There is not a single political party that is coming remotely close to telling the public the truth on tax.
Instead, right across the political spectrum, in different ways, every party is repeating the a variant of the opposite: YOUR taxes are too high, but someone else can afford to pay more.
James Ball
UK tax has gone up significantly over the last 25 years
But the tax paid by the average UK worker has not
This apparent miracle was achieved by taxing “other people”: higher earners, capital, property, banks, etc
The strategy has run out of road
A 🧵 on what happens next.
