It seems Rishi Sunak has announced spending worth £640 billion in his Budget speech on Tuesday – to rapturous applause from the Tory-supporting media.
That’s £140 billion more than the £500 billion offered by Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell in their Labour election manifesto last year – that the same media voices ridiculed in a (successful) bid to get more people to vote for the Tories.
What has changed in less than four months, to make the Tory offer praiseworthy when Labour’s was dangerously reckless?
And where’s the money coming from, that wasn’t available before?
That’s what they’re asking on the social media:
Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell promised £500bn of infrastructure spending, prompting eyes to pop all over Westminster and Whitehall. Rishi Sunak today promised £640bn.
— Ben Kentish (@BenKentish) March 11, 2020
Jeremy Corbyn proposed spending £500billion on infrastructure & investment to undo the last 10yrs of Tory cuts & the media told us that’s impossible.
Tory Chancellor Rishi Sunak today announced spending plans amounting to £640bn & the very same media say it’s about time.
— Ben (@BenJolly9) March 12, 2020
https://twitter.com/LKTranslator/status/1238043747201568768
And doesn’t this announcement prove the truth of this comment?
BUDGET.
Massive borrowing.
Final proof Tory Austerity failed.
10 wasted years.
Millions of wasted lives.
I should be happy but I'm not, I'm angry. Angry that the Tories persevered with their austerity experiment knowing that it was failing the country and failing us the people.— David🌹🌹🌹 (@David39133380) March 11, 2020
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