{"id":76528,"date":"2024-07-05T15:30:50","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T14:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=76528"},"modified":"2024-07-05T15:30:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T14:30:50","slug":"truth-to-power-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2024\/07\/05\/truth-to-power-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Truth to power"},"content":{"rendered":"

I posted this on Twitter as an honest response to Starmer's speech in Downing Street, which I felt remarkably uninspired:<\/p>\n

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Note the number of responses. This is a flavour of them:<\/p>\n

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I have chosen to ignore some of the more abusive ones - but it's fair to say the Labour troll bot machine was definitely out in force.<\/p>\n

So, too, are those who want nothing from a politician and who think Starmer will deliver that. I think they will be bitterly disappointed.<\/p>\n

What I can be sure of are three things, all of which I can control.<\/p>\n

The first is that I will speak truth to power.<\/p>\n

The second is that if this means I criticise Labour, I will.<\/p>\n

And, third, I will do so even if that upsets people.<\/p>\n

In this case, the likes and retweets considerably exceed the number of comments: that's a positive measure on Twitter.<\/p>\n

But if people think that I will change my tone just because we have a new government that is intent on delivering the same old failed mantras in new, dull, and boring ways, they are seriously mistaken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I posted this on Twitter as an honest response to Starmer’s speech in Downing Street, which I felt remarkably uninspired: Note the number of responses.
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