STEPHEN GLOVER: Jeremy Hunt's father may have been an admiral, but the martial spirit doesn't appear to have flowed down the generations.
Jeremy Hunt's father may have been an admiral, but the martial spirit doesn't appear to have flowed down the generations.
I don't think Mr Hunt should be sacked — at least, not yet. But someone should put a rocket under him. His naval father would have grasped that the Tory ship has been badly holed and appears to be sinking as the laid-back Chancellor is peering into various screens and dials on the bridge. When Jeremy Hunt stands up to deliver his Autumn Statement in just under four weeks' time, Britain will be groaning under the heaviest tax burden in peacetime. This should be a matter of shame for any Tory Chancellor — not that Mr Hunt, or indeed Mr Sunak, seem at all crestfallen.
Back to Mr Hunt. He'll stand before us on November 22 and, if his recent utterances are to be believed, won't offer us anything in the way of tax cuts. There may be a modest pre-election offering next spring, but that would probably be too little, too late. What really unnerved the markets was the accompanying increase in public spending of up to £100 billion in the form of energy subsidies. The manner in which Truss & Kwarteng removed the Office for Budget Responsibility from the picture also induced palpitations in financial circles.
But the idea that the Government should indulge in some prudent housekeeping, such as might have been advocated by Margaret Thatcher, is greeted with howls of outrage or gasps of incredulity. Why an ever-increasing number of people are considered unable to work is a mystery, particularly in the post-pandemic era when many fit people work at home. Can't some of these benefit claimants do the same for their own good, and for the good of taxpayers?
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