Posted on 10/05/2020 8:02:09 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Rishi Sunak warned of tax rises to come and lavished praise on “special” Boris Johnson today as he tried to quell growing rumors of a feud over lockdown.
The Chancellor hailed the PM as a “close personal friend” and “rare” communicator who had “got the big calls right” as he delivered his keynote speech to Tory conference. He even noted that their families were “joined” and his daughters loved Mr. Johnson’s dog Dilyn.
Mr. Sunak again conceded that he will not be able to save all jobs, but pointed to the huge government bailouts so far and said his sole priority would be to spread “opportunity”.
In a bizarre “virtual” address beset with technical problems, and with Mr. Sunak reading awkwardly off an autocue that appeared to be in the wrong place, he also delivered a stark warning that “hard choices” on tax rises and spending cuts will be needed after the immediate crisis passes.
Mr. Sunak said “over the medium term” the government will need to “get our borrowing and debt back under control”.
“This Conservative government will always balance the books,” he said.
The speech came after Mr. Sunak risked fueling the speculation of tensions with Mr. Johnson branded the 10-pm pubs curfew “frustrating” and insisted he had “no regrets” about the Eat Out to Help Out scheme. …
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UK is home to Socialized Medicine.
Too few dentists resulted in rationing, reported by The Times newspaper.
It’s what Bernie has in mind.
Britons don’t seem to have any good choices politically. At least none that they are willing to consider.
And even Boris pushed that absurd slogan “Protect the NHS” earlier this year. Funny how they clamored to “protect” an abomination started by Labour.
Good luck with that what with businesses closing or on limited hours and people out of work. Yeah, tax. That’ll solve the deficit.
I read an article about Turkey welcoming NHS patients, doing everything from cosmetic surgery to dentistry. They even have a rapid immigration visa for medical patients.
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