is somewhat gone awry, because in their dna they believe in tax cuts. personally, i think it is pie in the sky right now given a fiscal position where we have had 400 billion borrowing, 2 trillion public debt, inflation at 9%, to be even thinking about tax cuts. i think it is totally and utterly bizarre and irresponsible, but you do have the likes of respected figures on the right, david davis, iain duncan smith, calling for those tax cuts, saying that that is the way to grow the economy to get you out of potentially a looming recession. the bigger issue for me is, what this is doing to politics in general. you go back to the nolan principles in 1995 which were around seven principles, selflessness, objectivity, integrity, honesty, leadership, and i m left scratching my head thinking which of these does the prime minister actually exhibit? the bigger issue is, despite all of this, labour is still only six points ahead. now, the reality is at the next election labour don t nee
officers are being scrutinised. welcome to newsnight for your weeknightly interviews and insight. let me introduce you to our political panel for this evening claire ainsley, former head of policy for sir keir starmer, and henry hill, who is the acting editor of the tory website conservative home, plus dal babu, a former chief superintendent in the metropolitan police, and nick is here as always. nick, the betting scandal has widened today and here at newsnight we have new revelations to bring to our audience this evening. i have been looking at this. well, i have been looking into this and have learnt of a series or developments covering the conservative party, and the labour party. in my investigation i have found out that. up to 15 conservative party candidates and officials are being scrutinised for alleged betting on the timing of the election. also craig williams is expected to be interviewed this week by gambling commission officials. and the labour party made a mi
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