mainstream media will report it as "Starmer says taxes to increase"........
as opposed to "Starmer sticks to pre-election promise of not raising NI, VAT or Income Tax"....
then all of the anti labour mob will be slathering all over the place saying "it's always the way with labour"....
I think there does need to be a REALLY honest debate with the country about the mess that we are in... what can be protected, what can we achieve and how do we get there.
I'm a labour voter.... HOWEVER, I don't think they have got it right in terms of sharing a joined up vision of the future and getting the public behind it.
I'm sure people wouldn't mind an increase in tax, if there was a vision of the end goal.