Like millions of others, I’ll be glued to tonight’s television clash between Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer, but I won’t hold my breath on coming away much wiser about what each would do if elected Prime Minister.
For all the hype surrounding the debate on ITV, which would have us believe it will offer all the drama of a heavyweight boxing bout, these are two politicians fighting shy of being pinned down about specifics. In particular, both have spent the first weeks of a so-far underwhelming election campaign demonstrating an aversion to telling us how any of their big ideas are going to be paid for.
The election so far, and tonight’s debate as well, is about not frightening anybody. And so there is soothing reassurance from both – no new taxes, no rise in VAT, steadily increasing pensions. And that equates to no answers to the questions most of us have about the size of the bill and paying for it. Currently, there is no detail on that beyond both parties saying they will crack down on tax evasion, one of the oldest political cliches in the book and the least believable.
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