tax increases on working people in the middle of it all. we are the only country in the g7 to do that, that begs the question why it s being done. it s clearly not for the nhs and social care because he s just done a partial reversal of it, but he is doing in order so that he can somehow to give it back in the form of a 1p income tax cut before the next election. i repeat, what is the next election. i repeat, what is the point of this hokey coqui dance on taxation? the point of this hokey coqui dance on taxation? part, you will probably know i on taxation? part, you will probably know i have on taxation? part, you will probably know i have my on taxation? part, you will probably know i have my guests on taxation? part, you will probably know i have my guests here - on taxation? part, you will probably know i have my guests here in i on taxation? part, you will probably know i have my guests here in the l know i have my guests here in the studio who will put some questions to you
as a tax cutter is one, one of the tax cuts is a promise of something in two years time that he cannot guarantee, because he does not even know what energy bills are going to be in six months and he might not even be chancellor. secondly, the other tax cut that he talked about, taking more people out of having to pay national insurance, is a partial reversal of the tax rise that he himself introduced and overall, he is the chancellor who has raised taxes very, very significantly, so the opposition and his critics and some people in the tory party have said, actually, he is doing a bit of a hokey cokey here, there is smoke and mirrors around. the other day, i was channelling my inner adam fleming, because someone has got to do it when he is not here, when he still had the two red bars of doom and reading, because i missed it at the time, because it was right at the start, i think it was on the day in fact, that russia had invaded ukraine, of the chancellor s lecture at a business school
not real tax cuts, but the promise of a tax cut in two years time, really trying to polish up his own kind of status in the conservative party, because genuinely i think he believes that he wants to cut taxes, but also he wants other people to see him that way. the problem is him trying to create this image of himself as a tax cutter is one, one of the tax cuts is a promise of something in two years time that he cannot guarantee, because he does not even know what energy bills are going to be in six months and he might not even be chancellor. secondly, the other tax cut that he talked about, taking more people out of having to pay national insurance, is a partial reversal of the tax rise that he himself introduced and overall, he is the chancellor who has raised taxes very, very significantly, so the opposition and his critics and some people in the tory party have said, actually, he is doing a bit of a hokey cokey here, there is smoke and mirrors around. the other day, i was channelli