UK election: Tory leader’s jibe that Labour would raise taxes by £2,000 lingered after the leaders’ TV debate but was not the knockout blow he needed
UK election: Tory leader’s jibe that Labour would raise taxes by £2,000 lingered after the leaders’ TV debate but was not the knockout blow he neededat ITV’s studios on Salford Quays, most of the Westminster press pack headed in the direction of Coronation Street.
The most enduring storyline in the spin room following the televised debate last night concerned Sunak’s repeated insistence that Labour under Starmer would “raise everybody’s taxes by £2,000″, and Starmer’s tardiness when it came to denying it.
Ashworth tried to paint the ploy as a sign of desperation from the Tory leader, whose party is more than 20 points behind in polls. “No wonder they call him tetchy Sunak,” he said, scowling. “You’re getting a bit tetchy yourself,” said a reporter. “Is that because you think the prime minister won?” Finally, that figure was divided by the number of working households in the UK to give a headline of £2,000 per family, which the Tories claimed would have to be met in the form of tax rises.
In the spin room, meanwhile, Gove enjoyed his star turn as Sunak’s top hype man. “Their guy took one hell of a beating tonight,” he said, grinning, of the Labour leader.
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