullivant
This article (Labour’s Great Bait-and-Switch: Why Elon Musk is Right—Britain Needs a New Election) was created and published by Conservative Post and is republished here under “Fair Use” with attribution to the author CP
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Crashing the economy was just the beginning
We’re already heading into recession and Labour has barely started to implement its crazy plans
ROBERT JENRICK
The UK economy is on life support. The monitor is beeping and flashing red. And, to make matters worse, an inadequate newbie is covering on shift at HM Treasury.
Economic growth has ended. Inflation is up and interest rates remain stubbornly high. Borrowing is rising and the cost of 10-year bonds has surpassed the worst of the LDI crisis in September 2022. On the metrics she attacked Liz Truss for, Rachel Reeves has crashed the economy.
The medicine Reeves prescribed in her Budget has sent us into a death spiral of higher taxes and lower growth. The double whammy of the punitive NICs increase and Labour’s European-style workers’ rights regulations have caused businesses to put the brakes on hiring. Investors are leaving and business confidence has been trashed.
Labour has taxed and borrowed mainly to hike public sector pay while leaving the public services unreformed – their productivity is likely to remain as stagnant as it has this whole century. With plans to reduce the Civil Service slashed by Reeves, one in five Britons is now forecast to work in the public sector by 2030. So, what is left of Labour’s growth strategy?
Starmer and Reeves are fully subscribed to the myth of the green jobs revolution. While elsewhere in Government decisions are slow-balled by endless reviews and commissions, Miliband has been given the green light to press ahead with net zero on steroids.
Under his plans up to a billion solar panels will be fitted across Britain by 2035 (with no answer for the intermittency challenges) while our oil and gas industry is punished, nuclear power is parked, and our industry is held back at huge disadvantage by cripplingly high energy prices. Labour’s net zero drive will certainly create jobs – they’ll just be on the other side of the world. Recent analysis suggests China’s solar, windmill and battery industries will benefit to the tune of 170,000 jobs.
Meanwhile, Labour’s zero emissions mandate has caused Vauxhall to close its Luton plant, costing 3,700 jobs.
And it could well get worse: car output in November was down 57 per cent. Where once Labour counted proud defenders of industry among its ranks, this crop surrenders British jobs in automotive, petro-chemicals, oil and gas industries with barely a whimper. They elevate misguided conceptions of the global good over the needs of British workers.
The only genuinely pro-growth policy that Labour has in its armoury is housebuilding. Angela Rayner has lifted the Civil Service plans off the shelf and trimmed them to suit Labour politics, reducing targets where the housing crisis is most acute to save the blushes of failing Labour mayors such as Sadiq Khan and increased them in places where there simply isn’t demand.
It will put a dent in the housing shortage but for all their rhetoric, it won’t fix the structural flaws in the housing market. And unless they radically reduce migration, absurdly high housing costs will continue to destroy living standards.
It’s all rather grim and depressing. And it might be dawning on jittery newly-elected Labour MPs that things are not working as they were meant to. In a sign that Labour is running out of ideas, Starmer wrote to regulators this week for suggestions to foster growth.
However, there is no way out because Labour’s internal politics prevents it. If Starmer tacks Left, where his instincts urge him, everything will worsen. And if he tacks Right, and confronts Labour’s shibboleths, the opposition within his party will be insurmountable.
Meanwhile, things will continue to deteriorate. Working people’s lives will not get better, in fact Government policy, from energy prices to taxation, seems almost to be trying to make them unliveable. Confidence in the British state will collapse further. Young people will look abroad for better prospects.
The divide in UK politics today is between those who see that the order is collapsing and seek change, and those who don’t or who are content managing decline “respectfully”, in a way that preserves their reputations in elite circles. They accept mediocrity, because the pursuit of excellence requires unpalatable truths to be told. They cling to the broken consensus positions on net zero, migration and the state as a reassuring comfort blanket, despite all the available evidence.
The Telegraph: continue reading
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