Labour's sweet little lies

Labour's sweet little lies

From destroying the environment to betraying the disabled, the government is running the same play—will people fall for it? ~ punkacademic ~ There’s the old adage that goes: the first time people show you who they are, believe them. Over a decade ago, Rachel Reeves, today the Chancellor of the Exchequer, then Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, proudly boasted that she’d be ‘tougher on benefits than the Tories’. Fast forward twelve years and the…

Labour’s sweet little lies

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