John McDonnell’s insane ‘vision’ should leave us all terrified at the prospect of Corbyn
Let this be a warning to every company and single private sector worker
He’s Mad Mac
WE can’t decide. Maybe John McDonnell is just thick. Or maybe he thinks voters are.
Either way, his “vision” yesterday ought to look insane to anyone beyond a Brighton hall full of brainwashed Corbyn cultists clapping like performing seals.
The shadow chancellor would somehow find hundreds of billions to seize back hospitals and schools built (mainly by Labour) with private money, causing panicky investors to desert Brexit Britain exactly when we need them most.
He would renationalise our utilities and pay shareholders as little as he saw fit — also known as “stealing” from ordinary people’s savings and pensions.
He would pay off our debts while, er, borrowing billions.
He would conjure more by “closing tax loopholes”, that vague old copout beloved of chancellors with no real idea how to raise any money.
And let’s not forget his “jobs first” Brexit, apparently secured while simultaneously waging a tax war against job-creating businesses, guaranteed to throw hundreds of thousands on the dole.
These childlike contradictions will thankfully be exposed at the next election in a way they weren’t in June.
But we warn every company and every single private sector worker:
If you’re not terrified by what Corbyn’s mob could do to your job, home, savings and business, start paying attention.
Mend markets
EVER heard of Margot James? Probably not: She’s the Tories’ Consumer Minister.
She and her department have left Labour an open goal over the failings of the privatised utilities.
From water firms putting profits before a reliable supply and lower bills.
To rail franchises abusing their regional monopolies to fleece passengers. To the brazen rip-offs of the energy giants.
Anyone old enough can recall these services being far worse as monolithic state-run operations held to ransom by unions.
But few outside Labour would consider the madness of renationalisation if they worked properly now.
The Government must fix them before voters opt to ditch capitalism entirely.
Khan’t be right
EACH day, the stink around the banning of Uber from London grows more rank.
The web firm had a clean bill of health from all but one of ten Transport for London inspections. Even in that one exception TfL did not blame Uber.
Yet now, cheered on by Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and the cab unions, it suddenly finds Uber not “fit and proper”.
Yes, there have been a few safety breaches, which Uber’s boss rightly now seems determined to resolve.
But what, Mr Khan, of Uber’s 40,000 drivers and their families? What do they do?
Is this the legacy you want? As the Labour Mayor who snuffed out the transport revolution millions of voters loved?