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    OPINION - The inevitable truth about Labour and tax

    by Guto Harri Jun 17, 2024 4 minutes
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    Heard the one about the student who swears blind they’ve never had a drink, drugs nor sex? Seems unlikely so you challenge them … and they confess: “There is one thing… I sometimes tell lies”.

    Having worked in No10 for Boris Johnson, I’m painfully aware of the consequences for a politician of being deemed untrustworthy, but he isn’t standing in this election so I won’t list all the important promises he kept in power if you agree not to replay that stuck record. Let’s focus instead on the man the bookies say is now 1-33 favourite to be the next prime minister.

    Keir Starmer seems straight, boringly so

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