All our fears of tax rises and decades of austerity could, of course, be completely unfounded. Rishi could go for the go-go option, keep borrowing at low rates, give big companies tax-haven breaks to bring/keep them here, cut VAT and income tax to get us all spending, make Eat Out to Help Out a permanent feature. All of which, in the end, brings in more tax. That’s the theory, anyway. In theory, Brexit was a good idea. And Charles and Di were a perfect match. I could go on. Just don’t tell Rishi.
“Donald Trump is winning. Business, beware”
There’s a perception that whatever might be the consequences for the rest of the world, Trump as President should be good for business. Surely, as a business man himself, he’d be the friend of Corporate America, and everything, money-making-wise, went pretty well last time around didn’t it?
