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OPINION - The truth about tax no party will tell you

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Conventional wisdom dictates that Theresa May made a terrible mistake in calling the 2017 general election. Of course, the result itself – turning a small Conservative majority into a minority – was a political disaster and a personal humiliation for the prime minister. But May had good reason to go to the polls when she did.

First, she was correct in

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