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Tax the Rich

By: Jess Barnard

Austerity isn’t sensible, it’s social vandalism. The alternative is to squeeze those who can afford it.

Illustration by Pavel Popov.

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November 2020 seems like a lifetime ago in British politics. Back then, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak were framing their Tory government as a clean break from the years of Cameron and Osborne. ‘Levelling up’ was the buzzword of the day and official spokespeople assured the public ‘we will not return to the austerity of […]

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November 2020 seems like a lifetime ago in British politics. Back then, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak were framing their Tory government as a clean break from the years of Cameron and Osborne. ‘Levelling up’ was the buzzword of the day and official spokespeople assured the public ‘we will not return to the austerity of […]

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November 2020 seems like a lifetime ago in British politics. Back then, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak were framing their Tory government as a clean break from the years of Cameron and Osborne. ‘Levelling up’ was the buzzword of the day and official spokespeople assured the public ‘we will not return to the austerity of […]

November 2020 seems like a lifetime ago in British politics. Back then, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak were framing their Tory government as a clean break from the years of Cameron and Osborne. ‘Levelling up’ was the buzzword of the day and official spokespeople assured the public ‘we will not return to the austerity of […]

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